Baron Inverclyde
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Baron Inverclyde, of Castle Wemyss
in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1897 for the Scottish shipowner Sir John Burns, 1st Baronet
. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1889. The titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Baron in 1957.
Castle Wemyss
Castle Wemyss was a large mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland.It stood high on Wemyss Point, overlooking the Firth of Clyde where it heads south towards the North Channel of the Irish Sea. It was built around 1850 for Charles Wilsone Brown, a property developer who had plans to develop the land around...
in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1897 for the Scottish shipowner Sir John Burns, 1st Baronet
John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde
John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde, FRGS was a ship owner. Born in Glasgow he was the son of Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, a founder of the shipping company G & J Burns and a partner in the Cunard Steamship Co. and his wife, Jane Cleland...
. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1889. The titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Baron in 1957.
Barons Inverclyde (1897)
- John Burns, 1st Baron InverclydeJohn Burns, 1st Baron InverclydeJohn Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde, FRGS was a ship owner. Born in Glasgow he was the son of Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, a founder of the shipping company G & J Burns and a partner in the Cunard Steamship Co. and his wife, Jane Cleland...
(1829–1901) - George Arbuthnot Burns, 2nd Baron InverclydeGeorge Burns, 2nd Baron InverclydeGeorge Arbuthnot Burns, 2nd Baron Inverclyde was a ship owner. Burns was the elder son of John Burns, First Baron Inverclyde ....
(1861–1905) - James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron InverclydeJames Burns, 3rd Baron InverclydeJames Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde, was second son of John Burns, the first Lord Inverclyde, and grandson of Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, the founder of the Cunard Line...
(1864–1919) - (John) Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde (1897–1957)