Lord Kenyon, Baron of Gredington, in the County of Flint

Flintshire

Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...

, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of Great Britain

The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

. It was created in 1788 for the lawyer and judge Sir Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baronet

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, PC, SL, KC was a British politician and barrister, who served as Attorney General, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice. Born to a country gentleman, he was initially educated in Hanmer before moving to Ruthin School aged 12...

. He served as Master of the Rolls

Master of the Rolls

The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal...

 and as Lord Chief Justice of England. Kenyon had already been created a Baronet, of Gredington in the County of Flint, in 1784. His grandson, the third Baron, briefly represented St Michael's in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

. His grandson, the fourth Baron, held minor office in the governments of Lord Salisbury

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC , styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years...

, Arthur Balfour

Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...

 and David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

 and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire

Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire

This is an incomplete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. After 1733, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire...

. In 1912 Lord Kenyon assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Tyrell. the titles are held by his grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1993.

Barons Kenyon (1788)

• Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, PC, SL, KC was a British politician and barrister, who served as Attorney General, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice. Born to a country gentleman, he was initially educated in Hanmer before moving to Ruthin School aged 12...
  
   (1732–1804)
• George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon (1776–1855)
• Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon , was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Kenyon was the son of George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon, and Margaret Emma Hanmer. His grandfather was Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice of England...
  
   (1805–1869)
• Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon
  Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon, TD , was a British peer and Conservative politician.Kenyon was the son of the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, son of Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon. He succeeded his grandfather as fourth Baron Kenyon in 1869, aged only five, and was able to take his seat in the House of...
  
  (1864–1927)
• Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 5th Baron Kenyon (1917–1993)
• Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 6th Baron Kenyon (b. 1947)