Baron Kirkwood
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Baron Kirkwood, of Bearsden in the County of Dunbarton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1951 for the Scottish
engineer, trade unionist, Independent Labour Party
and later Labour
politician, David Kirkwood. the title is held by the his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1970.
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 1951 for the Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
engineer, trade unionist, Independent Labour Party
Independent Labour Party
The Independent Labour Party was a socialist political party in Britain established in 1893. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party from 1906 to 1932, when it voted to leave...
and later Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician, David Kirkwood. the title is held by the his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1970.
Barons Kirkwood (1951)
- David Kirkwood, 1st Baron Kirkwood (1872–1955)
- David Kirkwood, 2nd Baron Kirkwood (1903–1970)
- David Harvie Kirkwood, 3rd Baron Kirkwood (b. 1931)