Baron Silkin, of Dulwich

Dulwich

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 in the County of London

County of London

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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The barony was created in 1950 for the solicitor and Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician Lewis Silkin

Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin

Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin CH , was a British Labour Party politician.Silkin worked as a solicitor, before becoming a member of the London County Council in 1925. He chaired the LCC Town Planning and the Housing and Public Health Committees and was a member of the Central Housing Advisory...

. The peerage was disclaimed

Peerage Act 1963

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 by both his eldest son, the second Baron, and the latter's nephew, the third Baron. When the third Baron disclaimed the title in 2002, the barony of Silkin became the first peerage ever to be disclaimed twice.

Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich

Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich

Samuel Charles Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich, PC, QC was a British Labour Party politician and cricketer....

 and John Silkin

John Silkin

John Ernest Silkin, PC was an English Labour politician and solicitor.He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales, and Trinity Hall at the University of...

, younger sons of the first Baron, were also prominent 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...

 politicians. Lord Silkin of Dulwich was the father of the third and present Baron Silkin.

Barons Silkin (1950)

• Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin
  Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin
  Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin CH , was a British Labour Party politician.Silkin worked as a solicitor, before becoming a member of the London County Council in 1925. He chaired the LCC Town Planning and the Housing and Public Health Committees and was a member of the Central Housing Advisory...
  
   (1889–1972)
• Arthur Silkin, 2nd Baron Silkin (1916–2001) (disclaimed 1972)
• Christopher Lewis Silkin, 3rd Baron Silkin (b. 1947) (disclaimed 2002)

The heir presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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is Rory Lewis Silkin, first-cousin of Christopher Silkin.

Sources

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.