Baron St Helens is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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 and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. The first two creations were both in favour of the same person, but are now extinct. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1791 when the Chief Secretary for Ireland

Chief Secretary for Ireland

The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, from the late 18th century until the end of British rule he was effectively the government minister with responsibility for governing Ireland; usually...

 Alleyne Fitzherbert

Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens

Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens PC was a British diplomat and a friend of explorer George Vancouver, who named Mount St...

 was made Baron St Helens. In 1801 he was further honoured when he was made Baron St Helens, of St Helens

St Helens, Isle of Wight

St. Helens is a village and civil parish located on the eastern side of the Isle of Wight. The village is based around village greens. This is claimed to be the largest in England but some say the Village Green is the second largest. The greens are often used for cricket matches during the summer...

 on the Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, allowing him to sit in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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.On his death in 1839, both baronies became extinct. Lord St Helens was the son of William Fitzherbert, Member of Parliament for Derby

Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two Members of...

, and a younger brother of Sir William Fitzherbert, 1st Baronet

Sir William Fitzherbert, 1st Baronet

Sir William FitzHerbert, 1st Baronet was the first baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington. He was a lawyer and recorder for Derby. He was an usher to George III. He owned a number of plantations for sugar and coffee in Jamaica and Barbados.-Biography:...

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The third creation came in 1964 when the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician Michael Hughes-Young

Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens

Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

 was made Baron St Helens, of St Helens in the County Palatine of Lancaster. He had earlier represented Wandsworth Central

Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Wandsworth Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Wandsworth district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. It was one of the last hereditary baronies ever created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. the title is held by his son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1980. Henry George Young, father of the first Baron, was a Brigadier-General in the British Army

British Army

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Barons St Helens, First and second creations (1791; 1801)

• Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens
  Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens
  Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens PC was a British diplomat and a friend of explorer George Vancouver, who named Mount St...
  
   (1753–1839)

Barons St Helens, Third creation (1964)

• Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
  Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
  Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....
  
   (1912–1980)
• Richard Francis Hughes-Young, 2nd Baron St Helens (b. 1945)
  • The heir apparent
    Heir apparent
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    is his son, The Hon. Henry Thomas Hughes-Young (b. 7 Mar 1986)