Baron Stamp
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Baron Stamp, of Shortlands in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1938 for the civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker, Sir Josiah Stamp
. The second Baron, Wilfred Carlyle Stamp, holds the record for having held a peerage for the shortest length of time. On 16 April 1941, the first Baron Stamp was killed by a German bomb, as was his son Wilfred. Legally, the son was presumed to have died a fraction of a second after his father, and therefore is supposed to have succeeded to the title for that short amount of time. The second Baron was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. the title is held by the latter's son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1987. Like his father he is a physician.
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 1938 for the civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker, Sir Josiah Stamp
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp
Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Bt, GCB, GBE, FBA, was a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician, writer, and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.Josiah was born in London, the third of seven...
. The second Baron, Wilfred Carlyle Stamp, holds the record for having held a peerage for the shortest length of time. On 16 April 1941, the first Baron Stamp was killed by a German bomb, as was his son Wilfred. Legally, the son was presumed to have died a fraction of a second after his father, and therefore is supposed to have succeeded to the title for that short amount of time. The second Baron was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. the title is held by the latter's son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1987. Like his father he is a physician.
Barons Stamp (1938)
- Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron StampJosiah Stamp, 1st Baron StampJosiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Bt, GCB, GBE, FBA, was a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician, writer, and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.Josiah was born in London, the third of seven...
(1880–1941) - Wilfred Carlyle Stamp, 2nd Baron StampWilfred Stamp, 2nd Baron StampWilfred Carlyle Stamp, 2nd Baron Stamp was a son of the British banker Josiah Stamp. He holds the record for holding a peerage for the shortest length of time....
(1914–1941) - Trevor Charles Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp (1917–1987)
- Trevor Charles Bosworth Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp (b. 1935)