Baron Strathclyde is a title that has been created twice in British history, both times in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was first created in 1914 when the politician and judge Alexander Ure

Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde

Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde GBE was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at the University of Glasgow he was admitted to membership of the Faculty of Advocates in 1878....

 was made Baron Strathclyde, of Sandyford in the County of Lanark. This creation became extinct on his death in 1928. It was created for a second time in 1955 when the Scottish Unionist Party politician Thomas Dunlop Galbraith was made Baron Strathclyde, of Barskimming in the County of Ayr. this title is held by his grandson, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1985. He is the son of the politician the Hon. Sir Tam Galbraith

Tam Galbraith

The Hon. Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, KBE , was a British Conservative politician....

 KBE

Order of the British Empire

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, eldest son of the first Baron. Lord Strathclyde is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999

House of Lords Act 1999

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Barons Strathclyde, First creation (1914)

• Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde
  Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde
  Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde GBE was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at the University of Glasgow he was admitted to membership of the Faculty of Advocates in 1878....
  
   (1853–1928)

Barons Strathclyde, Second creation (1955)

• Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde (1891–1985)
• Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
  Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
  Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, PC , is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Lords and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as well as being the leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords...
  
   (b. 1960)

The heir presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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is the present holder's brother the Hon. Charles William du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith (b. 1962)