Baron Wardington
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Baron Wardington, of Alnmouth in the County of Northumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1936 for John Pease
, Chairman of Lloyds Bank
from 1922 to 1945. the title is held by his younger son, the third Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 2005.
The family seat is Wardington Manor near Banbury
in Oxfordshire
.
There is no heir to the barony.
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 1936 for John Pease
John Pease, 1st Baron Wardington
John William Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington , was a British banker.Pease was the son of Helen Maria and John William Pease of Pendower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and of Nether Grange, Northumberland....
, Chairman of Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank Plc was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1765 until its merger into Lloyds TSB in 1995; it remains a registered company but is currently dormant. It expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies...
from 1922 to 1945. the title is held by his younger son, the third Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 2005.
The family seat is Wardington Manor near Banbury
Banbury
Banbury is a market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the county town of Oxford...
in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
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Barons Wardington (1936)
- John William Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron WardingtonJohn Pease, 1st Baron WardingtonJohn William Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington , was a British banker.Pease was the son of Helen Maria and John William Pease of Pendower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and of Nether Grange, Northumberland....
(1869–1950) - Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease, 2nd Baron Wardington (1924–2005)
- William Simon Pease, 3rd Baron Wardington (b. 1925)
There is no heir to the barony.