Baron Chetwode
Baron Chetwode, of
Second World War
.
The Baronetcy, of
House of Commons and was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1789. His son, the fifth Baronet, High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1852, married Elizabeth Juliana Newdigate-Ludford, daughter of John Newdigate-Ludford, and in 1826 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surnames of Newdigate-Ludford. He was succeeded by his nephew, the sixth Baronet. He was a Colonel
in the Army. On the latter's death in 1905 the title passed to his son, the aforementioned seventh Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1945.
Chetwode Baronets, of Oakley (1700)
- Sir John Chetwode, 1st Baronet (1666–1733)
- Sir Philip Touchet Chetwode, 2nd Baronet (1700–1764)
- Sir John Touchet Chetwode, 3rd Baronet (1732–1779)
- Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet (1764–1845)
- Sir John Newdigate-Ludford-Chetwode, 5th Baronet(1788–1873).
- Sir George Chetwode, 6th Baronet(1823–1905)
- Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 7th Baronet (1869–1950) (created Baron Chetwode in 1945)
Barons Chetwode (1945)
- Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode (1869–1950)
- Philip Chetwode, 2nd Baron Chetwode (b. 1937)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Roger Chetwode (b. 1968).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Philip Rowan Chetwode (b. 2002).
References
- ^ "Chetwode, Baron (UK, 1945)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
