Baron Chorley

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Baron Chorley, of

Labour administration of Clement Attlee. The second Baron, who succeeded his father in 1978, was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers elected remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999, where he sat as a cross-bencher. As of 2016
the title is held by his son.

Barons Chorley (1945)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Patrick Chorley (b. 2000).

Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Chorley
Crest
In front of two torches in saltire Or and inflamed a teazle stalked and leaved Proper.
Escutcheon
Per chevron Argent and Vert in chief two bluebottles Proper and in base a fountain.
Supporters
On either side a buzzard Proper.
Motto
Propositi Tenax (Tenacious of Purpose)[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "No. 37354". The London Gazette. 16 November 1945. p. 5604.
  2. . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019.

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