Baron Ormathwaite
Baron Ormathwaite, of Ormathwaite in the County of Cumberland, was a title in the
On his death the titles passed to his son, the second Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament for Leominster and Radnorshire and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Baron. He represented Radnorshire in Parliament as a Conservative and was Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire. Lord Ormathwaite also held several positions at the Royal court, notably as Master of the Ceremonies from 1907 to 1920. He was childless and on his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baron. He held several minor diplomatic positions. When he died the titles passed to his son, the sixth Baron. The sixth and last Baron Ormathwaite was a farmer and landowner, who owned the Pen-y-Bont Hall Estate, near Oswestry, Shropshire. He never married and on his death in 1984 the baronetcy and barony became extinct. As late as in 1937 the Ormathwaite Estate comprised some 28000 acres of land, primarily in Radnorshire and other parts of the Welsh Borders.
Walsh Baronets of Ormathwaite, Cumberland (1804)
- Sir John Benn Walsh, 1st Baronet (1759–1825)
- Sir John Benn Walsh, 2nd Baronet (1798–1881) (created Baron Ormathwaite in 1868)
Barons Ormathwaite (1868)
- John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (1798–1881)
- Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (1827–1920)
- Arthur Henry John Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite (1859–1937)
- George Harry William Walsh, 4th Baron Ormathwaite (1863–1943)
- Reginald Walsh, 5th Baron Ormathwaite (1868–1944)
- John Arthur Charles Walsh, 6th Baron Ormathwaite (1912–1984)
References
- Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1968 edition)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Information on the Walsh family
- Astronomy and Geology compared by Lord Ormathwaite, 1872