Baron Bethell, of Romford in the County of Essex, is a title in the

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. It was created in the

1922 Dissolution Honours The 1922 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 19 October 1922 at the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, David Lloyd George. Earldoms * The Rt Hon. Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Viscount Birkenhead * The Rt Hon. Horace Brand, 1st Viscount Far ...

for the banker and

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politician Sir John Bethell, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented

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and East Ham North in Parliament. He had already been created a Baronet, of Romford in the County of Essex, on 26 June 1911. The title descended from father to son until the early death of the third Baron, in 1967. The late Baron was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of William Gladstone Bethell, third son of the first Baron. Lord Bethell was a historian and

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politician. , the titles are held by his eldest son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2007 and was elected in 2018 to sit in the

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as one of the 92 representatives of the hereditary peers.By-election result
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Barons Bethell (1922)

* John Henry Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell (1861–1945) *John Raymond Bethell, 2nd Baron Bethell (1902–1965) *Guy Anthony John Bethell, 3rd Baron Bethell (1928–1967) * Nicholas William Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell (1938–2007) * James Nicholas Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell (b. 1967) The

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is the present holder's son Jacob Nicholas Douglas Bethell (b. 2006).

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