Baron Blackford, of

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in the County of

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, was a title in the

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. It was created in 1935 for the politician, public servant and magistrate Sir William Mason, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County Somerset, in the

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in 1918. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a businessman and

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politician. The titles became extinct in 1988 on the early death of his grandson, the fourth Baron.

Barons Blackford (1935)

* William James Peake Mason, 1st Baron Blackford (1862–1947) * Glyn Keith Murray Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford (1887–1972) *Keith Alexander Henry Mason, 3rd Baron Blackford (1923–1977) *William Keith Mason, 4th Baron Blackford (1962–1988)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackford Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1935