Baron Cranworth is a title that has been created twice, both times in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. The first creation came in 1850 when the lawyer and
Liberal
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politician
Sir Robert Rolfe was made Baron Cranworth, of Cranworth in the County of Norfolk. He later served as
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
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. This creation became extinct on his death in 1868.
The second creation came in 1899 when
Robert Gurdon was created Baron Cranworth, of Letton and Cranworth in the County of Norfolk. He had earlier represented
South Norfolk
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History
The district was formed on 1 April 197 ...
and
Mid Norfolk
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in the
House of Commons
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. the title is held by his great-grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his grandfather in 1964. He is the son of the Hon. Robert Brampton Gurdon, who was killed in action in
Libya
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in July 1942.
The family seat is Grundisburgh Hall, near
Woodbridge Woodbridge may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Woodbridge, Western Australia formerly called ''West Midland''
*Woodbridge, Tasmania
Canada
*Woodbridge, Ontario
England
*Woodbridge, Suffolk, the location of
** Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency ...
,
Suffolk
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.
Barons Cranworth, First creation (1850)
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Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth
Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth, PC (18 December 1790 – 26 July 1868) was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He twice served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Background and education
Born at Cranworth, Norfolk, he was ...
(1790–1868)
Barons Cranworth, Second creation (1899)
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Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, 1st Baron Cranworth (1829–1902)
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Bertram Francis Gurdon, 2nd Baron Cranworth
Bertram Francis Gurdon, 2nd Baron Cranworth KG, MC (13 June 1877 – 4 January 1964) was a British peer and soldier.
Gurdon was the eldest son of Robert Gurdon, 1st Baron Cranworth and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was comm ...
(1877–1964)
*Philip Bertram Gurdon, 3rd Baron Cranworth (b. 1940)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. Sacha William Robin Gurdon (b. 1970).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Alec Martin Philip Gurdon (b. 2006)
References
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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David Beamish's Peerage Page
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1899
Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1850
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