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Baron Essendon, of
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in the
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, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created on 20 June 1932 for the shipping magnate Sir Frederick Lewis, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Essendon Place in the County of Hertford, in the
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on 11 February 1918. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was a well-known motor-racing driver. The titles became extinct on his death on 18 July 1978.


Barons Essendon (1932)

* Frederick William Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon (1870–1944) * Brian Edmund Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon (1903–1978)


References

* Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1932 {{UK-stub