Baron Rotherham, of
Broughton in the
County Palatine of Lancaster
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, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created on 18 July 1910 for the industrialist and
Liberal
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Politics
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politician
Sir William Holland, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of
Queen's Gate
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, in the
Royal Borough of Kensington
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His ...
in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
on 18 July 1907.
Both titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, on 24 January 1950.
Barons Rotherham (1910)
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William Henry Holland, 1st Baron Rotherham (1849–1927)
*
Stuart Lund Holland, 2nd Baron Rotherham (1876–1950)
References
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David Beamish's Peerage Page
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1910
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Lancashire