Baron Shepherd, of Spalding in the

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1946 for George Shepherd, who had previously served as National Agent of the Labour Party. His only son, Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd the second Baron, was also a prominent

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politician and notably served as

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. After the

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removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the

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he was given a

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as Baron Shepherd of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire. This enabled him to remain an active member of the

On his death in 2001 the life barony became extinct, while he was succeeded in the hereditary barony by his eldest son, Graeme, the third and () present holder of the title.

Barons Shepherd (1946)

George Robert Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd George Robert Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd PC (19 August 1881 – 4 December 1954), was a British Labour politician. Early life Shepherd was the son of George Robert Shepherd, a tailor of Spalding, Lincolnshire. Shepherd began working as an ...

(1881–1954) * Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, Baron Shepherd of Spalding (1918–2001) *Graeme George Shepherd, 3rd Baron Shepherd (b. 1949) The

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is the present holder's son Hon. Patrick Shepherd (b. 1980).
The heir apparent's heir, and the next heir-in-line to the peerage, is his son George Timothy Shepherd (b. 2012)

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd 1946 establishments in the United Kingdom Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1946 Spalding, Lincolnshire