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Baron Saint Leonards, of
Slaugham Slaugham () is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located to the south of Crawley, on the A23 road to Brighton. The civil parish covers an area of . At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,226 ...
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 in 1852 for
Sir Edward Sugden Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron Saint Leonards, (12 February 178129 January 1875) was a British lawyer, judge and Conservative politician. Background Sugden was the son of a high-class hairdresser and wig-maker in Westminster, London. Detai ...
,
Lord Chancellor The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. The ...
in Lord Derby's 1852 administration. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Henry Sugden, eldest son of the first Baron. He was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Henry Frank Sugden, next brother of the second Baron. The title became extinct on the early passing of the fourth Baron in 1985.


Barons Saint Leonards (1852)

* Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards (1781–1875) **The Hon. Henry Sugden (1811–1866) * Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 2nd Baron Saint Leonards (1847–1908) * Frank Edward Sugden, 3rd Baron Saint Leonards (1890–1972) * John Gerald Sugden, 4th Baron Saint Leonards (1950–1985)


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Leonards Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1852 Noble titles created for UK MPs 1852 establishments in the United Kingdom Peerages created for the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain