Baron Waleran, of

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in the County of Devon, was a title in the

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. It was created on 23 December 1905 for the

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politician Sir William Walrond, 2nd Baronet, of

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, Uffculme. The name of the barony, with its spelling being a variant of the family name, appears to have been chosen to suggest a possible ancestry from Waleran the Huntsman,

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of West Dean, Wiltshire, at the time of the

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of 1086, which was held by the Waleran family until the death of Walter Walerand in 1200/1 leaving three daughters his co-heiresses. His elevation to the peerage did not cause a

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due to the upcoming

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, where his son,

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, succeeded him as the

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for Tiverton. The Walrond Baronetcy, of Bradfield and of Newcourt, both in the County of

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, was created in the

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on 24 February 1876 for the first Baron's father, John Walrond, who also represented Tiverton in Parliament. The title was named after the family's manor of Bradfield, Uffculme, Devon, held by them since the 13th century. The baronetcy and barony became extinct on the death of the first Baron's grandson, the second Baron, on 4 April 1966.

Walrond baronets, of Bradfield (1876)

* Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Baronet (1818–1889) * Sir William Hood Walrond, 2nd Baronet (1849–1925) (created Baron Waleran in 1905)

Barons Waleran (1905)

William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran, (26 February 1849 – 17 May 1925), known as Sir William Walrond, Bt, between 1889 and 1905, of Bradfield House, Uffculme, Devon, was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commo ...

(1849–1925) ** Hon. William Lionel Charles Walrond (1876–1915) *William George Hood Walrond, 2nd Baron Waleran (1905–1966)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waleran Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1905 Noble titles created for UK MPs 1905 establishments in the United Kingdom