Baron Wynford, of Wynford Eagle in the County of Dorset, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1829 for the politician and lawyer
Sir William Best. He served as
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
The chief justice of the Common Pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench or Common Place, which was the second-highest common law court in the English legal system until 1875, when it, along with the othe ...
from 1824 to 1829. His eldest son, the second Baron, represented
Mitchell
Mitchell may refer to:
People
*Mitchell (surname)
*Mitchell (given name)
Places Australia
* Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate
* Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst
* Mitchell, Northern Territo ...
(also known as St Michael's) in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
from 1831 to 1832, when the constituency was abolished. On the death of his younger son, the fourth Baron, this line of the family failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his first cousin, the fifth Baron. He was the son of Reverend the Hon. Samuel Best, third son of the first Baron. the title is held by his great-grandson, the ninth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2002.
Barons Wynford (1829)
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William Draper Best, 1st Baron Wynford (1767–1845)
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William Samuel Best, 2nd Baron Wynford (1798–1869)
*William Draper Mortimer Best, 3rd Baron Wynford (1826–1899)
*Henry Molyneux Best, 4th Baron Wynford (1829–1903)
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George Best, 5th Baron Wynford (1838–1904)
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Philip George Best, 6th Baron Wynford (1871–1940)
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Samuel John Best, 7th Baron Wynford (1874–1943)
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Robert Samuel Best, 8th Baron Wynford (1917–2002)
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John Philip Robert Best, 9th Baron Wynford (b. 1950)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is the present holder's only son the Hon. Harry Robert Francis Best (b. 1987)
References
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1829
Noble titles created for UK MPs