Baron Crook, of
Carshalton
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in the
County of Surrey
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, is 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 on 3 July 1947 for
Reginald Crook, later Chairman of the National Dock Labour Board. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2001.
Barons Crook (1947)
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Reginald Douglas Crook, 1st Baron Crook (1901–1989)
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Douglas Edwin Crook, 2nd Baron Crook (1926–2001)
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Robert Douglas Edwin Crook, 3rd Baron Crook (b. 1955)
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 son Hon. Matthew Robert Crook (b. 1990)
Arms
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1947