Baron Rugby, of
Rugby in the
County of Warwick
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, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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.
It was created in 1947 for the civil servant
Sir John Maffey. He was
Governor-General of the Sudan
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between 1926 and 1933 and
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
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between 1933 and 1937. At Winston Churchill's request he became the first United Kingdom representative to Ireland in 1939, a post he held throughout the war years and until his retirement in 1949. The title is now held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990.
The Hon.
Penelope Aitken, mother of the former
Conservative
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politician
Jonathan Aitken
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and of the actress
Maria Aitken
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Early life and career
Aitken was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Sir William Aitken, a Conservative MP, and Penel ...
, was the daughter of the first Baron Rugby.
Barons Rugby (1947)
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John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby (1877–1969)
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Alan Maffey, 2nd Baron Rugby (1913–1990)
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Robert Charles Maffey, 3rd Baron Rugby (b. 1951)
The
heir apparent
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to the barony is the 3rd Baron's eldest son, the Hon. Timothy James Howard Maffey (born 1975).
Arms
Notes
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