Baron Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 15 July 1902 for the

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politician Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baronet. Both his sons were killed in the

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and he was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron (eldest son of Hon. Lawrence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, eldest son of the first Baron). However, both he and his brother, the third Baron, were killed in action during the

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. On the death of the third Baron in 1942 the titles passed to his first cousin, the fourth Baron (eldest son of the Hon. Edward Kay-Shuttleworth, second son of the first Baron), who survived the

although he was badly wounded. the titles are held by the latter's son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1975. He has been Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire since 1997. The Kay-Shuttleworth Baronetcy, of Gawthorpe in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was created in the

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in 1849 for the first Baronet, the physician, social reformer and educationalist

James Kay-Shuttleworth Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baronet (20 July 1804 – 26 May 1877, born James Kay) of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire, was a British politician and educationist. He founded a further-education college that would eventually become Plymo ...

. Born James Kay, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Shuttleworth on his marriage in 1842 to Janet Shuttleworth, only child and heiress of Robert Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall. Two of the first Baronet's brothers also gained distinction. Joseph Kay was a noted economist while Sir Edward Kay was a

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. The family seat was Gawthorpe Hall at

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near

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. The house was sold by the family in 1970. It is now financed and run by the

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in partnership with

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.National Trust website accessed 23 February 2013
/ref> The present Baron lives at

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near Kirkby Lonsdale in north Lancashire.

Kay-Shuttleworth Baronets, of Gawthorpe (1849)

* Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baronet (1804–1872) * Sir Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baronet (1844–1939) (created Baron Shuttleworth in 1902)

Barons Shuttleworth (1902)

* Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth (1844–1939) * Richard Ughtred Paul Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baron Shuttleworth (1913–1940) * Ronald Orlando Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth, 3rd Baron Shuttleworth (1917–1942) *Charles Ughtred John Kay-Shuttleworth, 4th Baron Shuttleworth (1917–1975) * Charles Geoffrey Nicholas Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth (b. 1948) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Thomas Edward Kay-Shuttleworth (b. 1976)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shuttleworth Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1902 Noble titles created for UK MPs