David Montague de Burgh Kenworthy, 11th Baron Strabolgi (pronounced "Strabogie") (1 November 1914 – 24 December 2010), was a Labour Party peer.

Education

Strabolgi was educated at

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, Holt, and the

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Appointments

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: 11 March 1974 to 3 May 1979 *

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of the Labour Party in the

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: 1974 to 1979

Title

The title of

Baron Strabolgi Baron Strabolgi (pronounced "Strabogie") is a title in the Peerage of England supposedly created in 1318 for Scottish lord David of Strathbogie, 10th Earl of Atholl. Despite lack of evidence supporting its existence, it was called out of abeyan ...

was created in 1318 for the tenth Earl of Atholl. The barony twice went into long periods of abeyance, during which no claim to hold it could be established, the second of these lasting for over three hundred years. The second period of abeyance was terminated in 1916 in favour of Cuthbert Kenworthy, the grandfather of the 11th Baron Strabolgi, who succeeded

Joseph Kenworthy, 10th Baron Strabolgi Joseph Montague Kenworthy, 10th Baron Strabolgi (7 March 1886 – 8 October 1953), was a Liberal and then a Labour Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Education and naval service Strabolgi was born at Leamington in Warwickshire an ...

, in 1953.

Death

Strabolgi died on 24 December 2010, at the age of 96. He was succeeded in the barony by his nephew, Andrew Kenworthy (born 1967), who became the 12th Baron Strabolgi.

Sources

*''The Complete Peerage'', (1998) *''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th Edition'' (1999)
Lord Strabolgi at thepeerage.comLabour members of the House of Lords
1914 births 2010 deaths Barons in the Peerage of England Labour Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting Deputy Lieutenants of Worcestershire Officiers of the Légion d'honneur People educated at Gresham's School Labour Party (UK) hereditary peers {{England-baron-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999