Baron Inverclyde, of

Castle Wemyss Castle Wemyss was a large mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland. It stood on the southern shore of the Firth of Clyde at Wemyss Point, where the firth turns southwards. History It was built around 1850 for Charles Wilsone Brown, a property developer w ...

in the

County of Renfrew Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It contains the local government council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire, as w ...

, was 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 in 1897 for the Scottish shipowner Sir John Burns, 2nd Baronet. The Baronetcy had been created in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ...

in 1889 for George Burns. The titles became extinct on the death without issue of the fourth Baron in 1957.

Burns of Wemyss Bay, Baronets (1889)

Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet (10 December 1795 – 2 June 1890) was a Scottish shipping magnate. Burns was born in Glasgow, the son of Rev John Burns (1744–1839), a Presbyterian minister. George was the younger brother of James Burns (1 ...

(1795–1890) * Sir John Burns, 2nd Baronet (1829–1901) Created Baron Inverclyde

Barons Inverclyde (1897)

John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde, (24 June 1829 – 12 February 1901) was a ship owner. Born in Glasgow he was the son of Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, a founder of the shipping company G & J Burns and a partner in the Cunard Line, Cunard Steamsh ...

(1829–1901) * George Arbuthnot Burns, 2nd Baron Inverclyde (1861–1905) * James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde (1864–1919) * (John) Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde (1897–1957)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inverclyde Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1897