Baron Vestey, of Kingswood in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for the shipping magnate Sir William Vestey, 1st Baronet. He was the co-founder of the

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. Vestey had already been created a baronet, of Bessémer House in the

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, in 1913. , the titles are held by the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2021 and is the eldest grandson of the Hon. William Vestey (who was killed in action in

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during the

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in 1944), the only son of the second Baron. The current holder's father, the 3rd Baron Vestey, served as

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from 1999 to 2018. Sir Edmund Vestey, 1st Baronet, co-founder of the

, was the younger brother of the first Baron Vestey. The family seat is

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, in the Cotswold Hills,

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Barons Vestey

William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey (21 January 1859 – 10 December 1940), was an English shipping magnate. Biography Early life William Vestey was born on 21 January 1859. He came from an old Liverpool family of traders. In 1876, at the age of ...

(1859–1940) * Samuel Vestey, 2nd Baron Vestey (1882–1954) **Captain Hon. William Howarth Vestey (1912–1944) * Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey (1941–2021) * William Guy Vestey, 4th Baron Vestey (born 1983) The

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is the present holder's son, the Hon. Samuel Oscar Mark Vestey (born 2018).

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vestey Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1922

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