The Walker-Smith Baronetcy, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertford, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
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. It was created on 18 July 1960 for the
Conservative politician
Derek Walker-Smith. On his retirement from the
House of Commons in 1983 he was further honoured when he was created a
life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages ...
as Baron Broxbourne, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertfordshire. The life barony became extinct on his death in 1992 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, the second and (as of 2010) present holder of the title.
Walker-Smith Baronets, of Broxbourne (1960)
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Sir Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, 1st Baronet (1910–1992) (created Baron Broxbourne in 1983)
*The Hon. Sir (John) Jonah Walker-Smith, 2nd Baronet (born 1939)
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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