Baron Churston, of Churston Ferrers and Lupton in the County of Devon, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1858 for the former

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, Sir John Yarde, 3rd Baronet. He had earlier represented

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in the

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. Two years later, in 1860, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Buller. the titles are held by his great-great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1991. The Baronetcy, of Lupton House in the County of Devon, was created in the

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on 13 January 1790 for the lawyer

Sir Francis Buller Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet (17 March 1746 – 5 June 1800) of Churston Court in the parish of Churston Ferrers, of nearby Lupton in the parish of Brixham, and of Prince Hall on Dartmoor, all in Devon, was an English judge. Origins Bu ...

. He was the son of James Buller. The first Baronet's son, the second Baronet, represented

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in the House of Commons. In 1800, he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Yarde. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the aforementioned third Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1858. The Barons Churston are related to the Viscounts Dilhorne and the

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s. Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet, of Dilhorne, third son of Sir Francis Yarde, 2nd Baronet, of Churston Court, was the great-grandfather of Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne. The Hon.

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, daughter of the third Baron Churston, married

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. The family seat is Yowlestone House, near

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Buller, Yarde-Buller Baronets, of Lupton House (1790)

* Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet (1746–1800) * Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baronet (1767–1833) * John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baronet (1799–1871) (created Baron Churston in 1858)

Barons Churston (1858)

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(1799–1871) *

John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston (26 October 1846 – 19 April 1910) was a British peer and soldier. The elder son of the Hon. John Yarde-Buller (eldest son of John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston) and of Charlotte, a daughter of Edward Sa ...

(1846–1910) *

John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, MVO, OBE (9 November 1873 – 19 April 1930) was a British peer and soldier. He is the grandfather of Karim Aga Khan, leader of the Nizari Ismailis, an Islamic sect. Early life Yarde-Bulle ...

(1873–1930) * Richard Francis Roger Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston (1910–1991) *

John Francis Yarde-Buller, 5th Baron Churston Baron Churston, of Churston Ferrers and Lupton in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1858 for the former Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir John Yarde, 3rd Baronet. He had earlier repr ...

(b. 1934) The

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is the present holder's son Hon. Benjamin Francis Anthony Yarde-Buller (b. 1974).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Joseph Francis Yarde-Buller (b. 2004).

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Churston Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Today it is administered by local government as the Churston-with-Galmpton ward of th ...

Buller, Yarde-Buller Baronets, of Lupton House (1790)

Barons Churston (1858)

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