Baron Colyton, of Farway in the County of Devon and of

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in the County of Somerset, is a title in the

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. It was created on 19 January 1956 for the diplomat and Conservative politician

Henry Hopkinson Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton, PC (3 January 1902 – 6 January 1996), was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. Biography Colyton was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then joined the Diplom ...

. He notably served as Minister of State for the Colonies from 1952 to 1955. He resided at Netherton Hall in the parish of Farway, Devon.Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.279 , the title is held by his grandson, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1996.

Barons Colyton (1956)

* Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1902–1996) * Alisdair John Munro Hopkinson, 2nd Baron Colyton (b. 1958) The

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is the present holder's son Hon. James Patrick Munro Hopkinson (b. 1983)

Line of Succession

''Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1902—1996)'' ** ''Hon. Nicholas Henry Eno Hopkinson (1932—1991)'' *** Coronet of a British Baron

Alisdair John Munro Hopkinson, 2nd Baron Colyton (born 1958) **** (1) ''Hon.'' James Patrick Munro Hopkinson (b. 1983) **** (2) ''Hon.'' Thomas Charles Robert Hopkinson (b. 1985) *** (3) Charles Henry Kenneth Hopkinson (b. 1960) **** (4) Frederick Nicholas Hugo Hopkinson (b. 1990) **** (5) Henry Jonathan Arthur Hopkinson (b. 1992)

Arms

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References

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Colyton Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1956 Peerages created for UK MPs