Baron Cranworth is a title that has been created twice, both times in the

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. The first creation came in 1850 when the lawyer and

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politician Sir Robert Rolfe was made Baron Cranworth, of Cranworth in the County of Norfolk. He later served as

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. This creation became extinct on his death in 1868. The second creation came in 1899 when Robert Gurdon was created Baron Cranworth, of Letton and Cranworth in the County of Norfolk. He had earlier represented

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and Mid Norfolk in the

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. the title is held by his great-grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his grandfather in 1964. He is the son of the Hon. Robert Brampton Gurdon, who was killed in action in

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in July 1942. The family seat is Grundisburgh Hall, near Woodbridge,

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Barons Cranworth, First creation (1850)

* Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth (1790–1868)

Barons Cranworth, Second creation (1899)

* Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, 1st Baron Cranworth (1829–1902) *

Bertram Francis Gurdon, 2nd Baron Cranworth Bertram Francis Gurdon, 2nd Baron Cranworth KG, MC (13 June 1877 – 4 January 1964) was a British peer and soldier. Gurdon was the eldest son of Robert Gurdon, 1st Baron Cranworth and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was comm ...

(1877–1964) *Philip Bertram Gurdon, 3rd Baron Cranworth (b. 1940) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Sacha William Robin Gurdon (b. 1970).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Alec Martin Philip Gurdon (b. 2006)

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *
David Beamish's Peerage Page
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