Baron Hankey, of The Chart in the County of Surrey, is a title in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...

. It was created in 1939 for the civil servant Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary from 1920 to 1938. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a diplomat and served as British Ambassador to Sweden between 1954 and 1960. the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1996. He is an architect.

Donald Hankey Donald William Alers Hankey (27 October 1884 – 12 October 1916) was an English soldier best known for two volumes of essays about the British volunteer army in World War I both titled ''A Student in Arms''. Biography Donald Hankey was born in ...

, brother of the first Baron, was a soldier best known for two volumes of essays about the British volunteer army in the

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. The Hon. Henry Hankey, third son of the first Baron, was British Ambassador to Panama between 1966 and 1969.

Baron Hankey (1939)

* Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey (1877–1963) * Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey (1905–1996) *Donald Robin Alers Hankey, 3rd Baron Hankey (b. 1938) The heir presumptive to the title is the present holder's younger brother, the Hon. Alexander Maurice Alers Hankey (b. 1947).

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hankey Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1939 1939 establishments in the United Kingdom