Baron Hindlip, of

Hindlip Hindlip or Hinlip is a village and civil parish north east of Worcester, in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 180. The parish touches Tibberton, Martin Hussingtree, Salwarpe, ...

in the County of Worcester and of

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in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for the businessman and

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politician Sir Henry Allsopp, 1st Baronet. He was head of the brewing firm of

Samuel Allsopp & Sons Samuel Allsopp & Sons was one of the largest breweries operating in Burton upon Trent, England. History Origins Allsopp's origins go back to the 1740s, when Benjamin Wilson, an innkeeper-brewer of Burton, brewed beer for his own premises and so ...

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, and he also represented East Worcestershire in Parliament. Allsopp had already been created a

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, of Hindlip Hall in the Parish of Hindlip in the County of Worcester, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 May 1880. His son, the second Baron, was also head of the family firm and sat as Conservative

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for Staffordshire East and

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. His son, the third Baron, was a junior Unionist whip in the

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from 1907 to 1914; and awarded

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in 1919. The third Baron's younger son, the fifth Baron (who succeeded his elder brother), was a Deputy Lieutenant of

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. , the titles are held by the latter's son, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 1993. Television presenters Kirstie and Sofie Allsopp are daughters of the sixth Baron.

Barons Hindlip (1886)

Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip DL (19 February 1811 – 2 April 1887), known as Sir Henry Allsopp, Bt, between 1880 and 1886, was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Background Allsopp was the third son of Samuel Allsopp (12 Augu ...

(1811–1887) * Samuel Charles Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip (1842–1897) * Charles Allsopp, 3rd Baron Hindlip (1877–1931) * Charles Samuel Victor Allsopp, 4th Baron Hindlip (1906–1966); elder son of the 3rd Baron * Henry Richard Allsopp, 5th Baron Hindlip (1912–1993); younger son of the 3rd Baron * Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip (born 1940) The

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is the present holder's only son, the Hon. Henry William Allsopp (born 1973).

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