Baron Joicey, of Chester-le-Street in the County of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1906 for the coal mining magnate and former

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Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street (), also known as Chester, is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England, around north of Durham and also close to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the River Wear, which runs out to sea at ...

, Sir James Joicey, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Longhirst and of Ulgham, both in the County of Northumberland, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1893. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was

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in 1910. The second baron lost his son young, and on his death his younger brother succeeded to the barony. The third Baron was an army officer, whose elder son died in WWII without male issue, and he was thus succeeded by his younger son, the fourth baron. the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1993. John Joicey, uncle of the first Baron, was a Liberal politician and coal owner. The family seat is Etal Manor on the

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and Etal Castle estate.

Barons Joicey (1906)

James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey JP DL (4 April 1846 – 21 November 1936) was an English industrialist, politician, and aristocrat known primarily for being a coal mining magnate from Durham and a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP). Li ...

(1846–1936) * James Arthur Joicey, 2nd Baron Joicey (1880–1940) Died 24 July 1940 * Hugh Edward Joicey, 3rd Baron Joicey (1881–1966), second son of the first Baron. * Michael Edward Joicey, 4th Baron Joicey (1925–1993) * James Michael Joicey, 5th Baron Joicey (born 1953) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. William James Joicey (born 1990)

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* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joicey Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1906 Noble titles created for UK MPs