Baron Kennet, of the Dene in the County of Wiltshire,
is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the journalist and politician
Sir Hilton Young. He was the youngest son of Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet, of Formosa Place. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a writer and politician. the title is held by his son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 2009. As a great-grandson of Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet, of Formosa Place, he is also in remainder to this title.
The first Baron was married to the sculptor
Kathleen Scott
Edith Agnes Kathleen Young, Baroness Kennet, FRBS (née Bruce; formerly Scott; 27 March 1878 – 25 July 1947) was a British sculptor. Trained in London and Paris, Scott was a prolific sculptor, notably of portrait heads and busts and als ...
, widow of the polar explorer
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, , (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated ''Terra Nov ...
, the second to
Elizabeth Young, Lady Kennet.
Barons Kennet (1935)
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(Edward) Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet (1879–1960)
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Wayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet (1923–2009)
*William Aldus Thoby Young, 3rd Baron Kennet (born 1957)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is the present holder's son the Honourable Archibald Wayland Keyes Young (born 1992).
Arms
See also
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Young baronets of Formosa Place
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1935
Noble titles created for UK MPs