Baron Sinclair of Cleeve, of
Cleeve in the
County of Somerset, 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 on 21 January 1957 for the businessman and public servant,
Robert Sinclair. He notably served as President of the
Imperial Tobacco Company and as Director-General of Army Requirements at the
War Office
The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). This article contains text from ...
from 1939 to 1942 and as Chief Executive at the
Ministry of Production from 1943 to 1945. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1985.
Barons Sinclair of Cleeve (1957)
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Robert John Sinclair, 1st Baron Sinclair of Cleeve (1893–1979)
*John Robert Kilgour Sinclair, 2nd Baron Sinclair of Cleeve (1919–1985)
*John Lawrence Robert Sinclair, 3rd Baron Sinclair of Cleeve (b. 1953).
There is no heir to the title.
Arms
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 1957