Baron St Oswald, of Nostell in the

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of the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1885 for the industrialist and

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politician Rowland Winn, a former

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for

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. His son, the second Baron, represented

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in the

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. His grandson, the fourth Baron, held junior ministerial positions in the Conservative administrations of

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and

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and also sat as a

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. the title is held by the latter's nephew, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1999. The family seat is

Nostell Priory Nostell Priory is a Palladian house in Nostell, West Yorkshire, England, near Crofton on the road to Doncaster from Wakefield. It dates from 1733, and was built for the Winn family on the site of a medieval priory. The Priory and its contents ...

, near Crofton,

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. The house was handed over to the

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in 1953 but is still the home of the Barons St Oswald.

Barons St Oswald (1885)

Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald (19 February 1820 – 19 January 1893) was an English industrialist and Conservative Party politician. He was instrumental in promoting and developing the ironstone ore fields in North Lincolnshire leading to th ...

(1820–1893) *

Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald (1 August 1857 – 13 April 1919) was a Conservative Party politician in England. At the 1885 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Pontefract in Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviat ...

(1857–1919) *Rowland George Winn, 3rd Baron St Oswald (1893–1957) * Rowland Denys Guy Winn, 4th Baron St Oswald (1916–1984) *Derek Edward Anthony Winn, 5th Baron St Oswald (1919–1999) *Charles Rowland Andrew Winn, 6th Baron St Oswald (b. 1959) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Rowland Charles Sebastian Henry Winn (b. 1986)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Oswald Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom 1885 establishments in the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1885 Noble titles created for UK MPs

Barons St Oswald (1885)

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