Lord Headley, Baron Allanson and Winn, of Aghadoe in the County of Kerry, was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
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. It was created in 1797 for
Sir George Allanson-Winn, 1st Baronet, a former
Baron of the Court of the Exchequer and
Member of Parliament for
Ripon
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. He had already been created a Baronet, of Little Warley in the County of Essex, in the
Baronetage of Great Britain
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on 14 September 1776. His son,
Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley, represented Ripon,
Malton and
Ludgershall in Parliament. In 1833 he succeeded a distant relative as 8th Baronet, of Nostel (see below). His nephew, the third Baron (the son of the Honourable
George Allanson-Winn, MP for Malton), sat in the
House of Lords
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as an
Irish representative peer
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from 1868 to 1877. His son, the fourth Baron, was an Irish Representative Peer from 1883 to 1913. His cousin,
Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley, was a prominent convert to
Islam
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.
On the death in 1994 of the latter's younger son,
Charles Allanson-Winn, 7th Baron Headley, the titles became extinct.
The Baronetcy, of Nostel in the County of York, was created in the
Baronetage of England
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on 3 December 1660 for George Winn. His great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, began the construction of the mansion of
Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory is a Palladian house in Nostell, West Yorkshire, in England, near Crofton and 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 co ...
in
Yorkshire
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, which became the seat of the Winn family. The house later came into another branch of the family, the
Barons St Oswald. The fourth Baronet’s son, the fifth Baronet, represented
Pontefract
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in the
House of Commons
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. On the death of the seventh Baronet, the title was inherited by his distant relative the second Baron Headley. The Baronetcy remained united with the Barony until their extinction in 1994.
Barons Headley (1797)
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George Allanson-Winn, 1st Baron Headley (1725–1798)
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Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley (1784–1840)
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Charles Allanson-Winn, 3rd Baron Headley (1810–1877)
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Charles Allanson-Winn, 4th Baron Headley (1845–1913)
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Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (1855–1935)
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Rowland Allanson-Winn, 6th Baron Headley (1901–1969)
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Charles Allanson-Winn, 7th Baron Headley (1902–1994)
Winn Baronets, of Nostel (1660)
*Sir George Winn, 1st Baronet (–1667)
*Sir Edmund Winn, 2nd Baronet (–1694)
*Sir Rowland Winn, 3rd Baronet (1675–1722)
*Sir Rowland Winn, 4th Baronet (–1765)
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Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Baronet
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(1739–1785)
*Sir Rowland Winn, 6th Baronet (1775–1805)
*Sir Edmund Mark Winn, 7th Baronet (1762–1833)
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Sir Charles Allanson-Winn, 8th Baronet (1784–1840) (had already succeeded as 2nd Baron Headley)
''for further Baronets of Nostell, see the Barons Headley above''
See also
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Baron St Oswald
Baron St Oswald, of Nostell in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the industrialist and Conservative politician Rowland Winn, a former Member of Parliament for ...
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland
Noble titles created in 1797