Baron Kennet, of the Dene in the County of Wiltshire,
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 in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...
. 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, widow of the polar explorer
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova Expedition ...
, the second to
Elizabeth Young.
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 (b. 1957)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...
is the present holder's son, the Hon. Archibald Wayland Keyes Young (b. 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
Peerages created for UK MPs