Baron Boston, of Boston in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1761 for the court official and former

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

, Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet. He had earlier represented Launceston and Bodmin in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...

. He was the son of Edward Irby,

for

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, who was created a baronet, of Whaplode and Boston in the County of Lincoln, in the Baronetage of England on 13 April 1704. Lord Boston's son, the second Baron, was a

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to both

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and

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. The title followed the line of his eldest son, the third Baron, until the death of the latter's great-great-grandson, the eighth Baron, in 1972. The late Baron was succeeded by his third cousin once removed, the ninth Baron. He was the great-grandson of Rear-Admiral Frederick Paul Irby, second son of the second Baron. Since 2007, the title is held by his grandson, the 11th Baron. The family seat was

Hedsor House Hedsor House is an Italianate-style mansion in the United Kingdom, located in Hedsor in Buckinghamshire. Perched overlooking the River Thames, a manor house at Hedsor can be dated back to 1166 when the estate was owned by the de Hedsor Family. ...

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, Buckinghamshire. The family also owned Plas Llanidan and land at

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in Moelfre,

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, Wales.

Irby baronets, of Whaplode and Boston (1704)

* Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet (1676–1718) * Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet (1707–1775) (created Baron Boston in 1761)

Barons Boston (1761)

William Irby, 1st Baron Boston William Irby, 1st Baron Boston (8 March 1707 – 30 March 1775) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Life Irby was the son of Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet and inherited his father's baronetcy in 1718. On 26 August 1746, he married Al ...

(1707–1775) *

Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston (1749–1825) was an English peer, landowner, and courtier. Early life Frederick Irby was born on 9 June 1749, the son of William Irby, 1st Baron Boston and Albinia Selwyn. He was educated at Eton College. He gra ...

(1749–1825), father of Admiral Frederick Irby *

George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Preside ...

(1777–1856) *

George Ives Irby, 4th Baron Boston George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Preside ...

(1802–1869) * Florance George Henry Irby, 5th Baron Boston (1837–1877) * George Florance Irby, 6th Baron Boston (1860–1941) *

Greville Northey Irby, 7th Baron Boston Greville or Gréville may refer to: Places * Gréville-Hague, in the Manche ''département'', France * Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada People First name * Greville Janner (1928–2015), British Labour Party politician and alleged child abuse ...

(1889–1958) *

Cecil Eustace Irby, 8th Baron Boston Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada *Cecil, Alberta, ...

(1897–1972) * Gerald Howard Boteler Irby, 9th Baron Boston (1897–1978) * Timothy George Frank Boteler Irby, 10th Baron Boston (1939–2007) * George William Eustace Boteler Irby, 11th Baron Boston (born 1971) The

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is the present holder's son Thomas William George Boteler Irby (born 1999).

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boston Baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1761

Irby baronets, of Whaplode and Boston (1704)

Barons Boston (1761)

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