Baron Daresbury, of

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 June 1927 for Sir Gilbert Greenall, 2nd Baronet. The Baronetcy, of

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in the

, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 February 1876 for his father Gilbert Greenall, who was head of the family brewing business (later Greenall's and now the

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) and also represented

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. the titles are held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1996. The former seat of the Greenall family was

near

, Cheshire. However, the house was sold in 1941. The fourth Lord Daresbury was based at Hall Lane Farm on the

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estate, home of the

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Greenall baronets, of Walton Hall (1876)

Sir Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baronet Sir Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baronet, Deputy Lieutenant, DL, Justice of the peace, JP (11 May 1806 – 10 July 1894) was a British businessman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ...

(1806–1894) * Sir Gilbert Greenall, 2nd Baronet (1867–1938) (created Baron Daresbury in 1927)

Barons Daresbury (1927)

Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baron Daresbury Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baron Daresbury, (30 March 1867 – 24 October 1938), known as Sir Gilbert Greenall, 2nd Baronet, from 1894 to 1927, was a British brewer, business man, landowner, peer, and master of foxhounds. Greenall was the son of Si ...

(1867–1938) *Edward Greenall, 2nd Baron Daresbury (1902–1990) *Edward Gilbert Greenall, 3rd Baron Daresbury (1928–1996) * Peter Gilbert Greenall, 4th Baron Daresbury (b. 1953) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Thomas Edward Greenall (b. 1984)

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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