Baron Faringdon, of

Buscot Park Buscot Park is a country house at Buscot near the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire within the historic boundaries of Berkshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. It was built in an austere neoclassical style between 1780 and 1783 for Edwar ...

in the County of

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, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1916 for Sir Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented Stafford West and St George's, Hanover Square in the

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as a

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. He had already been created a baronet in 1902. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was the son of the Hon.

Harold Henderson Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Harold Greenwood Henderson, CVO (29 October 1875 – 1 November 1922), was a British Conservative politician. Early life Born in Brentford, Henderson was the eldest son of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon ...

, eldest son of the first Baron, who predeceased his father. Lord Faringdon was a member of the

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. the titles are held by his nephew, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1977. He is the son of the Hon. Michael Thomas Handerson, second son of the Hon. Harold Henderson. The family seat is

, near

Faringdon Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, south-west of Oxford, north-west of Wantage and east-north-east of Swindon. It extends to the River Thames in the north; the highest ground is on the Ridg ...

Barons Faringdon (1916)

Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon (28 September 1850 – 17 March 1934), known as Sir Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, from 1902 to 1916, was a British financier and Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament. Biography Henderson was the ...

(1850–1934) ** Hon. Harold Greenwood Henderson (1875–1922) *

Alexander Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (Alexander) Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (20 March 1902 – 29 January 1977) was a British Labour politician and pacifist. He is most known for his charity work, his heavy financial support of medical aid programmes, and for housing 40 ...

(1902–1977) * Charles Michael Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon (b. 1937) The

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is the present holder's son, the Hon. James Harold Henderson (b. 1961).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, George Alexander Henderson (b. 1992).

Arms

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *

External links

"Owners of the Buscot Park Estate," Buscot Park and the Faringdon Collection, The National Trust
accessed 22 March 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Faringdon Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1916 Noble titles created for UK MPs