Lord Headley, Baron Allanson and Winn, of Aghadoe in the County of Kerry, was a title in the

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. It was created in 1797 for Sir George Allanson-Winn, 1st Baronet, a former

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and

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for

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. He had already been created a Baronet, of Little Warley in the County of Essex, in the

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on 14 September 1776. His son,

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, 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

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as an Irish Representative Peer 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 Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (19 January 1855 – 22 June 1935), also known as Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq, was an Irish peer and a prominent convert to Islam, who was also one of the leading members of the Wok ...

, was a prominent convert to Islam. On the death in 1994 of the latter's younger son,

Charles Allanson-Winn, 7th Baron Headley Charles Rowland Allanson-Winn, 7th Baron Headley (1902–1994), was an Irish Peer. He was the last of the Headley Barony. Biography The son of Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley, Charles Allanson-Winn was born on 19 May 1902 and educa ...

, the titles became extinct. The Baronetcy, of Nostel in the County of York, was created in the

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on 3 December 1660 for George Winn. His great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, began the construction of the mansion of

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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

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in the

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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)

* George Allanson-Winn, 1st Baron Headley (1725–1798) *

(1784–1840) * Charles Allanson-Winn, 3rd Baron Headley (1810–1877) * Charles Allanson-Winn, 4th Baron Headley (1845–1913) *

(1855–1935) * Rowland Allanson-Winn, 6th Baron Headley (1901–1969) *

(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) * Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Baronet (1739–1785) *Sir Rowland Winn, 6th Baronet (1775–1805) *Sir Edmund Mark Winn, 7th Baronet (1762–1833) * 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''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Headley Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1797

Barons Headley (1797)

Winn Baronets, of Nostel (1660)

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