Baron Inglewood, of Hutton in the Forest in the County of

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 30 June 1964 for the

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politician William Fletcher-Vane. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Lyonel Vane, younger brother of Henry Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, who had succeeded to the barony of Barnard in 1891 on the death of his distant relative Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland and 8th Baron Barnard. William Lyonel Vane and his brother, the ninth Baron Barnard, were both great-great-grandsons of Hon. Morgan Vane, younger son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard, whose eldest son, the third Baron, was created

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, and from whom the Dukes of Cleveland descended. The family seat is Hutton in the Forest, near

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. The title and the name of the house refer to the ancient

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. the title is held by his eldest son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1989. He is also a

politician and one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the

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after the passing of the

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. Created in 1964, the barony of Inglewood is one of the last hereditary baronies created in the

Barons Inglewood (1964)

* William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood (1909–1989) * William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (born 1951) The

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is the present holder's son, the Hon. Henry William Frederick Fletcher-Vane (born 1990)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglewood Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1964 Peerages created for UK MPs * Inglewood Forest

Barons Inglewood (1964)

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