Baron Killearn, of Killearn in the
County of Stirling
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, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1943 for the diplomat
Sir Miles Lampson. He was the second son of Norman Lampson, the youngest son of
Sir Curtis Lampson, 1st Baronet, of Rowfant (see below). Lord Killearn's eldest son, the second Baron, succeeded his second cousin once removed as fourth Baronet in 1971. On his death, the titles passed to his half-brother, the third and () present holder of the barony and baronetcy.
The Lampson Baronetcy, of Rowfant in the County of Sussex, was created in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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in 1866 for the Anglo-American businessman
Curtis Lampson. His grandson, the third Baronet, was an author, journalist and explorer, notably in Central and
West Africa
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. On his death in 1971 the title was inherited by his second cousin once removed, the aforementioned third Baron Killearn (see above).
The family seat is Little Sodbury Manor, near
Chipping Sodbury
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,
South Gloucestershire
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.
Barons Killearn (1943)
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Miles Wedderburn Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn (1880–1964)
*Graham Curtis Lampson, 2nd Baron Killearn (1919–1996)
*Victor Miles George Aldous Lampson, 3rd Baron Killearn (b. 1941)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's eldest son, Hon. Miles Henry Morgan Lampson (b. 1977)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Alfred Victor Christopher Lampson (b. 2009)
Lampson baronets, of Rowfant (1866)
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Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, 1st Baronet (1806–1885)
*Sir George Curtis Lampson, 2nd Baronet (1833–1899)
*Sir Curtis George Lampson, 3rd Baronet (1890–1971)
*Sir Graham Curtis Lampson, 4th Baronet (1919–1996) (had already succeeded as Baron Killearn in 1964)
''see above for further succession''
Arms
See also
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Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans
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Frederick Locker-Lampson
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Haremere Hall
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1943