Baron Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the

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. It was created in 1945 for

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Sir Charles Portal Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become fi ...

upon his retirement as Chief of the Air Staff, with remainder in default of male issue to his daughter and the heirs male of her body. In 1946 Portal was further honoured when he was created Viscount Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berkshire, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. The viscountcy became extinct on Lord Portal of Hungerford's death in 1971 as he left no surviving sons, while he was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his daughter

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. She sat as a

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in the

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. The barony became extinct on her death without issue in 1990.

Baron Portal of Hungerford (1945)

* Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Baron Portal of Hungerford (created Viscount Portal in 1946)

Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1946)

* Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893–1971)

Baron Portal of Hungerford (1945; Reverted)

* Rosemary Portal, 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford (1923–1990)

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