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Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Chetwode
, of
Chetwode
in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1945 for the noted military commander
Field Marshal
Sir Philip Chetwode, 7th Baronet
. As of 2014
[update]
the titles are held by his grandson, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1950. He is the eldest son of Captain Roger Charles George Chetwode, who was killed in the
Second World War
.
The
Baronetcy
, of
Oakley
in the County of Stafford, was created in the
Baronetage of England
on 6 April 1700 for the first Baron's ancestor, John Chetwode of
Oakley Hall, Staffordshire
. He was
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
in 1698. His grandson, the third Baronet also High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1756. The fourth Baronet, represented
Newcastle-under-Lyme
and
Buckingham
in the
House of Commons
and was
High Sheriff of Cheshire
in 1789. His son, the fifth Baronet,
High Sheriff of Warwickshire
in 1852, married Elizabeth Juliana Newdigate-Ludford, daughter of John Newdigate-Ludford, and in 1826 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surnames of Newdigate-Ludford. He was succeeded by his nephew, the sixth Baronet. He was a
Colonel
in the Army. On the latter's death in 1905 the title passed to his son, the aforementioned seventh Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1945.
Chetwode Baronets, of Oakley (1700)
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Barons Chetwode (1945)
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The
heir apparent
is the present holder's son Hon. Roger Chetwode (b. 1968).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Philip Rowan Chetwode (b. 2002).
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