Baron_Skelmersdale Knowpia

Baron Skelmersdale, of Skelmersdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created in 1828 for the former Member of Parliament for Westbury, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Clitheroe and Dover, Edward Bootle-Wilbraham. His grandson, the second Baron (the son of the Hon. Richard Bootle-Wilbraham), was a Conservative politician and served in the Conservative administrations of Disraeli and Lord Salisbury. In 1880 he was created Earl of Lathom, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[2] However, the earldom became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Earl, in 1930. The barony passed to the last Earl's second cousin once removed, the fifth Baron, who was the grandson of a younger son of the first Baron. On his death, the title was inherited by his cousin, the sixth Baron.

His son, the seventh Baron, served in junior ministerial positions in the Conservative administrations of Margaret Thatcher and was as one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers allowed to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999. As of 2018^[update], the title is held by his son, the eighth Baron, who succeeded him in that year.

Baron Skelmersdale (1828) edit

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale (1771–1853)
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Baron Skelmersdale (1837–1898, created Earl of Lathom in 1880)

Earl of Lathom (1880) edit

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom, 2nd Baron Skelmersdale (1837–1898)
Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom, 3rd Baron Skelmersdale (1864–1910)
Edward William Bootle-Wilbraham, 3rd Earl of Lathom, 4th Baron Skelmersdale (1895–1930)

Baron Skelmersdale (1828; reverted) edit

Arthur George Bootle-Wilbraham, 5th Baron Skelmersdale (1876–1969)
Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Baron Skelmersdale (1896–1973)
Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale (1945–2018)
Andrew Bootle-Wilbraham, 8th Baron Skelmersdale (b. 1977)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Daniel Peter Bootle-Wilbraham (b. 2007).

Male-line family tree edit

Male-line family tree, Barons Skelmersdale and Earls of Lathom.

Baron Skelmersdale

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
1st Baron Skelmersdale
1771–1853

Hon.
Richard Bootle-Wilbraham
1801–1844

Col. Hon.
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
1807–1882

Earl of Lathom

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
1st Earl of Lathom
2nd Baron Skelmersdale
1837–1898

Col.
Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham
1842–1897

Major
Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham
1853–1914

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
2nd Earl of Lathom
3rd Baron Skelmersdale
1864–1910

Hon.
Villiers Bootle-Wilbraham
1867–1913

Hon.
Randle Bootle-Wilbraham
1868–1889

Hon.
Reginald Bootle-Wilbraham
1875–1912

Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham
5th Baron Skelmersdale
1876–1969

Dr.
Evelyn Bootle-Wilbraham
1877–1955

Major
Claude Bootle-Wilbraham
1877–1955

Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham
6th Baron Skelmersdale
1896–1973

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
3rd Earl of Lathom
4th Baron Skelmersdale
1895–1930

Roger Bootle-Wilbraham
7th Baron Skelmersdale
1945–2018

Earldom extinct

Andrew Bootle-Wilbraham
8th Baron Skelmersdale
born 1977

Hon.
Daniel Bootle-Wilbraham
born 2007

References edit

^ "No. 18433". The London Gazette. 18 January 1828. p. 122.
^ "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. pp. 2785–2786.

Sources edit

Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 541.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

[1] "No. 18433". The London Gazette. 18 January 1828. p. 122.

[2] "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. pp. 2785–2786.

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