Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is the hereditary title in the United Kingdom Peer system.
It was created in 1937 for the conservative politician Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), who served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain (1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1937). Along with the title of Count Stanley, Baldwin received the title of Viscount Corvedeil from Corvedeil in Shropshire .
He was succeeded by his eldest son - Oliver Reedsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl of Baldwin-Buadley (1899-1958), who was from the Labor Party in the House of Commons , where he represented Dudley (1929-1931) and Paisley (1945-1947), and later was governor of the Leeward Islands (1948-1950). After his death, the count title passed to his younger brother - Arthur Wyndham Boluin, 3rd Earl of Baldwin-Buudley (1904-1976).
As of 2017 , the holder of the count title is the son of the 3rd Earl - Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl of Baldwin-Buadley (born 1938). Edward Baldwin is one of 90 elected hereditary peers who have retained their seats in the House of Lords since the passage of the 1999 Peer Act . Independent Member
Alfred Baldwin (1841-1908), father of the 1st Earl, British businessman and politician , deputy of the House of Commons from Budeley (1892-1908).
The family residence is Manor Farm House in Wolvercote ( Oxfordshire ).
Counts of Baldwin-Buadley (1937)
- 1937-1947: Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl of Baldwin-Budeley (August 3, 1867 - December 14, 1947), son of Alfred Baldwin (1841-1908) and Louise MacDonald (1845-1928)
- 1947-1958: Major Oliver Reedsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl of Baldwin-Buadley (March 1, 1899 - August 10, 1958), the eldest son of the 1st Earl
- 1958-1976: Arthur Wyndham Baldwin, 3rd Earl of Baldwin-Buadley (March 22, 1904 - July 5, 1976), the youngest son of the 1st Earl
- 1976 - present: Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin, 4th Earl of Baldwin-Buadley (born January 3, 1938), the only son of the 3rd Earl
- Heir: Benedict Alexander Stanley Baldwin, Viscount Corvedale (born December 28, 1973), the eldest son of the previous one.
Notes
- ↑ Baldwin / G. S. Ostapenko // “Banquet Campaign” 1904 - Big Irgiz. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 709. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 3). - ISBN 5-85270-331-1 .
Links
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- thepeerage.com