Baron Ravensworth

The Liddell family comes from Thomas Liddell (d. 1650 ), a wealthy merchant from Newcastle upon Tyne and supporter of King Charles I Stewart. In 1640, he sat in the House of Commons from Newcastle upon Tyne . On November 2, 1642, the title of baronet from Ravensworth Castle in the Barony of England was created for him. His grandson, Sir Henry Liddell, 3rd Baronet (c. 1644–1723), met in the House of Commons from Durham (1689–1690, 1695–1698) and Newcastle upon Tyne (1701–1705, 1706–1710). In 1720 he acquired the estate of Aslington Park . His grandson, Henry Liddell, 4th Baronet (1708–1784), was a member of the House of Commons for Morpeth (1734–1747). In 1747, he was created the title of Baron Ravensworth from Ravensworth Castle in County Durham with the rank of British Peer . In 1784, after the death of the latter, the title of Baron Ravensworth was interrupted, and his nephew , Sir Henry Liddell, 5th Baronet (1749–1791) inherited the title of baronet. He was the top sheriff of Northumberland in 1785 .

The son of the latter, Sir Thomas Henry Liddell, 6th Baronet (1775–1855), represented County Durham in the House of Commons (1806–1807). In 1821, the title of Baron Ravensworth from Ravensworth Castle in Durham County and Esslington Park in Northumberland County ( United Kingdom Parade ) was restored for him. His son, Thomas Henry Liddell, 2nd Baron Ravensworth (1797–1878), represented Northumberland (1826–1830), North Durham (1837–1847) and Liverpool (1853–1855) in the House of Commons. In 1874, the titles of Baron Aslington from Eslington Park in Northumberland County and Count Ravensworth and Ravensworth Castle in County Durham ( United Kingdom Kingdom ) were created for him. His eldest son, Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth (1821–1903), a conservative politician, sat in the House of Commons for South Northumberland (1852–1878). He was succeeded by his younger brother, Atoll Charles John Liddell, 3rd Earl of Ravensworth (1833-1904). After his death in 1904, the titles of Baron Aslington and Count Ravensworth ceased. However, the title of Baron Ravensworth and the Baron was inherited by his cousin, Arthur Thomas Liddell, 5th Baron Ravensworth (1837-1919). He was the son of Rev. Hon. Robert Liddell, the fifth son of 1st Baron Ravensworth. As of 2010, the title bearer was his great-grandson, Thomas Prthur Hamish Liddell, 9th Baron Ravensworth (born 1954), who replaced his father in 2004 .

• Henry Liddell (1811–1898), son of Henry Liddell (1787–1872), the youngest son of Sir Henry Liddell, 4th Baronet (1749–1791), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1870–1874)
• Alice Liddell (1852–1934), daughter of Henry Liddell, became one of the prototypes of the heroine of “ Alice in Wonderland ” by Lewis Carroll
• Guy Liddell (1892-1958), son of Captain Augustus Frederick Liddell and grandson of the Honorable George Liddell, younger son of the 1st baronet of the second cremation, military counterintelligence leader in the UK MI5 .

Initially, the residence was the castle of Ravensworth in Gateshead and Tyne and Weir . This magnificent house was almost completely destroyed in the 1920s due to subsidence of the soil caused by its own family coal mines, the profits from which went to its construction. The castle stables, which were in poor condition, were presented after restoration in the BBC television program in 2003 .

At present, the family nest is Eslington Park in the vicinity of Alnica in Northumberland County.

• 1642–1650: Sir Thomas Liddell, 1st Baronet (d. 1650), son of Thomas Liddell (d. 1615)
• 1650-1677: Sir Thomas Liddell, 2nd Baronet (d. 1697), son of Sir Thomas Liddell (d. 1627), grandson of the previous
• 1697-1723: Sir Henry Liddell, 3rd Baronet (c. 1644 - September 1, 1723), son of the previous
• 1723—1784: Sir Henry Liddell, 4th Baronet (1708 - January 30, 1784), son of Thomas Liddell (c. 1681-1715), grandson of the previous one, Baron Ravensworth since 1747.

• 1747—1784: Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (1708 - January 30, 1784), son of Thomas Liddell (c. 1681-1715), grandson of Sir Henry Loddell, 3rd Baronet.

• 1784-1791: Sir Henry George Liddell, 5th Baronet (November 25, 1749 - November 26, 1791), son of Thomas Liddell, grandson of Thomas Liddell (c. 1681-1715), great-grandson of Sir Henry Liddell, 3rd Baronet, High Sheriff Northumberland in 1785
• 1791–1855: Sir Thomas Henry Liddell, 6th Baronet (February 8, 1775 - March 8, 1855), the eldest son of the previous one, Baron Ravensworth since 1821

• 1821–1855: Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (February 8, 1775 - March 8, 1855), the eldest son of Sir Henry George Liddell, 5th Baronet
• 1855-1878: Henry Thomas Liddell, 2nd Baron Ravensworth (March 10, 1797 - March 19, 1878), the eldest son of the previous one, Earl Ravensworth from 1874.

• 1874–1878: Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl Ravensworth, 2nd Baron Ravensworth (March 10, 1797 - March 19, 1878), the eldest son of Henry Thomas Liddell, 2nd Baron Ravensworth
• 1878–1903: Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth, 3rd Baron Ravensworth (October 8, 1821 - July 22, 1903), the eldest son of the previous
• 1903-1904: Charles John Liddell Atoll, 3rd Earl of Ravensworth, 4th Baron Ravensworth (August 6, 1833 - February 7, 1904), youngest son of the previous one.

• 1904-1919: Arthur Thomas Liddell, 5th Baron Ravensworth (October 28, 1837 - November 12, 1919), the eldest son of the Rev. Hon. Robert Liddell (1808-1888), grandson of Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth
• 1919-1932: Gerald Wellesley Liddell, 6th Baron Ravensworth (March 21, 1869 - June 15, 1932), the eldest son of the previous
• 1932-1950: Robert Arthur Liddell, 7th Baron Ravensworth (June 2, 1902 - August 4, 1950), the only son of the previous
• 1950-2004: Arthur Waller Liddell, 8th Baron Ravensworth (July 25, 1924 - March 28, 2004), the eldest son of Cyril Arthur Liddell (1872-1932), grandson of Arthur Thomas Liddell, 5th Baron Ravensworth
• 2004 - present: Thomas Arthur Hamish Liddell, 9th Baron Ravensworth (born October 27, 1954), the only son of the previous
  • Heir to the title: Hon. Henry Arthur Thomas Liddell (born November 27, 1987), the eldest son of the previous one.

• 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