Baron Burton

The title of Baron Burton was created in 1897 for the famous brewer , philanthropist and liberal politician Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton (1837-1909). Earlier, the titles of Baronet ( 1882 ) and Baron Burton ( 1886 ) were already created for him. The Bass family comes from William Bass (1717-1787), who founded the Bass & Co brewing business in Burton upon Trent in 1777 . His grandson, Michael Thomas Bass (1799–1884), turned the company into one of the largest breweries in the United Kingdom . He also represented the Derby in parliament from the Liberal Party for thirty-five years (1848–1883) and was involved in charity work in the city of Burton . However, Michael Thomas Bass refused the baronet and peer titles offered to him.

His eldest son, Michael Arthur Bass (1837-1909), was also associated with the family business (Bass, Ratcliff, Gretton and Co), and sat on the Liberal Party in the House of Commons from Stafford (1865-1868), East Staffordshire ( 1868–1885) and Burton (1885–1886). Like his father, he also did charity work in Burton. In 1882, the title of Stafford’s Baronet was created for him in Staffordshire ( United Kingdom Baronetry ). He received the title in honor of his father (who was still alive then), with the right of inheritance for his younger brother Hamar Alfred Bass. In 1886, the title of Baron Burton of Rangemore and Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire was created for Michael Bass. In 1897, he also received the title of Baron Burton from Burton-on-Trent and from Rangemore in Staffordshire . After the death of Lord Burton in 1909, the title of a baronet was inherited by his nephew, Sir William Bass, 2nd Baronet (1879-1952). In 1952, after the death of the latter, the title of baronet from Stafford died.

In 1909, after the death of Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton, the title of Baron Burton of Rengemore was interrupted, and the title of Baron Burton of Burton upon Trent and Rangemore was inherited by his daughter, Nelly Lisa Bailey, 2nd Baroness Burton (1873— 1962). She was the wife of Colonel James Evan Bruce Bailey (d. 1931 ) from Dochford in Inverness Shire. After the death of her first husband, she remarried to Major William Eugene Melles (d. 1953 ). Her oldest son from her first marriage, the Honorable George Evan Michael Bailey, was the foreman of the British army, and was killed during World War II. Therefore, Lady Burton was succeeded by her grandson, Michael Evan Victor Bailey, 3rd Baron Burton (1924-2013), son of the Honorable George Evan Michael Bailey. He was a member of the Inverness Shire County Council and the Inverness County Council, and also served as Deputy Lieutenant from Inverness Shire.

• 1882-1909: Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton and 1st Baronet (November 12, 1837 - February 1, 1909), the eldest son of brewer Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884) ^[1]
• 1909-1952: Major Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet (December 24, 1879 - February 28, 1952), son of Hamar Alfred Bass (1842-1898), nephew of the previous one ^[2] .

• 1886-1909: Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton (November 12, 1837 - February 1, 1909), the eldest son of brewer Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884) ^[1] .

• 1897-1909: Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton (November 12, 1837 - February 1, 1909), the eldest son of brewer Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884) ^[1]
• 1909-1962: Nelly Lisa Melles, 2nd Baroness Burton (December 27, 1873 - May 28, 1962), the only daughter of the previous ^[3]
• 1962–2013: Michael Evan Victor Bailey, 3rd Baron Burton (June 27, 1924 - May 30, 2013), the eldest son of the Brigadier Hon. George Evan Michael Bailey (1894-1941), grandson of Colonel James Evan Bruce Bailey (d. 1931) and Nelly Lisa Melles. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (1993-1999) ^[4]
• 2013 - present: Evan Michael Ronald Bailey, 4th Baron Burton (born March 19, 1949), the eldest son of the previous ^[5]
  • Heir to the title: Hon. James Evan Bailey (born December 3, 1975), the only son of the previous ^[6]
    • Heir to the heir: Wilbur Michael John Bailey (born October 15, 2012), the eldest son of the previous ^[7] .

Earlier, the title of Baron Burton in the Peersty system in 1712 was created for Henry Paget (1663-1743), who a year later became his father's successor as the 7th Baron Paget from Bodesert. In 1714, the title of Earl of Uxbridge was also created for him. For more information, see Marquis Anglesey .

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). - N. Y .: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• thepeerage.com