Baron Biddulph, of Ledbury in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1903 for the banker and politician Michael Biddulph

Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph

Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph was a British banker and Liberal, later Liberal Unionist, Member of Parliament ....

. He was a partner in the London banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph and Co and also sat in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 for Herefordshire

Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885...

 as a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 from 1868 to 1885 and for Ross

Ross (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross, or the Southern division of Herefordshire was a county constituency centred on the town of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.The constituency was...

 from 1885 to 1900 as a Liberal Unionist. His father Robert Biddulph

Robert Biddulph (MP)

Robert Biddulph was a British Whig Member of Parliament.Biddulph was the son of John Biddulph, of Ledbury, Herefordshire, and his wife Augusta . He sat as Member of Parliament for Hereford between 1832 and 1837 and also served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire...

 had previously represented Hereford

Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)

Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....

 in Parliament while his younger brother Sir Robert Biddulph was Governor of Gibraltar

Governor of Gibraltar

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. the title is held by the first Baron's great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1988. In 1978 he assumed the additional surname of Maitland, which is the maiden surname of his mother, Lady Mary Helena Maitland, granddaughter of Ian Colin Maitland, 15th Earl of Lauderdale.

The Barons Biddulph are related to the Biddulph Baronets of Westcombe

Biddulph Baronets

The Biddulph Baronetcy, of Westcombe in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 November 1664 for Theophilus Biddulph, of Westcombe Park, Greenwich, Kent, Member of Parliament for the City of London and Lichfield. His son, Michael, the second Baronet, also...

. The first Baron Biddulph was a descendant of Anthony Biddulph, uncle of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet, of Westcombe

Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet

Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet was the son of Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst, Staffordshire.He was a London Silkman who was knighted in 1660 and created a Baronet in the Baronetage of England on 2 November 1664...

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Barons Biddulph (1903)

• Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph
  Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph
  Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph was a British banker and Liberal, later Liberal Unionist, Member of Parliament ....
  
   (1834–1923)
• John Michael Gordon Biddulph, 2nd Baron Biddulph (1869–1949)
• Michael William John Biddulph, 3rd Baron Biddulph (1898–1972)
• Robert Michael Christian Biddulph, 4th Baron Biddulph (1931–1988)
• Anthony Nicholas Colin Maitland Biddulph, 5th Baron Biddulph (b. 1959)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Robert Julian Maitland Biddulph (b. 1994)