Baron Blackford
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Baron Blackford, of Compton Pauncefoot
in the County of Somerset
, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1935 for the politician, public servant and magistrate Sir William Mason, 1st Baronet
. He had already been created a Baronet, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County Somerset, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1918. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a businessman and Conservative
politician. The titles became extinct in 1988 on the early death of his grandson, the fourth Baron.
Compton Pauncefoot
Compton Pauncefoot is a village in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 130. The civil parish of Blackford and Compton Pauncefoot joins the village with Blackford and therefore population is...
in the County of Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1935 for the politician, public servant and magistrate Sir William Mason, 1st Baronet
William Mason, 1st Baron Blackford
William James Peake Mason, 1st Baron Blackford JP , known as Sir William Mason, Bt, between 1918 and 1935, was a British politician and public servant....
. He had already been created a Baronet, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County Somerset, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1918. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a businessman and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician. The titles became extinct in 1988 on the early death of his grandson, the fourth Baron.
Barons Blackford (1935)
- William James Peake Mason, 1st Baron BlackfordWilliam Mason, 1st Baron BlackfordWilliam James Peake Mason, 1st Baron Blackford JP , known as Sir William Mason, Bt, between 1918 and 1935, was a British politician and public servant....
(1862–1947) - Glyn Keith Murray Mason, 2nd Baron BlackfordGlyn Mason, 2nd Baron BlackfordLieutenant-Colonel Glyn Keith Murray Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford CBE, DSO was a British businessman, magistrate and Conservative politician.-Background:...
(1887–1972) - Keith Alexander Henry Mason, 3rd Baron Blackford (1923–1977)
- William Keith Mason, 4th Baron Blackford (1962–1988)