Baron Churston
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. It was created in 1858 for the former Conservative
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, Sir John Yarde, 3rd Baronet
John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston
John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston was a British, Conservative politician.Born John Buller-Yarde-Buller, he was the eldest son of Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, Bt. and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1833, he inherited his father's baronetcy and entered Parliament two years later as MP for South Devon...
. He had earlier represented South Devon
South Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
South Devon, formally known as the Southern Division of Devon, was parliamentary constituency in the county of Devon in England. From 1832 to 1885 it returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.-Boundaries:In...
in the House of Commons
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. Two years later, in 1860, he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Buller. the titles are held by his great-great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1991.
The Baronetcy, of Churston Court in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1790 for the lawyer Sir Francis Buller
Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet was an English judge.-Life:Buller was born at Downes House in Devon, the son of James Buller, Member of Parliament for Cornwall, and his wife Lady Jane, daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst. He was educated at the King's School, Ottery St Mary, and...
. He was the son of James Buller
James Buller (the younger)
James Buller was a British Tory politician and ancestor of the Viscounts Dilhorne and the Barons Churston.Born at Downes House, near Crediton, he was the oldest son of John Francis Buller and his wife Rebecca Trelawney, daughter of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet...
. The first Baronet's son, the second Baronet, represented Totnes
Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)
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in the House of Commons. In 1800 he assumed by Royal license the surname of Yarde. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the aforementioned third Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1858.
The Barons Churston are related to the Viscounts Dilhorne
Viscount Dilhorne
Viscount Dilhorne, of Greens Norton in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1964 for the lawyer, Conservative politician and former Lord Chancellor, Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Baron Dilhorne...
. Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet, of Dilhorne, third son of Sir Francis Yarde, 2nd Baronet, of Churston Court, was the great-grandfather of Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne
Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne
Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne PC, QC , known as Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, Bt, from 1954 to 1962 and as The Lord Dilhorne from 1962 to 1964, was an English lawyer and Conservative politician...
. Also, Hon. Joan Yarde-Buller, daughter of the third Baron Churston, married Prince Aly Khan
Prince Aly Khan
Prince Ali Solomone Aga Khan , known as Aly Khan was a son of Aga Khan III, the head of the Ismaili Muslims, and the father of Aga Khan IV. A socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, he was the third husband of actress Rita Hayworth...
. The fifth and present Baron is a first cousin of Aga Khan IV
Aga Khan IV
Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV, NPk, NI, KBE, CC, GCC, GCIH, GCM is the 49th and current Imam of the Shia Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslims. He has held this position under the title of Aga Khan since July 11, 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan...
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Buller, Yarde-Buller Baronets, of Churston Court (1790)
- Sir Francis Buller, 1st BaronetSir Francis Buller, 1st BaronetSir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet was an English judge.-Life:Buller was born at Downes House in Devon, the son of James Buller, Member of Parliament for Cornwall, and his wife Lady Jane, daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst. He was educated at the King's School, Ottery St Mary, and...
(1746–1800) - Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baronet (1767–1833)
- John Yarde-Buller, 3rd BaronetJohn Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron ChurstonJohn Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston was a British, Conservative politician.Born John Buller-Yarde-Buller, he was the eldest son of Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, Bt. and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1833, he inherited his father's baronetcy and entered Parliament two years later as MP for South Devon...
(1799–1871) (created Baron Churston in 1858)
Barons Churston (1858)
- John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron ChurstonJohn Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron ChurstonJohn Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston was a British, Conservative politician.Born John Buller-Yarde-Buller, he was the eldest son of Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, Bt. and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1833, he inherited his father's baronetcy and entered Parliament two years later as MP for South Devon...
(1799–1871) - John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron ChurstonJohn Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron ChurstonJohn Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston was a British peer and soldier.The elder son of the Hon. John Yarde-Buller and of Charlotte, a daughter of Edward S. C...
(1846–1910) - John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron ChurstonJohn Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron ChurstonJohn Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, MVO, OBE was a British peer and soldier.Yarde-Buller was the only son of the 2nd Baron Churston and his wife, Barbara, the only child of Sir Hastings Yelverton and the 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn...
(1873–1930) - Richard Francis Roger Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston (1910–1991)
- John Francis Yarde-Buller, 5th Baron Churston (b. 1934)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son the Hon. Benjamin Francis Anthony Yarde-Buller (b. 1974)