Baron Hollenden, of Leigh in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1912 for Samuel Morley

Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden

Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden , was a British businessman.-Background:Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool. The Liberal politician Arnold Morley was his younger brother.-Career:He was a partner in the firm of I. and R...

, who had previously served as Governor of the Bank of England

Governor of the Bank of England

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. He was the son of Samuel Morley

Samuel Morley (MP)

Samuel Morley , was an English woollen manufacturer, philanthropist, dissenter , abolitionist, political radical, and statesman.-Introduction:...

 and Rebekha Maria Hope and the elder brother of Arnold Morley

Arnold Morley

Arnold Morley PC was a British barrister and Liberal politician.-Background:Morley was a younger son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool...

. Lord Hollenden was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was High Sheriff of the County of London in 1917. In 1923 he assumed by deed poll

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 the additional surname of Hope. On his death the title passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the only son of the Hon. Claude Hope Hope-Morley, younger son of the first Baron. Lord Hollenden was an Alderman

Alderman

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 of the City of London

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. the title is held by his son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1999.

Barons Hollenden (1912)

• Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden
  Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden
  Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden , was a British businessman.-Background:Morley was the son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria Hope, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool. The Liberal politician Arnold Morley was his younger brother.-Career:He was a partner in the firm of I. and R...
  
  (1845–1929)
• Geoffrey Hope Hope-Morley, 2nd Baron Hollenden (1885–1977)
• Gordon Hope Hope-Morley, 3rd Baron Hollenden (1914–1999)
• Ian Hampden Hope-Morley, 4th Baron Hollenden (b. 1946)