Baron Kindersley
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Baron Kindersley, of West Hoathly in the County of Sussex, is 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 1941 for the businessman Sir Robert Kindersley
Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley
Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley GBE was an English businessman, stockbroker, merchant banker, and public servant who organised the National Savings movement.Kindersley was born in Wanstead, Essex...

, chiefly in recognition of his work as President of the National Savings Committee. His second son, the second Baron, was a Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier is a senior military rank, the meaning of which is somewhat different in different military services. The brigadier rank is generally superior to the rank of colonel, and subordinate to major general....

 in the Scots Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...

. the title is held by the latter's son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1976.

Barons Kindersley (1941)

  • Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley
    Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley
    Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley GBE was an English businessman, stockbroker, merchant banker, and public servant who organised the National Savings movement.Kindersley was born in Wanstead, Essex...

     (1871–1954)
  • Hugh Kenyon Molesworth Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley
    Hugh Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley
    Hugh Kenyon Molesworth Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley CBE, MC was a British businessman, banker and soldier. His father was businessman Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley GBE.Kindersley was born in Knightsbridge, London...

     (1899–1976)
  • Robert Hugh Molesworth Kindersley, 3rd Baron Kindersley (b. 1929)


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. Rupert John Molesworth Kindersley (b. 1955)
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