Baron Loch, of Drylaw in the County of Midlothian, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1895 for the soldier and colonial administrator Sir Henry Loch

Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch

Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch GCB, GCMG was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator.-Military service:He was the son of James Loch, Member of Parliament, of Drylaw, Midlothian...

. He was the son of James Loch

James Loch

James Loch was a Scottish estate commissioner and later a Member of Parliament.-Early life:Loch was born near Edinburgh in 1780. After his father's death in 1788, he lived on the Blair Adam estate with his uncle....

, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Wick Burghs

Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918...

. Lord Loch was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a Major-General in the British Army

British Army

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 and also held political office as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

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 in 1924 and between 1929 and 1931. His two sons, the third and fourth Barons, both succeeded in the title. The barony became extinct on the latter's death in 1991.

Barons Loch (1895)

• Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch
  Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch
  Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch GCB, GCMG was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator.-Military service:He was the son of James Loch, Member of Parliament, of Drylaw, Midlothian...
  
   (1827–1900)
• Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch
  Edward Loch, 2nd Baron Loch
  Major-General Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch CB, CMG, DSO, MVO was a senior British Army officer and peer....
  
  (1873–1942)
• George Henry Compton Loch, 3rd Baron Loch (1916–1982)
• Spencer Douglas Loch, 4th Baron Loch (1920–1991)