Baron Marchamley
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Baron Marchamley, of Hawkstone in the County of Shropshire, 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 1908 for the Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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 politician George Whiteley
George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley
George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC was a British Liberal politician. He served as Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H...

, who had previously represented Stockport
Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)
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 and Pudsey
Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)
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 in the House of Commons
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. the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1994.

The Conservative
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 politician Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet
Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet
Sir Herbert James Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.He was born as Herbert James Whiteley, and was the younger son of George Whiteley of Blackburn, Lancashire. His elder brother was a prominent Liberal politician, and was later created Baron Marchamley....

, was the younger brother of the first Baron.

Barons Marchamley (1908)

  • George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley
    George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley
    George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC was a British Liberal politician. He served as Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H...

    (1855–1925)
  • William Tattersall Whiteley, 2nd Baron Marchamley (1886–1949)
  • John Tattersall Whiteley, 3rd Baron Marchamley (1922–1994)
  • William Francis Whiteley, 4th Baron Marchamley (b. 1968)


There is no heir to the barony.
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