Baron Rodney, of Rodney Stoke in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

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. It was created in 1782 for the naval commander Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baronet

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782...

. He had previously been created a Baronet, of Alresford in the County of Southampton, in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 January, 1764. His son, the second Baron, represented Northampton

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 in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Baron. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire

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. His younger brother, the fourth Baron, assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Harley in 1804. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the fifth Baron. He was Rector of Elmley

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 in Kent. He was succeeded by his nephew, the sixth Baron. He was the son of Captain the Hon. Robert Rodney, fourth son of the second Baron. The sixth Baron's great-grandson, the ninth Baron, was an active member of the House of Lords

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 and served as a Delegate to the Council of Europe

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 and the Western European Union

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. the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the eleventh Baron, who succeeded in 2011.

Barons Rodney (1782)

• George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
  George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
  George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782...
  
   (1718–1792)
• George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (1753–1802)
• George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (1782–1842)
• Thomas James Harley-Rodney, 4th Baron Rodney (1784–1843)
• Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney
  Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney
  Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney was an English peer and clergyman, styled The Honourable Spencer Rodney from 1802 until 1843....
  
   (1785–1846)
• Robert Dennett Rodney, 6th Baron Rodney (1820–1864)
• George Bridges Harley Dennett Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney (1857–1909)
• George Bridges Harley Guest Rodney, 8th Baron Rodney (1891–1973)
• John Francis Rodney, 9th Baron Rodney (1920–1992)
• George Brydges Rodney, 10th Baron Rodney (1953–2011)
• Johnny George Brydges Rodney, 11th Baron Rodney (b. 1999)