Baron St Leonards, of Slaugham in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1852 for Sir Edward Sugden

Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards

Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards PC was a British lawyer, judge and Conservative politician.-Background:St Leonards was the son of a high-class hairdresser and wig-maker in Westminster, London....

, Lord Chancellor

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 in Lord Derby's

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

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 1852 administration

Conservative Government 1852

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. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Henry Sugden, eldest son of the first Baron. He was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Henry Frank Sugden, next brother of the second Baron. The title became extinct on the early death of the fourth Baron in 1985.

Barons St Leonards (1852)

• Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards (1781–1875)
• Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 2nd Baron St Leonards (1847–1908)
• Frank Edward Sugden, 3rd Baron St Leonards (1890–1972)
• John Gerald Sugden, 4th Baron St Leonards (1950–1985)