Baron Strathcarron, of Banchor in the County of Inverness, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1936 for the Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician Sir Ian Macpherson, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Drumalban, in 1933. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2006.

Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn

Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn

Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn KBE, PC was a Scottish Tory and National Liberal politician.-Background and education:...

, was the nephew of the first Baron Strathcarron.

Barons Strathcarron (1936)

• (James) Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron (1880–1937)
• David William Anthony Blyth Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron (1924–2006)
• Ian David Patrick Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron
  Ian Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron
  Ian David Patrick Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron, is a British peer, the and inherited the title on the death of his father David William Anthony Blyth Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron on 31 August 2006...
  
   (b. 1949)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son, the Hon. Rory Macpherson (b. 1982)