Baron Wraxall, of Clyst St George in the County of Devon, 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 1928 for the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician George Gibbs

George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall

George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, PC , was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford Gibbs was the eldest of the seven sons of Major Antony Gibbs and Janet Louisa Merivale, daughter of John Louis Merivale...

. , the title is held by his second son, the third Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 2001. He is a retired diplomat. The Barons Wraxall are related to the Barons Aldenham

Baron Aldenham

Baron Aldenham, of Aldenham in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 31 January 1896 for the businessman Hucks Gibbs. He was head of the family firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons and a director and Governor of the Bank of England...

 and Barons Hunsdon of Hunsdon

Baron Hunsdon

Baron Hunsdon is a title that has been created twice. It was first created in 1559 in the Peerage of England for the soldier and courtier Henry Carey. His grandson, the fourth Baron, was created Viscount Rochford in 1621 and Earl of Dover, in the County of Kent, in 1628. These titles were also in...

. The first Baron's grandfather William Gibbs was the younger brother of George Henry Gibbs, the father of Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham

Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham

Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham MA BA FGS FSA was a British banker, businessman and Conservative Party politician.Aldenham the son of George Henry Gibbs,...

, whose fourth son was Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon.

The family seat was at Tyntesfield

Tyntesfield

Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England, near Nailsea, seven miles from Bristol.The house was acquired by the National Trust in June 2002 after a fund raising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it be opened to the public...

 near Wraxall

Wraxall, Somerset

Wraxall is a village in North Somerset in England. The parish of the same name also included Nailsea and Flax Bourton until 1811. It is now within the parish of Wraxall and Failand.-History:...

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Barons Wraxall (1928)

• George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall
  George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall
  George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, PC , was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford Gibbs was the eldest of the seven sons of Major Antony Gibbs and Janet Louisa Merivale, daughter of John Louis Merivale...
  
   (1873–1931)
• (George) Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928–2001)
• Eustace Hubert Beilby Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall (b. 1929)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....

is the present holder's son the Hon. Antony Hubert Gibbs (b. 1958).