Baron Beaverbrook

Baron Beaverbrook

Creation date 2 January 1917 [2]
Monarch George V
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Sir Max Aitken, 1st Baronet
Present holder Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook
Heir apparent The Honourable Maxwell Francis Aitken
Remainder to 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten

Baron Beaverbrook, of Beaverbrook in the Province of New Brunswick in the Dominion of Canada and of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the prominent media owner and politician Sir Max Aitken, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, on 3 July 1916. When Aitken died, his son disclaimed the title three days later, stating that "there shall only be one Lord Beaverbrook in my lifetime". As of 2010 the titles are held by the latter's son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1985.

The first Baron Beaverbrook's daughter Hon. Janet Aitken was the mother of John Edward Aitken Kidd, who is the father of Jemma Wellesley, Marchioness of Douro, and Jodie Kidd. Another member of the Aitken family is the Conservative politician Jonathan Aitken. He is the great-nephew of the first Baron Beaverbrook.

Barons Beaverbrook (1917)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Maxwell Francis Aitken (born 1977)

Line of succession

  1. The Hon. Maxwell Francis Aitken (b. 1977) elder son of the 3rd Baron
  2. Maxwell Alfonso Aitken (b. 2014) only son of The Hon. Maxwell Francis
  3. The Hon. Alexander Rory Aitken (b. 1978) second and younger son of the 3rd Baron

Notes

  1. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 352. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 13044. p. 228. 26 January 1917.

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