Baron Wensleydale

Baron Wensleydale

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*A hereditary title created for James Parke (1782-1868), an English judge, in 1856. Though the title was hereditary, none of his sons survived him, and it thus became extinct upon his death.
*A subsidiary title of the Viscount Ridley, created in 1900. (The 1st Viscount Ridley was a grandson of the above).


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