Baron Dorchester

The title Lord Dorchester, Baron of Dorchester in the County of Oxford, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain on 21 August 1786 for Sir Guy Carleton. The title became extinct on the death of the 4th Baron on 13 November 1897.

The title Baroness Dorchester, of Dorchester in the County of Oxford, was created on 2 August 1899 for Henrietta Carleton, elder daughter of the 3rd Baron of the first creation. The title became extinct on the death of the 2nd Baron on 20 January 1963.

As indicated by the territorial designations, the titles referred to Dorchester in Oxfordshire (also known as Dorchester-on-Thames), and not to the more famous Dorchester, county town of Dorset.

Barons Dorchester (1786–1897)

*Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808)
*Arthur Henry Carleton, 2nd Baron Dorchester (1805–1826)
*Guy Carleton, 3rd Baron Dorchester (1811–1875)
*Dudley Wilmot Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester (1822–1897)

Barons Dorchester (1899–1963)

*Henrietta Anne Carleton, 1st Baroness Dorchester (d. 1925)
*Dudley Massey Pigott Carleton, 2nd Baron Dorchester (1876–1963)

ee also

*Marquess of Dorchester
*Earl of Dorchester