Baron St Helens

Baron St Helens is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first two creations were both in favour of the same person, but are now extinct.

The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1791 when the Chief Secretary for Ireland Alleyne Fitzherbert was made Baron St Helens. In 1801 he was further honoured when he was made Baron St Helens, of St Helens, Isle of Wight and County of Southampton, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, allowing him to sit in the House of Lords.On his death in 1839, both baronies became extinct. He was a younger brother of Sir William Fitzherbert, 1st Baronet of Tissington, Derbyshire

The third creation came in 1964 when the Conservative politician Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young was made Baron St Helens, of St Helens in the County Palatine of Lancaster. He had earlier represented Wandsworth Central in the House of Commons. It was one of the last hereditary baronies ever created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2007 the title is held by his son, the second Baron.

Barons St Helens, First and Second Creations (1791; 1801)

*Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839)

Barons St Helens, Third Creation (1964)

*Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens (1912-1980)
*Richard Francis Hughes-Young, 2nd Baron St Helens (b. 1945)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://website.lineone.net/~david.beamish/index.htm David Beamish's Peerage Page]