Baron Phillimore

Baron Phillimore, of Shiplake in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for Sir Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baronet, a former Judge of the High Court of Justice and Lord Justice of Appeal. The Baronetcy, of The Coppice, had been created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 December 1881 for his father Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, who was also a noted lawyer and judge. As of 2007 the titles are held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1994.

Phillimore Baronets, of The Coppice (1881)

*Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, 1st Baronet (1810–1885)
*Sir Walter George Frank Phillimore, 2nd Baronet (1845-1929) (created Baron Phillimore in 1918)

Barons Phillimore (1918)

*Walter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore (1845–1929)
*Godfrey Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baron Phillimore (1879–1947)
*Robert Godfrey Phillimore, 3rd Baron Phillimore (1939–1990)
*Claud Stephen Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore (1911–1994)
*Francis Stephen Phillimore, 5th Baron Phillimore (b. 1944)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son The Hon. Tristan Anthony Stephen Phillimore (b. 1977)

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]