Baron Ritchie of Dundee

Baron Ritchie of Dundee

Baron Ritchie of Dundee, of Welders in the Parish of Chalfont St Giles in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1905 for the Conservative politician Charles Thomson Ritchie. His grandson, the third Baron, served as Chairman of the London Stock Exchange from 1959 to 1965 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1965. As of 2008 the title is held by the latter's nephew, the sixth Baron.

Another member of the Ritchie family was Sir James Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London from 1903 to 1904. He was the elder brother of the first Baron Ritchie of Dundee.

Barons Ritchie of Dundee (1905)

*Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee (1838-1906)
*Charles Ritchie, 2nd Baron Ritchie of Dundee (1866-1948)
*John Kenneth Ritchie, 3rd Baron Ritchie of Dundee (1902-1975)
*Colin Neville Ower Ritchie, 4th Baron Ritchie of Dundee (1908-1978)
*Harold Malcolm Ritchie, 5th Baron Ritchie of Dundee (1919-2008)
*Charles Rupert Rendall Ritchie, 6th Baron Ritchie of Dundee (b. 1958)

ee also

*Ritchie Baronets

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]


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