Baron Penzance

Baron Penzance

Baron Penzance, of Penzance in the County of Cornwall, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 April 1869 for the judge Sir James Wilde. On his death on 9 December 1899 the title became extinct.

Another member of the Wilde family was Lord Chancellor Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro. He was the uncle of the first Baron Penzance.

Barons Penzance (1869)

*James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance (1816-1899)

ee also

*Baron Truro

References

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