Baron Olivier

Baron Olivier

"This article is about the hereditary barony. For his nephew, the life baron, see Laurence Olivier."

Baron Olivier was a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 9 February 1924 for the former Governor of Jamaica and Secretary of State for India, Sir Sydney Olivier KCMG. On his death on 15 February 1943, the barony became extinct.

Barons Olivier (1924)

*Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier (1859–1943)

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