Baron Alvingham

Barony of Alvingham

Per pale argent and azure, on a chevron between three chaplets of roses counterchanged
Creation date 10 July 1929
Monarch King George V
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham
Present holder Robert Yerburgh, 2nd Baron Alvingham
Heir apparent Hon. Robert Yerburgh
Remainder to 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten[1]
Armorial motto "Who Dares Wins"[2]

Baron Alvingham, of Woodfold in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 10 July 1929 for Robert Yerburgh. He had previously represented Dorset South in the House of Commons as a Conservative. His father, Robert Yerburgh, had earlier represented Chester in Parliament. In 1916, Royal approval was given to a peerage to whom he had been signified, but he died before the patent was issued. As of 2017 the title is held by the first Baron's son, the second Baron, who succeeded his father in 1955. He is a retired Major-General in the Coldstream Guards.[2]

The family seat is Bix Hall, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

Barons Alvingham (1929)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Robert Richard Guy Yerburgh (b. 1956).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Robert William Guy Yerburgh (b. 1983).
The heir apparent's heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Robert Rafe Guy Yerburgh (b. 2015).

References

  1. ↑ "No. 33518". The London Gazette. 19 July 1929. p. 4762.
  2. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 84. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

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