| Barony Bethell | |
|---|---|
  Or, on a chevron azure an estoile of the first, in chief two boar's heads couped of the second | |
| Creation date | 23 November 1922[1] |
| Created by | King George V |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Sir John Bethell, 1st Baronet |
| Present holder | James Nicholas Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell |
| Heir apparent | Jacob Bethell |
| Remainder to | Heirs male of the first baron's body lawfully begotten |
| Motto | Servabo fidem ("I will keep faith") |
Baron Bethell, of Romford in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the 1922 Dissolution Honours for the banker and Liberal politician Sir John Bethell, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented Romford and East Ham North in Parliament.[2][3] He had already been created a Baronet, of Romford in the County of Essex, on 26 June 1911.[1]
The title descended from father to son until the early death of the third Baron, in 1967. The late Baron was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of William Gladstone Bethell, third son of the first Baron. Lord Bethell was a historian and Conservative politician.
As of 2017[update], the titles are held by his eldest son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2007[4] and was elected in 2018 to sit in the House of Lords as one of the 92 representatives of the hereditary peers.[5]
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 366. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "No. 32776". The London Gazette. 12 December 1922. p. 8794.
- ^ "Dissolution Honours – Four New Peers". The Times. 11 November 1922. p. 15.
- ^ "Obituaries: Lord Bethell". The Daily Telegraph. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ By-election result