Baron Suffield

Baron Suffield, of Suffield in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1786 for Sir Harbord Harbord, 2nd Baronet, of Suffield, who had previously represented Norwich in the House of Commons for thirty years. The Baronetcy, of Suffield in the County of Norfolk, had been created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 March 1746 for his father Sir William Harbord. He was a former Member of Parliament for the rotten boroughs of Bere Alston and Dunwich. Born William Morden, he had assumed the surname of Harbord in 1742 in compliance with the will of a maternal relative.

The first Baron's eldest son and successor, the second Baron, served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. His younger brother, the third Baron, represented Yarmouth and Shaftesbury in the House of Commons and was later a strong advocate in the House of Lords of the abolition of slavery.His younger son, the fifth Baron (who succeeded his half-brother), served in 1886 as Master of the Buckhounds in William Gladstone's third ministry and was admitted to the Privy Council the same year. His eldest son, the sixth Baron, was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) from 1915 to 1918.

On the death of his younger son, the eighth Baron, the line of the fifth Baron failed. The title was inherited by the late Baron's first cousin once removed, the ninth Baron. He was the third son of the Hon. William Harbord, fourth son of the third Baron. He was succeeded by his first cousin, the tenth Baron. He was the son of Reverend the Hon. John Harbord, fifth son of the third Baron. Lord Suffield was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. In 1917 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Hamond (which was that of his maternal grandfather). As of 2007 the titles are held by his only son, the eleventh Baron, who succeeded in 1951.

Harbord Baronets, of Suffield (1746)

*Sir William Harbord, 1st Baronet (c. 1697-1770)
*Sir Harbord Harbord, 2nd Baronet (1734-1810) (created Baron Suffield in 1786)

Barons Suffield (1786)

*Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield (1734-1810)
*William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield (1766-1821)
*Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield (1781-1835)
*Edward Vernon Harbord, 4th Baron Suffield (1813-1853)
*Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (1830-1914)
*Charles Harbord, 6th Baron Suffield (1855-1924)
*Victor Alexander Charles Harbord, 7th Baron Suffield (1897-1943)
*John Harbord, 8th Baron Suffield (1907-1945)
*Geoffrey Walter Harbord, 9th Baron Suffield (1861-1946)
*Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, 10th Baron Suffield (1865-1951)
*Anthony Philip Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield (b. 1922)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's eldest son Hon. Charles Anthony Assheton Harbord-Hamond (b. 1953)

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]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLEKAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA569&lpg=RA1-PA569&dq=%22charles+edward+boothby%22&source=web&ots=BokaMa8OiL&sig=w1CjDKN90O627FJPY159pIBlHFk&hl=en The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire at Present Existing, Edmund Lodge, 1877]