Baron Playfair

Baron Playfair

Baron Playfair was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created on September 3, 1892 for Sir Lyon Playfair. It became extinct with the death of the 2nd Baron in 1939.

Barons Playfair (1892)

*Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898)
*George James Playfair, 2nd Baron Playfair (1849-1939)


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