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Baron Terrington

Baron Terrington

Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Baron Terrington, of Huddersfield in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1918 for the former Liberal Member of Parliament for Huddersfield, Sir James Woodhouse, Kt. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. His wife Vera Woodhouse, Lady Terrington, was one of the first female Members of Parliament. She represented Wycombe as a Liberal from 1923 to 1924. On the second Baron's death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Baron. He notably served as a Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords. His son, the fourth Baron, was also Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords. He had no sons and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baron. Known as Monty Woodhouse, he was a Conservative politician and an expert on Greek affairs. As of 2016 the titles are held by his eldest son, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 2001. He is a urologist.

Barons Terrington (1918)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Jack Henry Lehmann Woodhouse (born 1978).

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Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Terrington
Crest
Issuant out of a wreath of roses Argent barbed and seeded Proper a demi-woodman also Proper supporting in the dexter hand an axe Or.
Escutcheon
Per fess Or and Azure a hurst of oak trees issuant in chief Proper and two bars wavy in base Argent.
Supporters
On either side an Airedale terrier Proper gorged with a ducal coronet Or.
Motto
Labor Omnia Vincit[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "No. 30494". The London Gazette. 25 January 1918. p. 1228.
  2. [2]
    Burke's Peerage. 1956.

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