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Australian peers and baronets

Peers of the Realm have been associated with Australia since early in its history as a British settlement. Many peers served as governors of the Australian colonies (states following Federation), and in the days when the practice of appointing British governors-general was current, the great majority were peers.

Australians themselves were previously eligible to receive British Imperial Honours. Such honours, in appropriate cases, included peerages and baronetcies. In other cases, already-extant peerages and baronetcies devolved upon persons who emigrated to Australia, or whose ancestors had emigrated to Australia.

Peerage titles bestowed included some distinctly Australian titles, such as Viscount Bruce of Melbourne. Imperial Honours were recommended to the sovereign by the Prime Minister of Australia, an Australian state premier, or sometimes by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Some Australians have been awarded peerages in recognition of services rendered in the United Kingdom, rather than Australia.

The practice of awarding British Imperial Honours for services rendered in Australia generally came to a halt when Malcolm Fraser, the last Australian prime minister to make nominations for Imperial Honours, lost the 1983 election to Bob Hawke, who discontinued[clarification needed] the practice in favour of nominations solely for the Australian Honours System. (There had previously been a brief hiatus in the recommendation of Imperial Honours under Gough Whitlam, 1972–75.) Despite the discontinuance of nominations on a federal level, individual states such as Queensland and Tasmania continued to recommend Imperial Honours until 1989. Australians who render service in the United Kingdom and other realms which continue to make nominations for Imperial Honours (such as Papua New Guinea) continue to be eligible for nomination to Imperial Honours, including peerages, and already-extant peerages and baronetcies continue to be inherited according to the instrument of their creation.

Not all recommendations for peerages have been accepted. Malcolm Fraser's recommendation of a peerage for Sir John Kerr was not supported by the British prime minister, James Callaghan.[1]

Australians with hereditary peerages edit

The following hereditary peers are or were Australians by birth or residence.

Duke edit

  • Manchester: Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester, was born in Australia in 1962, making him an Australian citizen from birth; however, he has long resided in California. He succeeded to his father's dukedom in 2002. His younger brother, Lord Kimble Montagu, is also an Australian citizen and is the heir presumptive to the dukedom.[2] Lord Kimble is an academic at Monash University, and his heir is his only son William Anthony Drogo Montagu (born 2000).[3]

Marquess edit

  • Sligo: Sebastian Browne, 12th Marquess of Sligo (born 1964), is a peer in the Peerage of Ireland. As Baron Monteagle he is also a peer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He emigrated to Australia in 1997, where he is a residential real estate agent.

Earl edit

Viscount edit

  • Bolingbroke and St John: Nicholas St John, 9th Viscount Bolingbroke, lives in Sydney. He is also 10th Viscount St John and 13th Baronet of Lydiard Tregoze.
  • Bruce of Melbourne: Stanley Bruce became Prime Minister in 1923, holding the office for six and a half years until he lost not only the 1929 election but also his own seat of Flinders. He later became High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and served there for thirteen years. In 1947 he became Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, of Westminster Gardens in the City of Westminster. He was childless and the viscountcy became extinct at his death.

Baron edit

Australian peeresses by marriage edit

The following Australian women are not or were not the holders of peerages themselves but became peeresses by virtue of marrying a hereditary peer.

  • Dartmouth: Fiona Campbell, an Australian born in Melbourne, is the current Countess of Dartmouth since her marriage in June 2009 to William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth.
  • Furness and Kenmare: Enid Maude Lindeman (died 1973), born and raised in Sydney, was twice a peeress by marriage, the first time by her third marriage in 1933 to the 1st Viscount Furness, who predeceased her, and the second time by her fourth marriage in 1943 to the 6th Earl of Kenmare, who also predeceased her. Her son from her second marriage, Frederick Cavendish, became the 7th Baron Waterpark in 1948 following the death of his uncle, the 6th Baron.
  • Harewood: Patricia Lascelles, Dowager Countess of Harewood (1926–2018), was an Australian violinist and fashion model who became the second wife of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood on their marriage in Connecticut in 1967. She had previously borne him a son, the Hon. Mark Lascelles, in 1964. She was widowed in 2011 and the 8th Earl is the 7th Earl's son by his first wife.
  • Tryon: Dale "Kanga" Tryon, Baroness Tryon (1948–1997), born in Melbourne, was employed in Qantas' London office following her graduation. In England she met and later married Anthony Tryon, Baron Tryon. She was a close friend of Prince Charles, and was the founder of fashion label "Kanga" and couture line "The Dale Tryon Collection".

Hereditary peerages with Australian associations edit

 
Arms of the Baron Birdwood

A number of hereditary titles have been created for Britons that are associated with places in Australia.

  • Barony of Birdwood (1938): Sir William Birdwood was a British military commander prominent at Gallipoli. After retirement from the army in 1930, Birdwood made a bid to become Governor-General of Australia. He had the backing of King George V. However, the Australian Prime Minister James Scullin insisted that his Australian nominee Sir Isaac Isaacs be appointed. The King ultimately felt bound to accept the advice of the Prime Minister, but he did not disguise his reluctance and displeasure.[7]
In 1938 Birdwood was raised to the peerage, taking the title Baron Birdwood, of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon. He died in 1951. The barony became extinct in 2015 on the death of his grandson, the 3rd Baron Birdwood.
  • Barony of Gowrie (1935) and Viscountcy of Ruthven of Canberra (1945): These two titles were created for Alexander Hore-Ruthven, who was Governor of South Australia (1928–1934), Governor of New South Wales (1935–1936) and then Governor-General of Australia (1936-1945). The Barony's territorial designation is "of Canberra in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian". The Viscountcy was created at the same time as the higher title "Earl of Gowrie". As the Viscountcy is the most senior subsidiary title of the Earldom, it is used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to the Earldom. The current heir apparent to the Earldom is (Patrick Leo) Brer Ruthven, styled "Viscount Ruthven of Canberra" by courtesy.
  • Barony of Dugan (1949): Sir Winston Dugan (1877–1951) was a British administrator. He served as Governor of South Australia from 1934 to 1939 then Governor of Victoria until 1949. He was also the Administrator of the Commonwealth on two occasions. He was created Baron Dugan of Victoria, of Lurgan in the County of Armagh, on 7 July 1949. The title became extinct upon his death.
  • Viscountcy of Slim (1960): Field Marshal Sir William Slim (1891–1970) was a British military commander who had fought alongside Australians in both world wars, at Gallipoli, the Middle East and other places. He was Governor-General of Australia from 1952 to 1960, when he returned to England. On the initiative of the then Prime Minister Robert Menzies, Sir William and Lady Slim received Australian pensions and passports. In 1960 Slim was raised to the peerage, taking the title Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol. He was succeeded upon his death by his son John (1927-2019). The current holder is his grandson Mark William Rawdon Slim, 3rd Viscount Slim.

Other hereditary peers who served as Governors-General edit

There were other Governors-General of Australia who were British hereditary peers but whose peerages pre-dated their assuming the office of Governor-General, or who were raised to the peerage after assuming or leaving office but with titles that contain no references to places in Australia:

Name of person Title in office Title at death Notes
John Hope 7th Earl of Hopetoun 1st Marquess of Linlithgow He was created Marquess of Linlithgow in October 1902, after he had left Australia, but while he was still formally Governor-General; his term continued until January 1903.
Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson
Henry Northcote 1st Baron Northcote 1st Baron Northcote
William Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley 2nd Earl of Dudley
Thomas Denman 3rd Baron Denman 3rd Baron Denman
Henry Forster 1st Baron Forster 1st Baron Forster
John Baird 1st Baron Stonehaven 1st Viscount Stonehaven He was raised to the peerage after his appointment as Governor-General was announced, but before taking up the office.
Prince Henry 1st Duke of Gloucester 1st Duke of Gloucester Third son of King George V.
William Morrison 1st Viscount Dunrossil (died in office)
William Sidney 1st Viscount De L'Isle 1st Viscount De L'Isle
Ronald Munro Ferguson Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson 1st Viscount Novar He was raised to the peerage as 1st Viscount Novar after leaving office. However, his peerage title contained no reference to any Australian place.

In addition to the above, some Governors of the Australian states (colonies prior to Federation) were peers prior to their appointment.

Australian life peers edit

Some Australians have been made life peers (barons) or peeresses (baronesses) of the United Kingdom. They include:

  • James Atkin (1867–1944), born in Brisbane. He served as a judge of the King's Bench division of the High Court of England and Wales, and in 1928 was appointed a law lord. He took the title of Baron Atkin, of Aberdovey, in the County of Merioneth.[8]
  • Natalie Bennett (born 1966), Green Party of England and Wales politician; born in Eastwood, New South Wales, raised, educated and spent her early career in journalism in Australia, relocated to England in 1999. Bennett was made a life peer in 2019, as Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, of Camden in the London Borough of Camden.
  • Sir Michael Bishop (born 1942), English-born Australian businessman, was made a life peer in 2011. He took the name Baron Glendonbrook, of Bowdenn in the County of Cheshire.[9]
  • Sir Alec Broers (born 1938), former Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, former President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, was ennobled in 2004. His title as a life peer is Baron Broers, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire.
  • Richard Casey (1890–1976), resigned from the Australian Federal Parliament in 1960 to accept a life peerage. He became Baron Casey, of Berwick in the State of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia, and of the City of Westminster, and he took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1965 he was made Governor-General of Australia.
  • Robin Corbett (1933–2012), British Labour Party politician; born in Fremantle, Western Australia, but moved to England as a small child. Corbett was made a life peer in 2001, as Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, of Erdington in the County of West Midlands.
  • Sir Howard Florey (1898–1968) was made a life peer in 1965 as Baron Florey, of Adelaide in the State of South Australia and Commonwealth of Australia and of Marston in the County of Oxford. Both Florey and the discoverer of penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming, were knighted in 1944. Florey's additional peerage recognised the monumental work he did in making penicillin available in sufficient quantities to save millions of lives in World War II.
  • Trixie Gardner (1927–2024), dentist and Conservative politician, was made a life peeress as Baroness Gardner of Parkes in the State of New South Wales and Commonwealth of Australia, and of Southgate in Greater London, on 19 June 1981. She was the last recipient of a peerage with reference to a place in Australia.
  • Robert Hall (1901–1988), Australian-born economic adviser to the UK government (1953–61) and a member of Britain's Economic Planning Board (1947–61), was made a life peer in 1969. He took the name Baron Roberthall, of Silverspur in the State of Queensland and Commonwealth of Australia and of Trenance in the County of Cornwall.[10]
  • Sir Michael Hintze (born 1953), businessman and philanthropist; born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, was raised and educated in Sydney, and currently resides in England. Hintze was made a life peer in 2022 as Baron Hintze, of Dunster in the County of Somerset.[11]
  • Sir Robert May (1936–2020), Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, President of the Royal Society, and a professor at Sydney, Princeton, Oxford, and Imperial College London, was made a life peer in 2001. After his initial preference for "Baron May of Woollahra" failed after objection from the Protocol Office of the Australian Prime Minister's Department, he chose the title Baron May of Oxford, of Oxford in the County of Oxfordshire.
  • Augustus Uthwatt (1879–1949), Australian-born judge; Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary; Privy Counsellor; 1946 he took the title Baron Uthwatt, of Lathbury, in the County of Buckingham.

Abortive peerages edit

The following Australians were nominated for peerages, but the peerage was never actually bestowed.

  • Sir John Forrest was to have been made an hereditary peer, but died before the peerage was formally created. He was an explorer and statesman, who became the first Premier of Western Australia (1890–1901). After Federation he entered Federal Parliament (1901–1918). On 6 February 1918, he was informed that he was to be elevated to the British peerage as Baron Forrest, of Bunbury in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Forrest in Fife, and a public announcement was made of the honour. He died at sea off the coast of Sierra Leone while en route to England for medical treatment. Despite the announcement, no Letters Patent were issued before his death, so the peerage was not officially created. He is sometimes referred to as "Lord Forrest", however this is an inaccurate title. He died childless, and so the barony would have become extinct upon his death even if he had survived to receive it.
  • D. P. O'Connell was nominated for a life peerage in the 1979 UK Honours List but died before the peerage could be granted.[12]
  • In 1977, the Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser at least informally raised with the UK Prime Minister James Callaghan the prospect of the Governor-General Sir John Kerr being elevated to the peerage. This was done at the same time as recommending Kerr's appointment as a Privy Counsellor. Callaghan supported the latter recommendation, but felt unable to support the former.[1]

Australian baronets edit

The following Australians were awarded or have inherited baronetcies:

Baronetcy of Barnewall of Crickstown edit

The baronetcy is extant. John Aylmer Barnewall emigrated to Australia in 1840. He died at Upper Thornton, Victoria in 1890. In 1909, his son John Robert Barnewall succeeded to the baronetcy as 11th baronet. The 13th baronet, Sir Reginald Robert Barnewall, was born in 1924 and educated at Xavier College, Melbourne. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1961 and lived in Mount Tamborine, Queensland until his death in 2018. His son Sir Peter Barnewall (born 1963) is the 14th and current baronet.

Baronetcy of Boileau edit

Boileau baronets have resided in Australia since 1942, when Francis Boileau became the 5th baronet.[13] The current holder is the 9th baronet.

Baronetcy of Clarke of Rupertswood edit

Sir William John Clarke, 1st Bt. (1882, Colony of Victoria)

The baronetcy is extant. The 4th and current Baronet, Sir Rupert Grant Alexander Clarke (born 1947), lives in Victoria.[14]

Baronetcy of Cooper of Woollahra edit

Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Bt. (1863, Colony of New South Wales)

The baronetcy is extant. Currently held by Sir William Cooper, 6th Bt.

Baronetcy of Henry of Parkwood edit

Sir Charles Solomon Henry, 1st Bt. (1860–1919), was an Australian merchant and businessman who lived mostly in Britain and sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1906 until his death. He had no heirs.

The baronetcy is extinct.

Baronetcy of Lauder of Fountainhall, Haddingtonshire edit

Sir Piers Robert Dick Lauder, 13th Baronet, born 3 October 1947 at Nicosia, Cyprus, where his father was an officer serving in the British Army. From 1974 until 2006, Lauder (who only uses the surname Lauder) was a programmer and Computer Systems Officer in the Basser Department of Computer Science at Sydney University.[15][16] His main interests are in the areas of networking and operating systems. With Judy Kay he co-authored the Fair Share Scheduler, now being sold by Aurema under the name "ARMTechShareExpress". With Professor Robert (Bob) Kummerfeld he co-authored the Message Handling Systems network ("MHSnet") used, among others, by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Professor Kummerfeld and Piers Lauder were jointly elected to the Australian Internet Hall of Fame in 1998[dubious ]. Sir Piers Lauder is a founding member of AUUG, the Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group. He has twice been appointed Programme Chairman at AUUG Conferences in Sydney and has taken leave from the university to work overseas on three separate occasions, twice at the invitation of Bell Laboratories to work in the lab that originated UNIX, and once at the invitation of UUNET to work in the burgeoning ISP business. He is an enthusiastic proponent of the Python programming language. He has, by his partner Jane Elix, a natural child, Angus Thomas Lauder Elix (born 1996). They also have a foster-daughter, Akira Crease. The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Mark Andrew Dick Lauder (born 1951), second and youngest son of the 12th Baronet. He was born in Berlin at the British Military Hospital. His heir apparent is his only son, Martin Dick-Lauder (born 1976).

Baronetcy of Matheson of Lochalsh edit

Sir Alexander Matheson, 3rd Baronet (6 February 1861 – 7 August 1929), born in Mayfair, London, was the son of Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet, a Scottish member of the House of Commons. In 1894 he migrated to Western Australia. In 1897, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for North-East Province, serving until 1901. In 1901 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Senator for Western Australia, on a platform of absolute free trade, industrial arbitration, old age pensions, uniform franchise and White Australia. He served until his retirement in 1906. Returning to England, he succeeded to the Matheson baronetcy in 1920, and died in 1929.

Baronetcy of Nicholson of Luddenham edit

Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Bt. (1859, Colony of New South Wales)

The baronetcy is extinct.

Baronetcy of O'Loghlen of Drumcanora edit

  • Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, 3rd Baronet (1828-1905), emigrated to Victoria in 1862 was appointed a Crown Prosecutor in 1863. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his elder brother in 1877. He held a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1883, and was Premier of Victoria from 1881 until 1883. He rejoined the Legislative Assembly in 1888, holding a seat until 1900.
  • Sir Colman Michael O'Loghlen, 6th Baronet (1916-2014), was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1951.
  • Michael O'Loghlen, Q.C., is the son of the 6th baronet and is the prospective 7th baronet following his father's death.

Baronetcy of Samuel of Nevern Square edit

  • Sir Saul Samuel, 1st Baronet (1820–1900)
  • Sir Edward Levien Samuel, 2nd Baronet (1868–1937)
  • Sir Edward Louis Samuel, 3rd Baronet (1896–1961)
  • Sir John Oliver Cecil Samuel, 4th Baronet (1916–1962)
  • Sir John Michael Glen Samuel, 5th Baronet (born 1944)

Baronetcy of Trollope of Casewick edit

  • Sir Gordon Clavering Trollope, 15th Baronet (29 October 1885 – 18 October 1958), was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1898–1901). He later worked as a woolbroker in Australia.
  • Sir Anthony Owen Clavering Trollope, 16th Baronet (15 January 1917 – 1987), elder son of the 15th Baronet, was born in Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High School.
  • Sir Anthony Simon Trollope, 17th Baronet (born 31 August 1945) was born in Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High. He is married, with two daughters.
  • The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Hugh Irwin Trollope (b. 31 March 1947), who is married with one son and two daughters. Hugh Trollope was born in Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High School. As a result of a family illness he became a boarder at Newington College (1964-1966), which his grandfather had attended. He was a notable Rugby Union player for Newington and Gordon Club.

Baronetcy of Way of Montefiore edit

Sir Samuel James Way, 1st Bt. (1836-1916; baronetcy awarded 1899, Colony of South Australia)

The baronetcy is extinct.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Whitlam, Gough (2005). The Truth of the Matter. Melbourne University Publishing. pp. 229–233. ISBN 9780522852127. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Manchester, Duke of (GB, 1719)". Cracroft's Peerage. 21 July 2011. from the original on 13 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage Database". www.debretts1769.com. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Warwick, Earl of (GB, 1759)". Cracroft's Peerage. 15 February 2008. from the original on 2 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Portarlington, Earl of (I, 1785)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Dufferin and Claneboye, Baron (I, 1800)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
  7. ^ Cowen, Zelman (1993). Isaac Isaacs. St Lucia, Queensland: U Queensland P. p. 204.
  8. ^ "No. 33356". The London Gazette. 14 February 1928. p. 1045.
  9. ^ "No. 59690". The London Gazette. 4 February 2011. p. 1953.
  10. ^ . Economia.unipv.it. 20 July 2003. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  11. ^ "Lord Hintze". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Biographical entry for Daniel Patrick O'Connell". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  13. ^ "BOILEAU BARONETCY COMES TO VICTORIA". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 29, 969. Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ . baronetage.org/. The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  15. ^ . 3 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  16. ^ . Piers Lauder. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

Bibliography edit

  • Rubinstein, W.D. (1991). The Biographical Dictionary of Life Peers. New York: St Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-01911-4.
  • Farnborough, T. E. May, 1st Baron. (1896). Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George the Third, 11th ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Life Peerages Act 1958. (6 & 7 Elizabeth 2 c. 21). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

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Peers of the Realm have been associated with Australia since early in its history as a British settlement Many peers served as governors of the Australian colonies states following Federation and in the days when the practice of appointing British governors general was current the great majority were peers Australians themselves were previously eligible to receive British Imperial Honours Such honours in appropriate cases included peerages and baronetcies In other cases already extant peerages and baronetcies devolved upon persons who emigrated to Australia or whose ancestors had emigrated to Australia Peerage titles bestowed included some distinctly Australian titles such as Viscount Bruce of Melbourne Imperial Honours were recommended to the sovereign by the Prime Minister of Australia an Australian state premier or sometimes by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Some Australians have been awarded peerages in recognition of services rendered in the United Kingdom rather than Australia The practice of awarding British Imperial Honours for services rendered in Australia generally came to a halt when Malcolm Fraser the last Australian prime minister to make nominations for Imperial Honours lost the 1983 election to Bob Hawke who discontinued clarification needed the practice in favour of nominations solely for the Australian Honours System There had previously been a brief hiatus in the recommendation of Imperial Honours under Gough Whitlam 1972 75 Despite the discontinuance of nominations on a federal level individual states such as Queensland and Tasmania continued to recommend Imperial Honours until 1989 Australians who render service in the United Kingdom and other realms which continue to make nominations for Imperial Honours such as Papua New Guinea continue to be eligible for nomination to Imperial Honours including peerages and already extant peerages and baronetcies continue to be inherited according to the instrument of their creation Not all recommendations for peerages have been accepted Malcolm Fraser s recommendation of a peerage for Sir John Kerr was not supported by the British prime minister James Callaghan 1 Contents 1 Australians with hereditary peerages 1 1 Duke 1 2 Marquess 1 3 Earl 1 4 Viscount 1 5 Baron 2 Australian peeresses by marriage 3 Hereditary peerages with Australian associations 4 Other hereditary peers who served as Governors General 5 Australian life peers 6 Abortive peerages 7 Australian baronets 7 1 Baronetcy of Barnewall of Crickstown 7 2 Baronetcy of Boileau 7 3 Baronetcy of Clarke of Rupertswood 7 4 Baronetcy of Cooper of Woollahra 7 5 Baronetcy of Henry of Parkwood 7 6 Baronetcy of Lauder of Fountainhall Haddingtonshire 7 7 Baronetcy of Matheson of Lochalsh 7 8 Baronetcy of Nicholson of Luddenham 7 9 Baronetcy of O Loghlen of Drumcanora 7 10 Baronetcy of Samuel of Nevern Square 7 11 Baronetcy of Trollope of Casewick 7 12 Baronetcy of Way of Montefiore 8 See also 9 References 10 BibliographyAustralians with hereditary peerages editThe following hereditary peers are or were Australians by birth or residence Duke edit Manchester Alexander Montagu 13th Duke of Manchester was born in Australia in 1962 making him an Australian citizen from birth however he has long resided in California He succeeded to his father s dukedom in 2002 His younger brother Lord Kimble Montagu is also an Australian citizen and is the heir presumptive to the dukedom 2 Lord Kimble is an academic at Monash University and his heir is his only son William Anthony Drogo Montagu born 2000 3 Marquess edit Sligo Sebastian Browne 12th Marquess of Sligo born 1964 is a peer in the Peerage of Ireland As Baron Monteagle he is also a peer in the Peerage of the United Kingdom He emigrated to Australia in 1997 where he is a residential real estate agent Earl edit Brooke and Warwick Guy David Greville 9th Earl Brooke and 9th Earl of Warwick resides in Perth Western Australia and inherited his father s titles in 1996 4 Dunmore Malcolm Murray 12th Earl of Dunmore was born in Tasmania in 1946 and has lived there all his life Lincoln Robert Fiennes Clinton 19th Earl of Lincoln the head of a branch of the Fiennes Clinton family is resident in Perth Western Australia Loudoun Simon Abney Hastings 15th Earl of Loudoun was born in Australia in 1974 In 2004 the television documentary Britain s Real Monarch presented evidence that his father the 14th Earl was the rightful King of England He lives in Wangaratta and Melbourne Victoria He succeeded his father to the title in 2012 and in 2023 bore one of the two golden spurs in the procession into Westminster Abbey at the commencement of the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla Portarlington The 7th and current Earl of Portarlington maintains an address in Sydney as well as an address in Melrose Scotland 5 Portland Timothy Bentinck 12th Earl of Portland was born in Tasmania in 1953 while his father Henry Bentinck later the 11th Earl was working as a jackaroo on a sheep station there Stradbroke Keith Rous 6th Earl of Stradbroke lives in Victoria after having left England at the age of 19 His grandfather the 3rd Earl had been Governor of Victoria from 1921 to 1926 Wilton Francis Grosvenor 8th Earl of Wilton lives in Victoria and is a board member of the Victorian Opera Like his kinsmen many of whom assumed the surname Egerton Warburton he is in remainder to the Egerton baronetcy created 1617 Viscount edit Bolingbroke and St John Nicholas St John 9th Viscount Bolingbroke lives in Sydney He is also 10th Viscount St John and 13th Baronet of Lydiard Tregoze Bruce of Melbourne Stanley Bruce became Prime Minister in 1923 holding the office for six and a half years until he lost not only the 1929 election but also his own seat of Flinders He later became High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and served there for thirteen years In 1947 he became Viscount Bruce of Melbourne of Westminster Gardens in the City of Westminster He was childless and the viscountcy became extinct at his death Baron edit Baden Powell Michael Baden Powell 1940 2023 was the 4th holder of the Baden Powell barony and the baronetcy of Bentley and was the son of the 2nd Baron and the brother of the 3rd Baron He migrated to Australia in 1965 and lived in Camberwell Victoria He was active in the Victorian Scouts movement He was succeeded by his son David Robert Baden Powell the current and 5th Baron Baillieu Sir Clive Baillieu was born in Australia and educated at Camberwell Grammar School Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne before moving to the UK where he continued his studies at Magdalen College Oxford He was granted an hereditary peerage in 1953 as 1st Baron Baillieu of Sefton in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Parkwood in the County of Surrey He died in Melbourne in 1967 and was succeeded by his son William as 2nd Baron Baillieu The current holder James William Latham Baillieu 3rd Baron Baillieu maintains addresses in both London and Melbourne Chesham Charles Cavendish 7th Baron Chesham was born in Sydney and was educated at The King s School Parramatta before moving to the United Kingdom Clifford of Chudleigh Lewis Clifford 12th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh was born in New Zealand and later lived in Tasmania and Victoria He was educated at Xavier College in Melbourne and later moved to the United Kingdom Dufferin and Claneboye John Blackwood 11th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye resides in Orange New South Wales 6 Huntingfield William Vanneck 5th Baron Huntingfield was born in Gatton Queensland in 1883 and grew up there until the age of 14 when he moved to England He inherited the barony from his uncle in 1915 He was later appointed Governor of Victoria and served in that post from 1934 to 1939 Inverchapel Archibald Clark Kerr 1st Baron Inverchapel was born in New South Wales in 1882 his maternal grandfather was Sir John Robertson five times premier of the colony He emigrated to England in 1889 and entered the British diplomatic service in 1906 Knighted in 1935 while Ambassador to Iraq he was raised to the peerage in 1946 as the 1st Baron Inverchapel of Loch Eck in the County of Argyll and subsequently served as the British Ambassador to the United States until his retirement in 1948 He died childless in 1951 and his barony became extinct Lindsay of Birker James Lindsay 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker born 1945 is a former Australian diplomat serving in Chile Laos Bangladesh Venezuela Pakistan and Kenya He succeeded his father to the Barony of Lindsay of Birker in 1994 Robinson Roy Robinson 1st Baron Robinson 1883 1952 was born in South Australia and died in Canada He lived mainly in the United Kingdom where he was knighted for his services to forestry in 1931 and raised to the peerage in 1947 as 1st Baron Robinson of Kielder Forest in the County of Northumberland and of Adelaide in the Commonwealth of Australia He had no surviving sons and his barony became extinct on his death Stratheden and Campbell David Campbell 7th Baron Stratheden and Campbell was born in Rockhampton in 1963 and succeeded his father in 2011 He lives at the Sunshine Coast Australian peeresses by marriage editThe following Australian women are not or were not the holders of peerages themselves but became peeresses by virtue of marrying a hereditary peer Dartmouth Fiona Campbell an Australian born in Melbourne is the current Countess of Dartmouth since her marriage in June 2009 to William Legge 10th Earl of Dartmouth Furness and Kenmare Enid Maude Lindeman died 1973 born and raised in Sydney was twice a peeress by marriage the first time by her third marriage in 1933 to the 1st Viscount Furness who predeceased her and the second time by her fourth marriage in 1943 to the 6th Earl of Kenmare who also predeceased her Her son from her second marriage Frederick Cavendish became the 7th Baron Waterpark in 1948 following the death of his uncle the 6th Baron Harewood Patricia Lascelles Dowager Countess of Harewood 1926 2018 was an Australian violinist and fashion model who became the second wife of George Lascelles 7th Earl of Harewood on their marriage in Connecticut in 1967 She had previously borne him a son the Hon Mark Lascelles in 1964 She was widowed in 2011 and the 8th Earl is the 7th Earl s son by his first wife Tryon Dale Kanga Tryon Baroness Tryon 1948 1997 born in Melbourne was employed in Qantas London office following her graduation In England she met and later married Anthony Tryon Baron Tryon She was a close friend of Prince Charles and was the founder of fashion label Kanga and couture line The Dale Tryon Collection Hereditary peerages with Australian associations edit nbsp Arms of the Baron Birdwood A number of hereditary titles have been created for Britons that are associated with places in Australia Barony of Birdwood 1938 Sir William Birdwood was a British military commander prominent at Gallipoli After retirement from the army in 1930 Birdwood made a bid to become Governor General of Australia He had the backing of King George V However the Australian Prime Minister James Scullin insisted that his Australian nominee Sir Isaac Isaacs be appointed The King ultimately felt bound to accept the advice of the Prime Minister but he did not disguise his reluctance and displeasure 7 In 1938 Birdwood was raised to the peerage taking the title Baron Birdwood of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon He died in 1951 The barony became extinct in 2015 on the death of his grandson the 3rd Baron Birdwood Barony of Gowrie 1935 and Viscountcy of Ruthven of Canberra 1945 These two titles were created for Alexander Hore Ruthven who was Governor of South Australia 1928 1934 Governor of New South Wales 1935 1936 and then Governor General of Australia 1936 1945 The Barony s territorial designation is of Canberra in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian The Viscountcy was created at the same time as the higher title Earl of Gowrie As the Viscountcy is the most senior subsidiary title of the Earldom it is used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to the Earldom The current heir apparent to the Earldom is Patrick Leo Brer Ruthven styled Viscount Ruthven of Canberra by courtesy Barony of Dugan 1949 Sir Winston Dugan 1877 1951 was a British administrator He served as Governor of South Australia from 1934 to 1939 then Governor of Victoria until 1949 He was also the Administrator of the Commonwealth on two occasions He was created Baron Dugan of Victoria of Lurgan in the County of Armagh on 7 July 1949 The title became extinct upon his death Viscountcy of Slim 1960 Field Marshal Sir William Slim 1891 1970 was a British military commander who had fought alongside Australians in both world wars at Gallipoli the Middle East and other places He was Governor General of Australia from 1952 to 1960 when he returned to England On the initiative of the then Prime Minister Robert Menzies Sir William and Lady Slim received Australian pensions and passports In 1960 Slim was raised to the peerage taking the title Viscount Slim of Yarralumla in the Capital Territory of Australia and of Bishopston in the City and County of Bristol He was succeeded upon his death by his son John 1927 2019 The current holder is his grandson Mark William Rawdon Slim 3rd Viscount Slim Other hereditary peers who served as Governors General editThere were other Governors General of Australia who were British hereditary peers but whose peerages pre dated their assuming the office of Governor General or who were raised to the peerage after assuming or leaving office but with titles that contain no references to places in Australia Name of person Title in office Title at death Notes John Hope 7th Earl of Hopetoun 1st Marquess of Linlithgow He was created Marquess of Linlithgow in October 1902 after he had left Australia but while he was still formally Governor General his term continued until January 1903 Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson Henry Northcote 1st Baron Northcote 1st Baron Northcote William Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley 2nd Earl of Dudley Thomas Denman 3rd Baron Denman 3rd Baron Denman Henry Forster 1st Baron Forster 1st Baron Forster John Baird 1st Baron Stonehaven 1st Viscount Stonehaven He was raised to the peerage after his appointment as Governor General was announced but before taking up the office Prince Henry 1st Duke of Gloucester 1st Duke of Gloucester Third son of King George V William Morrison 1st Viscount Dunrossil died in office William Sidney 1st Viscount De L Isle 1st Viscount De L Isle Ronald Munro Ferguson Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson 1st Viscount Novar He was raised to the peerage as 1st Viscount Novar after leaving office However his peerage title contained no reference to any Australian place In addition to the above some Governors of the Australian states colonies prior to Federation were peers prior to their appointment Australian life peers editSome Australians have been made life peers barons or peeresses baronesses of the United Kingdom They include James Atkin 1867 1944 born in Brisbane He served as a judge of the King s Bench division of the High Court of England and Wales and in 1928 was appointed a law lord He took the title of Baron Atkin of Aberdovey in the County of Merioneth 8 Natalie Bennett born 1966 Green Party of England and Wales politician born in Eastwood New South Wales raised educated and spent her early career in journalism in Australia relocated to England in 1999 Bennett was made a life peer in 2019 as Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle of Camden in the London Borough of Camden Sir Michael Bishop born 1942 English born Australian businessman was made a life peer in 2011 He took the name Baron Glendonbrook of Bowdenn in the County of Cheshire 9 Sir Alec Broers born 1938 former Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University former President of the Royal Academy of Engineering was ennobled in 2004 His title as a life peer is Baron Broers of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire Richard Casey 1890 1976 resigned from the Australian Federal Parliament in 1960 to accept a life peerage He became Baron Casey of Berwick in the State of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia and of the City of Westminster and he took his seat in the House of Lords In 1965 he was made Governor General of Australia Robin Corbett 1933 2012 British Labour Party politician born in Fremantle Western Australia but moved to England as a small child Corbett was made a life peer in 2001 as Baron Corbett of Castle Vale of Erdington in the County of West Midlands Sir Howard Florey 1898 1968 was made a life peer in 1965 as Baron Florey of Adelaide in the State of South Australia and Commonwealth of Australia and of Marston in the County of Oxford Both Florey and the discoverer of penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming were knighted in 1944 Florey s additional peerage recognised the monumental work he did in making penicillin available in sufficient quantities to save millions of lives in World War II Trixie Gardner 1927 2024 dentist and Conservative politician was made a life peeress as Baroness Gardner of Parkes in the State of New South Wales and Commonwealth of Australia and of Southgate in Greater London on 19 June 1981 She was the last recipient of a peerage with reference to a place in Australia Robert Hall 1901 1988 Australian born economic adviser to the UK government 1953 61 and a member of Britain s Economic Planning Board 1947 61 was made a life peer in 1969 He took the name Baron Roberthall of Silverspur in the State of Queensland and Commonwealth of Australia and of Trenance in the County of Cornwall 10 Sir Michael Hintze born 1953 businessman and philanthropist born in Harbin Heilongjiang China was raised and educated in Sydney and currently resides in England Hintze was made a life peer in 2022 as Baron Hintze of Dunster in the County of Somerset 11 Sir Robert May 1936 2020 Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government President of the Royal Society and a professor at Sydney Princeton Oxford and Imperial College London was made a life peer in 2001 After his initial preference for Baron May of Woollahra failed after objection from the Protocol Office of the Australian Prime Minister s Department he chose the title Baron May of Oxford of Oxford in the County of Oxfordshire Augustus Uthwatt 1879 1949 Australian born judge Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Privy Counsellor 1946 he took the title Baron Uthwatt of Lathbury in the County of Buckingham Abortive peerages editThe following Australians were nominated for peerages but the peerage was never actually bestowed Sir John Forrest was to have been made an hereditary peer but died before the peerage was formally created He was an explorer and statesman who became the first Premier of Western Australia 1890 1901 After Federation he entered Federal Parliament 1901 1918 On 6 February 1918 he was informed that he was to be elevated to the British peerage as Baron Forrest of Bunbury in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Forrest in Fife and a public announcement was made of the honour He died at sea off the coast of Sierra Leone while en route to England for medical treatment Despite the announcement no Letters Patent were issued before his death so the peerage was not officially created He is sometimes referred to as Lord Forrest however this is an inaccurate title He died childless and so the barony would have become extinct upon his death even if he had survived to receive it D P O Connell was nominated for a life peerage in the 1979 UK Honours List but died before the peerage could be granted 12 In 1977 the Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser at least informally raised with the UK Prime Minister James Callaghan the prospect of the Governor General Sir John Kerr being elevated to the peerage This was done at the same time as recommending Kerr s appointment as a Privy Counsellor Callaghan supported the latter recommendation but felt unable to support the former 1 Australian baronets editThe following Australians were awarded or have inherited baronetcies Baronetcy of Barnewall of Crickstown edit The baronetcy is extant John Aylmer Barnewall emigrated to Australia in 1840 He died at Upper Thornton Victoria in 1890 In 1909 his son John Robert Barnewall succeeded to the baronetcy as 11th baronet The 13th baronet Sir Reginald Robert Barnewall was born in 1924 and educated at Xavier College Melbourne He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1961 and lived in Mount Tamborine Queensland until his death in 2018 His son Sir Peter Barnewall born 1963 is the 14th and current baronet Baronetcy of Boileau edit Boileau baronets have resided in Australia since 1942 when Francis Boileau became the 5th baronet 13 The current holder is the 9th baronet Baronetcy of Clarke of Rupertswood edit Sir William John Clarke 1st Bt 1882 Colony of Victoria The baronetcy is extant The 4th and current Baronet Sir Rupert Grant Alexander Clarke born 1947 lives in Victoria 14 Baronetcy of Cooper of Woollahra edit Sir Daniel Cooper 1st Bt 1863 Colony of New South Wales The baronetcy is extant Currently held by Sir William Cooper 6th Bt Baronetcy of Henry of Parkwood edit Sir Charles Solomon Henry 1st Bt 1860 1919 was an Australian merchant and businessman who lived mostly in Britain and sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament MP in the House of Commons from 1906 until his death He had no heirs The baronetcy is extinct Baronetcy of Lauder of Fountainhall Haddingtonshire edit Sir Piers Robert Dick Lauder 13th Baronet born 3 October 1947 at Nicosia Cyprus where his father was an officer serving in the British Army From 1974 until 2006 Lauder who only uses the surname Lauder was a programmer and Computer Systems Officer in the Basser Department of Computer Science at Sydney University 15 16 His main interests are in the areas of networking and operating systems With Judy Kay he co authored the Fair Share Scheduler now being sold by Aurema under the name ARMTechShareExpress With Professor Robert Bob Kummerfeld he co authored the Message Handling Systems network MHSnet used among others by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Professor Kummerfeld and Piers Lauder were jointly elected to the Australian Internet Hall of Fame in 1998 dubious discuss Sir Piers Lauder is a founding member of AUUG the Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group He has twice been appointed Programme Chairman at AUUG Conferences in Sydney and has taken leave from the university to work overseas on three separate occasions twice at the invitation of Bell Laboratories to work in the lab that originated UNIX and once at the invitation of UUNET to work in the burgeoning ISP business He is an enthusiastic proponent of the Python programming language He has by his partner Jane Elix a natural child Angus Thomas Lauder Elix born 1996 They also have a foster daughter Akira Crease The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Mark Andrew Dick Lauder born 1951 second and youngest son of the 12th Baronet He was born in Berlin at the British Military Hospital His heir apparent is his only son Martin Dick Lauder born 1976 Baronetcy of Matheson of Lochalsh edit Sir Alexander Matheson 3rd Baronet 6 February 1861 7 August 1929 born in Mayfair London was the son of Sir Alexander Matheson 1st Baronet a Scottish member of the House of Commons In 1894 he migrated to Western Australia In 1897 he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for North East Province serving until 1901 In 1901 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Senator for Western Australia on a platform of absolute free trade industrial arbitration old age pensions uniform franchise and White Australia He served until his retirement in 1906 Returning to England he succeeded to the Matheson baronetcy in 1920 and died in 1929 Baronetcy of Nicholson of Luddenham edit Sir Charles Nicholson 1st Bt 1859 Colony of New South Wales The baronetcy is extinct Baronetcy of O Loghlen of Drumcanora edit Sir Bryan O Loghlen 3rd Baronet 1828 1905 emigrated to Victoria in 1862 was appointed a Crown Prosecutor in 1863 He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his elder brother in 1877 He held a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1883 and was Premier of Victoria from 1881 until 1883 He rejoined the Legislative Assembly in 1888 holding a seat until 1900 Sir Colman Michael O Loghlen 6th Baronet 1916 2014 was educated at Xavier College Melbourne and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1951 Michael O Loghlen Q C is the son of the 6th baronet and is the prospective 7th baronet following his father s death Baronetcy of Samuel of Nevern Square edit Sir Saul Samuel 1st Baronet 1820 1900 Sir Edward Levien Samuel 2nd Baronet 1868 1937 Sir Edward Louis Samuel 3rd Baronet 1896 1961 Sir John Oliver Cecil Samuel 4th Baronet 1916 1962 Sir John Michael Glen Samuel 5th Baronet born 1944 Baronetcy of Trollope of Casewick edit Sir Gordon Clavering Trollope 15th Baronet 29 October 1885 18 October 1958 was born in Sydney and attended Newington College 1898 1901 He later worked as a woolbroker in Australia Sir Anthony Owen Clavering Trollope 16th Baronet 15 January 1917 1987 elder son of the 15th Baronet was born in Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High School Sir Anthony Simon Trollope 17th Baronet born 31 August 1945 was born in Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High He is married with two daughters The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Hugh Irwin Trollope b 31 March 1947 who is married with one son and two daughters Hugh Trollope was born in Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High School As a result of a family illness he became a boarder at Newington College 1964 1966 which his grandfather had attended He was a notable Rugby Union player for Newington and Gordon Club Baronetcy of Way of Montefiore edit Sir Samuel James Way 1st Bt 1836 1916 baronetcy awarded 1899 Colony of South Australia The baronetcy is extinct See also editAustralian honorifics Bunyip aristocracy Members of the House of LordsReferences edit a b Whitlam Gough 2005 The Truth of the Matter Melbourne University Publishing pp 229 233 ISBN 9780522852127 Retrieved 1 May 2014 Manchester Duke of GB 1719 Cracroft s Peerage 21 July 2011 Archived from the original on 13 May 2014 Debrett s Peerage amp Baronetage Database www debretts1769 com Retrieved 18 July 2023 Warwick Earl of GB 1759 Cracroft s Peerage 15 February 2008 Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Portarlington Earl of I 1785 www cracroftspeerage co uk Dufferin and Claneboye Baron I 1800 www cracroftspeerage co uk Cowen Zelman 1993 Isaac Isaacs St Lucia Queensland U Queensland P p 204 No 33356 The London Gazette 14 February 1928 p 1045 No 59690 The London Gazette 4 February 2011 p 1953 Hall Robert Lowe Economia unipv it 20 July 2003 Archived from the original on 18 May 2011 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