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Baron Ravensdale

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Baron Ravensdale

Arms of Baron Ravensdale[a]
Creation date2 November 1911
Created byGeorge V
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderGeorge Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston
Present holderDaniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale
Remainder to(Special remainder) to the male issue of the 1st Baron's eldest daughter and the heirs male of her body; to his second and every other younger daughter successively in order of birth, and the heirs male of their bodies
Former seat(s)Kedleston Hall

Baron Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Conservative politician George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon, of Kedleston, who had previously served as Viceroy of India.

History

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The title was created on 2 November 1911 for the Conservative politician George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon, with remainder, in default of issue male, to his eldest daughter and the heirs male of her body, failing whom to his other daughters in like manner in order of primogeniture. Curzon was created Viscount Scarsdale and Earl Curzon of Kedleston at the same time.[1] The viscounty was created with special remainder to the heirs male of his father while the earldom was created with normal remainder to heirs male. Curzon had already in 1898 been created Baron Curzon of Kedleston in the Peerage of Ireland (the last Irish peerage to be created), with remainder to heirs male. In 1916 he succeeded his father as fifth Baron Scarsdale and in 1921 he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Kedleston and Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, with remainder to heirs male.

Lord Curzon died without male issue in 1925 and the barony of Curzon of Kedleston, the two earldoms and the marquessate thus became extinct. He was succeeded in the viscountcy of Scarsdale according to the special remainder by his nephew, Richard Curzon, the second Viscount (who also succeeded as sixth Baron Scarsdale; see Viscount Scarsdale for further history of this branch of the family). The barony of Ravensdale passed according to the special remainder to his eldest daughter Irene. In 1958, following the passage of the Life Peerages Act 1958 which permitted women to sit in the House of Lords, Lady Ravensdale was granted a life peerage with the title of Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston, of Kedleston in the County of Derby. As of 2019 the title is held by her great-great-nephew the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 2017 and was elected to sit in the House of Lords in 2019. He is the great-grandson of Lady Cynthia (second daughter of Lord Curzon of Kedleston) and her husband Oswald Mosley. He also succeeded his grandfather as eighth Baronet of Ancoats. (See Mosley baronets for earlier history of this title.)

Barons Ravensdale (1911)

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George Curzon, 1st Baron Ravensdale (later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston)

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son, the Hon. Alexander Lucas Mosley (born 2012).

Title succession chart

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Title succession chart, Barons Ravensdale
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Earl of Kedleston
Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Viscount Scarsdale
Baron Ravensdale
Baron Curzon of Kedleston
George Curzon
1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

1st Earl of Kedleston
1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
1st Viscount Scarsdale
1st Baron Ravensdale
1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston
5th Baron Scarsdale

9th baronet (N.Sc., E.)
1859–1925
Marquessate, both earldoms
and Curzon barony extinct,
Scarsdale viscountcy and barony
and both baronetcies

inherited by Richard Curzon
Irene Curzon
2nd Baroness Ravensdale

1896–1966
Lady Cynthia Curzon
1898–1933
Nicholas Mosley
3rd Baron Ravensdale

7th Baronet
1923–2017
Hon.
Shaun Mosley
1949–2009
Daniel Mosley
4th Baron Ravensdale

8th Baronet
born 1982
Hon.
Alexander Mosley
born 2012

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 28547". The London Gazette. 3 November 1911. p. 7951.

Notes

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  1. ^ The arms of the present baron include that of Mosley, as follows: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Sable a Chevron between three Pickaxes Argent (Mosley); 2nd and 3rd, Argent on a Bend Sable three Popinjays Or collared Gules (Curzon)