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Baron Knightley of Fawsley in Northamptonshire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
The London Gazette 26328. Whitehall, September 22, 1892. THE Queen has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, dated the 23rd August, 1892, to grant the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Sir Rainald Knightley (age 72), Bart., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Knightley, of Fawsley, in the county of Northampton.
On 19th December 1895 Rainald Knightley 1st Baron Knightley (age 76) died without issue. Baron Knightley of Fawsley in Northamptonshire extinct. His first cousin Valentine (age 83) succeeded 4th Baronet Knightley of Fawsley.