Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
26th June 1861. 1st. Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury [aged 60] created.
20th July 1873. 2nd. Son Richard Augustus Bethell 2nd Baron Westbury [aged 43] succeeded.
1875. 3rd. Son Richard Bethell 3rd Baron Westbury [aged 22] succeeded.
20th February 1930. 4th. Grandson Richard Morland Tollemache Bethell 4th Baron Westbury [aged 15] succeeded.
27th June 1961. 5th. Brother David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury [aged 39] succeeded.
2001. 6th. Son Richard Bethell 6th Baron Westbury [aged 50] succeeded.
On 26th June 1861 Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury [aged 60] was created 1st Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 20th July 1873 Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury [aged 73] died. His son Richard [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
In 1875 Richard Augustus Bethell 2nd Baron Westbury [aged 45] committed suicide. His son Richard [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 24th July 1882 Richard Bethell 3rd Baron Westbury [aged 30] and Agatha Manners Tollemache Baroness Westbury [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Baroness Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 20th February 1930 Richard Bethell 3rd Baron Westbury [aged 77] committed suicide. He jumped out of the bedroom window of his seventh floor St James's apartment after a long period of illness. He left a note that read: "I really cannot stand any more horrors and hardly see what good I am going to do here, so I am making my exit." His death was ruled "suicide while of unsound mind." His grandson Richard [aged 15] succeeded 4th Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 27th June 1961 Richard Morland Tollemache Bethell 4th Baron Westbury [aged 46] died. His brother David [aged 39] succeeded 5th Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.
In 2001 David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury [aged 79] died. His son Richard [aged 50] succeeded 6th Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire.