Baron Knaresborough of Kirkby Hall in Yorkshire

Summary

4th January 1906. Henry Meysey-Thompson 1st Baron Knaresborough [aged 60] created.

3rd March 1929. Henry Meysey-Thompson 1st Baron Knaresborough extinct.

The London Gazette 27871. Whitehall, January 4, 1906.

The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon Sir Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson [aged 60], Baronet, and the heirs male of his-body lawfully begotten, by the name; style, and title of Baron Knaresborough of Kirby Hall in the county of York. [Note. Ethel Adeline Pottinger Baroness Knaresborough [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Knaresborough of Kirkby Hall in Yorkshire]

On 3rd March 1929 Henry Meysey-Thompson 1st Baron Knaresborough [aged 83] died. Baron Knaresborough of Kirkby Hall in Yorkshire extinct. His nephew Algar [aged 43] succeeded 3rd Baronet Meysey-Thompson of Kirby Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire.