After a pointed lawsuit with Henry Hucks Gibbs, first Baron Aldenham over who should direct the restoration, Grimthorpe had the vault remade and reproportioned in stone, made the floor in black and white marble ( 1893 ), and had new Victorian arcading and sculpture put below the canopy work.

Baron Acton, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

However, on 17 April 2000 he was created a life peer as Baron Acton of Bridgnorth, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire.

The first Baron's grandfather William Gibbs was the younger brother of George Henry Gibbs, the father of Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham, whose fourth son was Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon.

* Baron Aldenham

Gibbs was the fourth son of Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham ( see the Baron Aldenham for earlier history of the family ).

* Walter Durant Gibbs, 2nd Baron Hunsdon ( 1888 – 1969 ) ( succeeded as Baron Aldenham in 1939 )

see Baron Aldenham for further succession

Lord Aldenham was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron.

On the latter's death in 1939 the barony of Aldenham was inherited by his cousin the second Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon ( see the Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon for earlier history of this title ).

George Henry Gibbs, father of the first Baron Aldenham, was the elder brother of William Gibbs, grandfather of George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall.

*( Henry ) Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham ( 1819 – 1907 )

* Alban George Henry Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham ( 1846 – 1936 )

* Gerald Henry Beresford Gibbs, 3rd Baron Aldenham ( 1879 – 1939 )

* Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham, 2nd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon ( 1888 – 1969 )

Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The 5th Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling, in the County of Essex, when his father died in 1996.

* Earl Beatty, Viscount Borodale of Wexford in the County of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby in the County of Leicester-18 October 1919

Since Mountbatten had no sons, when he was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma of Romsey in the County of Southampton on 27 August 1946 and then Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey in the County of Southampton on 28 October 1947, the Letters Patent were drafted such that in the event he left no sons or issue in the male line, the titles could pass to his daughters, in order of seniority of birth, and to their heirs male respectively.

Lord Lytton held that seat until 1866, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lytton of Knebworth in the County of Hertford.

In 1873 Bruce relinquished the home secretaryship, at Gladstone's request, to become Lord President of the Council, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, on 23 August that year.

He was raised to the peerage as Baron Abinger, of Abinger in the County of Surrey and of the City of Norwich, in 1835, taking his title from the Surrey estate he had bought in 1813.

In 1999, he was created a life peer, as Baron Foster of Thames Bank, of Reddish in the County of Greater Manchester.

He was introduced to the House of Lords on 31 January 2005, after being created Baron Kinnock, of Bedwellty in the County of Gwent.

From 1987, Jenkins remained in politics as a member of the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, of Pontypool in the County of Gwent.

John Buchan was, in preparation for his appointment as governor general, made the Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield in the County of Oxford by King George V, six months before Buchan was sworn in as viceroy.

He 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.

The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland colony, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, in County Longford, Ireland.

The County was named for Anne Arundell, the daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, members of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England.

Shortly afterwards, he was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, of the City of Cardiff in the Royal County of South Glamorganshire.

* In 1993 Menuhin was made a life peer, as Baron Menuhin of Stoke d ' Abernon in the County of Surrey.

Thus there is a Baron Knollys, of Caversham in the County of Oxford ( created in 1902 ), and a Baroness Pitkeathley, of Caversham in the Royal County of Berkshire ( created in 1997 ).

In 1887 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Armstrong, of Cragside in the County of Northumberland.

Having previously declined a knighthood, Britten accepted a life peerage – the first composer to have been so honoured – on 2 July 1976 as Baron Britten, of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk.

Boot was knighted in 1909, created a baronet in 1917, and in the New Year's Honours of 1929 was elevated to the peerage as Baron Trent, of Nottingham in the County of Nottingham.

He was created Baron Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, on 31 October 1898 as a victory title commemorating his successes, and began a programme of restoring good governance to the Sudan.

King James raised him to the peerage on 20 August 1603 as Baron Cecil, of Essendon in the County of Rutland, before creating him Viscount Cranborne in 1604 and then Earl of Salisbury in 1605.

: Other titles: Lord Churchill of Eyemouth, in the county of Berwick ( Sc 1682 ) and Baron Churchill of Sandridge, in the county of Hertford ( En 1685 )

: Other titles: Marquess of Blandford ( En 1702 ), Earl of Marlborough, in the county of Wiltshire ( En 1689 ) and Baron Churchill of Sandridge, in the county of Hertford ( En 1685 )

On 27 July 1726, at only four-years-old, he was created Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhamstead in the County of Hertford, Earl of Kennington in the County of Surrey, Viscount of Trematon in the County of Cornwall, and Baron of the Isle of Alderney.

In 1641 he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Capell of Hadham, in the County of Hertford.

These include: Earl of Kendal ( created 1443 ; extinct 1444 ), Viscount Rochester ( created 1611 ; extinct 1645 ), Viscount Beauchamp of Hache ( created 1536 ; forfeit 1552 ), Earl of Hertford ( created 1537 ; forfeit 1552 and created 1559 ; extinct 1750 ), Marquess of Hertford ( created 1640 ; extinct 1675 ), Baron Seymour of Trowbridge ( created 1641 ; extinct 1750 ), Baron Percy ( created 1722 ; separated 1750 ), Baron Cockermouth ( created 1749 ; separated 1750 ), Earl of Egremont ( created 1749 ; separated 1750 ), and Earl St. Maur ( created 1863 ; extinct 1885 ).

In 1824, he distinguished himself by his defence of Joseph Hunt when on his trial at Hertford with John Thurtell for the murder of William Weare ; and eight years later at Chelmsford assizes he won a hard-fought action in an ejectment case after three trials, to which he attributed so much of his subsequent success that when he was raised to the peerage he elected to be created Baron Chelmsford, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex.

The third Earldom of Hertford was created in 1559 for Edward Seymour, who was simultaneously created Baron Beauchamp of Hache.

Lord Hertford holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Yarmouth ( Peerage of Great Britain, 1793 ), Earl of Hertford ( Peerage of Great Britain, 1750 ), Viscount Beauchamp ( Peerage of Great Britain, 1750 ), Baron Conway, of Ragley in the County of Warwick ( Peerage of England, 1703 ), and Baron Conway of Killultagh, of Killultagh in the County of Antrim ( Peerage of Ireland, 1712 ).

In 1750 his son Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Baron Conway, was created Viscount Beauchamp and Earl of Hertford.

* Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Baron Conway, ( 1718 – 1794 ) ( created Earl of Hertford in 1750 and Marquess of Hertford in 1793 )

His grandson, the second Baron, was made Viscount Ascot, in the County of Hertford, and Earl of Carnarvon, in 1628, and later became a prominent Royalist commander in the Civil War.

In 1821 he was created Baron Clanbrassil, of Hyde Hall in the County of Hertford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords.

In 1790 he was created Baron Verulam, of Gorhambury in the County of Hertford, in the Peerage of Great Britain.

The title Baron Verulam was created in two separate and unrelated instances: first as Baron Verulam, of Verulam, in the Peerage of England, then secondly as Baron Verulam, of Gorhambury in the County of Hertford in the Peerage of Great Britain.