Baron Biddulph

Baron Biddulph, of Ledbury in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 1 August 1903 for the banker and politician Michael Biddulph. He was a partner in the London banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph and Co and also sat in the House of Commons for Herefordshire as a Liberal from 1868 to 1885 and for Ross from 1885 to 1900 as a Liberal Unionist. His father Robert Biddulph had previously represented Hereford in Parliament while his younger brother Sir Robert Biddulph was Governor of Gibraltar. As of 2017^[update] the title is held by the first Baron's great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1988. In 1978 he assumed the additional surname of Maitland, which is the maiden surname of his mother, Lady Mary Helena Maitland, granddaughter of Ian Colin Maitland, 15th Earl of Lauderdale. She is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball.^[2]

The Barons Biddulph are related to the Biddulph baronets of Westcombe. The first Baron Biddulph was a descendant of Anthony Biddulph, uncle of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet, of Westcombe.

The family seat is Makerstoun House, near Kelso, Scottish Borders.

• Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph (1834–1923)
• John Michael Gordon Biddulph, 2nd Baron Biddulph (1869–1949)
• Michael William John Biddulph, 3rd Baron Biddulph (1898–1972)
• Robert Michael Christian Biddulph, 4th Baron Biddulph (1931–1988)
• Anthony Nicholas Colin Maitland-Biddulph, 5th Baron Biddulph (b. 1959)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Robert Julian Maitland Biddulph (b. 1994)

• Biddulph baronets of Westcombe

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 119.
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.^{[page needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets ^{[unreliable source?]}