Baron Inverforth, of Southgate in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1919 for the Scottish

Scotland

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 shipping magnate Andrew Weir

Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth

Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth PC created and headed the firm of Andrew Weir and Co. shipowners of Glasgow...

. He was head of the firm of Andrew Weir & Co, shipowners, and also served as Minister of Munitions

Minister of Munitions

The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution of munitions for the war effort...

 from 1919 to 1921. the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1982.

Barons Inverforth (1919)

• Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth
  Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth
  Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth PC created and headed the firm of Andrew Weir and Co. shipowners of Glasgow...
  
  (1865–1955)
• Andrew Alexander Morton Weir, 2nd Baron Inverforth (1897–1975)
• Andrew Charles Roy Weir, 3rd Baron Inverforth (1932–1982)
• Andrew Peter Weir, 4th Baron Inverforth (b. 1966)