Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor
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Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor, of Gwaenysgor in the County of Flint, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1949 for Sir Gordon Macdonald
, the last British governor of Newfoundland
. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 2002.
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 1949 for Sir Gordon Macdonald
Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor
Gordon Macdonald, PC, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor, was a British Labour Party politician and Newfoundland's final British governor as well as the last chairman of the Commission of Government serving from 1946 until the colony joined Confederation in 1949 and became a province of Canada...
, the last British governor of Newfoundland
Dominion of Newfoundland
The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...
. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 2002.
Barons Macdonald of Gwaenysgor (1949)
- Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of GwaenysgorGordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of GwaenysgorGordon Macdonald, PC, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor, was a British Labour Party politician and Newfoundland's final British governor as well as the last chairman of the Commission of Government serving from 1946 until the colony joined Confederation in 1949 and became a province of Canada...
(1888–1966) - Gordon Ramsay Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor (1915–2002)