Baron Sherfield
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Baron Sherfield, of Sherfield-on-Loddon in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1964 for the diplomat Sir Roger Makins
. He had previously served as British Ambassador to the United States. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a leading expert on national security and defence issues. the title is held by the latter's younger brother, the third Baron, who succeeded in 2006.
Sir Ernest Makins
, father of the first Baron, was a Brigadier-General in the Army and Member of Parliament
for Knutsford
. Another member of the Makins family was the politician Sir William Makins, 1st Baronet
. He was the elder brother of Henry Thomas Makins, grandfather of the first Baron Sherfield.
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 1964 for the diplomat Sir Roger Makins
Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield
Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB, GCMG, FRS , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956....
. He had previously served as British Ambassador to the United States. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a leading expert on national security and defence issues. the title is held by the latter's younger brother, the third Baron, who succeeded in 2006.
Sir Ernest Makins
Ernest Makins
Major Sir Ernest Makins, KBE, CB, DSO, Honorary Brigadier General was a British military officer, statesman and Conservative Party politician. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church College, Oxford University.-As soldier:He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he...
, father of the first Baron, was a Brigadier-General in the Army and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Knutsford
Knutsford (UK Parliament constituency)
Knutsford was a county constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.- Members of Parliament :...
. Another member of the Makins family was the politician Sir William Makins, 1st Baronet
Sir William Makins, 1st Baronet
Sir William Thomas Makins, 1st Baronet was a barrister and Conservative politician.Makins was the eldest son of Charles Makins of St. Mark's, Woodhouse, Leeds. He was educated at Harrow School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1862 and went on the...
. He was the elder brother of Henry Thomas Makins, grandfather of the first Baron Sherfield.
Barons Sherfield (1964)
- Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron SherfieldRoger Makins, 1st Baron SherfieldRoger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB, GCMG, FRS , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956....
(1904–1996) - Christopher James Makins, 2nd Baron SherfieldChristopher Makins, 2nd Baron SherfieldChristopher James Makins, 2nd Baron Sherfield was an Anglo-American diplomat, foreign policy expert, and author....
(1942–2006) - Dwight Makins, 3rd Baron Sherfield (b. 1951)