The title of Baron Faringdon, of Buscot Park in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1916 for the Liberal Unionist politician Alexander Henderson. He had already been created a Baronet, of Buscot Park, in 1902. 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. ...
The family seat is Buscot Park, Faringdon, Oxfordshire. Map sources for Faringdon at grid reference SU2895 Faringdon is a town in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...
14th Baron Berners, succeeded his uncle to the barony, originally created in 1455, in 1918.
On the front door of Faringdon House was the legend 'Mangling done here'.
Lord Berners' greatest work of art was Faringdon House, and on his death, Robert inherited this along with the rest of his possessions, and nearly all of his money.
Feeds |
Contact