Baron Hankey, of The Chart in the County of Surrey, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1939 for the prominent civil servant Maurice Hankey. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... 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. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...