The title of Baron Masham has been created twice in the peerage of United Kingdom in 1891 for industrialist Samuel Lister, and then again in 1955 for Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton, a Conservative politician. The wife of the current holder, Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton is also a Life Peer in her own right as Baroness Masham. Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron of Masham (1815 – 1906) was a British inventor and industrialist, born in Calverley Hall, near Bradford. ... Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, (1884-1972), known as Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ...

Note: there is an older, separate title Baron Scrope of Masham, in abeyance since 1517 that belongs to the Scrope family. Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (c. ... FISH ... Scrope is the name of an old English family of Norman origin. ...

Baron Masham (1891)

• Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham
• Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron of Masham (d 1917)
• John Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Baron Masham (d. 1924)

Earls of Swinton (1955)

• Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton (1884-1972)- known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924
• David Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton (b. 1937)

Heir Presumptive: The Honourable Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister (brother of the present Earl) The title of Earl of Swinton was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1955 for Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton, a Conservative politician. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, (1884-1972), known as Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...