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Encyclopedia > Baron Ravensworth

The title Baron Ravensworth has been created once in the Peerage of Great Britain and then again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first barony became extinct in 1784. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... 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. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


The second barony was created in 1821, and in 1874 the 2nd Baron was created Earl of Ravensworth and Baron Eslington. These titles became extinct following the death of the 3rd Earl in 1904, while the barony of Ravensworth passed to a cousin. 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The barons lived at Ravensworth Castle in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. This great stately home was demolished in the 1920s due to subsidence, ironically caused by the families own coal mines, the profits of which had paid for its construction. Gateshead Millennium Bridge Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in north-east England on the south side of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne which covers the North Bank. ... Tyne and Wear is one of six metropolitan counties in England, comprising the estuary areas of the rivers Tyne and Wear. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ... Subsidence is a term used in geology, engineering and surveying to denote the motion of a surface (usually, the earths surface) downwards relative to a datum such as sea-level. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ...


The castle's stables, which survive in a ruinous state, were featured in the Restoration (television) programme on the BBC in 2003. Restoration was a 2003 BBC television series in which viewers chose which of the United Kingdoms most important but neglected buildings that were nominated were to be awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant of £3m. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Barons Ravensworth, First Creation (1747)

  • Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (1708-1784)

Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J.S. Bach appointed as chamber musician and... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Barons Ravensworth, Second Creation (1821)

  • Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (1775-1855)
  • Henry Thomas Liddell, 2nd Baron Ravensworth (1797-1878) (created Earl 1876)

1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Earls of Ravensworth (1874)

  • Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth, 3rd Baron Ravensworth (1797-1878)
  • Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth, 4th Baron Ravensworth (1821-1903)
  • Atholl Charles John Liddell, 3rd Earl of Ravensworth, 5th Baron Ravensworth (1833-1904) (earldom extinct)

1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Barons Ravensworth (1821; reverted 1904)

  • Arthur Thomas Liddell, 5th Baron Ravensworth (1837-1919)
  • Gerald Wellesley Liddell, 6th Baron Ravensworth (1869-1932)
  • Robert Arthur Liddell, 7th Baron Ravensworth (1902-1950)
  • Arthur Waller Liddell, 8th Baron Ravensworth (1924-2004)
  • Thomas Arthur Hamish Liddell, 9th Baron Ravensworth (b. 1954)

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