Baron Blackford

Baron Blackford, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the politician, public servant and magistrate Sir William Mason, 1st Baronet.^[1] He had already been created a Baronet, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County Somerset, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1918. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a businessman and Conservative politician. The titles became extinct in 1988 on the early death of his grandson, the fourth Baron.

Barons Blackford (1935)

• William James Peake Mason, 1st Baron Blackford (1862–1947)
• Glyn Keith Murray Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford (1887–1972)
• Keith Alexander Henry Mason, 3rd Baron Blackford (1923–1977)
• William Keith Mason, 4th Baron Blackford (1962–1988)^[2]

References

1. A P Baggs; M C Siraut (1999). C R J Currie; R W Dunning, eds. "Blackford". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
2. "Landownership Compton Pauncefoot Manor" (PDF). Victoria County History. Retrieved 16 September 2012.