Baron Burden, of Hazlebarrow in the County of Derby, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1950 for theLabour politicianThomas Burden. He had previously representedSheffield Park in theHouse of Commons and after his elevation to the peerage served as aLord-in-waiting (government whip) from 1950 to 1951 in theLabour administration ofClement Attlee.
Theheir presumptive and sole heir to the peerage is the present holder's brother Hon. Ian Stuart Burden (born 1967).[1]