Baron Burton, ofBurton-on-Trent and ofRangemore in theCounty of Stafford, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1897 for the prominent brewer,philanthropist andLiberal politicianMichael Bass, 1st Baron Burton.[1] He had already been created abaronet in 1882 and Baron Burton in 1886. However, the three titles had different remainders. The Bass family descended fromWilliam Bass, who founded the brewery business ofBass & Co inBurton upon Trent in 1777. His grandsonMichael Thomas Bass transformed the company into one of the largest breweries in theUnited Kingdom. He also representedDerby in Parliament as a Liberal for thirty-five years and was a great benefactor to the town of Burton. However, Bass declined every honour offered to him, including abaronetcy and apeerage.
His son, Michael Arthur Bass, was also involved with the family business (which now had become Bass, Ratcliff, Gretton and Co), and sat as LiberalMember of Parliament forStafford,East Staffordshire andBurton. Like his father he was also a benefactor of Burton. In 1882 Bass was created a Baronet of Stafford in the County of Stafford, in theBaronetage of the United Kingdom. The title was in honour of his father (who was then still alive), and was created with remainder to his younger brotherHamar Alfred Bass. In 1886 Bass was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage asBaron Burton, of Rangemore and of Burton-on-Trent in the County of Stafford, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. In 1897 he was also createdBaron Burton, of Burton-on-Trent and of Rangemore in the County of Stafford, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his daughter and her issue male. On Lord Burton's death in 1909 he was succeeded in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baronet, on whose death in 1952 the title became extinct.
The barony of 1886 became extinct as he had no sons, while he was succeeded in the barony of 1897 according to the special remainder by his daughterNellie Lisa Baillie,[2] the second Baroness. She was the wife of Colonel James Evan Bruce Baillie (d. 1931) of Dochfour inInverness-shire. After her first husband's death she married as her second husband Major William Eugene Melles (d. 1953). Her eldest son from her first marriage, George Evan Michael Baillie, was aBrigadier in theBritish Army, but was killed during theSecond World War. Lady Burton was therefore succeeded by her grandson[3] (the son of George Evan Michael Baillie),[4] the third holder of the barony. He was notably a member of the Inverness-shire County Council and of the Inverness District Council and also served asDeputy Lieutenant ofInverness-shire.
From about 1870, Glenquoich Estate was rented by Lord Burton, and "at his hands it has had careful nursing, with all the benefits and advantages of large outlays in numerous improvements, for even in the single matter of roads alone upwards of a hundred and thirty miles of carriage drives and pony tracks have been made, by which means the lodge on the shore of Loch Quoich has been placed in communication with all parts of the deer ground".[5] Glenquoich is a very large sporting estate west of Invergarry, Inverness-shire.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's son James Evan Baillie (b. 1975).
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An earlier Barony of Burton was created in thePeerage of Great Britain in 1712 forHenry Paget, who one year later succeeded his father as 7th Baron Paget of Beaudesert. In 1714 he was also created Earl of Uxbridge. For information on these titles see theMarquess of Anglesey.[7][8]
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