Baron Manton, ofCompton Verney in theCounty of Warwick, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 25 January 1922 in recognition of war services for the Leeds industrialistJoseph Watson. As of 2019[update] the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.
The family seat isHoughton Hall, nearMarket Weighton,Yorkshire.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's elder son Hon. Thomas Nigel Charles David Watson (b. 1985)