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Baron Gisborough, ofCleveland in the County of York,[1] is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.
The title was created in 1917 for theConservative politicianRichard Chaloner (1856–1938), who had previously representedWestbury (also known as Wiltshire West) andAbercromby in theHouse of Commons. Born Richard Long, the son ofRichard Penruddocke Long, he had assumed by royal licence the surname of Chaloner in lieu of Long in 1881, as a condition of inheriting theGuisborough estate in North Yorkshire, andGisborough Hall, from his maternal great-uncle, Admiral Thomas Chaloner. The latter was a descendant through his mother ofRobert de Brus, who foundedGisborough Priory in 1119.
Lord Gisborough's eldest son and heir, Richard Godolphin Hume Long Chaloner, was accidentally killed in France in 1917 while guarding German prisoners of war, and is buried atCalais. Lord Gisborough was therefore succeeded by his second son, the second Baron. As of 2011[update], the title is held by the latter's son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1951. He notably served asLord Lieutenant of Cleveland from 1981 to 1996. The title remains strongly linked with the town ofGuisborough.
The prominent Conservative politicianWalter Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854–1924) was the elder brother of the first Baron.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. (Thomas) Peregrine Long Chaloner (b. 1961).
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