Baron Newlands


Baron Newlands, of Newlands and Barrofield in the County of the City of Glasgow and of Mauldslie Castle in the County of Lanark, was a title in the Peerage of [the United Kingdom]. It was created on 19 January 1898 for the soldier Sir William Hozier, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1890. He was succeeded by his only son James, the second Baron, who had represented South Lanarkshire (UK [Parliament constituency)|Lanarkshire South] in the British [House of Commons|House of Commons] and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. He was childless, and the titles became extinct on his death on 5 September 1929.
Sir Henry Montague Hozier, younger brother of the first Baron, was a Colonel in the 3rd Dragoons and the father of Clementine Churchill, wife of Winston Churchill.

Barons Newlands (1898)