Baron Blackford Explained

Baron Blackford, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the politician, public servant and magistrate Sir William Mason, 1st Baronet.^[1] He had already been created a Baronet, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County Somerset, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1918. His son, the second Baron, succeeded him. He was a businessman and Conservative politician. The titles became extinct in 1988 on the early death of his grandson, the fourth Baron.

Barons Blackford (1935)

• William James Peake Mason, 1st Baron Blackford (1862–1947)
• Glyn Keith Murray Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford (1887–1972)
• Keith Alexander Henry Mason, 3rd Baron Blackford (1923–1977)
• William Keith Mason, 4th Baron Blackford (1962–1988)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blackford . C R J Currie . R W Dunning . A P Baggs . M C Siraut . Institute of Historical Research . 1999 . A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds . 16 September 2012 .
2. Web site: William Keith Mason. Find a Grave. 27 April 2017.