Baron Trevethin and Oaksey

Baron Trevethin, of Blaengawney in the county of Monmouthshire, is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after the village Trevethin, a suburb of Pontypool, Wales.

Award

The title was created in 1921 for the prestigious Judge Sir Alfred Lawrence. This was 1921/22, Lord Chief Justice of England.

Another title

The younger son of the first Baron, Geoffrey Lawrence, was also a well-known lawyer. It was founded in 1945 Presiding Judge at the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals. After completion of the procedure, he was in turn collected in 1947 as Baron Oaksey, Oaksey of in the county of Wiltshire, in the hereditary nobility. The title is named after the village of Oaksey.

After his older brother had died in 1959 without a male descendant, Lawrence led both titles. He used, however, contrary to the general rules are not that song, but still called himself Baron Oaksey. His son moves accordingly.

List of barons Treventhin and Oaksey

Barone Trevethin ( 1921)

• Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin ( 1843-1936 )
• Charles Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baron Trevethin ( 1879-1959 )
• Geoffrey Lawrence, 3rd Baron and 1st Baron Oaksey Trevethin ( 1880-1971 )
• John Geoffrey Tristram Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin and 2nd Baron Oaksey ( 1929-2012 )
• Patrick John Tristam Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin and 3rd Baron Oaksey ( b. 1960 )

Barone Oaksey (1947 )

• Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey ( 1880-1971 ) ( 1959 inherited the title of Baron Trevethin )

Because of the other holders of the title, see above

• Barony