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'''Baron Chorley''', of [[Kendal]] in the [[County of Westmorland]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created on 16 November 1945 for the barrister, academic and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician, [[Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley|Robert Chorley]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37354 |date=16 November 1945 |page=5604}}</ref> He was Sir Ernest Cassel Professor of Commercial and Industrial Law at the [[University of London]] from 1930 to 1946 and served as a [[Lord-in-waiting]] (government whip in the [[House of Lords]]) from 1946 to 1950 in the [[Labour Government 1945-1951|Labour administration]] of [[Clement Attlee]]. The second Baron, who succeeded his father in 1978, was one of the ninety elected [[hereditary peer]]s elected remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the [[House of Lords Act 1999|House of Lords Act of 1999]], where he sat as a cross-bencher. {{As of|2016}} the title is held by his son.<br />
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==Barons Chorley (1945)==<br />
*[[Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley|Robert Samuel Theodore Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley]] (1895–1978)<br />
*[[Roger Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley|Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley]] (1930–2016)<br />
*Nicholas Rupert Debenham Chorley, 3rd Baron Chorley (born 1966), educated at [[Marlborough College]] followed by [[Durham University]] ([[BSc]]) and [[Edinburgh University]] ([[MSc]]); Director at IT firm Hexagon Safety and Infrastructure<ref>{{cite web |title=Chorley, 3rd Baron, (Nicholas Rupert Debenham Chorley) (born 15 July 1966) |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-286934 |website=[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=18 July 2020 |date=2020|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U286934 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref><br />
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The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son Hon. Patrick Chorley (b. 2000).<br />
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==Arms==<br />
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|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Chorley Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]]<br />
|escutcheon = Per chevron Argent and Vert in chief two bluebottles Proper and in base a fountain.<br />
|crest = In front of two torches in saltire Or and inflamed a teazle stalked and leaved Proper.<br />
|supporters = On either side a buzzard Proper.<br />
|motto = Propositi Tenax (Tenacious of Purpose)<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019}}</ref>}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}<br />
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