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{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}

'''Baron Killearn''', of Killearn in the [[Stirlingshire|County of Stirling]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36020 |date=18 May 1943 |page=2219}}</ref> is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1943 for the diplomat [[Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn|Sir Miles Lampson]]. He was the second son of Norman Lampson, the youngest son of [[Sir Curtis Lampson, 1st Baronet|Sir Curtis Lampson, 1st Baronet, of Rowfant]] (see below). Lord Killearn's eldest son, the second Baron, succeeded his second cousin once removed as fourth Baronet in 1971. On his death, the titles passed to his half-brother, the third and ({{as of|2017}}) present holder of the barony and baronetcy.

The '''Lampson Baronetcy''', of Rowfant in the County of Sussex,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23183 |date=13 November 1866 |page=5994}}</ref> was created in the [[Baronetage of the United Kingdom]] in 1866 for the Anglo-American businessman [[Sir Curtis Lampson, 1st Baronet|Curtis Lampson]]. His grandson, the third Baronet, was an author, journalist and explorer, notably in Central and [[West Africa]]. On his death in 1971 the title was inherited by his second cousin once removed, the aforementioned third Baron Killearn (see above).

The family seat is Little Sodbury Manor, near [[Chipping Sodbury]], [[South Gloucestershire]].

==Barons Killearn (1943)==
*[[Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn|Miles Wedderburn Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn]] (1880–1964)
*Graham Curtis Lampson, 2nd Baron Killearn (1919–1996)
*Victor Miles George Aldous Lampson, 3rd Baron Killearn (b. 1941)

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's eldest son, Hon. Miles Henry Morgan Lampson (b. 1977)<br>
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Alfred Victor Christopher Lampson (b. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1023.htm |title=Killearn, Baron (UK, 1943) |access-date=2012-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109133604/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1023.htm |archive-date=9 November 2012 }}</ref>

==Lampson baronets, of Rowfant (1866)==
*[[Curtis Lampson|Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, 1st Baronet]] (1806–1885)
*Sir George Curtis Lampson, 2nd Baronet (1833–1899)
*Sir Curtis George Lampson, 3rd Baronet (1890–1971)
*Sir Graham Curtis Lampson, 4th Baronet (1919–1996) (had already succeeded as '''Baron Killearn''' in 1964)
''see above for further succession''

==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Killearn Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]]
|escutcheon = Per saltire Argent and Gules two gryphons' heads in fess and as many escarbuncles in pale counterchanged.
|crest = A gryphon's head erased Gules charged with an escarbuncle Argent between two wings paly of four Argent and Gules.
|supporters = Dexter a camel Proper with head stall and rope reflexed over the back Gules, sinister a Chinese dragon also Proper.
|motto = Persevera Et Vince (Persevere And Conquer) <ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=1973}}</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans]]
*[[Frederick Locker-Lampson]]
*[[Haremere Hall]]

==References==
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Extant Barons of the United Kingdom}}

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[[Category:Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Noble titles created in 1943]]

Baron Killearn - Revision history

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