Baron Colwyn

Baron Colwyn, of Colwyn Bay in the County of Conwy, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the businessman Sir Frederick Smith, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet in 1912. As of 2024^[update] the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.

The third Lord Colwyn remained in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2022 as one of ninety elected hereditary peers after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 and sat on the Conservative benches.^[1][2][3][4]

Barons Colwyn (1917)

• Frederick Henry Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn (1859–1946)
• Frederick John Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Colwyn (1914–1966)
• Ian Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn (1942–2024)
• Craig Peter Hamilton-Smith, 4th Baron Colwyn (born 1968)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Joshua Dougal Callum Hamilton-Smith (born 2006).

References

1. Debrett's peerage, and titles of courtesy, in which is included full information respecting the collateral branches of Peers, Privy Councillors, Lords of Session, etc. Wellesley College Library. London, Dean. 1921.
2. "DodOnline - Political Biographies, Constituency & MP Profiles, News, Online Bookshop..." 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 15 December 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
3. "Kidd, Charles William, (born 23 May 1952), Editor of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, since 1980", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u23027, retrieved 28 September 2022
4. "Lord Colwyn". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 July 2023.