Baron Ravensworth
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The title Baron Ravensworth has been created once in the Peerage of Great Britain and then again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first barony became extinct in 1784.
The second barony was created in 1821, and in 1874 the 2nd Baron was created Earl of Ravensworth and Baron Eslington. These titles became extinct following the death of the 3rd Earl in 1904, while the barony of Ravensworth passed to a cousin.
The barons lived at Ravensworth Castle in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. This great stately home was demolished in the 1920s due to subsidence, ironically caused by the families own coal mines, the profits of which had paid for its construction.
The castle's stables, which survive in a ruinous state, were featured in the Restoration (television) programme on the BBC in 2003.
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Barons Ravensworth, First Creation (1747)
Barons Ravensworth, Second Creation (1821)
- Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (1775-1855)
- Henry Thomas Liddell, 2nd Baron Ravensworth (1797-1878) (created Earl 1876)
Earls of Ravensworth (1874)
- Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth, 3rd Baron Ravensworth (1797-1878)
- Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth, 4th Baron Ravensworth (1821-1903)
- Atholl Charles John Liddell, 3rd Earl of Ravensworth, 5th Baron Ravensworth (1833-1904) (earldom extinct)