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baron

Rank in the peerage of the UK, above a baronet and below a viscount. Historically, any member of the higher nobility, a direct vassal (feudal servant) of the king, not bearing other titles such as duke or count. The term originally meant the vassal of a lord, but acquired its present meaning in the 12th century.

The first English barony to be created by ‘patent’ was created in 1387, but barons created by ‘writ’ existed earlier. Life peers, created under the Act of 1958, are always of this rank. The wife of a baron, or a woman holding a title in her own right, is a baroness.


From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
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21 April 1918
The First World War: Manfred von Richthofen, the German flying ace known as “The Red Baron”, is killed by Allied fire.
14 May 1264
English barons commanded by Simon de Montfort defeat the forces of Henry III at the Battle of Lewes, leaving de Montfort as the de facto ruler of the country.
30 June 1992
Margaret Thatcher takes her place in the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
4 August
Baron Simon de Montfort is defeated by the Royalist forces of the future King Edward I at the Battle of Evesham.
2 December 1993
Colombian drugs baron, Pablo Escobar, the so-called King of Cocaine, is shot dead in a gun battle with police.
 

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