Biography of Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead 1872-1930
On 12 Jul 1872 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead was born. Winston Churchill was his godfather.
In Apr 1901 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 28) and Margaret Eleanor Furneaux Countess of Birkenhead (age 22) were married.
On 07 Dec 1907 [his son] Frederick Smith 2nd Earl of Birkenhead was born to Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 35).
In 1918 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 45) was created 1st Baronet Smith of Hillbrook.
In 1919 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 46) was created 1st Baron Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire.
In 1921 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 48) was created 1st Viscount Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire.
The London Gazette 32776. Whitehall, December 9, 1922. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland creating the undermentioned Earldoms, Viscountcies and Baronies:
The Right Honourable Frederick Edwin (age 50), Viscount Birkenhead, to be Viscount Furneaux, of Charlton, in the County of Northampton, and Earl Of Birkenhead. [[his wife] Margaret Eleanor Furneaux Countess of Birkenhead (age 44) by marriage Countess Birkenhead.]
The Right Honourable Horace Brand (age 78), Viscount Farquhar, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., late Lord Steward of the Household, to be Earl Farquhar.
The Right Honourable Arthur Hamilton, Baron Lee of Fareham, G.B.E., K.C.B., to be Viscount Lee of Fareham, of Bridport, in the County of Dorset.
William Hesketh (age 71), Baron Leverhulme, to be Viscount Leverhulme, of The Western Isles, in the Counties of Inverness and Ross and Cromarty. [Elizabeth Ellen Hulme Viscountess Leverhulme by marriage Viscountess Leverhulme of the Western Isles.]
The Right Honourable Francis Bingham Mildmay to be Baron Mildmay Of Flete, of Totnes, in the County of Devon.
The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Paton Maclay, Baronet, to be Baron Maclay, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark.
The Right Honourable Sir Edward Alfred Goulding, Baronet, to be Baron Wargrave, of Wargrave Hall, in the County of Berks. Sir John Henry Bethell, Baronet, to be BARON BETHELL, of Romford, in the County of Essex.
On 30 Sep 1930 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 58) died. His son [his son] Frederick Smith 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (age 22) succeeded 2nd Earl Birkenhead, 2nd Viscount Furneaux of Charlton in Northamptonshire, 2nd Viscount Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, 2nd Baron Birkenhead of Birkenhead in Cheshire, 2nd Baronet Smith of Hillbrook.
On 08 Sep 1968 [his former wife] Margaret Eleanor Furneaux Countess of Birkenhead (age 90) died.