The London Gazette 27156. Whitehall, January 22, 1900. The Queen (age 80) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto the Honourable Sir Henry Stafford Northcote (age 53), Bart, CB, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Northcote, of the city and county of the City of Exeter.