THE QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 2 September 2020 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

James Stephen Wharton, by the name, style and title of BARON WHARTON OF YARM, of Yarm in the County of North Yorkshire.

In the afternoon

Ian Christopher Austin, by the name, style and title of BARON AUSTIN OF DUDLEY, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands.