Crown Office
House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW
16th November 1999
The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 16th November
1999, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:
At 9 o’clock in the morning
The Right Honourable Austin Richard William Baron Aldington, K.C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.,
T.D., by the name, style and title of Baron Low, of Bispham in the county of Lancashire.
At 12 noon
The Right Honourable Frederick James Baron Erroll of Hale, T.D., by the name, style
and title of Baron Erroll of Kilmun, of Kilmun in Argyll and Bute.
At 3 o’clock in the afternoon
Antony Charles Robert Earl Snowdon, G.C.V.O., by the name, style and title of Baron
Armstrong-Jones, of Nymans in the county of West Sussex.
At 6 o’clock in the evening
The Right Honourable Francis Aungier Baron Pakenham (commonly called the Earl of
Longford) K.G., by the name, style and title of Baron Pakenham of Cowley, of Cowley
in the county of Oxfordshire.
At 9 o’clock in the evening
The Right Honourable Malcolm Newton Baron Shepherd by the name, style and title of
Baron Shepherd of Spalding, of Spalding in the county of Lincolnshire.
At 11 o’clock in the evening
The Right Honourable David James George Baron Windlesham, Bart, C.V.O., by the name,
style and title of Baron Hennessy, of Windlesham in the county of Surrey.