Crown Office
House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 19th April 2000 The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, dated 19th April 2000, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following: At 6 o’clock in the morning Viscount Chandos by the name, style and title of Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot, of Aldershot in the County of Hampshire. At 9 o’clock in the morning James Thorne Earl of Mar and Kellie by the name, style and title of Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower, of Alloa in Clackmannanshire. At 12 noon Frederick Matthew Thomas Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede the name, style and title of Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton, of Shulbrede in the County of West Sussex. C. I. P. Denyer