Baron Vestey


Baron Vestey, of Kingswood in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for the shipping magnate Sir William Vestey, 1st Baronet. He was the co-founder of the Blue Star Line. Vestey had already been created a baronet, of Bessémer House in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, in 1913., the titles are held by his great-grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his grandfather in 1954. He is the eldest son of the Hon. William Vestey, only son of the second Baron. Lord Vestey served as Master of the Horse from 1999 to 2018.
Sir Edmund Hoyle Vestey, 1st Baronet, co-founder of the Blue Star Line, was the younger brother of the first Baron Vestey.
The family seat is Stowell Park, in the Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire.

Barons Vestey

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. William Guy Vestey.
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Samuel Oscar Vestey.