Baron Huntingfield

The third creation, Baron Huntingfield, of Heveningham Hall in the County of Suffolk,[1] was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1796 for Sir Joshua Vanneck, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament for Dunwich.

His great-grandson, the fifth Baron (who succeeded his uncle), was Conservative Member of Parliament for Eye and Governor of Victoria.

As of 2013[update] the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 1994.

He was succeeded in this seat and the baronetcy by his younger brother, the third Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Huntingfield in 1796.

Sir Peter Vanneck, Lord Mayor of London in 1978, was the second son of the fifth Baron.