Baron Manton

Baron Manton, of Compton Verney in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

[1] It was created on 25 January 1922 in recognition of war services for the Leeds industrialist Joseph Watson.

As of 2019[update] the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.

The family seat is Houghton Hall, near Market Weighton, Yorkshire.

The heir apparent is the present holder's elder son Hon.

Arms of Watson, Baron Manton: Argent, on a chevron azure between four martlets three in-chief and one in-base sable a crescent between two roses of the field