Baron Rea
Baron Rea, of Eskdale in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
[2] It was created in 1937 for the businessman and Liberal politician Sir Walter Rea, 1st Baronet, who had earlier represented Scarborough, Bradford North and Dewsbury in the House of Commons.
During the Second World War he served as personal staff officer to Brigadier Colin Gubbins, the Head of SOE, a key British intelligence and guerrilla operations agency.
As of 2020[update] the titles are held by his son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.
Russell Rea, father of the first Baron, was also a Member of Parliament and had been admitted to the Privy Council in 1909.
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