Baron Daresbury


Baron Daresbury, of Walton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 June 1927 for Sir Gilbert Greenall, 2nd Baronet. The Baronetcy, of Walton Hall in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 February 1876 for his father Gilbert Greenall, who was head of the family brewing business and also represented Warrington in the House of Commons as a Conservative. the titles are held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1996.
The former seat of the Greenall family was Walton Hall near Warrington, Cheshire. However, the house was sold in 1941. The fourth Lord Daresbury was based at Hall Lane Farm on the Daresbury estate, home of the Creamfields music festival.

Greenall baronets, of Walton Hall (1876)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Thomas Edward Greenall