Baron Playfair

Baron Playfair, of St Andrews in the County of Fife, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 September 1892 for the scientist and Liberal politician Sir Lyon Playfair. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was a Brigadier-General in the British Army. His only son, the Hon. Lyon George Henry Lyon Playfair (1888-1915), was a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action in the First World War, unmarried. Consequently, the title became extinct on the death of the second Baron in 1939.

Barons Playfair (1892)

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818–1898)
George James Playfair, 2nd Baron Playfair (1849–1939)

References

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}