Baron Remnant, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1928 for the Conservative politician Sir James Remnant, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented Holborn in the House of Commons. He had already been created a Baronet, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk, in 1917. As of 2010 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1967.
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