Baron Strange - Barons Strange, Fourth Creation (1628)

Barons Strange, Fourth Creation (1628)

This barony was created by clerical error in 1628, confusing Lord Derby with the claimant of the older Barony Strange of Knockin (created in 1299). See this article for details.

• James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, 1st Baron Strange (1607–1651)
• Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, 2nd Baron Strange (1628–1672)
• William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, 3rd Baron Strange (1655–1702) (abeyant 1702)
• Henrietta Stanley, 4th Baroness Strange (d. 1718) (became sole heir 1714)
• Henrietta Ashburnham, 5th Baroness Strange (d. 1732)
• James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, 6th Baron Strange (1664–1736)
• James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, 7th Baron Strange (1690–1764)
• Charlotte Murray, 8th Baroness Strange (c. 1731–1805)
• John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, 9th Baron Strange (1755–1830)
• John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl, 10th Baron Strange (1778–1846)
• George Augustus Frederick John Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl, 11th Baron Strange (1814–1864)
• John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, 12th Baron Strange (1840–1917)
• John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl, 13th Baron Strange (1871–1942)
• James Thomas Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl, 14th Baron Strange (1879–1957) (abeyant 1957)
• John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange (1900–1982) (abeyance terminated 1965; abeyant 1982)
• (Jean) Cherry Drummond of Megginch, 16th Baroness Strange (1928–2005) (abeyance terminated 1986)
• Adam Humphrey Drummond of Megginch, 17th Baron Strange (b. 1953)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. John Adam Humphrey Drummond (b. 1992)

The title was also used for James Stanley, Lord Strange (1716–1771), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was the son of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, who (unlike the 10th Earl) did not bear the title Baron Strange.