Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the Conservative politician Stanley Baldwin. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1923 to 1924, from 1924 to 1929 and from 1935 to 1937. Baldwin was made Viscount Corvedale, of Corvedale in the County of Salop, at the same time he was given the earldom. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Oliver, as the second Earl. A somewhat controversial figure, Oliver was a Labour Party Member of Parliament and sat opposite his father in the House of Commons. On Oliver's death the titles passed to his younger brother, Arthur, the third Earl. As of 2010 the peerages are held by the Arthur's son, Edward, the fourth Earl, who succeeded in 1976. Edward is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a cross-bencher.
Alfred Baldwin, father of the first Earl, was also a politician.
The family seat is Manor Farm House, in Wolvercote, Oxfordshire.
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