Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
I should point out that Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a Peer of the Realm since 1997 and thus has the title of Baron in his own right.
I wasn't aware of that, but nonetheless, he did become a squire through buying an estate when he wasn't yet a peer.

FWIW, he probably still isn't Lord Webber, because the title of a peerage is still based on a physical location, not a surname, and it doesn't have to be the name of his manor (after all, many people have multiple titles with widely scattered geographical links).

Some people have asked for, and sometimes recieved, titles that match their surname, when elevated to the peerage. Others of leftish inclinations have been granted titles named after working class inner city neighbourhoods at their own request.