Baron May

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The term refers to the guide to parliamentary practice, Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament (1844), written by Thomas Erskine May (1815-86). The book, and its subsequent updated editions, provides rules of conduct for Members of Parliament and is referred to in those countries which have a legislature based on the Westminster Parliament.

— Alistair McMillan

May, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough, 1815-86, English constitutional jurist and historian. A period of long service to Parliament, including his tenure (1871-86) as clerk of the House of Commons, led to his great Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament (1844).

Baron May, of Weybridge in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the financial expert Sir George May, 1st Baronet. He was for many years secretary of the Prudential Assurance Company. May had already been created a Baronet, of the Eyot, in 1931, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010 the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2006.

Barons May (1935)

  • George Ernest May, 1st Baron May (1871–1946)
  • John Lawrence May, 2nd Baron May (1904–1950)
  • Michael St John May, 3rd Baron May (1931–2006)
  • Jasper Bertram St John May, 4th Baron May (b. 1965)

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