thumb|120px|Sir John Henry Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell

Baron Bethell, of Romford in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the 1922 Dissolution Honours for the banker and Liberal politician Sir John Henry Bethell, 1st Baronet, who had represented the constituencies of Romford and East Ham North in the House of Commons. He had previously been created a baronet, of Romford in the County of Essex, on 26 June 1911.

Barons Bethell (1922)

  • John Henry Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell (1861 – 1945)
  • John Raymond Bethell, 2nd Baron Bethell (1902 – 1965)
  • Guy Anthony John Bethell, 3rd Baron Bethell (1928 – 1967)
  • Nicholas William Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell (1938 – 2007)
  • James Nicholas Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell (b. 1967)

The heir apparent is the present holder’s son, Jacob Nicholas Douglas Bethell (b. 2006).

Arms

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Or, on a chevron azure an estoile of the first; in chief two boar’s heads couped of the second.

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