When did Michael Colin Cowdrey become a baron?
Colin Cowdrey
Cowdrey was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1972, received a knighthood in 1992, and became a life peer as Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, of Tonbridge in the County of Kent in 1997, on the recommendation of outgoing Prime Minister John Major, to whom he had become a personal friend and confidant. Cowdrey was one of only two cricketers to be given a life peerage for their services to the game, the other being Learie Constantine in 1969.
Milburn baronets
The Milburn Baronetcy, of Guyzance in the Parish of Shilbottle in the County of Northumberland, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 December 1905 for John Milburn. He was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1905. The Milburn family had made their fortune in shipping and coal. The third Baronet served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1928.