Baron Rugby, of Rugby in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Rugby is a Market town in Warwickshire, in the West Midlands of England, on the River Avon. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when It was created in 1947 for the civil servant Sir John Maffey. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As of 2006 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
Penelope Aitken, mother of the former Conservative politician Jonathan Aitken and of the actress Maria Aitken, was the daughter of the first Baron Rugby. Penelope Loader Lady Aitken, MBE ( 2 December 1910 &ndash 7 February 2005) styled The Hon The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942 is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and British government minister Maria Aitken (born 12 September 1945) is a British actress and director