Baron Sinha

Baron Sinha
Creation date1919
Created byKing George V
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderSatyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha
Present holderArup Kumar Sinha, 6th Baron Sinha
Heir presumptiveDilip Kumar Sinha (younger brother)
ArmsArgent on a chevron ermine between in chief two lotus flowers and in base an adjutant bird three fountains all proper.
CrestA demi-tiger supporting a fasces erect proper.
SupportersOn either side an adjutant bird proper collared or.

Baron Sinha, of Raipur in the Presidency of Bengal, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Sir Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, a distinguished barrister and zamindar who was the first (and only) British Indian ever to be elevated to the hereditary peerage.

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