Viscount Rochdale

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Viscount Rochdale, of Rochdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and Baron Rochdale, of Rochdale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, are peerage titles in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The title Baron Rochdale was created in 1913 for George Kemp, a businessman, military commander and former Member of Parliament for Lancashire South East, and Manchester North West. The Viscountcy was given to his son, the businessman John Durival Kemp, 2nd Baron Rochdale, in 1960.

Barons Rochdale (1913)

Viscounts Rochdale (1960)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Jonathan Hugo Durival Kemp (b. 10 Jun 1961)