title: Baron Latham
text: # Baron Latham
  
  Baron Latham, of Hendon in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for the Labour politician Charles Latham. He was Leader of the London County Council from 1940 to 1947. As of 2017, the title is held by his grandson, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1970. He is the elder twin son of the Hon. Francis Charles Allman Latham (d. 1959). Lord Latham lives in Australia.
  
  ## Barons Latham (1942)
  
  * Charles Latham, 1st Baron Latham (1888–1970)
  * Dominic Charles Latham, 2nd Baron Latham (b. 1954)
  
  The heir presumptive is the present holder's twin brother Anthony Latham (b. 1954).
  
  ## Arms
  
  Coat of arms of Baron Latham :
  
  * CrestTwo spurs one in bend the other in bend sinister rowels upwards Or straps Sable with buckles Gold.
  * EscutcheonPer fess Gules and Chequy Or and Sable a fess barry wavy Argent and Azure in chief a seax fesswise point to the sinister cutting edge upwards Proper pommel and hilt of the second ensigned with a Saxon crown of the second.
  * SupportersOn either side a horse Sable charged on the shoulder with a plate and gorged with a mural coronet with a chain reflexed over the back Or.
  * MottoBene Est Tentare
  