House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 9th February 2000 The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 9th February 2000 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the Right Honourable Sir LeonBrittan, Knight, Q.C., by the name, style and title of Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, of Spennithorne in the County of North Yorkshire. C. I. P. Denyer