| He succeeded to the baronetcy of the Binns in 1973, but does not use his title. |
| Offered a knighthood, Barrie mysteriously turned it down, only to accept a baronetcy later. |
| He went to the House of Lords in 1974 as Labour's frontbench spokesman on social security, choosing Coslany, in Norwich, for his baronetcy. |
| Some wreckage from the ship was recovered, it was properly decided that the presumptive heir to the baronetcy was lost at sea, and would not be returning. |
| He was educated, he tells us, at expensive private schools, speaks with a languid upper-class voice, lives in a very nice house and has a semi-dormant baronetcy. |
| A second baronetcy in the family had been specially created for Sir Gerald. |
