It was created on 25 June 1925 for the newspaper proprietor and philanthropist Sir John Ritchie Findlay.
In 1907 Backhouse married Dora Louise Findlay, daughter of John Ritchie Findlay proprietor of the British newspaper, The Scotsman; they had two sons and four daughters.
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Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet KBE (13 January 1866 – 13 April 1930), a Scotsman, was the owner of the business that published The Scotsman, a philanthropist, and later in life Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire.