PEERAGE | ||||||
Last updated 15/03/2024 | ||||||
Date | Rank | Order | Name | Born | Died | Age |
BACH | ||||||
27 Jul 1998 | B[L] | 1 | William Stephen Goulden Bach | 25 Dec 1946 | ||
Created Baron Bach for life 27 Jul 1998 | ||||||
BACON | ||||||
14 Oct 1970 | B[L] | 1 | Alice Martha Bacon | 10 Sep 1909 | 24 Mar 1993 | 83 |
to | Created Baroness Bacon for life 14 Oct 1970 | |||||
24 Mar 1993 | MP for Leeds NE 1945-1955 and Leeds SE | |||||
1955-1970. Minister of State,Home Office | ||||||
1964-1967. PC 1966 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on her death | ||||||
BADELEY | ||||||
21 Jun 1949 | B | 1 | Sir Henry John Fanshawe Badeley | 27 Jun 1874 | 27 Sep 1951 | 77 |
to | Created Baron Badeley 21 Jun 1949 | |||||
27 Sep 1951 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BADENOCH | ||||||
3 Nov 1684 | B[S] | 1 | George Gordon,4th Marquess of Huntly | c 1643 | 7 Dec 1716 | |
Created Lord Badenoch,Lochaber, | ||||||
Strathavon,Balmore,Auchindoun, | ||||||
Garthie and Kincardine,Viscount of | ||||||
Inverness,Earl of Huntly and Enzie, | ||||||
Marquess of Huntly and Duke of | ||||||
Gordon 3 Nov 1684 | ||||||
See "Gordon" - extinct 1836 | ||||||
BADEN-POWELL | ||||||
17 Sep 1929 | B | 1 | Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell,1st | |||
baronet | 22 Feb 1857 | 8 Jan 1941 | 83 | |||
Created Baron Baden-Powell 17 Sep 1929 | ||||||
OM 1937 | ||||||
8 Jan 1941 | 2 | Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell | 30 Oct 1913 | 8 Dec 1962 | 49 | |
8 Dec 1962 | 3 | Robert Crause Baden-Powell | 15 Oct 1936 | 28 Dec 2019 | 83 | |
28 Dec 2019 | 4 | David Michael Baden-Powell | 11 Dec 1940 | 3 Jul 2023 | 82 | |
3 Jul 2023 | 5 | David Robert Baden-Powell | 6 Jan 1971 | |||
BADLESMERE | ||||||
26 Oct 1309 | B | 1 | Bartholomew de Badlesmere | 1275 | 1322 | 47 |
to | Summoned to Parliament as Lord | |||||
1322 | Badlesmere 26 Oct 1309 | |||||
He was attainted and executed when his | ||||||
peerage was forfeited | ||||||
1328 | 2 | Giles de Badlesmere | 18 Oct 1314 | May 1338 | 23 | |
to | He obtained a reversal of the attainder. On | |||||
May 1338 | his death the peerage became extinct | |||||
BAGOT | ||||||
17 Oct 1780 | B | 1 | Sir William Bagot,6th baronet | 28 Feb 1728 | 22 Oct 1798 | 70 |
Created Baron Bagot 17 Oct 1780 | ||||||
MP for Staffordshire 1754-1780 | ||||||
22 Oct 1798 | 2 | William Bagot | 11 Sep 1773 | 12 Feb 1856 | 82 | |
12 Feb 1856 | 3 | William Bagot | 27 Mar 1811 | 19 Jan 1887 | 75 | |
MP for Denbighshire 1835-1852 | ||||||
19 Jan 1887 | 4 | William Bagot | 19 Jan 1857 | 23 Dec 1932 | 75 | |
23 Dec 1932 | 5 | Gerald William Bagot | 13 May 1866 | 5 Apr 1946 | 79 | |
5 Apr 1946 | 6 | Caryl Ernest Bagot | 9 Mar 1877 | 5 Aug 1961 | 84 | |
5 Aug 1961 | 7 | Harry Eric Bagot | 4 Feb 1894 | 20 Jun 1973 | 79 | |
20 Jun 1973 | 8 | Reginald Walter Bagot | 24 Aug 1897 | 2 Oct 1979 | 82 | |
2 Oct 1979 | 9 | Heneage Charles Bagot | 11 Jun 1914 | 19 Jan 2001 | 86 | |
19 Jan 2001 | 10 | Charles Hugh Shaun Bagot | 23 Feb 1944 | |||
BAGRI | ||||||
14 Feb 1997 | B[L] | 1 | Raj Kumar Bagri | 24 Aug 1930 | 26 Apr 2017 | 86 |
to | Created Baron Bagri for life 14 Feb 1997 | |||||
26 Apr 2017 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BAILEY OF PADDINGTON | ||||||
10 Jul 2023 | B[L] | 1 | Shaun Sharif Bailey | 30 May 1971 | ||
Created Baron Bailey of Paddington for life | ||||||
on 10 Jul 2023 | ||||||
BAILLIEU | ||||||
13 Feb 1953 | B | 1 | Sir Clive Latham Baillieu | 24 Sep 1889 | 18 Jun 1967 | 77 |
Created Baron Baillieu 13 Feb 1953 | ||||||
18 Jun 1967 | 2 | William Latham Baillieu | 10 Dec 1915 | 18 Apr 1973 | 57 | |
18 Apr 1973 | 3 | James William Latham Baillieu | 16 Nov 1950 | |||
BAKER | ||||||
1 Feb 1977 | B[L] | 1 | Sir John Fleetwood Baker | 19 Mar 1901 | 9 Sep 1985 | 84 |
to | Created Baron Baker for life 1 Feb 1977 | |||||
9 Sep 1985 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BAKER OF DORKING | ||||||
16 Jun 1997 | B[L] | 1 | Kenneth Wilfred Baker | 3 Nov 1934 | ||
Created Baron Baker of Dorking for life | ||||||
16 Jun 1997 | ||||||
MP for Acton 1968-1970, St.Marylebone | ||||||
1970-1983 and Mole Valley 1983-1997. | ||||||
Secretary of State for the Environment | ||||||
1985-1986. Secretary of State for Education | ||||||
and Science 1986-1989. Chancellor of the | ||||||
Duchy of Lancaster 1989-1990. Home | ||||||
Secretary 1990-1992. PC 1984 CH 1992 | ||||||
BAKEWELL | ||||||
21 Jan 2011 | B[L] | 1 | Dame Joan Dawson Bakewell | 16 Apr 1933 | ||
Created Baroness Bakewell for life 21 Jan 2011 | ||||||
BAKEWELL OF HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE | ||||||
9 Sep 2013 | B[L] | 1 | Catherine Mary Bakewell | 7 Mar 1949 | ||
Created Baroness Bakewell of Hardington | ||||||
Mandeville for life 9 Sep 2013 | ||||||
BALCARRES | ||||||
27 Jun 1633 | B[S] | 1 | David Lindsay | c 1586 | Mar 1641 | |
Created Lord Lindsay of Balcarres | ||||||
27 Jun 1633 | ||||||
Mar 1641 | 2 | Alexander Lindsay | 6 Jul 1618 | 30 Aug 1659 | 41 | |
9 Jan 1651 | E[S] | 1 | Created Lord Lindsay and Balniel and | |||
Earl of Balcarres 9 Jan 1651 | ||||||
30 Aug 1659 | 2 | Charles Lindsay | 1650 | 15 Oct 1662 | 12 | |
15 Oct 1662 | 3 | Colin Lindsay | 1652 | 1722 | 70 | |
1722 | 4 | Alexander Lindsay | 25 Jul 1736 | |||
25 Jul 1736 | 5 | James Lindsay | 14 Nov 1691 | 20 Feb 1768 | 76 | |
20 Feb 1768 | 6 | Alexander Lindsay | 18 Jan 1752 | 27 Mar 1825 | 73 | |
He succeeded to the Earldom of Crawford (qv) in | ||||||
1808 since when the peerages have been merged | ||||||
BALDWIN OF BEWDLEY | ||||||
8 Jun 1937 | E | 1 | Stanley Baldwin | 3 Aug 1867 | 14 Dec 1947 | 80 |
Created Viscount Corvedale and Earl | ||||||
Baldwin of Bewdley 8 Jun 1937 | ||||||
MP for Bewdley 1908-1937. President of the | ||||||
Board of Trade 1921-1922, Chancellor of | ||||||
the Exchequer 1922-1923, Prime Minister | ||||||
1923-1924,1924-1929 and 1935-1937. Lord | ||||||
President of the Council 1931-1935. Lord | ||||||
Privy Seal 1932-1933. PC 1920, KG 1937 | ||||||
14 Dec 1947 | 2 | Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin | 1 Mar 1899 | 10 Aug 1958 | 59 | |
MP for Dudley 1929-1931 and Paisley | ||||||
1945-1947 | ||||||
10 Aug 1958 | 3 | Arthur Windham Baldwin | 22 Mar 1904 | 5 Jul 1976 | 72 | |
5 Jul 1976 | 4 | Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin [Elected | 3 Jan 1938 | 16 Jun 2021 | 83 | |
hereditary peer 1999-2018] | ||||||
16 Jun 2021 | 5 | Benendict Alexander Stanley Baldwin | 28 Dec 1973 | |||
BALERNO | ||||||
9 Jul 1963 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith | 9 Oct 1898 | 28 Jul 1984 | 85 |
to | Created Baron Balerno for life 9 Jul 1963 | |||||
28 Jul 1984 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BALFE | ||||||
19 Sep 2013 | B[L] | 1 | Richard Andrew Balfe | 14 May 1944 | ||
Created Baron Balfe for life 19 Sep 2013 | ||||||
BALFOUR | ||||||
8 Nov 1619 | B[I] | 1 | Sir James Balfour | 18 Oct 1634 | ||
Created Lord Balfour 8 Nov 1619 | ||||||
18 Oct 1634 | 2 | James Balfour | 26 Feb 1636 | |||
26 Feb 1636 | 3 | Alexander Balfour | 1636? | |||
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
1636? | ||||||
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5 May 1922 | E | 1 | Arthur James Balfour | 25 Jul 1848 | 19 Mar 1930 | 81 |
Created Viscount Traprain and Earl of | ||||||
Balfour 5 May 1922 | ||||||
For details of the special remainders included in the | ||||||
creation of these peerages,see the note at the | ||||||
foot of this page | ||||||
MP for Hertford 1874-1885, Manchester | ||||||
East 1885-1906 and London 1906-1922. | ||||||
President of the Local Government Board | ||||||
Board 1885-1886, Secretary of State for | ||||||
Scotland 1886-1887, Chief Secretary for | ||||||
Ireland 1887-1891, First Lord of the | ||||||
Treasury 1891-1892 and 1895-1905. Prime | ||||||
Minister 1902-1905. Lord Privy Seal 1902-1903, | ||||||
First Lord of the Admiralty 1915-1916, | ||||||
Foreign Secretary 1916-1919. Lord | ||||||
President of the Council 1919-1922 and | ||||||
1925-1929. PC 1885, PC [I] 1887. OM 1916 | ||||||
KG 1922 | ||||||
19 Mar 1930 | 2 | Gerald William Balfour | 9 Apr 1853 | 14 Jan 1945 | 91 | |
MP for Leeds 1885-1906. Chief Secretary | ||||||
for Ireland 1895-1900. President of the | ||||||
Board of Trade 1900-1905. PC [I] 1895 | ||||||
PC 1900 | ||||||
14 Jan 1945 | 3 | Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour | 31 Dec 1902 | 27 Nov 1968 | 65 | |
27 Nov 1968 | 4 | Gerald Arthur James Balfour | 23 Dec 1925 | 27 Jun 2003 | 77 | |
27 Jun 2003 | 5 | Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour | 9 Dec 1948 | |||
BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH | ||||||
16 Jul 1607 | B[S] | 1 | Sir Michael Balfour | 15 Mar 1619 | ||
Created Lord Balfour of Burleigh | ||||||
16 Jul 1607 | ||||||
15 Mar 1619 | 2 | Margaret Balfour | Jun 1639 | |||
Jun 1639 | 3 | John Balfour | 1697 | |||
1697 | 4 | Robert Balfour | Jul 1713 | |||
Jul 1713 | 5 | Robert Balfour | 20 Mar 1757 | |||
to | For further information on this peer, see the | |||||
1715 | note at the foot of this page. | |||||
He was attainted and the peerage forfeited | ||||||
in 1715 | ||||||
19 Mar 1869 | 6 | Alexander Hugh Bruce | 13 Jan 1849 | 6 Jul 1921 | 72 | |
He obtained a reversal of the attainder | ||||||
19 Mar 1869 | ||||||
Secretary of State for Scotland 1895-1903 | ||||||
PC 1892 KT 1901 | ||||||
6 Jul 1921 | 7 | George John Gordon Bruce | 18 Oct 1883 | 4 Jun 1967 | 83 | |
4 Jun 1967 | 8 | Robert Bruce | 6 Jan 1927 | |||
BALFOUR OF INCHRYE | ||||||
5 Jul 1945 | B | 1 | Harold Harington Balfour | 1 Nov 1897 | 21 Sep 1988 | 90 |
Created Baron Balfour of Inchrye | ||||||
5 Jul 1945 | ||||||
MP for Isle of Thanet 1929-1945. PC 1941 | ||||||
21 Sep 1988 | 2 | Ian Balfour | 21 Dec 1924 | 14 Apr 1988 | 88 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
14 Apr 2013 | ||||||
BALGONIE | ||||||
11 Oct 1641 | B[S] | 1 | Alexander Leslie | c 1580 | 4 Apr 1661 | |
Created Lord Balgonie and Earl of | ||||||
Leven 11 Oct 1641 | ||||||
See "Leven" | ||||||
BALINHARD | ||||||
7 Dec 1869 | B | 1 | James Carnegie,9th Earl of Southesk | 16 Nov 1827 | 21 Feb 1905 | 77 |
Created Baron Balinhard 7 Dec 1869 | ||||||
See "Southesk" | ||||||
BALLANTRAE | ||||||
10 Jul 1972 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson | 6 May 1911 | 28 Nov 1980 | 69 |
to | Created Baron Ballantrae for life 10 Jul 1972 | |||||
28 Nov 1980 | Governor General of New Zealand 1962- | |||||
1967. KT 1974 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BALLINBRIECH | ||||||
29 May 1680 | M[S] | 1 | John Leslie,7th Earl of Rothes | 1630 | 27 Jul 1681 | 51 |
to | Created Lord Auchmoutie and | |||||
27 Jul 1681 | Caskieberry,Viscount of Lugtoun,Earl | |||||
of Leslie,Marquess of Ballinbrieich | ||||||
and Duke of Rothes 29 May 1680 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BALLIOL | ||||||
26 Sep 1300 | B | 1 | Alexander de Balliol | by Jun 1311 | ||
to | Summoned to Parliament as Lord | |||||
by Jun 1311 | Balliol 26 Sep 1300 | |||||
Attainted by Edward II and peerage | ||||||
forfeited | ||||||
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10 Mar 1349 | B | 1 | Edward de Balliol | c 1283 | c 1367 | |
to | Summoned to Parliament as Lord | |||||
c 1367 | Balliol 10 Mar 1349 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BALLYANE | ||||||
8 Feb 1554 | B[I] | 1 | Cahir McArt Kavanagh | 1555 | ||
to | Created Baron of Ballyane 8 Feb 1554 | |||||
1555 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
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17 May 1558 | B[I] | 1 | Dermot McCahir Kavanagh | after 1558 | ||
to | Created Baron of Ballyane 17 May 1558 | |||||
after 1558 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BALLYEDMOND | ||||||
18 Jun 2004 | B[L] | 1 | Edward Enda Haughey | 5 Jan 1944 | 13 Mar 2014 | 70 |
to | Created Baron Ballyedmond for life | |||||
13 Mar 2014 | 18 Jun 2004 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BALLYMOTE | ||||||
1 Aug 1628 | B[I] | 1 | John Taaffe | Jan 1642 | ||
Created Baron Ballymote and Viscount | ||||||
Taaffe 1 Aug 1628 | ||||||
See "Taaffe" | ||||||
BALMERINOCH | ||||||
11 Jul 1606 | B[S] | 1 | Sir James Elphinstone | 21 Jun 1612 | ||
Created Lord Balmerinoch 11 Jul 1606 | ||||||
21 Jun 1612 | 2 | John Elphinstone | 28 Feb 1649 | |||
28 Feb 1649 | 3 | John Elphinstone | 18 Feb 1623 | 10 Jun 1704 | 72 | |
He succeeded as 2nd Lord Coupar (qv) in 1669 | ||||||
10 Jun 1704 | 4 | John Elphinstone | 26 Dec 1652 | 13 May 1736 | 83 | |
13 May 1736 | 5 | John Elphinstone | 24 Nov 1675 | 5 Jan 1746 | 70 | |
5 Jan 1746 | 6 | Arthur Elphinstone | 1688 | 18 Aug 1746 | 58 | |
to | He was attainted and executed 1746 when | |||||
18 Aug 1746 | the peerages were forfeited | |||||
For further information on this peer,see the note | ||||||
at the foot of the page containing details of | ||||||
the peerage of Kilmarnock | ||||||
BALMORE | ||||||
3 Nov 1684 | B[S] | 1 | George Gordon,4th Marquess of Huntly | c 1643 | 7 Dec 1716 | |
Created Lord Badenoch,Lochaber, | ||||||
Strathavon,Balmore,Auchindoun, | ||||||
Garthie and Kincardine,Viscount of | ||||||
Inverness,Earl of Huntly and Enzie, | ||||||
Marquess of Huntly and Duke of | ||||||
Gordon 3 Nov 1684 | ||||||
See "Gordon" - extinct 1836 | ||||||
BALNIEL | ||||||
24 Jan 1975 | B[L] | 1 | Robert Alexander Lindsay | 5 Mar 1927 | 18 Mar 2023 | 96 |
to | Created Baron Balniel for life 24 Jan 1975 | |||||
18 Mar 2023 | MP for Hertford 1955-1974 and Welwyn & | |||||
Hatfield 1974. Minister of State for | ||||||
Defence 1970-1972. Minister of State | ||||||
Foreign Office 1972-1974 | ||||||
He succeeded to the Earldom of Crawford | ||||||
1975 (qv) | ||||||
20 Jan 1985 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BALOGH | ||||||
20 Jun 1968 | B[L] | 1 | Thomas Balogh | 2 Nov 1905 | 20 Jan 1985 | 79 |
to | Created Baron Balogh for life 20 Jun 1968 | |||||
20 Jan 1985 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BALQUHIDDER (or BALWIDDER) | ||||||
17 Feb 1676 | V[S] | 1 | John Murray,2nd Earl of Atholl | c 1635 | 7 May 1703 | |
Created Lord Murray,Balvany and | ||||||
Gask,Viscount of Balquhidder,Earl of | ||||||
Tullibardin and Marquess of Atholl | ||||||
17 Feb 1676 | ||||||
See "Atholl" | ||||||
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30 Jun 1703 | V[S] | 1 | John Murray,2nd Marquess of Atholl | 24 Feb 1659 | 14 Nov 1724 | 65 |
Created Lord Murray,Viscount | ||||||
Glenalmond and Earl of Tullibardine | ||||||
for life 27 Jul 1696 and Lord Murray, | ||||||
Balvenie and Gask,Viscount of | ||||||
Balwhidder,Glenalmond and Glenlyon, | ||||||
Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, | ||||||
Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of | ||||||
Atholl 30 Jun 1703 | ||||||
See "Atholl" | ||||||
BALTIMORE | ||||||
16 Feb 1625 | B[I] | 1 | George Calvert | c 1578 | 15 Apr 1632 | |
Created Baron Baltimore 16 Feb 1625 | ||||||
MP for Oxford University. Secretary of | ||||||
State 1618 | ||||||
15 Apr 1632 | 2 | Cecil Calvert | 2 Mar 1606 | 7 Dec 1675 | 69 | |
7 Dec 1675 | 3 | Charles Calvert | 27 Aug 1637 | 21 Feb 1715 | 77 | |
21 Feb 1715 | 4 | Benedict Leonard Calvert | 21 Mar 1679 | 16 Apr 1715 | 36 | |
MP for Harwich 1714-1715 | ||||||
16 Apr 1715 | 5 | Charles Calvert | 29 Sep 1699 | 24 Apr 1751 | 51 | |
MP for St.Germans 1734-1741 and Surrey | ||||||
1741-1747 | ||||||
24 Apr 1751 | 6 | Frederick Calvert | 6 Feb 1732 | 4 Sep 1771 | 39 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
4 Sep 1771 | For further information on this peer, see the | |||||
note at the foot of this page. | ||||||
BALTINGLASS | ||||||
29 Jun 1541 | V[I] | 1 | Sir Thomas Eustace | c 1480 | 31 Jul 1549 | |
Created Baron Kilcullen Sep 1535 and | ||||||
Viscount Baltinglass 29 Jun 1541 | ||||||
31 Jul 1549 | 2 | Rowland Eustace | 1505 | 31 Mar 1578 | 72 | |
31 Mar 1578 | 3 | James Eustace | 25 Nov 1585 | |||
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
25 Nov 1585 | ||||||
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27 Jun 1627 | V[I] | 1 | Thomas Roper | 15 Feb 1637 | ||
Created Baron of Bantry and Viscount | ||||||
Baltinglass 27 Jun 1627 | ||||||
15 Feb 1637 | 2 | Thomas Roper | c 1670 | |||
c 1670 | 3 | Cary Roper | Aug 1672 | |||
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
Aug 1672 | ||||||
BALVAIRD | ||||||
17 Nov 1641 | B[S] | 1 | Sir Andrew Murray | 24 Sep 1644 | ||
Created Lord Balvaird 17 Nov 1641 | ||||||
24 Nov 1644 | 2 | David Murray | 24 Jul 1668 | |||
He succeeded to the Viscountcy of Stormont (qv) | ||||||
in 1658 into which title this peerage then merged. | ||||||
The Barony remains a subsidiary title of the | ||||||
Earldom of Mansfield | ||||||
BALVANY | ||||||
17 Feb 1676 | B[S] | 1 | John Murray,2nd Earl of Atholl | c 1635 | 7 May 1703 | |
Created Lord Murray,Balvany and | ||||||
Gask,Viscount of Balquhidder,Earl of | ||||||
Tullibardin and Marquess of Atholl | ||||||
17 Feb 1676 | ||||||
See "Atholl" | ||||||
BALVENIE | ||||||
30 Jun 1703 | B[S] | 1 | John Murray,2nd Marquess of Atholl | 24 Feb 1660 | 14 Nov 1724 | 64 |
Created Lord Murray,Viscount | ||||||
Glenalmond and Earl of Tullibardine | ||||||
for life 27 Jul 1696 and Lord Murray, | ||||||
Balvenie and Gask,Viscount of | ||||||
Balwhidder,Glenalmond and Glenlyon, | ||||||
Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, | ||||||
Marquess of Tullibardine and Duke of | ||||||
Atholl 30 Jun 1703 | ||||||
See "Atholl" | ||||||
BALWEARIE | ||||||
8 Apr 1690 | B[S] | 1 | George Melville,4th Lord Melville | 1636 | 20 May 1707 | 70 |
Created Lord Raith,Monymaill and | ||||||
Balwearie,Viscount of Kirkcaldy and | ||||||
Earl of Melville 8 Apr 1690 | ||||||
See "Melville" | ||||||
BAMFORD | ||||||
3 Oct 2013 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Anthony Paul Bamford | 23 Oct 1945 | ||
Created Baron Bamford for life 3 Oct 2013 | ||||||
BANBURY | ||||||
18 Aug 1626 | E | 1 | William Knollys | c 1547 | 25 May 1632 | |
to | Created Baron Knollys 13 May 1603, | |||||
25 May 1632 | Viscount Wallingford 7 Nov 1616 and | |||||
Earl of Banbury 18 Aug 1626 | ||||||
KG 1615 | ||||||
On his death the peerage was considered | ||||||
to be extinct,although there were | ||||||
legitimate heirs | ||||||
For further information on subsequent attempts | ||||||
to claim these peerages, see the note at the | ||||||
foot of this page | ||||||
BANBURY OF SOUTHAM | ||||||
21 Jan 1924 | B | 1 | Sir Frederick George Banbury,1st baronet | 2 Dec 1850 | 13 Aug 1936 | 85 |
Created Baron Banbury of Southam | ||||||
21 Jan 1924 | ||||||
MP for Peckham 1892-1906 and London | ||||||
1906-1924. PC 1916 | ||||||
13 Aug 1936 | 2 | Charles William Banbury | 18 May 1915 | 29 Apr 1981 | 65 | |
29 Apr 1981 | 3 | Charles William Banbury | 29 Jul 1953 | |||
BANCROFT | ||||||
10 Feb 1982 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Ian Powell Bancroft | 23 Dec 1922 | 19 Nov 1996 | 73 |
to | Created Baron Bancroft for life 10 Feb 1982 | |||||
19 Nov 1996 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BANDON | ||||||
6 Aug 1800 | E[I] | 1 | Francis Bernard | 26 Nov 1755 | 26 Nov 1830 | 75 |
Created Baron Bandon 30 Nov 1793, | ||||||
Viscount Bandon 6 Oct 1795 and | ||||||
Viscount Bernard and Earl of Bandon | ||||||
6 Aug 1800 | ||||||
26 Nov 1830 | 2 | James Bernard | 14 Jun 1785 | 31 Oct 1856 | 71 | |
MP for Youghal 1806-1807 and 1818-1820 and | ||||||
co.Cork 1807-1818. Lord Lieutenant Cork | ||||||
1842-1856 | ||||||
31 Oct 1856 | 3 | Francis Bernard | 3 Jan 1810 | 17 Feb 1877 | 67 | |
MP for Bandon 1831 and 1847-1856. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Cork 1874-1877 | ||||||
17 Feb 1877 | 4 | James Francis Bernard | 12 Sep 1850 | 18 May 1924 | 73 | |
Lord Lieutenant Cork 1877-1922. KP 1900 | ||||||
18 May 1924 | 5 | Percy Ronald Gardner Bernard | 30 Aug 1904 | 8 Feb 1979 | 74 | |
to | Peerages extinct on his death | |||||
8 Feb 1979 | ||||||
BANDONBRIDGE | ||||||
28 Feb 1628 | B[I] | 1 | Lewis Boyle | 28 May 1619 | 2 Sep 1642 | 23 |
Created Baron of Bandonbridge and | ||||||
Viscount Boyle 28 Feb 1628 | ||||||
See "Boyle of Kinalmeaky" | ||||||
BANFF | ||||||
31 Aug 1642 | B[S] | 1 | Sir George Ogilvy,1st baronet | 11 Aug 1663 | ||
Created Lord of Banff 31 Aug 1642 | ||||||
11 Aug 1663 | 2 | George Ogilvy | Mar 1668 | |||
Mar 1668 | 3 | George Ogilvy | 9 Sep 1649 | Nov 1713 | 64 | |
Nov 1713 | 4 | George Ogilvy | 4 Aug 1670 | 1718 | 47 | |
1718 | 5 | John George Ogilvy | 18 Feb 1717 | 29 Jul 1738 | 21 | |
29 Jul 1738 | 6 | Alexander Ogilvy | 12 Jul 1718 | Nov 1746 | 28 | |
Nov 1746 | 7 | Alexander Ogilvy | 1 Sep 1771 | |||
1 Sep 1771 | 8 | William Ogilvy | 4 Jun 1803 | |||
to | Peerage either extinct or dormant on his | |||||
4 Jun 1803 | death | |||||
BANGOR | ||||||
3 Mar 1691 | E[I] | 1 | Meinhardt Schomberg | 16 Jul 1719 | ||
to | Created Baron Tara,Earl of Bangor | |||||
16 Jul 1719 | and Duke of Leinster 3 Mar 1691 | |||||
He succeeded to the Dukedom of Schomberg | ||||||
(qv) in 1693 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
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13 Jan 1781 | V[I] | 1 | Bernard Ward | Aug 1719 | 20 May 1781 | 61 |
Created Baron Bangor 30 May 1770 | ||||||
and Viscount Bangor 13 Jan 1781 | ||||||
20 May 1781 | 2 | Nicholas Ward | 5 Dec 1750 | 11 Sep 1827 | 76 | |
11 Sep 1827 | 3 | Edward Southwell Ward | Mar 1790 | 1 Aug 1837 | 47 | |
1 Aug 1837 | 4 | Edward Ward | 23 Feb 1827 | 14 Sep 1881 | 54 | |
14 Sep 1881 | 5 | Henry William Crosbie Ward | 26 Jul 1828 | 23 Feb 1911 | 82 | |
23 Feb 1911 | 6 | Maxwell Richard Crosbie Ward | 4 May 1868 | 17 Nov 1950 | 82 | |
PC [NI] 1931 | ||||||
17 Nov 1950 | 7 | Edward Henry Harold Ward | 5 Nov 1905 | 8 May 1993 | 87 | |
8 May 1993 | 8 | William Maxwell David Ward | 9 Aug 1948 | |||
BANKS | ||||||
7 Jan 1975 | B[L] | 1 | Desmond Anderson Harvie Banks | 23 Oct 1918 | 15 Jun 1997 | 78 |
to | Created Baron Banks for life 7 Jan 1975 | |||||
15 Jun 1997 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BANNER | ||||||
6 Mar 2024 | B[L] | 1 | Charles Edward Raymond Banner, KC | 3 Jun 1980 | ||
Created Baron Banner | ||||||
for life 6 Mar 2024 | ||||||
BANNERMAN OF KILDONAN | ||||||
5 Dec 1967 | B[L] | 1 | John MacDonald Bannerman | 1 Sep 1901 | 10 May 1969 | 67 |
to | Created Baron Bannerman of Kildonan | |||||
10 May 1969 | for life 5 Dec 1967 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BANNSIDE | ||||||
18 Jun 2010 | B[L] | 1 | Ian Richard Kyle Paisley | 6 Apr 1926 | 12 Sep 2014 | 88 |
to | Created Baron Bannside for life 18 Jun 2010 | |||||
12 Sep 2014 | MP for Antrim North 1970-2010. PC 2005 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BANTRY | ||||||
27 Jun 1627 | B[I] | 1 | Thomas Roper | 15 Feb 1637 | ||
Created Baron of Bantry and Viscount | ||||||
Baltinglass 27 Jun 1627 | ||||||
See "Baltinglass" | ||||||
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22 Jan 1816 | E[I] | 1 | Richard White | 6 Aug 1767 | 2 May 1851 | 83 |
Created Baron Bantry 24 Mar 1797, | ||||||
Viscount Bantry 29 Dec 1800 and | ||||||
Viscount Berehaven and Earl of | ||||||
Bantry 22 Jan 1816 | ||||||
2 May 1851 | 2 | Richard White | 16 Nov 1800 | 16 Jul 1868 | 67 | |
16 Jul 1868 | 3 | William Henry Hare Hedges-White | 10 Nov 1801 | 15 Jan 1884 | 82 | |
15 Jan 1884 | 4 | William Henry Hare Hedges-White | 2 Jul 1854 | 30 Nov 1891 | 37 | |
to | Peerages extinct on his death | |||||
30 Nov 1891 | ||||||
BANYARD | ||||||
23 May 1313 | B | 1 | Robert de Banyard | 1331 | ||
to | Summoned to Parliament as Lord | |||||
1331 | Banyard 23 May 1313 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BARBER | ||||||
6 Jan 1975 | B[L] | 1 | Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber | 4 Jul 1920 | 16 Dec 2005 | 85 |
to | Created Baron Barber for life 6 Jan 1975 | |||||
16 Dec 2005 | MP for Doncaster 1951-1964 and | |||||
Altrincham and Sale 1965-1974. Financial | ||||||
Secretary to the Treasury 1962-1963, | ||||||
Minister of Health 1963-1964, Chancellor | ||||||
of the Duchy of Lancaster 1970, | ||||||
Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970-1974 | ||||||
PC 1963 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BARBER OF TEWKESBURY | ||||||
12 Aug 1992 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Derek Coates Barber | 17 Jun 1918 | 21 Nov 2017 | 99 |
Created Baron Barber of Tewkesbury | ||||||
for life 12 Aug 1992 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BARD OF DROMBOY | ||||||
18 Jul 1645 | B[I] | 1 | Sir Henry Bard | c 1616 | 20 Jun 1656 | |
to | Created Baron Bard of Dromboy and | |||||
20 Jun 1656 | Viscount Bellomont 18 Jul 1645 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BARDOLPH | ||||||
6 Feb 1299 | B | 1 | Sir Hugh Bardolph | 29 Sep 1259 | Sep 1304 | 44 |
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Bardolph 6 Feb 1299 | ||||||
Sep 1304 | 2 | Thomas Bardolph | 4 Oct 1282 | 15 Dec 1328 | 46 | |
15 Dec 1328 | 3 | John Bardolph | 13 Jan 1311 | 5 Aug 1363 | 52 | |
5 Aug 1363 | 4 | William Bardolph | 21 Oct 1349 | 29 Jan 1386 | 36 | |
29 Jan 1386 | 5 | Thomas Bardolph | 22 Dec 1369 | 19 Feb 1408 | 38 | |
to | He was attainted and the peerage forfeited | |||||
1406 | in 1406 | |||||
---------------------------------------------------- | ||||||
13 Nov 1437? | B | 1 | Sir William Phelipp | 1383 | 6 Jun 1441 | 57 |
to | Created Baron Bardolph 13 Nov 1437? | |||||
6 Jun 1441 | KG c 1419 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BARFLEUR | ||||||
7 May 1697 | V | 1 | Edward Russell | 1653 | 26 Nov 1727 | 74 |
to | Created Baron of Shingay,Viscount | |||||
26 Nov 1727 | Barfleur and Earl of Orford | |||||
7 May 1697 | ||||||
See "Orford" | ||||||
BARGENY | ||||||
22 Oct 1639 | B[S] | 1 | Sir John Hamilton | Apr 1658 | ||
Created Lord Bargeny 22 Oct 1639 | ||||||
Apr 1658 | 2 | John Hamilton | 25 May 1693 | |||
25 May 1693 | 3 | William Hamilton | c 1712 | |||
c 1712 | 4 | James Hamilton | 29 Nov 1710 | 28 Mar 1736 | 25 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
28 Mar 1736 | ||||||
BARHAM | ||||||
1 May 1805 | B | 1 | Sir Charles Middleton,1st baronet | 14 Oct 1726 | 17 Jun 1813 | 86 |
Created Baron Barham 1 May 1805 | ||||||
For details of the special remainder included in the | ||||||
creation of this peerage,see the note at the | ||||||
foot of this page | ||||||
MP for Rochester 1784. First Lord of | ||||||
the Admiralty 1805. PC 1805 | ||||||
17 Jun 1813 | 2 | Diana Noel | 18 Sep 1762 | 12 Apr 1823 | 60 | |
12 Apr 1823 | 3 | Charles Noel | 2 Oct 1781 | 10 Jun 1866 | 84 | |
He was created Earl of Gainsborough (qv) | ||||||
1841,into which title this peerage then merged | ||||||
BARING | ||||||
10 Jun 1876 | V | 1 | Thomas George Baring,2nd Baron Northbrook | 22 Jan 1826 | 15 Nov 1904 | 78 |
Created Viscount Baring and Earl of | ||||||
Northbrook 10 Jun 1876 | ||||||
See "Northbrook" | ||||||
BARKER | ||||||
31 Jul 1999 | B[L] | 1 | Elizabeth Jean Barker | 31 Jan 1961 | ||
Created Baroness Barker for life 31 Jul 1999 | ||||||
BARKER OF BATTLE | ||||||
12 Oct 2015 | B[L] | 1 | Gregory Leonard George Barker | 8 Mar 1966 | ||
Created Baron Barker of Battle for life | ||||||
12 Oct 2015 | ||||||
MP for Bexhill and Battle 2001-2015. PC 2012 | ||||||
BARNARD | ||||||
25 Jul 1698 | B | 1 | Sir Christopher Vane | 21 May 1653 | 28 Oct 1723 | 70 |
Created Baron Barnard 25 Jul 1698 | ||||||
MP for Durham Co 1675-1679 and | ||||||
Boroughbridge 1689-1690. PC 1688 | ||||||
28 Oct 1723 | 2 | Gilbert Vane | 17 Apr 1678 | 27 Apr 1753 | 75 | |
27 Apr 1753 | 3 | Henry Vane | c 1705 | 6 Mar 1758 | ||
3 Apr 1754 | 1 | Created Viscount Barnard and | ||||
Earl of Darlington 3 Apr 1754 | ||||||
6 Mar 1758 | 4 | Henry Vane,2nd Earl of Darlington | 1726 | 8 Sep 1792 | 66 | |
2 | ||||||
8 Sep 1792 | 5 | William Henry Vane | 27 Jul 1766 | 29 Jan 1842 | 75 | |
3 | Created Duke of Cleveland (qv) | |||||
29 Jan 1833 | ||||||
29 Jan 1842 | 6 | Henry Vane,2nd Duke of Cleveland | 6 Aug 1788 | 18 Jan 1864 | 75 | |
4 | ||||||
18 Jan 1864 | 7 | William John Frederick Vane,3rd Duke of | ||||
5 | Cleveland | 3 Apr 1792 | 6 Sep 1864 | 72 | ||
6 Sep 1864 | 8 | Harry George Powlett,4th Duke of Cleveland | 19 Apr 1803 | 21 Aug 1891 | 88 | |
to | 6 | On his death the Viscountcy became extinct | ||||
21 Aug 1891 | but the Barony passed to - | |||||
21 Aug 1891 | 9 | Henry de Vere Vane | 10 May 1854 | 28 Dec 1918 | 64 | |
For further information on his successful claim | ||||||
to this peerage,see the note at the foot of this | ||||||
page | ||||||
28 Dec 1918 | 10 | Christopher William Vane | 28 Oct 1888 | 19 Oct 1964 | 75 | |
Lord Lieutenant Durham 1958-1964 | ||||||
19 Oct 1964 | 11 | Harry John Neville Vane | 21 Sep 1923 | 3 Apr 2016 | 92 | |
Lord Lieutenant Durham 1970-1988 | ||||||
3 Apr 2016 | 12 | Henry Francis Cecil Vane | 11 Mar 1959 | |||
BARNBY | ||||||
26 Jan 1922 | B | 1 | Francis Willey | 27 Feb 1841 | 16 Feb 1929 | 87 |
Created Baron Barnby 26 Jan 1922 | ||||||
16 Feb 1929 | 2 | Francis Vernon Willey | 29 Sep 1884 | 30 Apr 1982 | 97 | |
to | MP for Bradford South 1918-1922 | |||||
30 Apr 1982 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BARNETSON | ||||||
14 Jul 1975 | B[L] | 1 | Sir William Denholm Barnetson | 21 Mar 1917 | 12 Mar 1981 | 63 |
to | Created Baron Barnetson for life 14 Jul 1975 | |||||
12 Mar 1981 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BARNETT | ||||||
30 Sep 1983 | B[L] | 1 | Joel Barnett | 14 Oct 1923 | 1 Nov 2014 | 91 |
to | Created Baron Barnett for life 30 Sep 1983 | |||||
1 Nov 2014 | MP for Heywood and Royton 1964-1983. | |||||
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1974-1979 | ||||||
PC 1975 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BARNEWALL | ||||||
29 Jun 1646 | V[I] | 1 | Nicholas Barnewall | 1592 | 20 Aug 1663 | 71 |
Created Baron Turvey and Viscount | ||||||
Barnewall 29 Jun 1646 | ||||||
20 Aug 1663 | 2 | Henry Barnewall | 1 Jun 1688 | |||
1 Jun 1688 | 3 | Nicholas Barnewall | 15 Apr 1668 | 14 Jun 1725 | 57 | |
14 Jun 1725 | 4 | Henry Benedict Barnewall | 1 Feb 1708 | 11 Mar 1774 | 66 | |
11 Mar 1774 | 5 | George Barnewall | 12 Aug 1758 | 5 Apr 1800 | 41 | |
to | Peerage became dormant on his death | |||||
5 Apr 1800 | ||||||
1814 | 6 | Matthew Barnewall | 15 Nov 1834 | |||
to | His claim to the peerage was allowed 1814. | |||||
15 Nov 1834 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
For further information on this peer and his claim to | ||||||
the peerage, see the note at the foot of this page | ||||||
BARRAN | ||||||
21 Jun 2018 | B[L] | 1 | Diana Francesca Caroline Clare Barran | Feb 1959 | ||
Created Baroness Barran for life 21 Jun 2018 | ||||||
BARRELLS | ||||||
16 May 1763 | V[I] | 1 | Robert Knight | 17 Dec 1702 | 30 Mar 1772 | 69 |
to | Created Baron Luxborough 8 Aug 1745, | |||||
30 Mar 1772 | Viscount Barrells and Earl of | |||||
Earl of Catherlough 16 May 1763 | ||||||
See "Catherlough" | ||||||
BARRETT OF NEWBURGH | ||||||
17 Oct 1627 | B[S] | 1 | Sir Edward Barrett | 21 Jun 1581 | 2 Jan 1645 | 63 |
to | Created Lord Barrett of Newburgh | |||||
2 Jan 1645 | 17 Oct 1627 | |||||
Chancellor of the Exchequer 1628. | ||||||
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. PC | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
BARRETTS COUNTY | ||||||
2 Apr 1625 | B[I] | 1 | Sir Dominick Sarsfield,1st baronet | c 1570 | Dec 1636 | |
Created Baron of Barretts County and | ||||||
Viscount Kingsale 2 Apr 1625 | ||||||
See "Sarsfield" | ||||||
BARRINGTON | ||||||
1 Jul 1720 | V[I] | 1 | John Barrington | 1678 | 14 Dec 1734 | 56 |
Created Viscount Barrington 1 Jul 1720 | ||||||
MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1715-1723 | ||||||
14 Dec 1734 | 2 | William Wildman Barrington | 15 Jan 1717 | 1 Feb 1793 | 76 | |
MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1740 and | ||||||
Plymouth 1754-1778. Secretary at War | ||||||
1755. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1761- | ||||||
1762. Secretary at War 1765-1778. PC 1755 | ||||||
1 Feb 1793 | 3 | William Barrington | 13 Jul 1801 | |||
13 Jul 1801 | 4 | Richard James Barrington | Jan 1814 | |||
Jan 1814 | 5 | George Barrington | 16 Jul 1761 | 4 Mar 1829 | 67 | |
4 Mar 1829 | 6 | William Keppel Barrington | 1 Oct 1793 | 9 Feb 1867 | 73 | |
MP for Berkshire 1837-1857 | ||||||
9 Feb 1867 | 7 | George William Barrington | 14 Feb 1824 | 7 Nov 1886 | 62 | |
Created Baron Shute 17 Apr 1880 | ||||||
MP for Eye 1866-1880. PC 1874 | ||||||
For further information on this peer,see the | ||||||
note at the foot of this page | ||||||
7 Nov 1886 | 8 | Percy Barrington | 22 Apr 1825 | 29 Apr 1901 | 76 | |
29 Apr 1901 | 9 | Walter Bulkeley Barrington | 20 Apr 1848 | 12 Sep 1933 | 85 | |
12 Sep 1933 | 10 | William Reginald Shute Barrington | 23 Jul 1873 | 4 Oct 1960 | 87 | |
4 Oct 1960 | 11 | Patrick William Daines Barrington | 29 Oct 1918 | 6 Apr 1990 | 71 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
6 Apr 1990 | ||||||
BARROGILL | ||||||
1 May 1866 | B | 1 | James Sinclair,14th Earl of Caithness | 16 Dec 1821 | 28 Mar 1881 | 59 |
Created Baron Barrogill 1 May 1866 | ||||||
28 Mar 1881 | 2 | George Philips Alexander Sinclair,15th | ||||
to | Earl of Caithness | 30 Nov 1858 | 25 May 1889 | 30 | ||
25 May 1889 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BARRY | ||||||
c 1461 | V[I] | 1 | William Barry | c 1480 | ||
Created Viscount Barry c 1461 | ||||||
c 1480 | 2 | John Barry | 1485 | |||
1485 | 3 | Thomas Barry | c 1488 | |||
c 1488 | 4 | William Barry | 1499 | |||
1499 | 5 | John Barry | c 1520 | |||
c 1520 | 6 | James Fitz-John Barry | 20 Mar 1537 | |||
20 Mar 1537 | 7 | James Fitz-Richard Barry-Roe | 10 Apr 1581 | |||
10 Apr 1581 | 8 | David Barry | 10 Apr 1617 | |||
10 Apr 1617 | 9 | David Barry | 1604 | 29 Sep 1642 | 38 | |
Created Earl of Barrymore 28 Feb 1628 | ||||||
See below for continuation | ||||||
BARRY OF SANTRY | ||||||
18 Feb 1661 | B[I] | 1 | Sir James Barry | 1603 | 9 Feb 1672 | 68 |
Created Baron Barry of Santry | ||||||
18 Feb 1661 | ||||||
9 Feb 1672 | 2 | Richard Barry | 1637 | Oct 1694 | 57 | |
Oct 1694 | 3 | Henry Barry | 1680 | 27 Jan 1734 | 53 | |
PC [I] 1714 | ||||||
27 Jan 1734 | 4 | Henry Barry | 3 Sep 1710 | 18 Mar 1751 | 40 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
18 Mar 1751 | For further information on this peer, see the | |||||
note at the foot of this page | ||||||
BARRYMORE | ||||||
28 Feb 1628 | E[I] | 1 | David Barry,9th Viscount Barry | 1604 | 29 Sep 1642 | 38 |
Created Earl of Barrymore 28 Feb 1628 | ||||||
29 Sep 1642 | 2 | Richard Barry | 4 Nov 1630 | Nov 1694 | 64 | |
Nov 1694 | 3 | Laurence Barry | 17 Apr 1699 | |||
17 Apr 1699 | 4 | James Barry | 1667 | 5 Jan 1748 | 80 | |
MP for Stockbridge 1710-1713 and 1714-1715 | ||||||
and Wigan 1715-1727 and 1734-1747 | ||||||
PC [I] 1714 | ||||||
5 Jan 1748 | 5 | James Barry | 25 Apr 1717 | 19 Dec 1751 | 34 | |
19 Dec 1751 | 6 | Richard Barry | Oct 1745 | 1 Aug 1773 | 27 | |
1 Aug 1773 | 7 | Richard Barry | 14 Aug 1769 | 6 Mar 1793 | 23 | |
MP for Heytesbury 1791-1793 | ||||||
For further information on this peer, see the note | ||||||
at the foot of this page. | ||||||
6 Mar 1793 | 8 | Henry Barry | 21 Oct 1770 | 20 Dec 1823 | 53 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
20 Dec 1823 | ||||||
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18 Jul 1902 | B | 1 | Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry | 17 Jan 1843 | 22 Feb 1925 | 82 |
to | Created Baron Barrymore 18 Jul 1902 | |||||
22 Feb 1925 | MP for Co.Cork 1867-1874 and Huntingdon | |||||
South 1886-1900. PC [I] 1896 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death
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BARWELL | ||||||
07 Jul 2019 | B[L] | 1 | Gavin Laurence Barwell | 23 Jan 1972 | ||
Created Baron Barwell for life 07 Jul 2019
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BASING | ||||||
7 Jul 1887 | B | 1 | George Sclater-Booth | 19 May 1826 | 22 Oct 1894 | 68 |
Created Baron Basing 7 Jul 1887 | ||||||
MP for Hampshire North 1857-1885 and | ||||||
Basingstoke 1885-1887. President of the | ||||||
Local Government Board 1874-1880. | ||||||
PC 1874 | ||||||
22 Oct 1894 | 2 | George Limbrey Sclater-Booth | 1 Jan 1860 | 8 Apr 1919 | 59 | |
8 Apr 1919 | 3 | John Limbrey Robert Sclater-Booth | 3 Dec 1890 | 2 Oct 1969 | 78 | |
2 Oct 1969 | 4 | George Lutley Sclater-Booth | 7 Dec 1903 | 18 Sep 1983 | 79 | |
18 Sep 1983 | 5 | Neil Lutley Sclater-Booth | 16 Jan 1939 | 24 Nov 2007 | 68 | |
24 Nov 2007 | 6 | Stuart Anthony Whitfield Sclater-Booth | 18 Dec 1969 | |||
BASNETT | ||||||
31 Mar 1987 | B[L] | 1 | David Basnett | 9 Feb 1924 | 25 Jan 1989 | 64 |
to | Created Baron Basnett for life 31 Mar 1987 | |||||
25 Jan 1989 | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
BASSAM OF BRIGHTON | ||||||
3 Nov 1997 | B[L] | 1 | John Steven Bassam | 11 Jun 1953 | ||
Created Baron Bassam of Brighton for life | ||||||
3 Nov 1997 | ||||||
PC 2009 | ||||||
BASSET DE DRAYTON | ||||||
24 Dec 1264 | B | 1 | Ralph Basset | 4 Aug 1265 | ||
Summoned to Parliament as Baron | ||||||
Basset de Drayton 24 Dec 1264 | ||||||
4 Aug 1265 | 2 | Ralph Basset | 31 Dec 1299 | |||
31 Dec 1299 | 3 | Ralph Basset | 25 Feb 1344 | |||
25 Feb 1344 | 4 | Ralph Basset | 1335 | 10 May 1390 | 54 | |
to | KG c 1368 | |||||
10 May 1390 | Peerage became dormant or fell into | |||||
abeyance on his death | ||||||
The special remainder to the Viscountcy of Traprain and the Earldom of Balfour | ||||||
From the "London Gazette" of 5 May 1922 (issue 32691, page 3512):- | ||||||
"The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of | ||||||
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 5th instant, to confer the dignities of Viscount and | ||||||
Earl of the said United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Sir Arthur James Balfour, K.G., O.M., | ||||||
Lord President of the Council, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, | ||||||
styles and titles of Viscount Traprain, of Whittinghame, in the County of Haddington, and Earl | ||||||
of Balfour; with remainder in default of such issue to the Right Honourable Gerald William Balfour | ||||||
(a brother of the said Sir Arthur James Balfour) and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten; | ||||||
with remainder to Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, Esquire, Companion of the Most Eminent Order | ||||||
of the Indian Empire, who has received the Decoration of the Military Cross (a nephew of the | ||||||
said Sir Arthur James Balfour), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be | ||||||
begotten; with remainder to Oswald Herbert Campbell Balfour, Esquire (another nephew of the | ||||||
said Sir Arthur James Balfour), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be | ||||||
begotten." | ||||||
Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh | ||||||
When Balfour was a young man, he fell in love with a girl of lower social rank. Unfortunately her | ||||||
name does not appear to be recorded anywhere that I could discover. When his father, the 4th | ||||||
Lord, learned of his infatuation, he sent his son to the Continent to travel in the hope that such | ||||||
travel would cause a cooling of his passion. | ||||||
Before he set off on his travels, Balfour forced the young girl to promise that she would not | ||||||
marry anyone during his absence. In turn, he swore a solemn oath that, if she did marry in his | ||||||
absence, he would kill her husband as soon as he returned. However, the girl soon forgot about | ||||||
Balfour and, in his absence, she married a man named Henry Stenhouse, who was a school- | ||||||
master at Inverkeithing. | ||||||
In April 1707, when Balfour returned from his travels, he inquired after the girl and, learning that | ||||||
she was now married, he rode immediately to Stenhouse's school. When Stenhouse answered | ||||||
Balfour's summons to the door of the school, Balfour shot him in the shoulder. Stenhouse died | ||||||
from the effects of the wound twelve days later. | ||||||
Balfour was tried for murder in the High Court of Justiciary on 4 August 1709. His defence | ||||||
counsel argued that there was no malice aforethought, that the wound had not been made in a | ||||||
mortal place but in the shoulder, which clearly showed that Balfour's intention was to frighten | ||||||
Stenhouse rather than to kill him, and that it was not the wound that caused his death, but | ||||||
other causes entirely. The jury, however, rejected these arguments and he was sentenced on | ||||||
29 November 1709 to be beheaded on 6 January 1710. | ||||||
A few days before the date of his execution, his sister, Margaret, to whom he apparently bore | ||||||
a striking resemblance, visited him in prison. In his cell, brother and sister exchanged their | ||||||
clothing, and Balfour walked out a free man. For a similar occurrence, see the note under the | ||||||
Earldom of Nithsdale. | ||||||
Balfour hid out for some time in the neighbourhood of Burleigh Castle, where a hollow ash tree | ||||||
was traditionally believed to be his hiding place. When his father died in 1713, Balfour became | ||||||
5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh. He was involved in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, for which he | ||||||
was attainted and his title and estates forfeited. | ||||||
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore | ||||||
On the death of his father in 1751, Baltimore inherited the 'proprietary governorship' of | ||||||
Maryland. Proprietary governors were individuals authorized to govern proprietary colonies. | ||||||
Under this system, individuals or companies were granted commercial charters by the King | ||||||
of England to establish colonies. The proprietors then selected the governors and other | ||||||
officials. This system was used to establish several colonies, including Maryland. | ||||||
Baltimore never set foot in Maryland during his lifetime. Instead, he preferred to travel and, as | ||||||
a result of the inability of his nominees as governor to contact him, Maryland was, for the most | ||||||
part governed without any input from its owner. | ||||||
When he was travelling in Turkey, he assembled a small troupe of professional women, assisted | ||||||
by two procuresses, Mrs Harvey and Madame Griffenburg. Unfortunately for Baltimore, he was | ||||||
ordered to leave the country, because he was accused of keeping a private harem. When he | ||||||
arrived in Vienna accompanied by two Negro eunuchs and eight of his harem, the chief of | ||||||
police made the mistake of asking Baltimore which of the women was his wife. Baltimore replied | ||||||
that it was not his custom to discuss his personal arrangements with foreigners and offered to | ||||||
settle the matter with a fist fight - the chief of police backed down. | ||||||
Back in London in 1768, Baltimore became attracted to Miss Sarah Woodcock, a young lady who | ||||||
worked in a milliner's shop. He arranged to have her kidnapped and brought to his house. Here | ||||||
she withstood his advances for a week before being forced into his bed, 'her handkerchief wet | ||||||
with tears as if she had dipped it in water.' When brought to trial for this abduction, Baltimore | ||||||
conducted his own defence and persuaded the jury to believe that Miss Woodcock had not | ||||||
made serious efforts to escape, and, as a result, he was acquitted. | ||||||
Baltimore left a number of illegitimate children, including Henry Harford, to whom he willed his | ||||||
ownership of Maryland. The people of Maryland seem to have welcomed their new proprietor, | ||||||
even naming the present-day Harford County after him. Shortly after, however, the American | ||||||
Revolution broke out and the new State of Maryland seized all of Harford's property in 1781. | ||||||
Harford attempted to recover his property after the Revolution but was unsuccessful. Even after | ||||||
his death in 1834, his descendants continued in their efforts to regain ownership. The last | ||||||
attempt was made in 1899 by a descendant named Morris. | ||||||
For a very lengthy summary of the 1899 attempt, see the following link | ||||||
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?friend=nytimes&court=us&vol=174&invol=196 | ||||||
The Banbury Peerage Claims | ||||||
The following account of the claim is taken from an anonymously written book titled "Celebrated | ||||||
Claimants Ancient and Modern" published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1873. | ||||||
'Since the reign of Edward III the family of Knollys has been distinguished in the annals of the | ||||||
kingdom. In those days Sir Robert Knollys [pronounced 'Noles'], one of the companions of the | ||||||
Black Prince, not only proved himself a gallant soldier, but fought to such good purpose that he | ||||||
enriched himself with spoils, and was elevated to the distinction of the Blue Ribbon of the | ||||||
Garter. [This does not appear to be correct - the first Knollys to receive the Garter was Sir | ||||||
Francis Knollys in 1593]. His heirs continued to enjoy the royal favour throughout successive | ||||||
reigns; and Sir Francis Knollys, one of his descendants, who likewise was a garter-knight in the | ||||||
earlier part [in reality, the latter part] of the sixteenth century, espoused Catherine Cary, a | ||||||
grand-daughter of the Earl of Wiltshire, and a grand-niece of Queen Anne Boleyn. Two sons | ||||||
were born of this marriage, and were named Henry and William respectively. Henry died before | ||||||
his father, and William, who was born in 1547, succeeded to the family honours in 1596. He had | ||||||
worn them for seven years, when King James created him Baron Knollys of Grays, in Oxfordshire, | ||||||
in 1603. Sixteen [sic - thirteen] years afterwards, King James further showed his royal favour | ||||||
towards him by creating him Baron Wallingford, and King Charles made him Earl of Banbury in | ||||||
1626. He was married twice during his long life--first to Dorothy, widow of Lord Chandos, and | ||||||
daughter of Lord Bray, but by her he had no children; and secondly, and in the same year that | ||||||
his first wife died [1605], to Lady Elizabeth Howard, the eldest daughter of the Earl of Suffolk. | ||||||
The couple were not well-assorted, the earl verging on three-score years, while the lady had | ||||||
not seen her twentieth summer on the day of her nuptials. Still their married life was happy, and | ||||||
her youth gladdened the old man's heart, as is proved by his settlement upon her, in 1629, of | ||||||
Caversham, in Berkshire, and by his constituting her his sole executrix. In the settlement, | ||||||
moreover, he makes mention of "the love and affection which he beareth unto the said Lady | ||||||
Elizabeth his wife, having always been a good and loving wife;" and in the will he calls her his | ||||||
"dearly-beloved wife Elizabeth, Countess of Banbury." Lord Banbury died on the 25th of May, | ||||||
1632, having at least reached the age of eighty-five. | ||||||
'No inquiry was made immediately after his death as to the lands of which he died seised; but | ||||||
about eleven months afterwards, a commission was issued to the feodor and deputy-escheator | ||||||
of Oxfordshire, pursuant to which an inquisition was taken on the 11th of April 1633, at Burford, | ||||||
when the jury found that Elizabeth, his wife, survived him; that the earl had died without heirs- | ||||||
male of his body, and that his heirs were certain persons who were specified. Notwithstanding | ||||||
this decision there appears to have been little doubt that about the 10th of April 1627, the | ||||||
the countess had been delivered of a son, who was baptized as Edward, and that on the 3rd of | ||||||
January 1631, she had given birth to another son, who received the name of Nicholas. Both of | ||||||
these children were living when the inquisition was made. The first was born when the Earl of | ||||||
Banbury was in his eightieth year, and his wife between forty and forty-one years of age, and | ||||||
the second came into the world almost when his father was about to leave it, and when the | ||||||
countess was between forty and forty-five. Within five weeks after the death of the earl, her | ||||||
ladyship married Lord Vaux of Harrowden, who had been on terms of intimate friendship with the | ||||||
family during the deceased nobleman's lifetime, and it was plainly said that the children of Lady | ||||||
Banbury were the issue of Lord Vaux, and not of the earl. | ||||||
'On the 9th of February 1640-41, a bill was filed in Chancery by Edward, the eldest son, | ||||||
described as "Edward, Earl of Banbury, an infant," by William, Earl of Salisbury, his guardian, | ||||||
and brother-in-law of the Countess of Banbury. Witnesses were examined in the cause; but | ||||||
after a century and a-half their evidence was rejected in 1809 by the House of Lords. There | ||||||
was, however, a more rapid and satisfactory means of procedure. A writ was issued in 1641, | ||||||
directing the escheator of Berkshire "to inquire after the death of William, Earl of Banbury;" | ||||||
and the consequence was that a jury, which held an inquisition at Abingdon, found, with other | ||||||
matters, "that Edward, now Earl of Banbury, is, and at the time of the earl's decease was, his | ||||||
son and next heir." The young man, therefore, assumed the title, and set out on a foreign tour. | ||||||
He was killed during the next year near Calais, while he was yet a minor. His brother Nicholas, | ||||||
then about fifteen years of age, at once assumed the title. In the same year Lord Vaux settled | ||||||
Harrowden and his other estates upon him. His mother, the Countess of Banbury, died on the | ||||||
17th of April 1658, at the age of seventy-three, and Lord Vaux departed this life on the 8th of | ||||||
September 1661, aged seventy-four. Meantime Nicholas had taken his seat in the House of | ||||||
Lords, and occupied it without question for a couple of years. The Convention Parliament having | ||||||
been dissolved however, he was not summoned to that which followed it, and in order to prove | ||||||
his right to the peerage petitioned the Crown for his writ. This petition was heard by the | ||||||
Committee for Privileges, which ultimately decided that "Nicholas, Earl of Banbury, is a legitimate | ||||||
person." | ||||||
'At his death he left one son, Charles, who assumed the title of Earl of Banbury, and who | ||||||
petitioned the House of Lords to take his case into consideration. After thirty years' delay, | ||||||
occasioned by the disturbed state of the times, the so-called Lord Banbury having accidentally | ||||||
killed his brother-in-law in a duel, was indicted as "Charles Knollys, Esq.," to answer for the | ||||||
crime on the 7th of November 1692. He appealed to the House of Lords, and demanded a trial | ||||||
by his peers: it was therefore necessary to re-open the whole case. After a patient | ||||||
investigation, his petition to the House of Lords was dismissed, and it was resolved that he had | ||||||
no right to the earldom of Banbury. He was consequently removed to Newgate. | ||||||
'When he was placed before the judges, and was called upon to plead, he admitted that he was | ||||||
the person indicted, but pleaded a misnomer in abatement--or, in other words, that he was the | ||||||
Earl of Banbury. The pleas occupied, subsequently, more than a year, during which time the | ||||||
prisoner was admitted to bail. At last the House of Lords interfered, and called upon the | ||||||
Attorney-General to produce "an account in writing of the proceedings in the Court of King's | ||||||
Bench against the person who claims the title of the Earl of Banbury." The Attorney-General | ||||||
acted up to his instructions, and Lord Chief-Justice Holt was heard by the Lords on the subject. | ||||||
Parliament, however, was prorogued soon afterwards, and no decision was arrived at in the | ||||||
matter. Meantime, the Court of King's Bench proceeded to act as if no interference had been | ||||||
made, and quashed the indictment on the ground that the prisoner was erroneously styled | ||||||
"Charles Knollys" instead of "The Earl of Banbury." | ||||||
'When the Lords reassembled on the 27th of November 1694 they were very wroth, but, after | ||||||
an angry debate, the affair was adjourned, and nothing more was heard of the Banbury Peerage | ||||||
until the beginning of 1698, when Charles Knollys again petitioned the king, and the petition was | ||||||
once more referred to the House of Lords. Lord Chief-Justice Holt was summoned before the | ||||||
committee, and in answer to inquiries as to the motives which had actuated the judges of the | ||||||
King's Bench replied, "I acknowledge the thing; there was such a plea and such a replication. | ||||||
I gave my judgment according to my conscience. We are trusted with the law. We are to be | ||||||
protected, not arraigned, and are not to give reasons for our judgment; therefore I desire to be | ||||||
excused giving any." Mr. Justice Eyre maintained the same dignified tone, and at length the | ||||||
House of Lords abandoned its fruitless struggle with the common-law Judges. The petition of | ||||||
Lord Banbury was subsequently laid before the Privy Council, when the sudden death of Queen | ||||||
Anne once more put an end to the proceedings. | ||||||
'When the Hanoverian princes came to the throne, Lord Banbury again tempted fate by a new | ||||||
petition to the Crown. Sir Philip Yorke, the then Attorney-General, investigated the whole of the | ||||||
past proceedings from 1600 up to his time, and made a full report to the king, but no definite | ||||||
decision was given. In 1740, the claimant Charles, so-called Earl of Banbury, died in France. | ||||||
During his lifetime he had never ceased to bear the title; he had presented five petitions to the | ||||||
Crown, demanding the acknowledgment of his rights, and neither he nor any of his family, during | ||||||
the eighty years which had elapsed from the first preferment of the claim, had ever relinquished | ||||||
an iota of their pretensions. | ||||||
'At his death Charles, the third assumed Earl of Banbury, left a son called Charles, who adopted | ||||||
the title, and, dying in 1771, bequeathed it to his son William, who bore it until his decease in | ||||||
1776. He was, in turn, succeeded by his brother Thomas, at whose death, in 1793, it devolved | ||||||
upon his eldest son, William Knollys, then called Viscount Wallingford, who immediately assumed | ||||||
the title of Earl of Banbury, and in 1806 presented a formal petition to the Crown--a petition | ||||||
which was in due course referred to the Attorney-General, and was by his advice transferred to | ||||||
the House of Lords. | ||||||
'Until 1806, when the claim was renewed, the pretenders to the Banbury honours had not only | ||||||
styled themselves earls in all legal documents, but they had been so described in the | ||||||
proceedings which had taken place, and in the commissions which they had held; and while | ||||||
their wives had been styled Countesses of Banbury, their children had borne those collateral | ||||||
titles which would have been given by courtesy to the sons and daughters of the Earls of | ||||||
Banbury. But, although there had thus been an uninterrupted usage of the title for upwards | ||||||
of 180 years, when William Knollys succeeded his father a new system was practised. His father, | ||||||
the deceased earl, had held a commission in the third regiment of foot, and during his father's | ||||||
lifetime he had been styled in his own major-general's commission, "William Knollys, commonly | ||||||
called Viscount Wallingford." But on his father's decease, and the consequent descent of his | ||||||
father's claims, the title of earl was refused to him, and therefore it was that he presented | ||||||
his petition. | ||||||
'The case remained in the House of Lords for nearly six years. On the 30th of May, 1808, it | ||||||
was brought on for hearing before the Committee for Privileges, when Sir Samuel Romilly, Mr. | ||||||
Gaselee, and Mr. Hargrave, appeared for the petitioner, and the Crown was represented by the | ||||||
Attorney-General and a junior counsel. A great mass of documentary and genealogical | ||||||
evidence was produced; but after a most painstaking investigation, Lords Erskine, Ellenborough, | ||||||
Eldon, and Redesdale came to the conclusion that Nicholas Vaux, the petitioner [in the 1660s], | ||||||
had not made out his claim to the Earldom of Banbury, and the House of Lords, on the 11th of | ||||||
March, 1813, endorsed their decision.' | ||||||
The special remainder to the Barony of Barham | ||||||
From the "London Gazette" of 23 April 1805 (issue 15800, page 553):- | ||||||
"The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain | ||||||
and Ireland to Sir Charles Middleton, Baronet, Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's | ||||||
Fleet, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron | ||||||
Barham, of Barham-Court and Teston, in the County of Kent; and in Default of Issue Male, the | ||||||
Dignity of a Baroness to Diana Noel, Wife of Gerard Noel Noel, of Exton-Park, in the County of | ||||||
Rutland, Esq; only Daughter.of the said Sir Charles Middleton, Bart, and the Dignity of a Baron to | ||||||
the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten." | ||||||
Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard and his claim to the peerage in 1892 | ||||||
When Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland, died in 1891, all of his titles died with him, | ||||||
with the exception of the barony of Barnard which had been created in 1698. The late Duke's | ||||||
will contained a clause which stated that Raby Castle, together with an income of around | ||||||
£30,000 a year, would be bequeathed "to any person living who shall within a period of five | ||||||
years from my death establish his title to the barony of Barnard." Failing this, Raby Castle and | ||||||
the annual income would pass to the late Duke's kinsman, Captain Francis Forester, who had | ||||||
already been left the great majority of the Duke's estate. No mention was made in the will of a | ||||||
Mr. Henry de Vere Vane, who was reported as being a clerk in the department of Charity | ||||||
Commissioners. | ||||||
Nevertheless, Henry de Vere Vane claimed to be the nearest male heir of the body of Morgan | ||||||
Vane, second son of the second Baron Barnard, and that as such he was, following the death of | ||||||
the Duke of Cleveland, the nearest male heir of Christopher, 1st Baron Barnard, and, as a result, | ||||||
entitled to the barony of Barnard, together with the bequest contained in the 4th Duke's will. | ||||||
Not surprisingly, his claim was contested by Captain Forester. | ||||||
The claim to the barony of Barnard was heard by the House of Lords Committee for Privileges | ||||||
in May 1892. The following outline of the arguments for and against the claim are taken from | ||||||
the Darlington 'Northern Echo' of 25 May 1892:- | ||||||
'In opening the case, Sir Horace Davey [for Henry de Vere Vane] said it was easy, in the | ||||||
circumstances, to see that Captain Forester had a large indirect interest in opposing the claim | ||||||
of Mr. Vane as, if the claim was not sustained, the Raby estates, which were of considerable | ||||||
value, would go to him and his issue. Counsel then traced the history of the Vane family. The | ||||||
second son of Morgan Vane was articled in August, 1805, to a solicitor at Brigg in Lincolnshire, | ||||||
and it was here that the case for Captain Forester sought to break down that of the claimant. | ||||||
The solicitor, In whose house John Henry Vane lived, had two unmarried daughters, one of | ||||||
whom was named Elizabeth or Eliza, and was a year or two older than John Henry. | ||||||
Circumstances arose which rendered it necessary for Mr. Nicholson [the solicitor] to insist on a | ||||||
marriage between John Henry and his daughter Elizabeth, and they were married by license on | ||||||
the 15th June, 1808, from the house of Elizabeth's married sister, Susannah. From that time the | ||||||
two lived together at Mr. Nicholson's house, and on the 29th November, 1808, Henry Morgan | ||||||
Vane, their eldest son [and the father of the current claimant], was born. Evidence would be | ||||||
given to show Henry Morgan Vane always kept the 29th November as his birthday, and that his | ||||||
uncle, the Rev. Robert Morgan Vane, kept a book of matters relating to the family, in which it | ||||||
was stated that Henry Morgan Vane was born on the 29th November, 1808…….It was quite clear | ||||||
from the evidence that he was always brought up and recognised by every branch of the family | ||||||
as the elder legitimate son of John Henry Vane; and there had never been any doubt in the | ||||||
family that he was in fact born in November, 1808……..Another matter adverted to in Captain | ||||||
Forester's statement was that as there was no evidence of consent to the marriage on the part | ||||||
of the parent or guardian the marriage was null and void in virtue of the Act of George II passed | ||||||
in 1754; but there was no evidence to the contrary, and that it was the understood practice of | ||||||
the courts of this country to make very presumption in favour of a marriage and the legitimacy | ||||||
of the offspring; and it would be by no means a violent presumption to ask their lordships | ||||||
that as the parties lived together as man and wife and enjoyed the reputation amongst their | ||||||
family and strangers as man and wife that the marriage was valid. | ||||||
'[On the other hand] Captain Forester objects to the proposition……that John Henry Vane | ||||||
married on the 15th June,1808, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Nicholson, of Brigg, as his first | ||||||
and only wife, and that Sir Henry Morgan Vane, born 29th November, 1808, was their eldest | ||||||
son. Capt. Forester submits that there is not sufficient evidence to show that the said marriage | ||||||
was a good and valid marriage, or that the issue of the parties to the said alleged marriage was | ||||||
legitimate. The said marriage is alleged to have been solemnised by license at the time when the | ||||||
said John Henry Vane was still a minor, and after the death of his father [both true]. There is no | ||||||
evidence, he says, that either Catherine Dore or John Dore, who are alleged to have consented | ||||||
thereto, was the guardian lawfully appointed of the said John Henry Vane……By reason of the | ||||||
Act 26 George II, c.33, s.11, the said alleged marriage, if solemnised without the consents | ||||||
thereby required, was at the date thereof absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes | ||||||
whatsoever……..' | ||||||
In its judgment the Committee for Privileges stated that it felt that there was no real question | ||||||
as to the claim, and expressed its surprise that the matter had been carried so far. The | ||||||
Committee stated that is was clear that the marriage had taken place in June, and that Henry | ||||||
Morgan Vane had been born in November. As a result, Henry de Vere Vane had made out his | ||||||
claim to the barony of Barnard. | ||||||
Matthew Barnewall, 6th Viscount Barnewall | ||||||
The following appeared in "The Vicissitudes of Families" (volume 2) by Sir Bernard Burke, | ||||||
published by Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, London 1869. The article always names the | ||||||
peerage as "Viscount Kingsland," but the correct style is "Viscount Barnewall of Kingsland." | ||||||
'The Barnewalls possessed in early times vast estates in the counties of Meath and Dublin, and | ||||||
were among the greatest of the Anglo-Norman settlers. Their present [i.e.1862] chief, Sir | ||||||
Reginald Barnewall, 8th [10th?] baronet, of Crickstown Castle, is the head of the senior line of | ||||||
this ancient house. The junior branches of Trimleston and Turvey were both ennobled - the | ||||||
former in 1461, when Sir Robert Barnewall (second son of Sir Christopher Barnewall, of | ||||||
Crickstown, Chief Justice of Ireland) was created Baron Trimleston; and the latter in 1646, | ||||||
when Nicholas Barnewall of Turvey was made Viscount Kingsland. His lordship's wife was the | ||||||
daughter and co-heiress of Henry, Earl of Kildare, and widow of Rory O'Donnell, Earl of | ||||||
Tyrconnel; and the descendants of this marriage continued to be a family of high connection | ||||||
and importance among the peers of Ireland until the severance of land from title left the last | ||||||
heir dependant on the bounty of the Crown for his subsistence. The letter which I annex, from | ||||||
the late Mr. R. Hitchcock, Master of the Exchequer in Ireland, tells graphically the Kingsland | ||||||
story:- | ||||||
Dublin, 20 Sept. 1862 | ||||||
"My dear Sir Bernard, | ||||||
"When the late Lord Kingsland established his claim to the peerage I was a mere boy; | ||||||
but as my father was the solicitor, to whose enterprise, talent and pecuniary support he was | ||||||
indebted for his success, he was very much at our house during the progress of the proceedings | ||||||
and his extraordinary story became as familiar to the family as "household words." I am | ||||||
therefore enabled from recollection, although half a century has elapsed since the time of | ||||||
which I speak, to give you an outline of his antecedents. | ||||||
"He was born in some obscure part of Dublin, and 'educated' in the vicinity of Castle Market, | ||||||
where it was said he made his 'first appearance in public' in the 'onerous' part of a basket boy, | ||||||
his success in which character led to his promotion in the course of time to the more elevated | ||||||
position of under-waiter at a tavern in Dawson Street. It subsequently appeared, that although | ||||||
in so lowly a sphere, he entertained a dreamy notion, derived from family tradition, that, as he | ||||||
bore the name of the Kingsland family, he might, by some turn of the wheel of fortune, become | ||||||
entitled to its honour and estates. | ||||||
"The Lord Kingsland of that time was a lunatic, residing in an asylum in France, and was under | ||||||
the guardianship of his relative, Lord Trimleston. A false rumour of that Lord's death reached | ||||||
Matthew Barnewall while he was officiating at the tavern in Dawson Street, and acting upon the | ||||||
traditionary notion of heirship, under the advice of his then companions and friends, Matthew | ||||||
mustered a strong force of the employees of the taverns and the market, which had been the | ||||||
school of his early training, and with that formidable army, proceeded forthwith to Turvey, the | ||||||
family mansion, of which he took instant possession. There he cut down timber, lighted bonfires, | ||||||
and for some short time indulged in the exercise of rude hospitality to the companions who had | ||||||
escorted him, and the rabble which he collected in the neighbourhood. | ||||||
'His rejoicings were, however, but short-lived. Lord Trimleston, the guardian of the lunatic Peer, | ||||||
applied to the Court of Chancery, and poor Matthew was committed to Newgate under an | ||||||
attachment for contempt. While in the prison he was advised to apply to my father for his legal | ||||||
advice and assistance, through which he was after some time set at liberty. At that period he | ||||||
was quite unable to trace his pedigree, and being utterly illiterate - unable even to write his | ||||||
name - he could give but little assistance to is legal adviser in testing the justice of the claim | ||||||
which he still insisted upon to the right of succession to the Kingsland peerage. | ||||||
'My father, however, being a man of sanguine temperament as well as superior talents, saw that | ||||||
there was something in what the poor fellow said, and took up the case with such ardour that he | ||||||
soon discovered a clue, which led him step by step through the difficulties which lay in the way | ||||||
of tracing a pedigree amidst so much ignorance, until at length there was but one missing link in | ||||||
the chain; and this was, after much research, supplied by the evidence of one Lucinda Ambridge, | ||||||
a woman upwards of one hundred years old. | ||||||
"In the meantime the lunatic Peer actually died; and when Matthew's pedigree was completed, | ||||||
and the proofs forthcoming, the claim was brought before the House of Lords, and after due | ||||||
investigation by the Committee for Privileges, admitted. | ||||||
"During the process of tracing the pedigree, and pending the decision of the House of Lords, the | ||||||
expectant Peer was clothed and supported by my father, and was frequently at our house. He | ||||||
was at first very modest, and could scarcely be enticed beyond the mat at the hall door, and | ||||||
when brought into a room he sat, as such men do, on the least possible edge of a chair. By | ||||||
degrees, however, he grew in confidence, and being a good-humoured man, his conversation | ||||||
was very amusing. | ||||||
"It would not be easy to do justice in description to his exultation and pride on being acknow- | ||||||
ledged by the House of Lords. But his elevation was accompanied by a sad drawback. The | ||||||
property which should have gone with the title, consisting, I believe, chiefly of church advowsons | ||||||
[the right to recommend a member of the Anglican clergy for a vacant benefice], had lapsed to | ||||||
the Crown, owing to some want of conformity to the established church on the part of some of | ||||||
the ancestors, and could not be recovered. A pension of five hundred pounds a year was granted | ||||||
to the new Lord Viscount Kingsland and Baron of Turvey, but alas! my father was never paid any- | ||||||
thing for his outlay and professional labour. All he ever got was the éclat, and the satisfaction of | ||||||
having achieved so great a triumph. | ||||||
"Lord Kingsland was married in early life to a woman in his then class, who died before his elevation | ||||||
to the Peerage, leaving only one child, a son, who lived to be the Hon. Mr. Barnewall, and heir- | ||||||
apparent to the Peerage, but died within a few years after his father had established his claim. | ||||||
After some time, Lord Kingsland married a Miss Bradshaw, an English lady, but died without issue, | ||||||
and consequently the title is extinct, although it is said, and probably with truth that an heir | ||||||
could be found amongst the poorest classes in Dublin." | ||||||
George William Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington | ||||||
The Viscountcy of Barrington is an Irish peerage and the holder thereof was not therefore | ||||||
guaranteed a place in the House of Lords, since only those peers elected as representative | ||||||
peers could take their seats. However, in 1880, the 7th Viscount was created Baron Shute | ||||||
in the peerage of the United Kingdom, thus allowing him to sit in the House of Lords. | ||||||
In the Wellington, New Zealand 'Evening Post' of 24 June 1899, an article states that "Mr. Lucy | ||||||
reminds readers of the May Strand that when the late Lord Barrington was made a peer of the | ||||||
United Kingdom people asked why. Members of the House of Commons, ransacking their | ||||||
memories for suggestions of reason, recalled how one night, whilst Dizzy [Benjamin Disraeli, later | ||||||
Earl of Beaconsfield and Prime Minister at the time] was still with us in the Commons, he, | ||||||
awakening from profound reverie, could not find his eye-glass. He wanted to stick it in his | ||||||
right eye and take his accustomed survey of the House. With a haste and perturbation foreign | ||||||
to his impassive manner, he rooted about in the recesses of his waistcoat, tugged at his shirt | ||||||
collar, peered on the ground at his feet, had given it up for a bad job, when Lord Barrington, | ||||||
who was sitting near him, quietly put his hand between the Premier's shoulders and brought | ||||||
round the errant glass. Dizzy, though not demonstrative, adds Mr. Lucy, never forgot a friend | ||||||
or a favour. So it came about five years later, when the reins of power were slipping out of | ||||||
his fingers, he held them for a moment longer to give Lord Barrington a seat in the House of | ||||||
Lords and a place on the roll of the English peerage. At least, that was what was said at the | ||||||
time in the private conversation of Lord Barrington's friends." | ||||||
Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry | ||||||
On 9 August 1738, Barry had been drinking for some time at a public house in Palmerstown (now | ||||||
a suburb of Dublin) when he became involved in a argument with a man named Humphreys. | ||||||
Barry twice tried to draw his sword, but, failing to do so, he rushed out of the room into a | ||||||
passage where he met with one of his servants, a footman named Laughlin Murphy. Barry | ||||||
swore that he would kill the first man who spoke - Murphy ignored this warning and, upon | ||||||
speaking, was run through by Barry's sword. He lingered for more than six weeks, before he | ||||||
finally died of his wound on 25 September 1738. | ||||||
Barry was charged with Murphy's murder and was tried by his peers on 27 April 1739. According | ||||||
to the "London Evening Post" of 5 May 1739:- | ||||||
'…..on Friday the 27th of April came on the Tryal of the Right. Hon. Henry Barry, Lord Baron of | ||||||
Santry, for the Murder of Laughlin Murphy in August last at Palmerstown Fair. About six in the | ||||||
morning a Regiment of Foot was drawn up before the Parliament House, and about seven the | ||||||
Battle-Axes attended, and lin'd the Avenues to the House. Between seven and eight the Lord | ||||||
Santry, accompanied by Sir Compton Domvile, and the two Sheriffs, went to the Parliament | ||||||
House (the Ax being carried by Mr. Smith, Keeper of Newgate). At ten, the Right Hon. the | ||||||
Lord Chancellor, Lord High Steward, attended by the Judges, went in State from his House at | ||||||
St. Stephen's Green to the Parliament House; when his Grace alighted, he was preceded to the | ||||||
House of Lords by six Gentlemen Ushers, the King at Arms, and the Gentleman Usher of the | ||||||
Black Rod, and received the Compliments of the Lords; from thence he went in Procession to | ||||||
the House of Commons, the Place appointed for the Tryal, which began about Eleven o'Clock, | ||||||
and continued until about six in the Evening, when the Lords, 23 in Number, unanimously | ||||||
brought in their Verdict Guilty; after which Sentence was given that his Lordship should be | ||||||
executed on the 23rd of June next. After Sentence was pronounced his Lordship was ordered | ||||||
into close Confinement, and accordingly was guarded by a Company of Soldiers to Newgate. | ||||||
'………the Right Hon. the Earl of Meath, the Right Hon. The Earl of Howth, the Right Hon. the | ||||||
Lady Dowager Santry, the Right Hon. the Lord Castle Durough, Sir Compton Domvile, Bart. and | ||||||
several other Persons of Distinction, has embark'd for England to Petition in behalf of Lord | ||||||
Santry. | ||||||
'Several of the Lords who sate on the Trial of the Right Hon. the Lord Santry, have sign'd a | ||||||
Memorial, and presented the same to their Excellencies the Lords Justices at the Castle, in | ||||||
Behalf of the said Lord, desiring it may be transmitted to his Majesty, in order to obtain a | ||||||
Pardon for his Lordship.' | ||||||
Barry was pardoned some months later. Some sources state that the pardon was due to the | ||||||
intercession of Barry's fellow noblemen, in particular the Duke of Devonshire, then Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant of Ireland. Another story, of far greater appeal to my tastes, is that Barry's pardon | ||||||
was achieved through blackmail. The Sir Compton Domvile mentioned in the newspaper report | ||||||
above was Barry's uncle. The channel which carried Dublin's water supplies happened to run | ||||||
through Sir Compton's estate, and he threatened to cut off the city's water supply if the | ||||||
sentence against his nephew was carried out. | ||||||
Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore | ||||||
The 7th Earl of Barrymore came from a noble and illustrious Irish family. All his brothers and | ||||||
sisters were equally wild and notorious. As he was called 'Hellgate,' wits nicknamed his sister | ||||||
Caroline 'Billingsgate', on account of her choice swearing. | ||||||
When the 7th Earl was only 4 years old, his father died. He inherited the title, together with | ||||||
140,000 acres. His mother died when he was 11. After that he knew no authority but his | ||||||
indulgent grandmother, Lady Harrington. She died when he was 14, and the young Earl was | ||||||
henceforth on his own. | ||||||
He arrived at Eton College as a student in 1783, aged 14, but due to his habit of sneaking off | ||||||
to Newmarket races where he placed 1000-guinea bets, he was kicked out of Eton at the age | ||||||
of 17. While at Eton, he had spent little time in lessons. Instead, he was too busy switching the | ||||||
signs of various inns around the district and breaking windows with a horse whip. Another | ||||||
favourite pastime was to bribe coachmen to let him take the reins. Terrified passengers were | ||||||
then treated to a dangerous ride at breakneck speed through ditches and across paddocks. | ||||||
Barrymore duly acquired a team of racehorses and elaborate stables at Newmarket. Often | ||||||
riding his own horses, in one week he collected £30,000 when he won four different match- | ||||||
races on his horse Highlander against Sir John Lade, the Marquess of Queensberry, the Duke of | ||||||
Bedford and Charles James Fox. He lost most of his winnings in a circus set up in competition | ||||||
to the famous Astley's Circus. He then poured out more money on the erection of a town | ||||||
house in Piccadilly. He also acquired a mansion at the village of Wargrave on the Thames. | ||||||
At Wargrave he built an elaborate private theatre to stage his own amateur shows. The | ||||||
building, which was known as the best-equipped small playhouse in England, cost £60,000. | ||||||
Barrymore himself was an accomplished actor and his shows rivalled the best in London. | ||||||
Admission was free and he paid professional actors stiff fees to take supporting roles. After | ||||||
the completion of each performance, exotic food and drink were served to all attendees. The | ||||||
Wargrave theatre was so successful that he soon bought another in London where, every week, | ||||||
an average of three shows played to packed houses, at a cost to Barrymore of about £75,000 | ||||||
a year. | ||||||
Barrymore had a mania for betting. He collected £5,000 from the Duke of Bedford when he | ||||||
fulfilled a dare of walking up and down the main street of Wargrave in his shirt and nothing else. | ||||||
The Duke of York lost a similar sum to him in a contest as to who could wade furthest out to | ||||||
sea at Brighton. For £20,000 in bets with a crowd of noble spectators, Barrymore in 1790 raced | ||||||
on foot a certain Captain Parkhurst on a horse. The course was 30 yards straight, then around | ||||||
a tree, then 30 yards back. Barrymore won easily. A shrewd member of his circle was a fat | ||||||
butcher named Bullock who offered to race Barrymore over 100 yards for £25,000 - provided | ||||||
he was given a start and allowed to choose the course. Barrymore agreed and lost the | ||||||
bet, since Bullock chose as the course Black Lion Lane in Brighton, one of the narrowest streets | ||||||
in Britain - in places no more than 40 inches wide. Although Barrymore easily caught him, he was | ||||||
unable to get past the rotund butcher. | ||||||
For some views of Black Lion Lane see | ||||||
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8436_path__.aspx | ||||||
Barrymore was introduced by the Duke of Bedford to the Prince of Wales. Both were spoiled and | ||||||
extravagant roues, devoted only to their own pleasures. Naturally, they soon became the best | ||||||
of friends, while trying to outdo each other in practical jokes. Barrymore was more inventive in | ||||||
this quest, but his ideas often backfired and landed him in trouble. One of his schemes was to | ||||||
put a footman into a coffin with orders to play dead. The coffin was placed on the doorstep of | ||||||
a random house and Barrymore would ring the bell. A maidservant answered the door and, on | ||||||
hearing her screaming, the master of the house came running with a gun and fired at the coffin, | ||||||
wounding the footman in the head. Although he recovered, it cost Barrymore £10,000 to smooth | ||||||
the matter over. | ||||||
Barrymore's influence over the Prince of Wales was continually attacked by newspapers and in | ||||||
the House of Commons. It was not that, however, which finally caused a rift between them, but | ||||||
another Barrymore prank. Disguised as a woman, he talked his way into the bedroom of the | ||||||
Prince's mistress, Mrs Fitzherbert, but the Prince didn't see the joke and Barrymore returned | ||||||
home in disgrace. | ||||||
After gaining complete control of his inheritance when he reached 21, Barrymore decided that | ||||||
he needed a wife. He chose Charlotte Goulding, daughter of a sedan chair operator. | ||||||
Notwithstanding that Charlotte and her parents were more than happy for her to become | ||||||
Countess of Barrymore, he insisted on playing a game that she was the most sought after | ||||||
heiress in England. The couple had to go through the motions of eloping, then they dashed by | ||||||
a relay of coaches to Gretna Green, where the wedding ceremony was performed. | ||||||
By this time, Barrymore's spending was outstripping his income, so by judicious bribery, he | ||||||
entered Parliament as member of Heytesbury. Once in Parliament he could not be arrested for | ||||||
debt. His finances had become so bad that he had to sell his London house, his horses and | ||||||
even his beloved theatres. Eventually he hit upon the novel idea of working to make some | ||||||
money. After a spell as a chef in an inn, he joined the army. | ||||||
In March 1793, he was on duty with his regiment at Rye. He was ordered to take a | ||||||
detachment of men and escort a batch of French prisoners-of-war to Dover. The troops | ||||||
marched, while Barrymore brought up the rear in his open carriage. On the seat beside him | ||||||
was a loaded rifle, with which he hoped to shoot some wild-fowl on the way. A sudden jolt of | ||||||
the vehicle knocked the rifle onto the floor, where it went off, shooting Barrymore through the | ||||||
eye. He died 40 minutes later at a nearby inn, aged only 23. | ||||||
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