PEERAGES
Last updated 20/05/2018 (18 Jan 2024)
Date	Rank	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
CASTLEROSSE
12 Feb 1798 3 Jan 1801	B[I] V[I]	1 1	Valentine Browne Created Baron Castlerosse and Viscount Kenmare 12 Feb 1798, and Viscount Castlerosse and Earl of Kenmare 3 Jan 1801 See "Kenmare"	Jan 1754	3 Oct 1812	58
CASTLE STEWART
7 Nov 1619	B[I]	1	Andrew Stewart Created Baron Castle Stewart 7 Nov 1619	1560	Jan 1629	68
Jan 1629		2	Sir Andrew Stewart, 1st baronet		30 Mar 1639
30 Mar 1639		3	Andrew Stewart		Aug 1650
Aug 1650		4	Josias Stewart		2 Dec 1662
2 Dec 1662		5	John Stewart On his death the title remained dormant for 89 years, but the succession was -		1685
1685		[6]	Robert Stewart		Mar 1686
Mar 1686		[7]	Andrew Stewart	1672	1715	43
1715		[8]	Robert Stewart	3 Mar 1700	2 Mar 1742	41
2 Mar 1742 20 Dec 1793 29 Dec 1800	V[I] E[I]	[9] 1 1	Andrew Thomas Stewart‑Moore Created Viscount Castle Stewart 20 Dec 1793 and Earl Castle Stewart 29 Dec 1800 He proved his right to the Barony in 1774	29 Aug 1725	26 Aug 1809	83
26 Aug 1809		2	Robert Stewart	19 Aug 1784	10 Jun 1854	69
10 Jun 1854		3	Edward Stewart	11 Sep 1807	20 Feb 1857	49
20 Feb 1857		4	Charles Andrew Knox Stewart	23 Apr 1810	12 Sep 1874	64
12 Sep 1874		5	Henry James Stuart‑Richardson	21 Mar 1837	5 Jun 1914	77
5 Jun 1914		6	Andrew John Stuart	21 Dec 1841	7 Nov 1921	79
7 Nov 1921		7	Arthur Stuart MP for Harborough 1929‑1933 For further information on the death of this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	6 Aug 1889	5 Nov 1961	72
5 Nov 1961		8	Arthur Patrick Avondale Stuart	18 Aug 1928	21 Nov 2023	95
21 Nov 2023		9	Andrew Richard Charles Stuart	7 Oct 1953
CASTLETON
11 Jul 1627	V[I]	1	Sir Nicholas Saunderson, 1st baronet Created Baron Saunderson and Viscount Castleton 11 Jul 1627 MP for Gainsborough and Lincoln	c 1561	17 May 1630
17 May 1630		2	Nicholas Saunderson		13 Nov 1640
13 Nov 1640		3	Nicholas Saunderson	1625	1641	16
1641		4	Peregrine Saunderson	1628	1650	22
1650		5	George Saunderson MP for Lincolnshire 1660‑1698	12 Oct 1631	27 May 1714	82
27 May 1714 2 Jul 1716 18 Jun 1720 to     23 May 1723	V E	6 1 1	James Saunderson Created Baron Saunderson 19 Oct 1714, Viscount Castleton 2 Jul 1716 and Earl Castleton 18 Jun 1720 MP for Newark 1698‑1701 and 1701‑1710 Peerages extinct on his death	c 1667	23 May 1723
CASTLETOWN
10 Dec 1869	B	1	John Wilson Fitzpatrick Created Baron Castletown 10 Dec 1869 MP for Queen's County 1837‑1841, 1847‑1852 and 1865‑1869; Lord Lieutenant Queen's County 1855‑1883; PC [I] 1848	23 Sep 1811	22 Jan 1883	71
22 Jan 1883 to     29 May 1937		2	Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick MP for Portarlington 1880‑1883; KP 1907; PC [I] 1908 Peerage extinct on his death For information on an incident in this peer's life, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Jul 1849	29 May 1937	87
CATHCART
c 1460	B[S]	1	Sir Alan Cathcart Created Lord Cathcart c 1460		by 1499
by 1499		2	John Cathcart		Dec 1535
Dec 1535		3	Alan Cathcart		10 Sep 1547
10 Sep 1547		4	Alan Cathcart	c 1537	Dec 1618
Dec 1618		5	Alan Cathcart	c 1600	18 Aug 1628
18 Aug 1628		6	Alan Cathcart	1628	13 Jun 1709	80
13 Jun 1709		7	Alan Cathcart	1648	19 Oct 1732	84
19 Oct 1732		8	Charles Cathcart	1686	20 Dec 1740	54
20 Dec 1740		9	Charles Schaw Cathcart KT 1763; PC 1768	21 Mar 1721	14 Aug 1776	55
14 Aug 1776 9 Nov 1807 16 Jul 1814	V E	10 1 1	William Schaw Cathcart Created Baron Greenock and Viscount Cathcart 9 Nov 1807 and Earl Cathcart 16 Jul 1814 Lord Lieutenant Clackmannan 1794‑1798 and 1801‑1803; PC 1798; PC [I] 1803; KT 1805	31 Aug 1755	16 Jun 1843	87
16 Jun 1843		2	Charles Murray Cathcart Governor General of Canada 1846	21 Dec 1783	16 Jul 1859	75
16 Jul 1859		3	Alan Frederick Cathcart	15 Nov 1828	30 Oct 1905	76
30 Oct 1905		4	Alan Cathcart	16 Mar 1856	2 Sep 1911	55
2 Sep 1911		5	George Cathcart	26 Jun 1862	19 Nov 1927	65
19 Nov 1927		6	Alan Cathcart	22 Aug 1919	15 Jun 1999	79
15 Jun 1999		7	Charles Alan Andrew Cathcart [Elected hereditary peer 2007-]	30 Nov 1952
CATHERLOUGH
7 Jan 1715	M[I]	1	Thomas Wharton, 1st Earl of Wharton Created Baron of Trim, Earl of Rathfarnham and Marquess of Catherlough 7 Jan 1715, and Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Malmesbury 15 Feb 1715 See "Wharton" - extinct 1731	23 Oct 1648	12 Apr 1715	66
4 Oct 1733 to     26 Aug 1762	B[I]	1	John Fane Created Baron Catherlough 4 Oct 1733 He succeeded as 7th Earl of Westmorland in 1736. Barony extinct on his death	24 Mar 1686	26 Aug 1762	76
16 May 1763 to     30 Mar 1772	E[I]	1	Robert Knight Created Baron Luxborough 8 Aug 1745, Viscount Barrells and Earl of Catherlough 16 May 1763 MP for Great Grimsby 1734‑1747 and 1762‑1768, Castle Rising 1747‑1754 and Milborne Port 1770‑1772 Peerages extinct on his death	17 Dec 1702	30 Mar 1772	69
CATTO
24 Feb 1936	B	1	Sir Thomas Siveright Catto, 1st baronet Created Baron Catto 24 Feb 1936 Governor of the Bank of England 1944‑1949; PC 1947	15 Mar 1879	23 Aug 1959	80
23 Aug 1959		2	Stephen Gordon Catto	14 Jan 1923	3 Sep 2001	78
3 Sep 2001		3	Innes Gordon Catto	7 Aug 1950
CAUTLEY
14 Jul 1936 to     21 Sep 1946	B	1	Sir Henry Struther Cautley, 1st baronet Created Baron Cautley 14 Jul 1936 MP for Leeds East 1900‑1906 and East Grinstead 1910‑1936 Peerage extinct on his death	9 Dec 1863	21 Sep 1946	82
CAVAN
17 Feb 1618	B[I]	1	Oliver Lambart Created Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan 17 Feb 1618		23 May 1618
23 May 1618	E[I]	2 1	Charles Lambart Created Viscount Kilcoursie and Earl of Cavan 1 Apr 1647 MP for Bossinney 1625 and 1627	Mar 1600	25 Jun 1660	60
25 Jun 1660		2	Richard Lambart		c 1690
c 1690		3	Charles Lambart	7 Sep 1649	5 Dec 1702	53
5 Dec 1702		4	Richard Lambart PC [I] 1729		10 Mar 1742
10 Mar 1742		5	Ford Lambart	1718	29 Sep 1772	54
29 Sep 1772		6	Richard Lambart		2 Nov 1778
2 Nov 1778		7	Richard Ford William lambart	10 Sep 1763	21 Nov 1837	74
21 Nov 1837		8	Frederick John William Lambart	30 Dec 1815	15 Dec 1887	71
15 Dec 1887		9	Frederick Edward Gould Lambart MP for Somerset South 1885‑1892; PC 1886; KP 1894	21 Oct 1839	14 Jul 1900	60
14 Jul 1900		10	Frederick Rudolph Lambart Field Marshal 1932; KP 1916	16 Oct 1865	28 Aug 1946	80
28 Aug 1946		11	Horace Edward Samuel Lambart	25 Aug 1878	9 Dec 1950	72
9 Dec 1950		12	Michael Edward Oliver Lambart	29 Oct 1911	17 Nov 1988	77
17 Nov 1988		13	Roger Cavan Lambart	1 Sep 1944
CAVE
14 Nov 1918 to     29 Mar 1928	V	1	Sir George Cave Created Viscount Cave 14 Nov 1918 MP for Kingston upon Thames 1906‑1918; Solicitor General 1915; Home Secretary 1916‑1919; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1919‑1922; Lord Chancellor 1922‑1924 and 1924‑1928; PC 1915 Peerage extinct on his death. He was about to be advanced to an Earldom when he died and as a result his widow was created Countess Cave of Richmond (see below)	23 Feb 1856	29 Mar 1928	72
CAVE OF RICHMOND
8 May 1928 to     7 Jan 1938	E	1	Anne Estella Sarah Penfold Cave Created Countess Cave of Richmond 8 May 1928 Peerage extinct on her death For information on this peeress, see the note at the foot of this page		7 Jan 1938
CAVENDISH OF BOLSOVER
7 Mar 1628	B	1	William Cavendish Created Viscount Mansfield 3 Nov 1620, Baron Cavendish and Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne 7 Mar 1628, Marquess of Newcastle on Tyne 27 Oct 1643 and Duke of Newcastle 16 Mar 1665 See "Newcastle upon Tyne"	16 Dec 1593	25 Dec 1676	83
CAVENDISH OF FURNESS
17 May 1990	B[L]		Richard Hugh Cavendish Created Baron Cavendish of Furness for life 17 May 1990	2 Nov 1941
CAVENDISH OF HARDWICK
4 May 1605	B	1	William Cavendish Created Baron Cavendish of Hardwick 4 May 1605 He was subsequently created Earl of Devonshire in 1618	27 Dec 1552	3 Mar 1626	73
13 Jun 1751			William Cavendish He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Cavendish of Hardwick 13 Jun 1751 He succeeded as Duke of Devonshire in 1755	1720	2 Oct 1764	44
CAVENDISH OF KEIGHLEY
10 Sep 1831	E	1	George Augustus Henry Cavendish Created Baron Cavendish of Keighley and Earl of Burlington 10 Sep 1831 See "Burlington"	21 Mar 1754	4 May 1834	80
CAVENDISH OF LITTLE VENICE
6 Sep 2016	B[L]		Camilla Hilary Cavendish Created Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice for life 6 Sep 2016	20 Aug 1968
CAVERSHAM
8 May 1718 to     17 Jul 1726	V	1	William Cadogan Created Baron Cadogan of Oakley, Viscount Caversham and Earl Cadogan 8 May 1718 See "Cadogan" - peerage extinct 1726	1670	17 Jul 1726	56
CAWDOR
21 Jun 1796	B	1	John Campbell Created Baron Cawdor 21 Jun 1796 MP for Nairnshire 1777‑1780 and Cardigan District of Boroughs 1780‑1796	24 Apr 1755	1 Jun 1821	65
1 Jun 1821 6 Oct 1827	E	2 1	John Frederick Campbell Created Viscount Emlyn and Earl Cawdor 6 Oct 1827 MP for Carmarthen 1813‑1821; Lord Lieutenant Carmarthen 1852‑1860	8 Nov 1790	7 Nov 1860	69
7 Nov 1860		2	John Frederick Vaughan Campbell MP for Pembrokeshire 1841‑1860; Lord Lieutenant Carmarthen 1861‑1898	11 Jul 1817	29 Mar 1898	80
29 Mar 1898		3	Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell MP for Carmarthenshire 1874‑1885; Lord Lieutenant Pembroke 1896‑1911; First Lord of the Admiralty 1905; PC 1905	13 Feb 1847	8 Feb 1911	63
8 Feb 1911		4	Hugh Frederick Vaughan Campbell	21 Jun 1870	7 Jan 1914	43
7 Jan 1914		5	John Duncan Vaughan Campbell	17 May 1900	9 Jan 1970	69
9 Jan 1970		6	Hugh John Vaughan Campbell	6 Sep 1932	20 Jun 1993	60
20 Jun 1993		7	Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell	30 Jun 1962
CAWLEY
16 Jan 1918	B	1	Sir Frederick Cawley, 1st baronet Created Baron Cawley 16 Jan 1918 MP for Prestwich 1895‑1918; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916‑1918; PC 1916	9 Oct 1850	30 Mar 1937	86
30 Mar 1937		2	Robert Hugh Cawley	16 May 1877	24 Sep 1954	77
24 Sep 1954		3	Frederick Lee Cawley	27 Jul 1913	13 Apr 2001	87
13 Apr 2001		4	John Francis Cawley	28 Sep 1946
CAYZER
8 Feb 1982 to     16 Apr 1999	B[L]		Sir William Nicholas Cayzer, 2nd baronet Created Baron Cayzer for life 8 Feb 1982 Peerage extinct on his death	21 Jan 1910	16 Apr 1999	89
CECIL OF CHELWOOD
24 Dec 1923 to     24 Nov 1958	V	1	Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil Created Viscount Cecil of Chelwood 24 Dec 1923 MP for Marylebone East 1906‑1910 and Hitchin 1911‑1923' Minister for Blockade 1916‑1918' Lord Privy Seal 1923‑1924; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1924‑1927; Nobel Peace Prize 1937; PC 1915; CH 1956 Peerage extinct on his death	14 Sep 1864	24 Nov 1958	94
CECIL OF ESSENDON
13 Aug 1603	B	1	Sir Robert Cecil Created Baron Cecil of Essendon 13 Aug 1603, Viscount Cranborne 20 Aug 1604 and Earl of Salisbury 4 May 1605 See "Salisbury"	1 Jun 1563	24 May 1612	48
Jan 1941			Robert Arthur James Gascoyne‑Cecil He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Cecil of Essendon in Jan 1941 He succeeded as Marquess of Salisbury in 1947	27 Aug 1893	23 Feb 1972	78
1992			Robert Michael James Cecil He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Cecil of Essendon and Viscount Cranborne in 1992 He succeeded as Marquess of Salisbury in 2003	30 Sep 1946
CECIL OF PUTNEY
9 Nov 1625 to     16 Nov 1638	V	1	Sir Edward Cecil Created Baron Cecil of Putney and Viscount Wimbledon 9 Nov 1625 Peerages extinct on his death	29 Feb 1572	16 Nov 1638	66
CHADLINGTON
16 Oct 1996	B[L]		Peter Selwyn Gummer Created Baron Chadlington for life 16 Oct 1996	24 Aug 1942
CHAKRABARTI
6 Sep 2016	B[L]		Shami Chakrabarti Created Baroness Chakrabarti for life 6 Sep 2016 PC 2018	16 Jun 1969
CHALFONT
11 Nov 1964 to     10 Jan 2020	B[L]		Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones Created Baron Chalfont for life 11 Nov 1964 Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1964‑1970; PC 1964 Peerage extinct on his death	5 Dec 1919	10 Jan 2020	100
CHALKER OF WALLASEY
24 Apr 1992	B[L]		Lynda Chalker Created Baroness Chalker of Wallasey for life 24 Apr 1992 MP for Wallasey 1974‑1992; Minister of State, Transport 1983‑1986; Minister of State, Overseas Development 1986‑1989; Minister of Overseas Development 1989‑1997; PC 1987	29 Apr 1942
CHALMERS
24 Apr 1919 to     17 Nov 1938	B	1	Sir Robert Chalmers Created Baron Chalmers 24 Apr 1919 Governor of Ceylon 1913‑1916; PC [I] 1916 Peerage extinct on his death	18 Aug 1858	17 Nov 1938	80
CHAMPION
11 May 1962 to     2 Mar 1985	B[L]		Arthur Joseph Champion Created Baron Champion for life 11 May 1962 MP for Derbyshire South 1945‑1950 and Derbyshire South East 1950‑1959; PC 1967 Peerage extinct on his death	26 Jul 1897	2 Mar 1985	87
CHAN
2 Jun 2001 to     21 Jan 2006	B[L]		Michael Chew Koon Chan Created Baron Chan for life 2 Jun 2001 Peerage extinct on his death	6 Mar 1940	21 Jan 2006	65
CHANDOS
20 Dec 1337 to     1353	B	1	Roger de Chandos Summoned to Parliament as Lord Chandos 20 Dec 1337 Peerage extinct on his death		1353
8 Apr 1554	B	1	John Brydges Created Baron Chandos 8 Apr 1554 MP for Gloucestershire 1529‑1536	9 Mar 1492	12 Apr 1557	65
12 Apr 1557		2	Edmund Brydges MP for Gloucester 1553; Lord Lieutenant Gloucester 1559; KG 1572	by 1520	12 Mar 1573
12 Mar 1573		3	Giles Brydges MP for Cricklade 1571 and Gloucester 1572; Lord Lieutenant Gloucester 1586	1548	21 Feb 1594	45
21 Feb 1594		4	William Brydges MP for Cricklade 1572 and Gloucester 1585‑1587		18 Nov 1602
18 Nov 1602		5	Grey Brydges Lord Lieutenant Gloucester 1614	by 1583	10 Aug 1621
10 Aug 1621		6	George Brydges	9 Aug 1620	Feb 1655	34
Feb 1655		7	William Brydges		22 Aug 1676
22 Aug 1676		8	Sir James Brydges, 3rd baronet	Sep 1642	16 Oct 1714	72
16 Oct 1714 29 Apr 1719	D	9 1	James Brydges Created Viscount Wilton and Earl of Carnarvon 19 Oct 1714, and Marquess of Carnarvon and Duke of Chandos 29 Apr 1719 MP for Hereford 1698‑1714; Lord Lieutenant Hereford 1721‑1741 and Radnor 1721‑1744; PC 1721	6 Jan 1673	9 Aug 1744	71
9 Aug 1744		2	Henry Brydges MP for Hereford 1727‑1734, Steyning 1734‑1741 and Bishops Castle 1741‑1744 For further information on this peer's second wife, see the note at the foot of this page	1 Feb 1708	28 Nov 1771	63
28 Nov 1771 to     29 Sep 1789		3	James Brydges, 7th Lord Kinloss MP for Winchester 1754‑1761 and Radnorshire 1761‑1768; Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1763‑1764; PC 1775 Peerages extinct on his death	16 Dec 1731	29 Sep 1789	57
4 Feb 1822	M	1	Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham Created Earl Temple of Stowe, Marquess of Chandos and Duke of Buckingham & Chandos 4 Feb 1822 See "Buckingham & Chandos"	20 Mar 1776	17 Jan 1839	62
9 Sep 1954	V	1	Oliver Lyttelton Created Viscount Chandos 9 Sep 1954 MP for Aldershot 1940‑1954; President of the Board of Trade 1940‑1941; Minister of War Production 1941‑1945; Secretary of State for Colonies 1951‑1954; PC 1940; KG 1970	15 Mar 1893	21 Jan 1972	78
21 Jan 1972		2	Anthony Alfred Lyttelton	23 Oct 1920	28 Nov 1980	60
28 Nov 1980		3	Thomas Orlando Lyttelton Created Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot 19 Apr 2000	12 Feb 1953
CHANNING OF WELLINGBOROUGH
9 Jul 1912 to     20 Feb 1926	B	1	Sir Francis Allston Channing, 1st baronet Created Baron Channing of Wellingborough 9 Jul 1912 MP for Northamptonshire East 1885‑1910 Peerage extinct on his death	21 Mar 1841	20 Feb 1926	84
CHAPLIN
20 Jun 1916	V	1	Henry Chaplin Created Viscount Chaplin 20 Jun 1916 MP for Lincolnshire Mid 1868‑1885, Sleaford 1885‑1906 and Wimbledon 1907‑1916; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1885‑1886; President of the Board of Agriculture 1889‑1892; President of the Local Government Board 1895‑1900; PC 1885 For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the Marquessate of Hastings	22 Dec 1840	29 May 1923	82
29 May 1923		2	Eric Chaplin	27 Sep 1877	12 Sep 1949	71
12 Sep 1949 to     18 Dec 1981		3	Anthony Freskin Charles Hamby Chaplin Peerage extinct on his death	14 Dec 1906	18 Dec 1981	75
CHAPMAN
24 Jun 2004 to     3 Sep 2009	B[L]		Nicola Jane Chapman Created Baroness Chapman for life 24 Jun 2004 Peerage extinct on her death	3 Aug 1961	3 Sep 2009	48
CHAPMAN OF DARLINGTON
1 Feb 2021	B[L]		Jennifer Chapman Created Baroness Chapman of Darlington for life 1 Feb 2021 MP for Darlington 2010‑2019	25 Sep 1973
CHAPPLE
4 Feb 1985 to     19 Oct 2004	B[L]		Frank Joseph Chapple Created Baron Chapple for life 4 Feb 1985 Peerage extinct on his death	8 Aug 1921	19 Oct 2004	83
CHARLEMONT
22 Dec 1620	B[I]	1	Toby Caulfeild Created Lord Caulfeild, Baron of Charlemont 22 Dec 1620	2 Dec 1565	17 Aug 1627	61
17 Aug 1627		2	William Caulfeild	c 1587	4 Dec 1640
4 Dec 1640		3	Toby Caulfeild For further information on the death of this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	Sep 1621	1 Mar 1642	20
1 Mar 1642		4	Robert Caulfeild	1622	1642	20
1642 8 Oct 1665	V[I]	5 1	William Caulfeild Created Viscount Charlemont 8 Oct 1665 PC [I] 1660	1624	Apr 1671	46
Apr 1671		2	William Caulfeild PC [I] 1726		21 Jul 1726
21 Jul 1726		3	James Caulfeild MP [I] for Charlemont 1703‑1705 and 1713‑1726	29 Jul 1682	21 Apr 1734	51
21 Apr 1734 23 Dec 1763	E[I]	4 1	James Caulfeild Created Earl of Charlemont 23 Dec 1763 PC [I] 1783; KP 1783	18 Aug 1728	4 Aug 1799	70
4 Aug 1799   13 Feb 1837	B	5 2 1	Francis William Caulfeild Created Baron Charlemont [UK] 13 Feb 1837 For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this peerage, see the note at the foot of this page MP [I] for Armagh County 1798‑1799; Lord Lieutenant Tyrone 1839‑1863; PC [I] 1831; KP 1831	3 Jan 1775	26 Dec 1863	88
26 Dec 1863 to     12 Jan 1892		6 3 2	James Molyneux Caulfeild MP for Armagh 1847‑1857; Lord Lieutenant Armagh 1849‑1864 and Tyrone 1864‑1892; KP 1865 On his death the Earldom and UK Barony became extinct whilst the other peerages passed to -	10 Oct 1820	12 Jan 1892	71
12 Jan 1892		7	James Alfred Caulfeild	20 Mar 1830	4 Jul 1913	83
4 Jul 1913		8	James Edward Geale Caulfeild PC [NI] 1926	12 May 1880	30 Aug 1949	69
30 Aug 1949		9	Charles Edward St. George Caulfeild	12 Jul 1887	18 Jan 1964	76
18 Jan 1964		10	Robert Toby St. George Caulfeild	30 Sep 1881	26 Nov 1967	86
26 Nov 1967		11	Charles St. George Caulfeild	23 Nov 1884	18 Nov 1971	86
18 Nov 1971		12	Richard William St. George Caulfeild	13 Mar 1887	18 Jun 1979	92
18 Jun 1979		13	Charles Wilberforce Caulfeild	10 Mar 1899	14 Sep 1985	86
14 Sep 1985		14	John Day Caulfeild	19 Mar 1934	10 Nov 2001	67
10 Nov 2001		15	John Dodd Caulfeild	15 May 1966
CHARLEVILLE
23 Jun 1718 to     27 Feb 1754	B[I]	1	Sir John Brownlow Created Baron Charleville and Viscount Tyrconnel 23 Jun 1718 Peerages extinct on his death	16 Nov 1690	27 Feb 1754	63
16 Sep 1758 to     17 Feb 1764	E[I]	1	Charles Moore, 2nd Baron Moore of Tullamore Created Earl of Charleville 16 Sep 1758 PC [I] 1746 Peerages extinct on his death	24 Jan 1712	17 Feb 1764	52
29 Dec 1800 16 Feb 1806	V[I] E[I]	1 1	Charles William Bury Created Baron Tullamore 29 Dec 1797, Viscount Charleville 29 Dec 1800 and Earl of Charleville 16 Feb 1806 MP [I] for Kilmallock 1790 and 1792‑1798	30 Jun 1764	31 Oct 1835	71
31 Oct 1835		2	Charles William Bury MP for Carlow 1826‑1831 and Penryn & Falmouth 1832‑1835	29 Apr 1801	14 Jul 1851	50
14 Jul 1851		3	Charles William George Bury	8 Mar 1822	19 Jan 1859	36
19 Jan 1859		4	Charles William Francis Bury	16 May 1852	3 Nov 1874	22
3 Nov 1874 to     26 Jun 1875		5	Alfred Bury Peerages extinct on his death	19 Feb 1829	26 Jun 1875	46
CHARNWOOD
29 Jun 1911	B	1	Godfrey Rathbone Benson Created Baron Charnwood 29 Jun 1911 MP for Woodstock 1892‑1895	6 Nov 1864	3 Feb 1945	80
3 Feb 1945 to     1 Feb 1955		2	John Roby Benson Peerages extinct on his death	31 Aug 1901	1 Feb 1955	53
CHARTERIS OF AMISFIELD
7 Feb 1978 to     23 Dec 1999	B[L]		Sir Martin Michael Charles Charteris Created Baron Charteris of Amisfield for life 7 Feb 1978 PC 1972 Peerage extinct on his death	7 Sep 1913	23 Dec 1999	86
CHARTRES
7 Nov 2017	B[L]		Richard John Carew Chartres Created Baron Chartres for life 7 Nov 2017 Bishop of London 1995‑2017; PC 1995	11 Jul 1947
CHATFIELD
4 Jun 1937	B	1	Sir Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield Created Baron Chatfield 4 Jun 1937 Admiral of the Fleet 1935; OM 1939; PC 1939	27 Sep 1873	15 Nov 1967	94
15 Nov 1967 to     30 Sep 2007		2	Ernle David Lewis Chatfield Peerage extinct on his death	2 Jan 1917	30 Sep 2007	90
CHATHAM
4 Dec 1761	B	1	Hester Pitt Created Baroness Chatham 4 Dec 1761	8 Nov 1720	2 Apr 1803	82
2 Apr 1803 to     24 Sep 1835		2	John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (see below) Peerage extinct on his death	9 Oct 1756	24 Sep 1835	78
4 Aug 1766	E	1	William Pitt Created Viscount Pitt and Earl of Chatham 4 Aug 1766 MP for Old Sarum 1735‑1747, Seaford 1747‑1754, Aldborough 1754‑1756, Okehampton 1756‑1757 and Bath 1757‑1766; Secretary of State 1756‑1757 and 1757‑1761; Lord  Privy Seal 1766‑1768 and 1768; PC 1746	15 Nov 1708	11 May 1778	69
11 May 1778 to     24 Sep 1835		2	John Pitt First Lord of the Admiralty 1788‑1794; Lord Privy Seal 1794‑1798; Lord President of the Council 1796‑1801; PC 1789; KG 1790 Peerage extinct on his death	9 Oct 1756	24 Sep 1835	78
CHATTISHAM
13 Jul 1945 to     24 Aug 1945	B	1	Sir William Brass Created Baron Chattisham 13 Jul 1945 MP for Clitheroe 1922‑1945 Peerage extinct on his death	11 Feb 1886	24 Aug 1945	59
CHAVENT
29 Dec 1299 to     1302	B	1	Peter de Chavent Summoned to Parliament as Lord Chavent 29 Dec 1299 Peerage extinct on his death		1302
CHAWORTH
6 Feb 1299 to     after 1299	B	1	Thomas Chaworth Summoned to Parliament as Lord Chaworth 6 Feb 1299 Peerage extinct on his death	c 1225	after 1299
CHAWORTH OF ARMAGH
4 Mar 1628	V[I]	1	George Chaworth Created Baron Chaworth and Viscount Chaworth of Armagh 4 Mar 1628		3 Jul 1639
3 Jul 1639		2	John Chaworth		Jun 1644
Jun 1644 to     Jun 1693		3	Patrick Chaworth Peerage extinct on his death	20 Jun 1635	Jun 1693	58
CHAWORTH OF EATON HALL
10 Sep 1831	B	1	John Chambre Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath Created Baron Chaworth of Eaton Hall 10 Sep 1831 See "Meath"	9 Apr 1772	15 Mar 1851	78
CHEDWORTH
12 May 1741	B	1	John Howe Created Baron Chedworth 12 May 1741 MP for Gloucester 1727 and Wiltshire 1729‑1741	by 1690	3 Apr 1742
3 Apr 1742		2	John Thynne Howe Lord Lieutenant Gloucester 1758‑1762	18 Feb 1714	9 May 1762	48
9 May 1762		3	Henry Frederick Howe	17 Feb 1715	7 Oct 1781	66
7 Oct 1781 to     29 Oct 1804		4	John Howe Peerage extinct on his death	22 Aug 1754	29 Oct 1804	50
CHELMER
31 Jan 1963 to     3 Mar 1997	B[L]		Eric Cecil Boyd Edwards Created Baron Chelmer for life 31 Jan 1963 Peerage extinct on his death	9 Oct 1914	3 Mar 1997	82
CHELMSFORD
1 Mar 1858	B	1	Sir Frederic Thesiger Created Baron Chelmsford 1 Mar 1858 MP for Woodstock 1840‑1844, Abingdon 1844‑1852 and Stamford 1852‑1858; Solicitor General 1844; Attorney General 1845‑1846 and 1852; Lord Chancellor 1858‑1859 and 1866‑1868; PC 1858	15 Apr 1794	5 Oct 1878	84
5 Oct 1878		2	Frederic Augustus Thesiger	21 May 1827	9 Apr 1905	77
9 Apr 1905	V	3 1	Frederic John Napier Thesiger Created Viscount Chelmsford 3 Jun 1921 Governor of Queensland 1905‑1909 and New South Wales 1909‑1913; Viceroy of India 1916‑1921; First Lord of the Admiralty 1924; PC 1916	12 Aug 1868	1 Apr 1933	64
1 Apr 1933		2	Andrew Charles Gerald Thesiger	25 Jul 1903	27 Sep 1970	67
27 Sep 1970		3	Frederic Jan Thesiger	7 Mar 1931	15 Dec 1999	68
15 Dec 1999		4	Frederic Corin Piers Thesiger	6 Mar 1962
CHELSEA
27 Dec 1800	V	1	Charles Sloane Cadogan Created Viscount Chelsea and Earl Cadogan 27 Dec 1800 See "Cadogan"	29 Sep 1728	3 Apr 1807	78
CHELWOOD
7 May 1974 to     6 Apr 1989	B[L]		Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish Created Baron Chelwood for life 7 May 1974 MP for Lewes 1945‑1974; MEP 1973‑1974 Peerage extinct on his death	27 Jan 1917	6 Apr 1989	72
CHERLETON
26 Jul 1313	B	1	John Cherleton Summoned to Parliament as Lord Cherleton 26 Jul 1313	1268	1353	85
1353		2	John Cherleton		1360
1360		3	John Cherleton	1334	13 Jul 1374	40
13 Jul 1374		4	John Cherleton	25 Apr 1362	19 Oct 1401	39
19 Oct 1401 to     14 Mar 1421		5	Edward Cherleton KG c 1407 On his death peerage fell into abeyance	1371	14 Mar 1421	49
CHERWELL
4 Jul 1941 26 Jun 1956 to     3 Jul 1957	B V	1 1	Frederick Alexander Lindemann Created Baron Cherwell 4 Jul 1941 and Viscount Cherwell 26 Jun 1956 PC 1943; CH 1953 Peerages extinct on his death	5 Apr 1886	3 Jul 1957	71
CHESHAM
15 Jan 1858	B	1	Charles Compton Cavendish Created Baron Chesham 15 Jan 1858 MP for Aylesbury 1814‑1818, Newtown 1821‑1830, Yarmouth IOW 1831‑1832, Sussex East 1832‑1841, Youghal 1841‑1847 and Buckinghamshire 1847‑1857	28 Aug 1793	10 Nov 1863	70
10 Nov 1863		2	William George Cavendish MP for Peterborough 1847‑1852 and Buckinghamshire 1857‑1863	29 Oct 1815	26 Jun 1882	66
26 Jun 1882		3	Charles Compton William Cavendish PC 1901 For information on the death of this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	13 Dec 1850	9 Nov 1907	56
9 Nov 1907		4	John Compton Cavendish	13 Jun 1894	26 Apr 1952	57
26 Apr 1952		5	John Charles Compton Cavendish PC 1964	18 Jun 1916	23 Dec 1989	73
23 Dec 1989		6	Nicholas Charles Cavendish	7 Nov 1941	27 Aug 2009	67
27 Aug 2009		7	Charles Gray Compton Cavendish	11 Nov 1974
CHESHIRE
17 Jul 1991 to     31 Jul 1992	B[L]		Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC Created Baron Cheshire for life 17 Jul 1991 OM 1981 Peerage extinct on his death For further information on this VC winner, see the note at the foot of this page	7 Sep 1917	31 Jul 1992	74
CHESTER
1071	E	1	Hugh D'Avranches Created Earl of Chester 1071		27 Jul 1101
27 Jul 1101 to     25 Nov 1120		2	Richard D'Avranches Peerage extinct on his death	1094	25 Nov 1120	26
1121	E	1	Randolph le Meschin Created Earl of Chester 1121		c 1129
c 1129		2	Randolph de Gernon	by 1100	16 Dec 1153
16 Dec 1153		3	Hugh de Kevelioc	1147	1181	34
1181 to     26 Oct 1232		4	Randolph de Blondeville On his death the peerage apparently reverted to the Crown	c 1172	26 Oct 1232
21 Nov 1232 to     7 Jun 1237	E	1	John le Scot, Earl of Huntingdon and Cambridge Created Earl of Chester 21 Nov 1232 On his death the peerage reverted to the Crown	c 1207	7 Jun 1237
14 Feb 1254 to     1272	E	1	Edward Plantagenet Created Earl of Chester 14 Feb 1254 Son of Henry III He succeeded to the throne as Edward I when the peerage reverted to the Crown	17 Jun 1239	8 Jul 1307	68
24 Dec 1264 to     4 Aug 1265	E	1	Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester Created Earl of Chester 24 Dec 1264 On his death the peerage was forfeited		4 Aug 1265
[1284] to     [19 Aug 1284]	E	1	Alphonso Plantagenet said to have been designated Earl of Chester 1284 ? Peerage (if such ever existed) extinct on his death	22 Nov 1273	19 Aug 1284	10
7 Feb 1301 to     8 Jul 1307	E	1	Edward Plantagenet Created Earl of Chester 7 Feb 1301 He succeeded to the throne as Edward II when the peerage reverted to the Crown	25 Apr 1284	25 Jan 1327	42
24 Nov 1312 to     25 Jan 1327	E	1	Edward Plantagenet Created Earl of Chester 24 Nov 1312 He succeeded to the throne as Edward III when the peerage reverted to the Crown	13 Nov 1312	21 Jun 1377	64
			Subsequent creations of the Earldom of Chester were associated with the Dukedom of Cornwall
CHESTERFIELD
29 May 1660 to     9 Apr 1667	E[L]		Catherine Stanhope Created Countess of Chesterfield for life 29 May 1660 Peerage extinct on her death		9 Apr 1667
4 Aug 1628	E	1	Philip Stanhope Created Baron Stanhope of Shelford 7 Nov 1616 and Earl of Chesterfield 4 Aug 1628	1584	12 Sep 1656	72
12 Sep 1656		2	Philip Stanhope PC 1681	1634	28 Jan 1714	79
28 Jan 1714		3	Philip Stanhope	3 Feb 1673	15 Feb 1726	53
15 Feb 1726		4	Philip Dormer Stanhope MP for St. Germans 1715‑1722 and Lostwithiel 1722‑1723; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1745‑1746; Secretary of State 1746‑1748; PC 1728; KG 1730 For information on this peer's possible involvement in the "Great Bottle Hoax" of 1749, see the note under "Montagu"	22 Sep 1694	24 Mar 1773	78
24 Mar 1773		5	Philip Stanhope Lord Lieutenant Buckingham Jan‑Apr 1782; Postmaster General 1790; PC 1784; KG 1805	10 Nov 1755	29 Aug 1815	59
29 Aug 1815		6	George Stanhope PC 1834	23 May 1805	1 Jun 1866	51
1 Jun 1866		7	George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope MP for Nottinghamshire South 1860‑1866	28 Sep 1831	1 Dec 1871	40
1 Dec 1871		8	George Philip Stanhope	29 Nov 1822	19 Oct 1883	60
19 Oct 1883		9	Sir Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore‑Stanhope, 3rd baronet	8 Apr 1821	21 Jan 1887	65
21 Jan 1887		10	Edwyn Francis Scudamore‑Stanhope PC 1894; KG 1915	5 Mar 1854	24 Jan 1933	78
24 Jan 1933		11	Henry Athole Scudamore‑Stanhope	29 May 1855	2 Nov 1935	80
2 Nov 1935		12	Edward Henry Scudamore‑Stanhope	9 Feb 1889	2 Aug 1952	63
2 Aug 1952 to     15 Aug 1967		13	James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope He had previously succeeded as 7th Earl Stanhope in 1905. Peerages extinct on his death	11 Nov 1880	15 Aug 1967	86
CHESTERFORD
30 Dec 1706	B	1	Henry Howard Created Baron Chesterford and Earl of Bindon 30 Dec 1706 See "Bindon" - this peerage extinct 1722	1670	19 Sep 1718	48
CHETWODE
10 Jul 1945	B	1	Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 7th baronet Created Baron Chetwode 10 Jul 1945 Field Marshal 1933; OM 1936	21 Sep 1869	6 Jul 1950	80
6 Jul 1950		2	Philip Chetwode	26 Mar 1937

	Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl of Castle Stewart
	The 7th Earl committed suicide in November 1961. The following account of the inquest into the Earl's death appeared in The Irish Times of 8 November 1961:-
	A butler told Dr. A.C. Somerville, the East Sussex coroner, at East Grinstead yesterday that after he had found the 72-year-old Earl of Castle Stewart dead in his study, he picked up the 12-bore hammerless shotgun that was lying by his side and cleaned it. The earl's seat was at Stewartstown, co. Tyrone.
	The coroner said that it was clear that the earl had killed himself, but the butler, Mr. Frederick Taylor, had seriously interfered with the evidence.
	He recorded a verdict of suicide while the balance of the mind was disturbed on the earl, who lived at Old Lodge, Nutley, Sussex.
	Dr. A. Sachs, consultant pathologist to Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, told the coroner that the earl had died from a gun shot in the mouth. Shotgun pellets had been found in his skull.
	Lady Castle Stewart said that last July her husband had been under several doctors and in hospital with depression and melancholia. He was allowed home on October 21st, but still appeared very depressed.
	The butler, Mr. Taylor, who had been with the earl for seven years, told the coroner that the earl asked him for a gun on November 5th. He gave him his 12-bore hammerless shotgun. He then asked for some cartridges and loaded the gun, setting the safety catch.
	When the countess told him that the earl had killed himself he took the gun from the study, emptied it, cleaned it, and put it back in its case. He now realised that it was a stupid thing to do.
	Dr. A.C. Rumsey, the earl's doctor since 1947, said that the earl had asked him a few days earlier if it would be a cowardly action to take his own life.
	Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd and last Baron Castletown
	The following story which tells of an incident that happened to Lord Castletown appeared in the Adelaide Advertiser on 8 March 1924:-
	Lord Castletown, one of the most versatile and accomplished members of the peerage, has (says the "News of the World") a great gift of vivid narrative. He is one of the most travelled members of the aristocracy, and it is not without interest to recall that he fought with the Household Cavalry at Tel-el-Kebir [during the Anglo-Egyptian War on 13 September 1882]. In the current number of the "Parish Paper" of the Church of St. Jude‑on‑the‑Hill, Hampstead, he relates with wonderful vividness a tragic affair which happened on the [French] Riviera.
	"In the morning I was sitting on a bench at Monaco, on the Riviera, looking over the blue Mediterranean, and wondering how anyone could be foolish enough to live in our fog‑ridden climate when so much sunlight and beauty could be obtained within a few hours of London. Presently I walked into the Casino, which was in full swing, and there my curiosity was attracted by a tall, rather handsome lady in black, accompanied by a small, bandy-legged man, apparently her husband. They were playing at one of the tables. I watched them for some time, and saw that they were losing heavily. They were there again in the afternoon, the luck still against them. As they left the table the man walked up to me and said courteously, in excellent English, "Monsieur seems to take an interest in our bad fortune. Will he honour us by having tea with us?" I was delighted to accept, and we walked to their villa on the cliffs to the west of the town, where we had an excellent tea. They were an Italian couple, members of a distinguished family; but though the villa was luxuriously furnished, I noticed they had only one servant, an old woman. After dinner I walked down from my hotel to the sea. The beach in the moonlight was almost as bright as day, and as I passed under the villa of my new friends I saw them standing on the balcony looking out over the Mediterranean. Then, as I was gazing upwards, the man suddenly seized the woman, and, in spite of her struggles, hurled her over the railings. She fell almost at my feet. A moment after, the man threw himself after her. He was killed on the spot, but she lingered, and, resting in my arms, told me how they had lost all, and determined on suicide. She had hesitated, and he had hurled her over first, and then died himself. As she passed away in her death agony the bells of all the churches were ringing in Christmas Day, and those two poor souls went to their Maker as Christ was born into the world."
	Anne Estella Sarah Penfold Cave, Countess Cave of Richmond
	The Scotsman, 12 May 1928:-
	It was announced in last night's "London Gazette" that the King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date of 8th inst., to grant the dignity of a Countess of the United Kingdom unto Anne Estella Sarah Penfold, Viscountess Cave, widow of the Right Honourable George, Viscount Cave, G.C.M.G., by the name, style, and title of Countess Cave of Richmond, and at her decease the dignity of an Earl of the said United Kingdom to the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten by the name, style and title of Earl Cave of Richmond.
	Lord Cave, who left no heir, died on March 29 within twenty-four hours of his resignation of the office of Lord Chancellor. That resignation was the consequence of an illness which was so soon to prove fatal. The announcement that he had resigned was accompanied by an intimation of the King's intention to bestow upon him an Earldom of the United Kingdom. The immediate death of Lord Cave, however, precluded the possibility of the issue of the necessary Letters Patent. Last night's announcement, therefore, that his widow had been created a Countess in her own right will occasion to surprise. There are, of course, many precedents for the bestowal upon the widow of a distinguished public man of an honour for which her husband had been designated, but which he did not live to enjoy.
	Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos
	Chandos married three times; his first marriage was in 1728 to Mary Bruce, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Ailesbury. She died, after 10 years of marriage, on 14 August 1738. However, it is with his second marriage that we are more concerned.
	The following is taken from Notes and Queries [4th series, no. 6, 27 August 1870].
	The Duke of Chandos and a companion dined at the Pelican, Newbury, on their way to London. After dinner there was a stir and a bustle in the inn yard, and the explanation was "A man is going to sell his wife, and they are leading her up the yard with a halter round her neck". "We will go and see the sale," said the duke to his companion. They did so. The duke was smitten with her beauty and patient acquiescence in a process which would (as then supposed) set her free from the power of a harsh and ill‑conditioned husband. He bought her, and married her on Christmas Day, 1744. His first wife had died [in] 1738, but whether at that time the duke was a widower, or whether a considerable time intervened between the date of her purchase and her becoming Duchess of Chandos, does not appear.
	The lady the Duke had purchased was Anne Jeffries, nee Wells, and she was described as a 'chambermaid at the Pelican Inn, Newbury'. She died in August 1759, leaving a daughter. The Duke married a third time, in 1767, Elizabeth Major, daughter of Sir John Major, 1st baronet.
	Toby Caulfeild, 3rd Baron Charlemont
	According to the article in Wikipedia, "the Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, but developed into inter-communal violence between native Irish and English and Scottish Protestant settlers, starting a conflict known as the Irish Confederate Wars. The rising was sparked by Catholic fears of an impending invasion of Ireland by anti-Catholic forces of the English Long Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters. In turn, the rebel's suspected association with the King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Charles I, exacerbated the situation leading up to, and ultimately resulting in, the start of the English Civil War. The Irish rebellion broke out in October 1641, and was followed by several months of violent chaos in Ireland before the Irish Catholic upper classes and clergy formed the Catholic Confederation in the summer of 1642. The Confederation became a de facto government of most of Ireland, free from the control of the English state and loosely aligned with the Royalist side in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The subsequent war continued in Ireland until the 1650s, when Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army decisively defeated the Irish Catholics and Royalists, and re-conquered the country."
	One of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion was Sir Phelim O'Neill, who in October 1641 captured the fort of Charlemont, of which Toby Caulfeild, 3rd Baron Charlemont, was the Governor. Lodge, in his Peerage of Ireland [4 vols, 1754] describes the subsequent events [I have modernised the spelling and punctuation]:-
	Sir Phelim O'Neill that day [22 October 1641] went to dine with his Lordship, who very joyfully received and entertained him; but Sir Phelim having appointed that visit as a sign to his Irish followers, they repaired thither in great numbers, and his Lordship's whole company, with the Captain‑Lieutenant Anthony Stratford, were either killed or imprisoned, and all the arms and goods seized by Sir Phelim, who, being thus master of the place, marched that very night and took Dungannon, and after keeping his Lordship, with his mother, sisters, brothers, and the rest of the family fifteen weeks prisoners in Charlemont, sent them about five miles distance to Killenane, the house of Lawrence Netterville, and the next day, sending away Major Patrick Dory, the Lord Caulfeild earnestly desired Sir Phelim that the major might stay with him, because he could speak the Irish language. But Sir Phelim answered that the major was a traitor, and should not stay with his Lordship, but that he would have better company before night, and the same day [1 March 1642], in the major's presence, committed the charge of his Lordship to Captain Neale Modder O Neile and Captain Neale McKenna of the Trough in the county of Monaghan, with directions to convey him to Cloughowter Castle. That night he was taken to Kinard, Sir Phelim's own castle, when, going into the castle, between the said two captains, the latter spoke to Edmond Boy O Hugh, foster-brother to Sir Phelim, saying, "Where is your heart now?" Whereupon the said Edmond shot his Lordship in the back, whereof he then died. And that same night there were also 15 or 16 of Sir Phelim's servants and tenants, all English and Scots murdered at Kinard, among whom was a base son of Sir Phelim's also murdered, because his mother was a British woman …
	Being unmarried, the 3rd Baron was succeeded by his next oldest brother, Robert, "who was a Captain after the Rebellion began, but enjoyed the title only a few months, his death being occasioned by prescribing to himself too large a quantity of opium". [Lodge]
	After Cromwell's forces had suppressed the rebellion, Sir Phelim O'Neill was captured and taken to Dublin, where he was found guilty of treason and was hanged, drawn and quartered in August 1653.
	The special remainder to the Barony of Charlemont created in 1837
	From the London Gazette of 3 February 1837 (issue 19463, page 262):-
	The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Francis William Earl of Charlemont, K.P. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten by the name, style, and title of Baron Charlemont, of Charlemont, in the county of Armagh; with remainder, in default of such issue male, to the Honourable Henry Caulfeild, of Hackly, in the said county of Armagh (brother of the said Francis William Earl of Charlemont), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
	Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham
	Lord Chesham was killed in a hunting accident in November 1907. The following report of the subsequent inquest into his death appeared in the Manchester Guardian of 12 November 1907:-
	In the library of Holdenby House, the home of Lord Annaly, master of the Pytchley Hounds, the inquest on the late Lord Chesham was held yesterday.
	The Coroner (Mr. C.H. Davies, of Northampton) said he was sure they all sympathised very deeply with Lady Chesham in her terrible bereavement. She had had very sad misfortunes in having lost her daughter by a pony bolting [for further details see below], her eldest son, killed in the South African War [at the Battle of Diamond Hill on 11 June 1900], and now her husband. Those who knew Lord Chesham were aware that he was of a most generous and genial disposition, thoroughly kind and cheery with all with whom he came into contact. He was ready to do anything in his power, especially for the men on his estates. He would be greatly missed by hosts of friends, from Royalty downwards.
	Captain B. Beatty, of Kibworth Grange, Leicestershire, said: "I was hunting with the Pytchley Hounds on Saturday last, and was riding close to Lord Chesham, whom I had known all my life. Hounds were in full cry across a wheat field close to Welton Reservoir, near Daventry, and I was riding not far behind Lord Chesham. When we got near to the boundary hedge I shouted to him to take the fence first. A lot of other members of the hunt had been across the same place. Lord Chesham's horse made for the fence at a good rate, but caught its forefoot on the fence. It recovered itself sufficiently to get over the fence, but not far enough to land clear of the ditch on the other side. The result was that the animal fell, turning a complete somersault. I jumped off my horse and got over the fence. Lord Chesham was lying on his face, with his head and shoulders under the horse. I went to the horse's head, but before I could reach it the animal jumped up, and galloped away. When I got to Lord Chesham he was, in my opinion, already dead. A doctor was sent for and the Master, Lord Annaly, notified. The hunt was stopped, and I, with others, remained with the body until a doctor arrived. I afterwards helped to remove the body to Holdenby House by the express wish of Lord Annaly."
	Doctor A. Harrison said he was riding on his rounds between Daventry and Walton when the news of the accident reached him, and he at once hurried to the spot. Lord Chesham must have died immediately, the vertebrae being broken at the junction of the head and neck.
	In returning a verdict of accidental death the foreman of the jury, the Rev. T.W. Bankes‑Jones, rector of Holdenby, said: "The jury desire that an expression of their deepest sympathy be sent to the bereaved family. Lord Chesham was known to most of us as the very beau‑ideal of an English nobleman, and wherever he went his bright and cheery presence came as a ray of sunshine."
	The daughter referred to in the above report was killed in a riding accident. A report in the Cheshire Observer of 10 July 1897 states that "a sad accident which, we deeply regret to state, resulted fatally, occurred on Thursday to the Hon. Marjorie Beatrice Cavendish, youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Chesham, niece of the Duchess, and grand‑daughter of the Duke of Westminster. Her ladyship, who was about eight years of age, was riding in the neighbourhood of Upton House, Banbury, Lord Chesham's seat, when her pony, after stumbling, bolted at a terrific pace. As a result her ladyship was unseated, and her foot being held by the stirrup she was dragged half-a-mile along the road, sustaining dreadful injuries."
	Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC, Baron Cheshire
	Cheshire was awarded his Victoria Cross in September 1944 not for any one act of valour, as is usually the case, but in recognition of an extended period of sustained courage and outstanding effort.
	The citation reads:-
	The King has conferred the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery on a pilot of R.A.F. Bomber Command who has completed 100 missions since the start of the war. The award is made to Wing Commander Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, D.S.O. and two bars, D.F.C., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 617 Squadron [The 'Dam Busters'].
	This officer began his operational career in June, 1940. Against strongly defended targets he soon displayed the courage and determination of an exceptional leader. He was always ready to accept extra risks to ensure success. Defying the formidable Ruhr defences, he frequently released his bombs from below 2,000ft. Over Cologne in November, 1940, a shell burst inside his aircraft, blowing out one side and starting a fire. Undeterred, he went on to bomb his target.
	At the end of his first tour of operational duty he immediately volunteered for a second. Again he pressed home his attacks with the utmost gallantry. Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Duisberg, Essen, and Kiel were among the heavily defended targets which he attacked. When he was posted for instructional duties in January, 1942, he undertook four more operational missions.
	He started a third operational tour in August, 1942, when he was given command of a squadron. He led the squadron with outstanding skill before being appointed a station commander in March, 1943.
	In October, 1943, he undertook a fourth operational tour, relinquishing the rank of group captain at his own request so that he could again take part in operations. He immediately set to work as the pioneer of a new method of marking enemy targets involving very low flying. In June, 1944, when marking a target in the harbour at Le Havre in broad daylight and without cloud cover, he dived well below the range of the light batteries before releasing his marker‑bombs, and he came very near to being destroyed by the strong barrage.
	During his fourth tour, which ended last July, Wing Commander Cheshire led his squadron personally on every occasion, always undertaking the most dangerous and difficult task of marking the target alone from a low level in the face of strong defences.
	Wing Commander Cheshire's cold and calculated acceptance of risks is exemplified by his conduct in an attack on Munich in April. This was an experimental attack to test the new method of target-marking at low level against a heavily defended target situated deep in Reich territory. Munich was selected, at Wing Commander Cheshire's request, because of the formidable nature of its light anti-aircraft and searchlight defences. He was obliged to follow, in bad weather, a direct route which took him over the defences of Augsberg and thereafter he was continuously under fire. As he reached the target, flares were being released by our high-flying aircraft. He was illuminated from above and below. All guns within range opened fire on him. Diving to 700ft. he dropped his markers with great precision and began to climb away. So blinding were the searchlights that he almost lost control. He then flew over the city at 1000ft. to assess the accuracy of his work and direct other aircraft. His own was badly hit by shell fragments, but he continued to fly over the target area until he was satisfied that he had done all in his power to ensure success. For 12 minutes after leaving the target area he was under withering fire, but he came safely through.
	Wing Commander Cheshire has now completed 100 missions. In four years of fighting against the bitterest opposition he has maintained a record of outstanding personal achievement, placing himself invariably in the forefront of the battle. What he did in the Munich operation was typical of the careful planning, brilliant execution, and contempt for danger which has established for Wing Commander Cheshire a reputation second to none in Bomber Command.
	After the end of the war, Cheshire devoted his life to charity, founding an organization whose aim is to provide care for disabled persons throughout the world. Cheshire was created a member of the Order of Merit in 1981, and was made a life peer in 1991, both honours being, in my humble opinion, very much deserved.

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