PEERAGES
Last updated 06/04/2018 (23 Jan 2024)
Date	Rank	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
CHETWYND
29 Jun 1717	V[I]	1	Walter Chetwynd Created Baron of Rathdowne and Viscount Chetwynd 29 Jun 1717 MP for Stafford 1702‑1711, 1712‑1722 and 1725‑1734	3 Jun 1678	21 Feb 1736	57
21 Feb 1736		2	John Chetwynd MP for St. Mawes 1715‑1722, Stockbridge 1722‑1734 and Stafford 1738‑1747	c 1680	21 Jun 1767
21 Jun 1767		3	William Richard Chetwynd MP for Stafford 1715‑1722 and 1734‑1770 and Plymouth 1722‑1727	1684	3 Apr 1770	85
3 Apr 1770		4	William Chetwynd MP for Stockbridge 1747‑1754	15 Nov 1721	12 Nov 1791	69
12 Nov 1791		5	Richard Chetwynd	29 Sep 1757	27 Feb 1821	63
27 Feb 1821		6	Richard Walter Chetwynd	13 Dec 1800	6 Dec 1879	78
6 Dec 1879		7	Richard Walter Chetwynd	26 Jul 1823	23 Jan 1911	87
23 Jan 1911		8	Godfrey John Boyle Chetwynd CH 1917	3 Oct 1863	22 Mar 1936	72
22 Mar 1936		9	Adam Duncan Chetwynd	14 Nov 1904	12 Jun 1965	60
12 Jun 1965		10	Adam Richard John Casson Chetwynd	2 Feb 1935	20 Aug 2015	80
20 Aug 2015		11	Adam Douglas Chetwynd	26 Feb 1969
CHEWTON
13 Sep 1729	V	1	James Waldegrave Created Viscount Chewton and Earl Waldegrave 13 Sep 1729 See "Waldegrave"	1684	11 Apr 1741	56
CHEYLESMORE
9 Jul 1887	B	1	Henry William Eaton Created Baron Cheylesmore 9 Jul 1887 MP for Coventry 1865‑1880 and 1881‑1887	13 Mar 1816	2 Oct 1891	75
2 Oct 1891		2	William Meriton Eaton	15 Jan 1843	10 Jul 1902	59
10 Jul 1902		3	Herbert Francis Eaton	25 Jan 1848	29 Jul 1925	77
29 Jul 1925 to     21 Apr 1974		4	Francis Ormond Henry Eaton Peerage extinct on his death	19 Jun 1893	21 Apr 1974	80
CHEYNE
22 Sep 1487 to     30 May 1499	B	1	Sir John Cheyne Summoned to Parliament as Lord Cheyne 22 Sep 1487 KG 1486 Peerage extinct on his death		30 May 1499
8 May 1572 to     3 Sep 1587	B	1	Sir Henry Cheyne Summoned to Parliament as Lord Cheyne 8 May 1572 MP for Kent 1562‑1567 Peerage extinct on his death		3 Sep 1587
17 May 1681	B[S]	1	Charles Cheyne Created Lord Cheyne and Viscount Newhaven 17 May 1681 See "Newhaven"	c 1625	30 Jun 1698
CHICHESTER
3 Jun 1644	E	1	Sir Francis Leigh, 1st baronet Created Baron of Dunsmore 31 Jul 1628 and Earl of Chichester 3 Jun 1644 MP for Warwick 1625‑1626		21 Dec 1653
21 Dec 1653 to     16 May 1667		2	Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton Peerages extinct on his death	10 Mar 1607	16 May 1667	60
10 Sep 1675	E	1	Charles Fitzroy Created Baron of Newbury, Earl of Chichester and Duke of Southampton 10 Sep 1675 See "Southampton"	18 Jun 1662	9 Sep 1730	68
23 Jun 1801	E	1	Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer Created Earl of Chichester 23 Jun 1801 MP for Rye 1749‑1754 and Sussex 1754‑1768; PC 1765	28 Feb 1728	8 Jan 1805	76
8 Jan 1805		2	Thomas Pelham MP [I] for Carrick 1783‑1790, Clogher 1795‑1798 and Armagh Borough 1798‑1799; MP for Sussex 1780‑1801; Home Secretary 1801‑1803; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1803; Postmaster General 1807‑1826; PC [I] 1783; PC 1795 He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Pelham of Stanmer Jun 1801	28 Apr 1756	4 Jul 1826	70
4 Jul 1826		3	Henry Thomas Pelham Lord Lieutenant Sussex 1860‑1886	25 Aug 1804	16 Mar 1886	81
16 Mar 1886		4	Walter John Pelham MP for Lewes 1865‑1874	22 Sep 1838	28 May 1902	63
28 May 1902		5	Francis Godolphin Pelham	18 Oct 1844	21 Apr 1905	60
21 Apr 1905		6	Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham	21 May 1871	14 Nov 1926	55
14 Nov 1926		7	Francis Godolphin Henry Pelham	23 Mar 1905	22 Nov 1926	21
22 Nov 1926		8	John Buxton Pelham	12 Jun 1912	21 Feb 1944	31
14 Apr 1944		9	John Nicholas Pelham	14 Apr 1944
CHICHESTER OF BELFAST
23 Feb 1613 to     19 Feb 1625	B[I]	1	Arthur Chichester Created Baron Chichester of Belfast 23 Feb 1613 Peerage extinct on his death	May 1563	19 Feb 1625	61
1 Apr 1625	V[I]	1	Sir Edward Chichester Created Baron Chichester of Belfast and Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus 1 Apr 1625 See "Chichester of Carrickfergus"	c 1568	8 Jul 1648
CHICHESTER OF CARRICKFERGUS
1 Apr 1625	V[I]	1	Sir Edward Chichester Created Baron Chichester of Belfast and Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus 1 Apr 1625	c 1568	8 Jul 1648
8 Jul 1648		2	Arthur Chichester He was created Earl of Donegall into which title this peerage then merged
CHIDGEY
17 Jun 2005 to     15 Feb 2022	B[L]		David William George Chidgey Created Baron Chidgey for life 17 Jun 2005 MP for Eastleigh 1994‑2005 Peerage extinct on his death	9 Jul 1942	15 Feb 2022	79
CHILSTON
6 Jul 1911	V	1	Aretas Akers‑Douglas Created Baron Douglas of Baads and Viscount Chilston 6 Jul 1911 MP for Kent East 1880‑1885 and St. Augustines 1885‑1911; First Commissioner of Works 1895‑1902; Home Secretary 1902‑1905; PC 1891	21 Oct 1851	15 Jan 1926	74
15 Jan 1926		2	Aretas Akers‑Douglas PC 1939	17 Feb 1876	25 Jul 1947	71
25 Jul 1947		3	Eric Alexander Akers‑Douglas	17 Dec 1910	10 Apr 1982	71
10 Apr 1982		4	Alastair George Akers‑Douglas	6 Sep 1946
CHILVER
14 Jul 1987 to     8 Jul 2012	B[L]		Sir (Amos) Henry Chilver Created Baron Chilver for life 14 Jul 1987 Peerage extinct on his death	30 Oct 1926	8 Jul 2012	85
CHISHOLM OF OWLPEN
16 Sep 2014	B[L]		Caroline Elizabeth Chisholm Created Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen for life 16 Sep 2014	23 Dec 1951
CHITNIS
18 Jul 1977 to     12 Jul 2013	B[L]		Pratap Chidamber Chitnis Created Baron Chitnis for life 18 Jul 1977 Peerage extinct on his death	1 May 1936	12 Jul 2013	77
CHOLMONDELEY
2 Jul 1628 1 Sep 1648 to     2 Oct 1659	V[I] B	1 1	Sir Robert Cholmondeley, 1st baronet Created Viscount Cholmondeley [I] 2 Jul 1628, Earl of Leinster 3 Mar 1646 and Baron Cholmondeley 1 Sep 1648 Peerages extinct on his death	26 Jun 1584	2 Oct 1659	75
29 Mar 1661	V[I]	1	Robert Cholmondeley Created Viscount Cholmondeley 29 Mar 1661		22 May 1681
22 May 1681 10 Apr 1689 29 Dec 1706	B E	2 1 1	Hugh Cholmondeley Created Baron Cholmondeley 10 Apr 1689, and Viscount Malpas and Earl of Cholmondeley 29 Dec 1706 Lord Lieutenant Anglesey 1702‑1713 and 1714‑1725 and Cheshire 1703‑1713 and 1714‑1725; PC 1705	1662	18 Jan 1725	62
18 Jan 1725		2	George Cholmondeley Created Baron Newborough 12 Apr 1715 and Baron Newburgh 10 Jul 1716 MP for Newton 1690‑1695; Lord Lieutenant Cheshire and Anglesey 1725‑1733; PC [I] by 1723	1666	7 May 1733	66
7 May 1733		3	George Cholmondeley MP for East Looe 1724‑1727 and Windsor 1727‑1733; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1736‑1743; Lord Privy Seal 1743‑1744; Lord Lieutenant Cheshire 1733‑1770, Anglesey 1733‑1761 and Montgomery 1737‑1761; PC 1736	2 Jan 1703	10 Jun 1770	67
10 Jun 1770	M	4 1	George James Cholmondeley Created Earl of Rocksavage and Marquess of Cholmondeley 22 Nov 1815 Lord Lieutenant Cheshire 1770‑1783; PC 1783; KG 1822	11 May 1749	10 Apr 1827	77
10 Apr 1827		2	George Horatio Cholmondeley MP for Castle Rising 1817‑1822; PC 1830 He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Newburgh 5 Jan 1822	16 Jan 1792	8 May 1870	78
8 May 1870		3	William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley MP for Castle Rising 1822‑1832 and Hampshire South 1852‑1857	31 Mar 1800	16 Dec 1884	84
16 Dec 1884		4	George Henry Hugh Cholmondeley PC 1901	3 Jul 1858	16 Mar 1923	64
16 Mar 1923		5	George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley	19 May 1883	16 Sep 1968	85
16 Sep 1968		6	George Hugh Cholmondeley	24 Apr 1919	13 Mar 1990	70
13 Mar 1990		7	David George Philip Cholmondeley	27 Jun 1960
CHORLEY
16 Nov 1945	B	1	Robert Samuel Theodore Chorley Created Baron Chorley 16 Nov 1945	29 May 1895	27 Jan 1978	82
27 Jan 1978		2	Roger Richard Edward Chorley [Elected hereditary peer 2001‑2014]	14 Aug 1930	21 Feb 2016	85
21 Feb 2016		3	Nicholas Rupert Debenham Chorley	15 Jul 1966
CHOUDREY
9 Oct 2019	B[L]		Zameer Mohammed Choudrey Created Baron Choudrey for life 9 Oct 2019	Mar 1958
CHRISTOPHER
30 Jul 1998	B[L]		Anthony Martin Grosvenor Christopher Created Baron Christopher for life 30 Jul 1998	25 Apr 1925
CHURCHILL
21 Dec 1682 14 May 1685 to     16 Jun 1722	B[S] B	1 1	John Churchill Created Lord Churchill 21 Dec 1682 and 14 May 1685 He was subsequently created Duke of Marlborough in 1702 - the Scottish peerage extinct on his death	24 Jun 1650	16 Jun 1722	71
11 Aug 1815	B	1	Lord Francis Almeric Spencer Created Baron Churchill of Whichwood 11 Aug 1815 MP for Oxfordshire 1801‑1815 This is how the title is shown in peerage works, but the title is shown in the London Gazette [issue 17041, page 1459] as "Churchill, of Sandridge"	26 Dec 1779	10 Mar 1845	65
10 Mar 1845		2	Francis George Spencer	6 Oct 1802	24 Nov 1886	84
24 Nov 1886	V	3 1	Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer Created Viscount Churchill 14 Jul 1902	23 Oct 1864	3 Jan 1934	69
3 Jan 1934		4 2	Victor Alexander Spencer	1 Aug 1890	21 Dec 1973	83
21 Dec 1973 to     18 Oct 2017		5 3	Victor George Spencer On his death the Viscountcy became extinct, while the Barony passed to:-	31 Jul 1934	18 Oct 2017	83
18 Oct 2017		6	Richard Harry Ramsay Spencer	11 Oct 1926	19 Oct 2020	94
19 Oct 2020		7	Michael Richard de Charrière Spencer	9 Nov 1960
CHURSTON
2 Aug 1858	B	1	Sir John Yarde‑Buller, 3rd baronet Created Baron Churston 2 Aug 1858 MP for Devonshire South 1835‑1858	12 Apr 1799	4 Sep 1871	72
4 Sep 1871		2	John Yarde‑Buller	26 Oct 1846	30 Nov 1910	64
30 Nov 1910		3	John Reginald Lopes Yarde‑Buller	9 Nov 1873	19 Apr 1930	56
19 Apr 1930		4	Richard Francis Roger Yarde‑Buller	12 Feb 1910	9 Apr 1991	81
9 Apr 1991		5	John Francis Yarde‑Buller	29 Dec 1934	16 Feb 2023	88
16 Feb 2023		6	Benjamin Francis Anthony Yarde‑Buller	23 Dec 1975
CHUTER-EDE
1 Jan 1965 to     11 Nov 1965	B[L]		James Chuter Ede Created Baron Chuter-Ede for life 1 Jan 1965 MP for Mitcham 1923 and South Shields 1929‑1931 and 1935‑1964; Home Secretary 1945‑1951; PC 1944; CH 1953 Peerage extinct on his death	11 Sep 1882	11 Nov 1965	83
CILCENNIN
18 Jan 1956 to     13 Jul 1960	V	1	James Purdon Lewes Thomas Created Viscount Cilcennin 18 Jan 1956 MP for Hereford 1931‑1955; First Lord of the Admiralty 1951‑1956; Lord Lieutenant Hereford 1957‑1960; PC 1951 Peerage extinct on his death	13 Oct 1903	13 Jul 1960	56
CIRENCESTER
9 Apr 1689	B	1	William Bentinck Created Baron Cirencester, Viscount Woodstock and Earl of Portland 9 Apr 1689 See "Portland"	20 Jul 1649	23 Nov 1709	60
CITRINE
16 Jul 1946	B	1	Sir Walter McLennan Citrine Created Baron Citrine 16 Jul 1946 PC 1940	22 Aug 1887	22 Jan 1983	95
22 Jan 1983		2	Norman Arthur Citrine	27 Sep 1914	18 Mar 1997	82
18 Mar 1997 to     5 Aug 2006		3	Ronald Eric Citrine Peerage extinct on his death	19 May 1919	5 Aug 2006	87
CLANBRASSILL
7 Jun 1647	E[I]	1	James Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Claneboye Created Earl of Clanbrassill 7 Jun 1647		20 Jun 1659
20 Jun 1659 to     12 Jan 1675		2	Henry Hamilton PC [I] 1671 Peerages extinct on his death	1647	12 Jan 1675	27
24 Nov 1756	E[I]	1	James Hamilton Created Baron Claneboye and Viscount Limerick 13 May 1719, and Earl of Clanbrassil 24 Nov 1756 MP [I] for Dundalk 1715‑1719; MP for Wendover 1727‑1734, Tavistock 1742‑1747 and Morpeth 1747‑1754; PC [I] 1746	c 1691	17 Mar 1758
17 Mar 1758 to     6 Feb 1798		2	James Hamilton MP [I] for Midleton 1755‑1758; MP for Helston 1768‑1774; PC [I] 1766; KP 1783 Peerage extinct on his death	23 Aug 1730	6 Feb 1798	67
17 Jul 1821	B	1	Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden Created Baron Clanbrassill 17 Jul 1821	27 Oct 1788	20 Mar 1870	81
20 Mar 1870		2	Robert Jocelyn, 4th Earl of Roden	22 Nov 1846	9 Jan 1880	33
9 Jan 1880 to     3 Jul 1897		3	John Strange Jocelyn, 5th Earl of Roden Peerage extinct on his death	5 Jun 1823	3 Jul 1897	74
CLANCARE
24 Jun 1565 to     1597	E[I]	1	Sir Donald Maccarty Created Baron of Valentia and Earl of Clancare 24 Jun 1565 He resigned the peerages in 1597		by 1601
CLANCARTY
27 Nov 1658	E[I]	1	Donough Maccarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry Created Earl of Clancarty 27 Nov 1658	1594	4 Aug 1665	71
4 Aug 1665		2	Charles Maccarty		22 Sep 1666
22 Sep 1666		3	Callaghan Maccarty		21 Nov 1676
21 Nov 1676 to     1691		4	Donough Maccarty He was attainted and the peerage forfeited	1668	1 Oct 1734	66
12 Feb 1803	E[I]	1	William Power Keating Trench Created Baron Kilconnel 25 Nov 1797, Viscount Dunlo 3 Jan 1801 and Earl of Clancarty 12 Feb 1803 MP [I] for Galway County 1768‑1797	1741	27 Apr 1805	63
27 Apr 1805 8 Dec 1823	V	2 1	Richard le Poer‑Trench Created Baron Trench 4 Aug 1815 and Viscount Clancarty 8 Dec 1823 MP [I] for Newtown Limavady 1796‑1797 and Galway County 1798‑1800; MP for co. Galway 1800‑1805 and Rye 1807; President of the Board of Trade 1812‑1818; PC 1807; PC [I] 1809	18 May 1767	24 Nov 1837	70
24 Nov 1837		3	William Thomas le Poer‑Trench	21 Sep 1803	26 Apr 1872	68
26 Apr 1872		4	Richard Somerset le Poer‑Trench	13 Jan 1834	29 May 1891	57
29 May 1891		5	William Frederick le Poer‑Trench For further information on this peer and his wife, see the note at the foot of this page	29 Dec 1868	16 Feb 1929	60
16 Feb 1929		6	Richard Frederick John Donough le Poer‑Trench	29 Dec 1891	5 Jun 1971	79
5 Jun 1971		7	Greville Sydney Rochfort le Poer‑Trench	10 Dec 1902	15 Sep 1975	72
15 Sep 1975		8	William Francis Brinsley le Poer‑Trench For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	18 Sep 1911	18 May 1995	83
18 May 1995		9	Nicholas Power Richard le Poer‑Trench [Elected hereditary peer 2010-]	1 May 1952
CLANCONNELL
May 1578 to     1595	E[I]	1	Terence Lenagh, 1st Baron of Clogher Created Baron Clogher 1578 and Earl of Clanconnell May 1578 Nothing further appears to be known of these peerages which presumably became extinct on his death	1532	1595	63
CLANEBOYE
4 May 1622	V[I]	1	James Hamilton Created Viscount Claneboye 4 May 1622		1643
1643		2	James Hamilton He was created Earl of Clanbrassill in 1647 with which title this peerage then merged until its extinction in 1675		20 Jun 1659
13 May 1719	B[I]	1	James Hamilton Created Baron Claneboye and Viscount of the City of Limerick 13 May 1719, and Earl of Clanbrassil 24 Nov 1756 See "Clanbrassill"		17 Mar 1758
22 Jan 1850 13 Nov 1871	B V	1 1	Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye Created Baron Clandboye 22 Jan 1850, Viscount Clandboye and Earl of Dufferin 13 Nov 1871 and Earl of Ava and Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 17 Nov 1888 See "Dufferin and Ava"	21 Jun 1826	12 Feb 1902	75
CLANEHUGH
22 Nov 1675	B[I]	1	Sir Arthur Forbes Created Baron Clanehugh and Viscount of Granard 22 Nov 1675, and Earl of Granard 30 Dec 1684 See "Granard"	1623	1695	72
CLANFIELD
10 Jul 1929	V	1	William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel Created Viscount Clanfield and Earl Peel 10 Jul 1929 See "Peel"	7 Jan 1867	28 Sep 1937	70
CLANMALIER
22 Dec 1631	V[I]	1	Terence O'Dempsey Created Baron of Phillipstown and Viscount Clanmalier 22 Dec 1631		c 1638
c 1638		2	Lewis O'Dempsey		1683
1683 to     30 Nov 1691		3	Maximilian O'Dempsey Peerage extinct on his death		30 Nov 1691
CLANMAURICE
17 Jan 1723	V[I]	1	Thomas Fitzmaurice, 21st Baron of Kerry Created Viscount Clanmaurice and Earl of Kerry 17 Jan 1723 See "Kerry"	1668	16 Mar 1741	72
CLANMORRIS
31 Jul 1800	B[I]	1	John Bingham Created Baron Clanmorris 31 Jul 1800 MP [I] for Tuam 1798‑1800	1762	18 May 1821	58
18 May 1821		2	Charles Barry Bingham	1796	3 Jun 1829	32
3 Jun 1829		3	Denis Arthur Bingham	22 Jan 1808	24 Feb 1847	39
24 Feb 1847		4	John Charles Robert Bingham	28 Nov 1826	5 Apr 1876	49
5 Apr 1876		5	John George Barry Bingham	27 Aug 1852	4 Nov 1916	64
4 Nov 1916		6	Arthur Maurice Robert Bingham	22 Jun 1879	24 Jun 1960	81
24 Jun 1960		7	John Michael Ward Bingham	3 Nov 1908	7 Aug 1988	79
7 Aug 1988		8	Simon John Ward Bingham	25 Oct 1937
CLANRICARDE
1 Jul 1543	E[I]	1	Ulick de Burgh Created Baron of Dunkellin and Earl of Clanricarde 1 Jul 1543		19 Oct 1544
19 Oct 1544		2	Richard de Burgh		24 Jul 1582
24 Jul 1582		3	Ulick de Burgh		20 May 1601
20 May 1601		4	Richard Bourke Created Baron of Somerhill and Viscount Tunbridge 3 Apr 1624 and Baron of Imanney, Viscount Galway and Earl of St. Albans 23 Aug 1628	1572	12 Nov 1635	63
12 Nov 1635 21 Feb 1646 to     Jul 1657	M[I]	5 1	Ulick de Burgh Created Marquess of Clanricarde 21 Feb 1646 He subsequently [c 1650] succeeded as 3rd Viscount Bourke of Clanmories. On his death the Marquessate became extinct whilst the Earldom passed to -	Dec 1604	Jul 1657	52
Jul 1657		6	Richard Bourke		Aug 1666
Aug 1666		7	William Bourke		Oct 1687
Oct 1687		8	Richard Bourke		c 1704
c 1704		9	John Bourke	1642	17 Oct 1722	80
17 Oct 1722		10	Michael Bourke Summoned to the Irish House of Lords by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Dunkellin 3 Aug 1711 PC [I] 1726	1686	29 Nov 1726	40
29 Nov 1726		11	John Smyth de Burgh PC [I] 1761	11 Nov 1720	21 Apr 1782	61
21 Apr 1782 17 Aug 1789 to     8 Dec 1797	M[I]	12 1	Henry de Burgh Created Marquess of Clanricarde 17 Aug 1789 KP 1783; PC [I] 1783 On his death the Marquessate became extinct whilst the Earldom passed to -	8 Jan 1743	8 Dec 1797	54
8 Dec 1797 29 Dec 1800	E[I]	13 1	John Thomas de Burgh Created Earl of Clanricarde 29 Dec 1800 For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this peerage, see the note at the foot of this page PC [I] 1801	22 Sep 1744	27 Jul 1808	63
27 Jul 1808	M[I]	14 2 1	Ulick John de Burgh Created Marquess of Clanricarde 26 Nov 1825 and Baron Somerhill [UK] 13 Dec 1826 Postmaster General 1846‑1852; Lord Privy Seal 1857‑1858; Lord Lieutenant Galway 1831‑1874; PC 1830; KP 1831	20 Dec 1802	10 Apr 1874	71
10 Apr 1874 to     12 Apr 1916		15 3 2	Hubert George de Burgh‑Canning MP for co. Galway 1867‑1871 On his death all peerages became extinct except the Earldom of Clanricarde created 1800 which passed to the Marquess of Sligo	30 Nov 1832	12 Apr 1916	83
CLANWILLIAM
20 Jul 1776	E[I]	1	Sir John Meade, 4th baronet Created Baron Gillford and Viscount Clanwilliam 17 Nov 1766 and Earl of Clanwilliam 20 Jul 1776 MP [I] for Banagher 1764‑1767	21 Apr 1744	19 Oct 1800	56
19 Oct 1800		2	Robert Meade	10 May 1766	3 Sep 1805	39
3 Sep 1805 28 Jan 1828	B	3 1	Richard Charles Francis Meade Created Baron Clanwilliam 28 Jan 1828	15 Aug 1795	7 Oct 1879	84
7 Oct 1879		4	Richard James Meade Admiral of the Fleet 1895	3 Oct 1832	4 Aug 1907	74
4 Aug 1907		5	Arthur Vesey Meade	14 Jan 1873	23 Jan 1953	80
23 Jan 1953		6	John Charles Edmund Carson Meade Lord Lieutenant Down 1962‑1979	6 Jun 1914	30 Mar 1989	74
30 Mar 1989		7	John Herbert Meade	27 Sep 1919	24 Dec 2009	90
24 Dec 2009		8	Patrick James Meade	28 Dec 1960
CLARE (England)
			Holders of the Honour of Clare
c 1070		1	Richard Fitzgilbert	c 1035	c 1090
c 1090		2	Gilbert Fitzrichard	by 1086	c 1117
c 1117		3	Richard de Clare		15 Apr 1136
15 Apr 1136		4	Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford	by 1115	1152
1152		5	Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford	by 1137	1173
1173		6	Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford	by 1162	Nov 1217
Nov 1217		7	Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford	by 1182	25 Oct 1230
25 Oct 1230		8	Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford	4 Aug 1222	13 Jul 1262	39
13 Jul 1262		9	Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford	2 Sep 1243	7 Dec 1295	52
7 Dec 1295		10	Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Hertford	1291	24 Jun 1314	23
24 Jun 1314		11	Elizabeth de Burgh	c 1292	4 Nov 1360
4 Nov 1360		12	Elizabeth Plantagenet	1338	1363	25
1363		13	Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence	29 Nov 1338	17 Oct 1368	29
17 Oct 1368		14	Philippa Mortimer	16 Aug 1355	5 Jan 1382	26
5 Jan 1382		15	Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March	11 Apr 1374	20 Jul 1398	24
20 Jul 1398		16	Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March	6 Nov 1391	19 Jan 1425	33
19 Jan 1425		17	Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York	21 Sep 1411	31 Dec 1460	49
31 Dec 1460		18	Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York He succeeded to the throne as Edward IV in 1461 when the Honour of Clare merged with the Crown	28 Apr 1442	9 Apr 1483	40
26 Oct 1309	B	1	Richard de Clare Summoned to Parliament as Lord Clare 26 Oct 1309		7 Jun 1318
7 Jun 1318 to     c Apr 1321		2	Thomas de Clare Peerage extinct on his death		c Apr 1321
2 Nov 1624	E	1	John Holles Created Baron Haughton 9 Jul 1616 and Earl of Clare 2 Nov 1624 MP for Nottinghamshire 1604‑1611 and 1614‑1616	May 1564	4 Oct 1637	73
4 Oct 1637		2	John Holles MP for East Retford 1623‑1626; Lord Lieutenant Nottingham 1642	13 Jun 1595	2 Jan 1666	70
2 Jan 1666		3	Gilbert Holles MP for Nottinghamshire 1660	24 Apr 1633	16 Jan 1689	55
16 Jan 1689 14 May 1694 to     15 Jul 1711	M	4 1	John Holles Created Marquess of Clare and Duke of Newcastle 14 May 1694 MP for Nottinghamshire 1689; Lord Privy Seal 1705‑1711; Lord Lieutenant Nottingham 1694‑1711, Middlesex 1689‑1692, East Riding Yorkshire 1698 and North Riding 1705‑1711; KG 1698; PC 1705 Peerages extinct on his death	9 Jan 1662	15 Jul 1711	49
19 Oct 1714 11 Aug 1715 to     17 Nov 1768	E M	1 1	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 2nd Baron Pelham Created Viscount Haughton and Earl of Clare 19 Oct 1714, Marquess of Clare and Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 11 Aug 1715, Duke of Newcastle under Lyne 17 Nov 1756 and Baron Pelham of Stanmer 4 May 1762 The creations of 1714 and 1715 both contained a special remainder failing his issue male, to his brother Henry Pelham in tail male See "Newcastle upon Tyne" - extinct 1768	1 Jul 1693	17 Nov 1768	75
CLARE (Ireland)
11 Jul 1662	V[I]	1	Daniel O'Brien Created Baron Moyarta and Viscount Clare 11 Jul 1662	c 1580	c 1664
c 1664		2	Connor O'Brien	c 1605	c 1670
c 1670 to     1691		3	Daniel O'Brien He was attainted and the peerage forfeited in 1691		c 1691
19 Jan 1767 to     13 Oct 1788	V[I]	1	Robert Nugent Created Baron Nugent and Viscount Clare 19 Jan 1767 and Earl Nugent 21 Jul 1776 Creations of 1767 extinct on his death	c 1720	13 Oct 1788
12 Jun 1795	E[I]	1	John FitzGibbon Created Baron Fitzgibbon [I] 6 Jul 1789, Viscount Fitzgibbon [I] 6 Dec 1793, Earl of Clare [I] 12 Jun 1795 and Baron Fitzgibbon [GB] 24 Sep 1799 MP [I] for Dublin University 1778‑1783 and Kilmallock 1783‑1789; Attorney General [I] 1783; Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1789‑1802; PC [I] 1783	1748	28 Jan 1802	53
28 Jan 1802		2	John FitzGibbon Lord Lieutenant Limerick 1848‑1851; Governor-General of Bombay 1830‑1834; PC 1830; KP 1845	10 Jun 1792	18 Aug 1851	59
18 Aug 1851 to     10 Jan 1864		3	Richard Hobart FitzGibbon MP for co. Limerick 1818‑1841; Lord Lieutenant Limerick 1831‑1848 and 1851‑1864 Peerage extinct on his death For further information on his son and heir, styled Viscount FitzGibbon, see the note at the foot of this page	2 Oct 1793	10 Jan 1864	70
CLARENCE
13 Nov 1362 to     17 Oct 1368	D	1	Lionel Plantagenet Created Duke of Clarence 13 Nov 1362 Third son of Edward III; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1361‑1365; KG c 1361 Peerage extinct on his death	29 Nov 1338	17 Oct 1368	29
2 Jul 1411 to     22 Mar 1421	D	1	Thomas Plantagenet Created Earl of Albemarle and Duke of Clarence 2 Jul 1411 Second son of Henry IV; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1401‑1408; KG c 1400 Peerage extinct on his death	29 Sep 1389	22 Mar 1421	31
Jun 1461 to     18 Feb 1478	D	1	George Plantagenet Created Duke of Clarence Jun 1461 and Earl of Salisbury and Earl of Warwick 25 Mar 1472 Brother of Edward IV; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1462‑1470 and 1471; KG 1461 He was attainted and the peerage forfeited in 1478	21 Oct 1449	18 Feb 1478	28
24 May 1881	E	1	HRH Leopold George Duncan Albert Created Baron Arklow, Earl of Clarence and Duke of Albany 24 May 1881 See "Albany"	7 Apr 1853	28 Mar 1884	30
CLARENCE AND AVONDALE
24 May 1890 to     14 Jan 1892	D	1	HRH Albert Victor Christian Edward Created Earl of Athlone and Duke of Clarence and Avondale 24 May 1890 Eldest son of Edward VII; KG 1883; KP 1887 Peerage extinct on his death	8 Jan 1864	14 Jan 1892	28
CLARENCE AND ST. ANDREWS
20 May 1789 to     26 Jun 1830	D	1	HRH William Henry Created Earl of Munster and Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews 20 May 1789 Third son of George III; KT 1770; KG 1782; PC 1789 He succeeded to the throne as William IV in 1830 when the peerage merged with the Crown	21 Aug 1765	20 Jun 1837	71
CLARENDON
20 Apr 1661	E	1	Edward Hyde Created Baron Hyde of Hindon 3 Nov 1660, and Viscount Cornbury and Earl of Clarendon 20 Apr 1661 MP for Wootton Basset 1640 and Saltash 1640‑1649; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1643‑1660; Secretary of State 1653‑1657; Lord Chancellor 1658‑1667; First Lord of the Treasury 1660‑1667; Lord Lieutenant Oxford 1663‑1668 and Wiltshire 1667‑1668	18 Feb 1609	19 Dec 1674	65
19 Dec 1674		2	Henry Hyde MP for Lyme Regis 1660‑1661 and Wiltshire 1661‑1674; Lord Privy Seal 1685‑1687; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1685‑1687; PC 1680	2 Jun 1638	31 Oct 1709	71
31 Oct 1709		3	Edward Hyde MP for Wiltshire 1685‑1695 and Christchurch 1695‑1701. Governor of New York and New Jersey 1701‑1708. PC 1711 For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	28 Nov 1661	31 Mar 1723	61
31 Mar 1723 to     10 Dec 1753		4	Henry Hyde He succeeded to the Earldom of Rochester in 1711 MP for Launceston 1692‑1711; Lord Lieutenant Cornwall 1711‑1714; PC 1710 Peerages extinct on his death	Jun 1672	10 Dec 1753	81
14 Jun 1776	E	1	Thomas Villiers Created Baron Hyde of Hindon 3 Jun 1756 and Earl of Clarendon 14 Jun 1776 MP for Tamworth 1747‑1756; Postmaster General 1763‑1765; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1771‑1782 and 1783; PC 1763	1709	11 Dec 1786	77
11 Dec 1786		2	Thomas Villiers MP for Christchurch 1774‑1780 and Helston 1781‑1786	25 Dec 1753	7 Mar 1824	70
7 Mar 1824		3	John Charles Villiers MP for Old Sarum 1784‑1790, Dartmouth 1790‑1802, Tain Burghs 1802‑1805 and Queenborough 1807‑1812 and 1820‑1824; PC 1787	14 Nov 1757	22 Dec 1838	81
22 Dec 1838		4	George William Frederick Villiers Lord Privy Seal 1840‑1841; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1840‑1841 and 1864‑1865; President of the Board of Trade 1846‑1847; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1847‑1852; Foreign Secretary 1853‑1858, 1865‑1866 and 1868‑1870; PC 1840; KG 1849	26 Jan 1800	27 Jun 1870	70
27 Jun 1870		5	Edward Hyde Villiers MP for Brecon 1869‑1870; Lord Lieutenant Hertford 1892‑1914; PC 1900	11 Feb 1846	2 Oct 1914	68
2 Oct 1914		6	George Herbert Hyde Villiers Governor General of South Africa 1931‑1937; PC 1931; KG 1937	7 Jun 1877	13 Dec 1955	78
13 Dec 1955		7	George Frederick Laurence Hyde Villiers	2 Feb 1933	4 Jul 2009	76
4 Jul 2009		8	George Edward Laurence Hyde Villiers	12 Feb 1976
CLARINA
28 Dec 1800	B[I]	1	Eyre Massey Created Baron Clarina 28 Dec 1800 MP [I] for Swords 1790‑1798	24 May 1719	17 May 1804	84
17 May 1804		2	Nathaniel William Massey	23 May 1773	Jan 1810	36
Jan 1810		3	Eyre Massey	6 May 1798	18 Nov 1872	74
18 Nov 1872		4	Eyre Challoner Henry Massey	29 Apr 1830	16 Dec 1897	67
16 Dec 1897		5	Lionel Edward Massey	20 Apr 1837	13 Oct 1922	85
13 Oct 1922 to     4 Nov 1952		6	Eyre Nathaniel Massey Peerage extinct on his death	8 Feb 1880	4 Nov 1952	72
CLARK
24 Jul 1969 to     21 May 1983	B[L]		Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Clark Created Baron Clark for life 24 Jul 1969 CH 1959; OM 1976 Peerage extinct on his death	13 Jul 1903	21 May 1983	79
CLARK OF CALTON
21 Jun 2005	B[L]		Lynda Margaret Clark Created Baroness Clark of Calton for life 21 Jun 2005 MP for Pentlands 1997‑2005; Advocate General for Scotland 1999‑2005; Scottish Lord of Session 2006‑2019; PC 2013	26 Feb 1949
CLARK OF KEMPSTON
21 Jul 1992 to     6 Oct 2004	B[L]		Sir William Gibson Haig Clark Created Baron Clark of Kempston for life 21 Jul 1992 MP for Nottingham South 1959‑1966, Surrey East 1970‑1974 and Croydon South 1974‑1992; PC 1990 Peerage extinct on his death	18 Oct 1917	6 Oct 2004	86
CLARK OF WINDERMERE
2 Jul 2001	B[L]		David George Clark Created Baron Clark of Windermere for life 2 Jul 2001 MP for Colne Valley 1970‑1974 and South Shields 1979‑2001; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1997‑1998; PC 1997	10 Oct 1939
CLARKE OF HAMPSTEAD
29 Jul 1998	B[L]		Anthony James Clarke Created Baron Clarke of Hampstead for life 29 Jul 1998	17 Apr 1932
CLARKE OF NOTTINGHAM
4 Sep 2020	B[L]		Sir Kenneth Harry Clarke Created Baron Clarke of Nottingham for life 4 Sep 2020 MP for Rushcliffe 1970‑2019; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1987‑1988; Secretary of State for Health 1988‑1990; Secretary of State for Education & Science 1990‑1992; Home Secretary 1992‑1993; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1993‑1997; Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice 2010‑2012; Minister without Portfolio 2012‑2014; PC 1985; CH 2014	2 Jul 1940
CLARKE OF STONE-CUM-EBONY
29 May 2009	B[L]		Sir Anthony Peter Clarke Created Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony for life 29 May 2009 Lord Justice of Appeal 1998‑2005; Master of the Rolls 2005‑2009; Justice of the Supreme Court 2009‑2017; PC 1998	13 May 1943
CLAUSON
20 Feb 1942 to     15 Mar 1946	B	1	Sir Albert Charles Clauson Created Baron Clauson 20 Feb 1942 Lord Justice of Appeal 1938‑1942; PC 1938 Peerage extinct on his death	14 Jan 1870	15 Mar 1946	76
CLAVERING
2 Nov 1295	B	1	Robert Fitzroger Summoned to Parliament as Lord Clavering 2 Nov 1295	c 1245	1310
1310 to     1332		2	John de Clavering Peerage extinct on his death	1270	1332	62
CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS
16 Jul 1979 to     22 Feb 2001	B[L]		Cledwyn Hughes Created Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos for life 16 Jul 1979 MP for Anglesey 1951‑1979; Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations 1964‑1966; Secretary of State for Wales 1966‑1968; Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food 1968‑1970; PC 1966; CH 1977 Peerage extinct on his death	14 Sep 1916	22 Feb 2001	84
CLEMENT-JONES
17 Jul 1998	B[L]		Timothy Francis Clement‑Jones Created Baron Clement-Jones for life 17 Jul 1998	26 Oct 1949
CLEMENTS
20 Jun 1831	B	1	Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim Created Baron Clements 20 Jun 1831 See "Leitrim"	9 May 1768	31 Dec 1854	86
CLERMONT
26 May 1770 23 Jul 1776 10 Feb 1777	B[I] V[I] E[I]	1 1 1	William Henry Fortescue Created Baron Clermont 26 May 1770, Viscount Clermont 23 Jul 1776 and Earl of Clermont 10 Feb 1777 MP [I] for Louth County 1745‑1760 and Monaghan Borough 1761‑1770; PC [I] 1755; KP 1795 On his death the Barony and Earldom became extinct whilst the Viscountcy passed to -	5 Aug 1722	30 Sep 1806	84
30 Sep 1806 to     24 Jun 1829		2	William Charles Fortescue MP [I] for Louth County 1796‑1800 Peerage extinct on his death	12 Oct 1764	24 Jun 1829	64
11 Feb 1852 2 May 1866 to     29 Jul 1887	B[I] B	1 1	Thomas Fortescue Created Baron Clermont of Dromisken 11 Feb 1852 and Baron Clermont of Clermont Park 2 May 1866 For details of the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page MP for co. Louth 1840‑1841 On his death the UK Barony became extinct whilst the Irish Barony passed to -	9 Mar 1815	29 Jul 1887	72
29 Jul 1887 to     30 Jan 1898		2	Chichester Samuel Parkinson‑Fortescue Created Baron Carlingford 28 Feb 1874 MP for co. Louth 1847‑1874; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1865‑1866 and 1868‑1870; President of the Board of Trade 1870‑1874; Lord Privy Seal 1881‑1885; Lord President of the Council 1883‑1885; Lord Lieutenant Essex 1873; PC 1864; KP 1882 Peerages extinct on his death	18 Jan 1823	30 Jan 1898	75
CLERMONT AND FETTERCAIRN
1 Oct 1660	E[S]	1	John Middleton Created Lord Clermont and Fettercairn and Earl of Middleton 1 Oct 1660 See "Middleton"	c 1617	1673

	William Frederick le Poer-Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty and his wife, Isabel Maude Penrice Bilton, Countess of Clancarty
	Belle, as she was always known, was born in 1866, the daughter of a recruiting sergeant in the British Army. At the age of 14, she first appeared on stage with her younger sister, Florence, in a pantomime at the Garrison Theatre, Woolwich. As luck would have it, there they were'discovered' by a theatrical agent who happened to be present. Within a short time, the Bilton Sisters were headline acts in the world of variety.
	Unfortunately for Belle, she met and became the mistress of a confidence trickster who called himself 'Baron de Loanda' but whose real name was Alden Weston. The law finally caught up with him in March 1888, when he received 18 months for conspiracy to defraud. Belle, who was at the time pregnant to Weston, was unable to return to the stage in her condition. Around this time, she met a young 24-year-old man named Isidor Wertheimer, who was the son of a well-known bric-a-brac dealer in Bond Street, London. The meeting ripened into a platonic friendship and he offered her the help she needed, housing her in his country cottage and paying for the doctor and nurse when her baby was born. In gratitude, and somewhat naively, she named the child 'Isidor'. After the birth, her doctor recommended a holiday abroad, so the faithful Isidor took her to Paris where they occupied separate rooms. On their return to London, Belle set her up in a house at St. John's Wood, and, although he stayed there only at weekends, Isidor and Belle always occupied separate rooms.
	When her health had improved sufficiently, Belle returned to the stage. In April 1889, at the Corinthian Club, she was introduced to William Frederick le Poer-Trench, Viscount Dunlo and heir to the Earldom of Clancarty. Dunlo was infatuated immediately and after three months' wooing, they were married in a secret ceremony at a Hampstead registry office on 10 July 1889. In order to keep the marriage secret, they parted immediately after the ceremony, but Dunlo's ardour overcame his discretion and he booked a honeymoon suite at the Hotel Victoria. Inevitably, gossip came to the ears of the press and the secret marriage became known.
	Dunlo's father reacted very badly to this news, denying hotly that his son had married. When it became obvious that such was the case, he cut off his son's allowance. The old Earl had, before the wedding had taken place, arranged for Dunlo to undertake a trip around the world and Dunlo, who appears to have been a weak and easily dominated man, now left his wife at home while he undertook the planned journey.
	The Earl set a host of private detectives to spy on Belle and to gain, or manufacture, evidence of marital infidelity. She had to leave her lodgings because her fellow lodgers complained of constant interference from the detectives. Her landlady later testified that she could not have led a more blameless life. Even Alden Weston, by now out of prison, could not provide any ammunition for the detectives. Weston was soon back in custody, this time for forging cheques in the name of Isidor Wertheimer.
	The faithful Isidor again came to her aid and installed her in his house at St. John's Wood again, but he did not stay in that house.
	The Earl then began a suit for his son's divorce, which commenced in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Court on 23 July 1890. Belle denied that she had ever been Isidor's mistress and, when asked how her position differed from that of a mistress, she replied with dignity, 'I was living under his protection, but I was not living with him. That is the difference.' Not one particle of incriminating evidence against Belle was produced and it was shown that, at all times, she had conducted herself blamelessly. In defiance of his father, Dunlo testified that his love for his wife was as strong as ever and that he wanted her back. After six days of hearings, and after only 15 minutes' consideration by the jury, Belle was completely exonerated.
	The Earl suffered greatly from the contempt of the public for his actions and the press was bitter in its denunciation of him. He died within a year - some said as a result of his continued vindictiveness - having again cut off Dunlo's allowance. Belle again became the breadwinner, returning to the stage, but, on the death of her father-in-law, she left the stage for the final time and moved with her husband to the family estates at Garbally Court in county Galway. Here she gave birth to four children and endeared herself to the local Irish countryfolk for her works of charity.
	But tragedy loomed - she was diagnosed with cancer and, although she fought the disease for three years, she died on 31 December 1906, aged only 40, being universally mourned by the entire county. 'On the day of the funeral', says a contemporary newspaper report, 'all business was suspended as a mark of respect and every blind was drawn along the line of route. From an early hour the tenantry and neighbours began to assemble before the house; and shared between them the sad task of carrying the coffin on their shoulders a distance of three miles to the family vault.'
	After his wife's death, Clancarty's luck does not appear to have changed for the better. Within a month of his wife's death, he was a passenger in a car which hit and killed a pedestrian (the driver was charged with manslaughter, but found not guilty), and within six months he had been declared a bankrupt by the courts in Dublin. This bankruptcy appears to have taught him no lessons in fiscal responsibility, for he was again bankrupted in September 1910.
	The faithful Isidor Wertheimer appears to have died early in 1893, aged only 29. My assumption is that he was part of the family of either Charles or Asher Wertheimer, who were both very prominent in the world of art in the early part of the 20th century.
	For further information, see Romances of the Peerage by Horace Wyndham (Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, London, 1930) which contains a full account of the divorce proceedings.
	William Francis Brinsley le Poer-Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty
	Clancarty was educated at the Nautical College, Pangbourne in Berkshire. He later sold advertising space for a gardening magazine. Clancarty claimed that he could trace his ancestors back to 63,000 BC, when beings from another planet had landed on Earth in spaceships. Most humans, he maintained, were descended from these aliens. No other theory could account for the variety of shapes, sizes and skin colours to be seen on the streets of South Kensington, where he lived. However, not all of these aliens came from space - some emerged through tunnels from a civilization that still existed beneath the Earth's crust. Altogether, there were six or seven of these tunnels, one at each of the Poles and others in places such as Tibet. The Earl admitted that 'I haven't been down one of these tunnels myself, but from what I gather, these beings are quite advanced.
	Clancarty wrote a number of books under the name of Brinsley le Poer Trench concerning UFOs, including The Sky People, The Flying Saucer Story and Secrets of the Ages. From 1956 to 1959 he edited The Flying Saucer Review and later founded the International Unidentified Object Observer Corps and Contact International. He served as vice-president of the British UFO Research Association and was an honorary life member of the Ancient Astronauts Society.
	Edward Barry Stewart Bingham VC, son of the 5th Baron Clanmorris (26 Jul 1881-24 Sep 1939)
	Bingham was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1916 for his actions during the naval Battle of Jutland. The following report appeared in The Weekly Irish Times of 9 December 1916:-
	Commander the Hon. Edward Barry Stewart Bingham, R.N., when he won the Victoria Cross in the Battle of Jutland, was the third son of Lord and Lady Clanmorris, of Bangor Castle, Co. Down, and Creg Clare, Ardrahan, Co. Galway, but since then he has been bereaved by the death of his father, which took place on Saturday, 5th November, at Bangor Castle. Commander Bingham is one of the few naval officers who have gained the coveted honour during the present war. The official record his gallantry is as follows:-
	"For the extremely gallant way in which he led his division in their attack first on enemy destroyers and then on their battle cruisers. He finally sighted the enemy battle fleet, and followed by the one remaining destroyer of his division (Nicator), with dauntless courage he closed to within 3,000 yards of the enemy in order to attain a favourable position for firing of torpedoes. While making the attack, Nestor [Bingham's ship] and Nicator were under concentrated fire of the second batteries of the High Sea Fleet. Nestor was subsequently sunk."
	It was initially thought that Bingham had gone done with his ship, but he was rescued by the Germans and spent the rest of the war as a POW. After his release, he continued to serve in the Royal Navy, retiring as a Rear Admiral in 1932.
	The special remainder to the Earldom of Clanricarde
	From the London Gazette of 6 January 1801 (issue 15326, page 40):-
	His Majesty has been pleased to grant the following Dignities to the Noblemen hereafter named, and the Heirs Male of their respective Bodies lawfully begotten, viz … To John Thomas Earl of Clanricarde, the Dignity of Earl of Clanricarde, of the County of Galway, and in Default of Issue Male, the Dignity of Countess of Clanricarde, of the County of Galway, to the first and every other Daughter of the Body of the said John Thomas Earl of Clanricarde, as they shall be in Priority of Birth and Seniority of Age, and the Dignity of Earl of Clanricarde, of the County of Galway, to the Heirs Male of [the] body of such first and every other Daughter lawfully issuing in the like Successions according to Priority of Birth and seniority of Age.
	John Charles Henry FitzGibbon, styled Viscount FitzGibbon, son of the 3rd Earl of Clare (2 May 1829-25 October 1854)
	There appears to be absolutely no doubt that Viscount FitzGibbon, son and heir of the 3rd Earl of Clare, was killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854. However, in 1877, a number of newspaper reports suggested that a claimant had appeared who stated that he was the missing man. The following report appeared in the Lancaster Gazette of 21 November 1877, reprinted from the Yorkshire Times :-
	One or two reports have gained currency to the effect that Lord FitzGibbon, who was supposed to have been killed in the Balaklava Charge, had returned to England, he not having been shot dead, but taken prisoner, and, for an insult to a Russian officer, sent to Siberia. It has also been stated that since his return he had paid a visit to the Hounslow Barracks, where his regiment, the 8th Hussars, is stationed, and that Colonel Mussenden and Quartermaster-Sergeant-Major Hefferon (formerly Lord FitzGibbon's servant) had identified him. Enquiries have been made as to the truth of the statement relating to the visit to the barracks, and the reply was that no person representing himself as heir to the title of Lord Clare had been there. Moreover, Quartermaster-Sergeant-Major Hefferon and the late Trumpet-Major Grey, who were in the C Troop of the 8th Hussars when Lord FitzGibbon took the place of Lord Cardigan's Aide-de-Camp (Captain Lockwood), and led the troop down to the ever-memorial charge, say they were close to him when, not long after the commencement of the charge, they saw him struck in the chest almost at the same moment by two bullets: and they distinctly recollect his losing hold of his sword (which was prevented from falling to the ground by a strap which secured it to his arm), violently clasping his arms on his breast, and crying out, "Oh, my God, my God, I'm shot". With what they believe to have been his dying breath, he exhorted his men not to linger, saying to them, "Go on". Thus every one believed him to have died the death of a hero. He was shot directly after the death of Captain Nolan. He had £25 in cash, which was part of £50 served out on the morning of the charge for the C Troop. It may be added that when the soldiers came back, Trumpet-Major Grey and several others searched for the body, but it was never found. If Lord FitzGibbon is really in this country, as alleged, the officers and men of the 8th Hussars, who knew him, wish to know why he has been so backward in calling upon them. The officers who would readily recognise him and receive him with open arms are - General de Salis, Colonel Mussenden, and Lieutenant Harrison (late of the 8th Hussars). For the information of those who may come in contact with the new claimant, it can be stated that Lord FitzGibbon was tall - 5ft 10in in height - of fair complexion, and slim stature. He had a cast in the left eye, and was in the habit of wearing a glass. If alive now, he would be upwards of forty years of age.
	Apart from a letter from Lord FitzGibbon's surviving family members published in a number of papers which vehemently denied the rumours of Lord FitzGibbon's return, no more appears to have been published in relation to this claim.
	Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (known as Viscount Cornbury until 1709)
	After graduating from Oxford University, Cornbury entered the Royal Regiment of Dragoons. He was one of the first commanders to desert King James II in 1688. He sat in the House of Commons for Wiltshire between 1685 and 1687 and again between 1689 and 1695, and for Christchurch between 1695 and 1701. In 1688, he married, in a secret ceremony, Katherine O'Brien, daughter of Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold. Katherine became Baroness Clifton in her own right on the death of her mother in 1702. She died in New York in 1706 and is buried at Trinity Church, NY.
	Cornbury was appointed Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1701 and served until 1708. History has certainly not been kind to him; he has been described as a moral profligate, sunk in corruption and probably the worst Governor ever imposed on an American colony. He was accused of taking bribes and plundering the public treasury. The historian Bancroft described him as illustrating the worst form of English aristocracy's "arrogance, joined to intellectual imbecility". Later historians describe him as a degenerate and pervert who spent half his time dressed in women's clothes, in keeping with his role as the Queen's representative.
	However, modern scholarship suggests that Cornbury has been unjustly condemned. In her book The Lord Cornbury Scandal; The Politics of Reputation in British America (University of North Carolina Press, 1998), author Patricia Bonomi re-examined the allegations against Lord Cornbury and found them to be questionable and based on very little evidence. Much of the evidence upon which the allegations were made was supplied by Cornbury's enemies. She concludes that most of the stories surrounding Cornbury, and in particular his taste for cross-dressing, were written after the event and are likely to be untrue.
	For a discussion on Lord Cornbury, see http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020125.html
	The special remainder to the Barony of Clermont
	From the Edinburgh Gazette of 17 February 1852 (issue 6152, page 129):-
	Her Majesty's Letters-Patent have passed the Great Seal, granting the dignity of Baron of this part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Thomas Fortescue, Esquire, and the heirs-male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Clermont, of Clermont and Dromiskin, in the County of Louth, and on failure thereof, to his brother, Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Esquire, and the heirs-male of his body lawfully begotten.

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