PEERAGES | ||||||
Last updated 05/11/2018 (1 Mar 2024) | ||||||
Date | Rank | Order | Name | Born | Died | Age |
HAYHOE | ||||||
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21 Aug 1992 to 7 Sep 2013 |
B[L] | Sir Bernard John ["Barney"] Hayhoe Created Baron Hayhoe for life 21 Aug 1992 MP for Heston & Isleworth 1970‑1974 and Brentford & Isleworth 1974‑1992; Minister Of State, Treasury 1981‑1985; PC 1985 Peerage extinct on his death |
8 Aug 1925 | 7 Sep 2013 | 88 | |
HAYMAN | ||||||
2 Jan 1996 | B[L] | Helene Valerie Hayman Created Baroness Hayman for life 2 Jan 1996 MP for Welwyn & Hatfield 1974‑1979; PC 2000 |
26 Mar 1949 | |||
HAYTER | ||||||
29 Jan 1927 | B | 1 | Sir George Hayter Chubb, 1st baronet Created Baron Hayter 29 Jan 1927 |
29 Aug 1848 | 7 Nov 1946 | 98 |
7 Nov 1946 | 2 | Charles Archibald Chubb | 11 Nov 1871 | 3 Mar 1967 | 95 | |
3 Mar 1967 | 3 | George Charles Chubb | 25 Apr 1911 | 2 Sep 2003 | 92 | |
2 Sep 2003 | 4 | George William Michael Chubb | 9 Oct 1943 | |||
HAYTER OF KENTISH TOWN | ||||||
22 Jun 2010 | B[L] | Dianne Hayter Created Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town for life 22 Jun 2010 |
7 Sep 1949 | |||
HAYWARD | ||||||
28 Sep 2015 | B[L] | Robert Antony Hayward Created Baron Hayward for life 28 Sep 2015 MP for Kingswood 1983‑1992 |
11 Mar 1949 | |||
HAZARIKA | ||||||
14 Mar 2024 | B[L] | Ayehsa Yousef Hazarika Created Baroness Hazarika for life 14 Mar 2024 |
15 Dec 1975 | |||
HAZLERIGG | ||||||
12 Feb 1945 | B | 1 | Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 13th baronet Created Baron Hazlerigg 12 Feb 1945 Lord Lieutenant Leicester 1925‑1949 |
17 Nov 1878 | 25 May 1949 | 70 |
25 May 1949 | 2 | Arthur Grey Hazlerigg | 24 Feb 1910 | 30 Sep 2002 | 92 | |
30 Sep 2002 | 3 | Arthur Grey Hazlerigg | 5 May 1951 | 29 Mar 2022 | 70 | |
29 Mar 2022 | 4 | Arthur William Grey Hazlerigg | 13 May 1987 | |||
HEAD | ||||||
2 Aug 1960 | V | 1 | Antony Henry Head Created Viscount Head 2 Aug 1960 MP for Carshalton 1945‑1960; Secretary of State for War 1951‑1956; Minister of Defence 1956‑1957; PC 1951 |
19 Dec 1906 | 29 Mar 1983 | 76 |
29 Mar 1983 | 2 | Richard Antony Head | 27 Feb 1937 | |||
HEADFORT | ||||||
6 Sep 1760 12 Apr 1762 |
B[I] V[I] |
1 1 |
Sir Thomas Taylour, 3rd baronet Created Baron Headfort 6 Sep 1760, Viscount Headfort 12 Apr 1762 and Earl of Bective 24 Oct 1766 MP [I] for Kells 1747‑1760; KP 1783; PC [I] 1785 |
20 Oct 1724 | 14 Feb 1795 | 71 |
14 Feb 1795 29 Dec 1800 |
M[I] |
2 1 |
Thomas Taylour Created Marquess of Headfort 29 Dec 1800 MP [I] for Kells 1776‑1790, Longford Borough 1790‑1794 and Meath County 1794‑1795; KP 1806 |
18 Nov 1757 | 24 Oct 1829 | 71 |
24 Oct 1829 | 2 | Thomas Taylour Created Baron Kenlis 10 Sep 1831 MP for Meath 1812‑1830; Lord Lieutenant Cavan; PC [I] 1835; KP 1839 |
4 May 1787 | 6 Dec 1870 | 83 | |
6 Dec 1870 | 3 | Thomas Taylour MP for Westmorland 1854‑1870; Lord Lieutenant Meath 1876‑1894; PC [I] 1879; KP 1885 |
1 Nov 1822 | 22 Jul 1894 | 71 | |
22 Jul 1894 | 4 | Geoffrey Thomas Taylour | 12 Jun 1878 | 29 Jan 1943 | 64 | |
29 Jan 1943 | 5 | Terence Geoffrey Thomas Taylour | 1 May 1902 | 24 Oct 1960 | 58 | |
24 Oct 1960 | 6 | Thomas Geoffrey Charles Michael Taylour | 20 Jan 1932 | 21 Oct 2005 | 73 | |
21 Oct 2005 | 7 | Thomas Michael Ronald Christopher Taylour | 10 Feb 1959 | |||
HEADLEY | ||||||
14 Nov 1797 | B[I] | 1 | Sir George Allanson-Winn, 1st baronet Created Baron Headley 14 Nov 1797 MP for Ripon 1789‑1797 |
1725 | 9 Apr 1798 | 72 |
9 Apr 1798 | 2 | Charles Winn-Allanson MP for Ripon 1806‑1807, Malton 1807‑1808 and Ludgershall 1811‑1812 |
25 Jun 1784 | 9 Apr 1840 | 55 | |
9 Apr 1840 | 3 | Charles Allanson-Winn | 25 Jun 1810 | 30 Jul 1877 | 67 | |
30 Jul 1877 | 4 | Charles Mark Allanson-Winn | 4 Dec 1845 | 13 Jan 1913 | 67 | |
13 Jan 1913 | 5 | Rowland George Allanson Allanson‑Winn For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page |
19 Jan 1855 | 22 Jun 1935 | 80 | |
22 Jun 1935 | 6 | Rowland Patrick John George Allanson‑Winn | 22 May 1901 | 17 Dec 1969 | 68 | |
17 Dec 1969 to 23 Feb 1994 |
7 | Charles Rowland Allanson‑Winn Peerage extinct on his death |
19 May 1902 | 23 Feb 1994 | 91 | |
HEALEY | ||||||
29 Jun 1992 to 3 Oct 2015 |
B[L] | Denis Winston Healey Created Baron Healey for life 29 Jun 1992 MP for Leeds South East 1952‑1955 and Leeds East 1955‑1992; Secretary of State for Defence 1964‑1970; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974‑1979; PC 1964; CH 1979 Peerage extinct on his death |
30 Aug 1917 | 3 Oct 2015 | 98 | |
HEALY OF PRIMROSE HILL | ||||||
19 Jul 2010 | B[L] | Anna Mary Healy Created Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill for life 19 Jul 2010 |
10 May 1955 | |||
HEATHFIELD | ||||||
6 Jul 1787 | B | 1 | George Augustus Eliott Created Baron Heathfield 6 Jul 1787 PC [I] 1775 For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page |
25 Dec 1717 | 6 Jul 1790 | 72 |
6 Jul 1790 to 26 Jan 1813 |
2 | Francis Augustus Eliott Peerage extinct on his death |
31 Dec 1750 | 26 Jan 1813 | 62 | |
HEDINGTON | ||||||
27 Dec 1676 | B | 1 | Charles Beauclerk Created Baron Hedington and Earl of Burford 27 Dec 1676, and Duke of St. Albans 10 Jan 1684 See "St. Albans" |
8 May 1670 | 10 May 1726 | 56 |
HEDON | ||||||
14 Jul 1742 to 8 Jul 1764 |
B | 1 | William Pulteney Created Baron Hedon, Viscount Pulteney and Earl of Bath 14 Jul 1742 See "Bath" |
Apr 1684 | 8 Jul 1764 | 80 |
HELIC | ||||||
18 Sep 2014 | B[L] | Arminka Helic Created Baroness Helic for life 18 Sep 2014 |
20 Apr 1968 | |||
HELMSLEY | ||||||
25 Jul 1868 | V | 1 | William Ernest Duncombe, 3rd Baron Feversham Created Viscount Helmsley and Earl of Feversham 25 Jul 1868 See "Feversham" - this peerage extinct 1963 |
28 Jan 1829 | 13 Jan 1915 | 85 |
HELSBY | ||||||
21 May 1968 to 5 Dec 1978 |
B[L] | Sir Laurence Norman Helsby Created Baron Helsby for life 21 May 1968 Peerage extinct on his death |
27 Apr 1908 | 5 Dec 1978 | 70 | |
HEMINGFORD | ||||||
1 Feb 1943 | B | 1 | Sir Dennis Henry Herbert Created Baron Hemingford 1 Feb 1943 MP for Watford 1918‑1943; PC 1933 |
25 Feb 1869 | 10 Dec 1947 | 78 |
10 Dec 1947 | 2 | Dennis George Ruddock Herbert Lord Lieutenant Huntingdon & Peterborough 1968‑1974 |
25 Mar 1904 | 19 Jun 1982 | 78 | |
19 Jun 1982 | 3 | Dennis Nicholas Herbert | 25 Jul 1934 | 17 Dec 2022 | 88 | |
17 Dec 2022 | 4 | Christopher Dennis Charles Herbert | 4 Jul 1973 | |||
HEMPHILL | ||||||
12 Jan 1906 | B | 1 | Charles Hare Hemphill Created Baron Hemphill 12 Jan 1906 MP for Tyrone North 1895‑1906; Solicitor General for Ireland 1892‑1895; PC [I] 1895 |
1822 | 4 Mar 1908 | 85 |
4 Mar 1908 | 2 | Stanhope Charles John Hemphill | 13 Mar 1853 | 26 Mar 1919 | 66 | |
26 Mar 1919 | 3 | Fitzroy Hemphill | 21 Nov 1860 | 25 Nov 1930 | 70 | |
25 Nov 1930 | 4 | Martyn Charles Andrews Hemphill | 17 Feb 1901 | 19 Mar 1957 | 56 | |
19 Mar 1957 | 5 | Peter Patrick Fitzroy Martyn Martyn‑Hemphill | 5 Sep 1928 | 6 Apr 2012 | 83 | |
6 Apr 2012 | 6 | Charles Anthony Martyn Martyn‑Hemphill | 8 Oct 1954 | |||
HENDERSON | ||||||
19 Oct 1945 to 4 Apr 1984 |
B | 1 | William Watson Henderson Created Baron Henderson 19 Oct 1945 MP for Enfield 1923‑1924 and 1929‑1931; PC 1950 Peerage extinct on his death |
8 Aug 1891 | 4 Apr 1984 | 92 |
HENDERSON OF ARDWICK | ||||||
3 Feb 1950 to 26 Feb 1950 |
B | 1 | Joseph Henderson Created Baron Henderson of Ardwick 3 Feb 1950 MP for Ardwick 1931 and 1935‑1950 Peerage extinct on his death |
1884 | 26 Feb 1950 | 65 |
HENDERSON OF BROMPTON | ||||||
1 Feb 1984 to 13 Jan 2000 |
B[L] | Sir Peter Gordon Henderson Created Baron Henderson of Brompton for life 1 Feb 1984 Peerage extinct on his death |
16 Sep 1922 | 13 Jan 2000 | 77 | |
HENDY OF RICHMOND HILL | ||||||
17 Nov 2022 | B[L] | Sir Peter Gerard Hendy Created Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill for life 17 Nov 2022 |
19 Mar 1953 | |||
HENEAGE | ||||||
8 Jun 1896 | B | 1 | Edward Heneage Created Baron Heneage 8 Jun 1896 MP for Lincoln 1865‑1868, and Great Grimsby 1880‑1892 and 1893‑1895; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1886; PC 1886 |
29 Mar 1840 | 10 Aug 1922 | 82 |
10 Aug 1922 | 2 | George Edward Heneage | 3 Jul 1866 | 26 Jan 1954 | 87 | |
26 Jan 1954 to 19 Feb 1967 |
3 | Thomas Robert Heneage Peerage extinct on his death |
24 Jul 1877 | 19 Feb 1967 | 89 | |
HENIG | ||||||
8 Jun 2004 to 29 Feb 2024 |
B[L] | Ruth Beatrice Henig Created Baroness Henig for life 8 Jun 2004 Peerage extinct on her death |
10 Nov 1943 | 29 Feb 2024 | 80 | |
HENLEY | ||||||
27 Mar 1760 | B | 1 | Robert Henley Created Baron Henley 27 Mar 1760 and Earl of Northington 19 May 1764 See "Northington" |
1708 | 14 Jan 1772 | 63 |
9 Nov 1799 | B[I] | 1 | Morton Eden Created Baron Henley 9 Nov 1799 PC 1794 |
8 Jul 1752 | 6 Dec 1830 | 78 |
6 Dec 1830 | 2 | Robert Henley Henley MP for Fowey 1826‑1830 |
3 Sep 1789 | 3 Feb 1841 | 51 | |
3 Feb 1841 | 3 | Anthony Henley Henley MP for Northampton 1859‑1874 Created Baron Northington 28 Jun 1885 |
12 Apr 1825 | 27 Nov 1898 | 73 | |
27 Nov 1898 | 4 | Frederick Henley Henley (also 2nd Baron Northington) | 17 Apr 1849 | 23 Dec 1923 | 74 | |
23 Dec 1923 | 5 | Anthony Ernest Henley Henley (also 3rd Baron Northington) For further information on this peer's wife, see the note at the foot of this page |
3 Jul 1858 | 23 Oct 1925 | 67 | |
23 Oct 1925 | 6 | Francis Robert Eden (also 4th Baron Northington) | 11 Apr 1877 | 21 Apr 1962 | 85 | |
21 Apr 1962 | 7 | Michael Francis Eden (also 5th Baron Northington) | 13 Aug 1914 | 20 Dec 1977 | 63 | |
20 Dec 1977 | 8 | Oliver Michael Robert Eden (also 6th Baron Northington) PC 2013 [Elected hereditary peer 1999-] |
12 Nov 1953 | |||
HENNESSY | ||||||
16 Nov 1999 to 21 Dec 2010 |
B[L] | David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham Created Baron Hennessy for life 16 Nov 1999 Peerage extinct on his death |
23 Jan 1932 | 21 Dec 2010 | 78 | |
HENNESSY OF NYMPSFIELD | ||||||
8 Nov 2010 | B[L] | Peter John Hennessy Created Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield for life 8 Nov 2010 |
28 Mar 1947 | |||
HENNIKER | ||||||
31 Jul 1800 | B[I] | 1 | Sir John Henniker, 2nd baronet Created Baron Henniker 31 Jul 1800 MP for Sudbury 1761‑1768 and Dover 1774‑1784 |
15 Jun 1724 | 18 Apr 1803 | 78 |
18 Apr 1803 | 2 | John Henniker-Major MP for New Romney 1785‑1790, Steyning 1794‑1802, Rutland 1805‑1812 and Stamford 1812‑1818 |
19 Apr 1752 | 5 Dec 1821 | 69 | |
5 Dec 1821 | 3 | John Minet Henniker‑Major | 20 Nov 1777 | 22 Jul 1832 | 54 | |
22 Jul 1832 | 4 | John Henniker-Major Created Baron Hartismere 13 Jul 1866 MP for Suffolk East 1832‑1847 and 1856‑1866 |
3 Feb 1801 | 16 Apr 1870 | 69 | |
16 Apr 1870 | 5 | John Major Henniker-Major (also 2nd Baron Hartismere) MP for Suffolk East 1866‑1870 |
7 Nov 1842 | 27 Jun 1902 | 59 | |
27 Jun 1902 | 6 | Charles Henry Chandos Henniker‑Major (also 3rd Baron Hartismere) For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page |
25 Jan 1872 | 4 Feb 1956 | 84 | |
4 Feb 1956 | 7 | John Ernest de Grey Henniker‑Major (also 4th Baron Hartismere) | 18 Jan 1883 | 9 Feb 1980 | 97 | |
9 Feb 1980 | 8 | John Patrick Edward Chandos Henniker‑Major (also 5th Baron Hartismere) | 19 Feb 1916 | 29 Apr 2004 | 88 | |
29 Apr 2004 | 9 | Mark Ian Philip Chandos Henniker‑Major (also 6th Baron Hartismere) | 29 Sep 1947 | |||
HERBERT | ||||||
26 Jul 1461 | B | 1 | William Herbert Summoned to Parliament as Lord Herbert 26 Jul 1461 He was created Earl of Pembroke in 1468 |
c 1423 | 27 Jul 1469 | |
27 Jul 1469 | 2 | William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke | 5 Mar 1461 | 16 Jul 1491 | 30 | |
16 Jul 1491 | 3 | Elizabeth Somerset She married Sir Charles Somerset who was created Baron Herbert on 26 Nov 1506 |
c 1514 | |||
26 Nov 1506 | Sir Charles Somerset | |||||
c 1514 | 4 | Henry Somerset He succeeded as 2nd Earl of Worcester in 1526 |
26 Nov 1549 | |||
26 Nov 1549 | 5 | William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester KG 1570 |
c 1527 | 21 Feb 1589 | ||
21 Feb 1589 | 6 | Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester Lord Privy Seal 1616‑1628; KG 1593 |
c 1550 | 3 Mar 1628 | ||
31 Jan 1604 3 Mar 1628 |
7 |
Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, later [1643] 1st Marquess of Worcester He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Herbert 31 Jan 1604 |
1577 | 18 Dec 1646 | 69 | |
18 Dec 1646 | 8 | Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester | 1601 | 3 Apr 1667 | 65 | |
3 Apr 1667 | 9 | Henry Somerset He was created Duke of Beaufort in 1682 |
1629 | 21 Jan 1700 | 70 | |
21 Jan 1700 | 10 | Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1710 and Gloucester 1712; PC 1710; KG 1712 |
2 Apr 1684 | 24 May 1714 | 30 | |
24 May 1714 | 11 | Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort | 26 Mar 1707 | 24 Feb 1745 | 37 | |
24 Feb 1745 | 12 | Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort MP for Monmouthshire 1731‑1734 and Monmouth 1734‑1745 |
12 Sep 1709 | 28 Oct 1756 | 47 | |
28 Oct 1756 | 13 | Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort Lord Lieutenant Monmouth 1771, Brecknock 1787 and Leicester 1787‑1799; KG 1786 |
16 Oct 1744 | 11 Oct 1803 | 58 | |
11 Oct 1803 | 14 | Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort MP for Monmouth 1788‑1790, Bristol 1790‑1796 and Gloucestershire 1796‑1803; Lord Lieutenant Monmouth and Brecknockshire 1803‑1835 and Gloucester 1810‑1835; KG 1805 |
22 Dec 1766 | 23 Nov 1835 | 68 | |
23 Nov 1835 | 15 | Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort MP for Monmouth 1813‑1832 and Gloucestershire West 1835; KG 1842 |
5 Feb 1792 | 17 Nov 1853 | 61 | |
17 Nov 1853 | 16 | Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort MP for Gloucestershire East 1846‑1853; Lord Lieutenant Monmouth 1867‑1899; PC 1858; KG 1867 |
1 Feb 1824 | 30 Apr 1899 | 75 | |
30 Apr 1899 | 17 | Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort | 19 May 1847 | 27 Nov 1924 | 77 | |
27 Nov 1924 to 5 Feb 1984 |
18 | Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort Lord Lieutenant Gloucester 1931‑1984; PC 1936; KG 1937 On his death the Barony of Herbert fell into abeyance |
4 Apr 1900 | 5 Feb 1984 | 83 | |
10 Jan 2002 | 19 | David John Seyfried Abeyance terminated in his favour |
3 Mar 1952 | |||
HERBERT OF CARDIFF | ||||||
10 Oct 1551 | B | 1 | William Herbert Created Baron Herbert of Cardiff 10 Oct 1551 and Earl of Pembroke 11 Oct 1551 See "Pembroke" |
1506 | 17 Mar 1570 | 63 |
HERBERT OF CASTLE ISLAND | ||||||
31 Dec 1624 | B[I] | 1 | Edward Herbert Created Baron Herbert of Castle Island 31 Dec 1624 and Baron Herbert of Chirbury 7 May 1629 See "Herbert of Chirbury" below |
3 Mar 1583 | 5 Aug 1648 | 65 |
HERBERT OF CHIRBURY | ||||||
7 May 1629 | B | 1 | Edward Herbert, Baron Herbert of Castle Island Created Baron Herbert of Chirbury 7 May 1629 |
3 Mar 1583 | 5 Aug 1648 | 65 |
5 Aug 1648 | 2 | Richard Herbert | c 1608 | 13 May 1655 | ||
13 May 1655 | 3 | Edward Herbert PC [I] 1669 |
1633 | 9 Dec 1678 | 45 | |
9 Dec 1678 to 21 Apr 1691 |
4 | Henry Herbert MP for Montgomery 1665‑1678 Peerage extinct on his death |
c 1643 | 21 Apr 1691 | ||
28 Apr 1694 | B | 1 | Henry Herbert Created Baron Herbert of Chirbury 28 Apr 1694 MP for Bewdley 1677‑1679 and 1689‑1694 and Worcester 1681 |
24 Jul 1654 | 22 Jan 1709 | 54 |
22 Jan 1709 to 19 Apr 1738 |
2 | Henry Herbert MP for Bewdley 1708‑1709 Peerage extinct on his death |
after 1678 | 19 Apr 1738 | ||
21 Dec 1743 16 Oct 1749 |
B B |
1 1 |
Henry Arthur Herbert Created Baron Herbert of Chirbury 21 Dec 1743, Baron Powis, Viscount Ludlow and Earl of Powis 27 May 1748 and Baron Herbert of Chirbury 16 Oct 1749 For details of the special remainder included in the creation of the barony of 1749, see the note at the foot of this page See "Powis" |
c 1703 | 10 Sep 1772 | |
14 May 1804 | B | 1 | Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive of Plassey Created Baron Powis, Baron Herbert of Chirbury, Viscount Clive of Ludlow and Earl of Powis 14 May 1804 See "Powis" |
7 Mar 1754 | 16 May 1839 | 85 |
HERBERT OF LEA | ||||||
15 Jan 1861 | B | 1 | Sidney Herbert Created Baron Herbert of Lea 15 Jan 1861 MP for Wiltshire South 1832‑1861; Secretary at War 1845‑1846 and 1852‑1855; Secretary of State for Colonies 1855; Secretary of State for War 1859‑1861; PC 1845 |
16 Sep 1810 | 2 Aug 1861 | 50 |
2 Aug 1861 | 2 | George Robert Charles Herbert He succeeded as 13th Earl of Pembroke and 10th Earl of Montgomery in 1862 with which title this peerage then merged and still remains so |
6 Jul 1850 | 3 May 1895 | 44 | |
HERBERT OF SHURLAND | ||||||
4 May 1605 | B | 1 | Philip Herbert Created Baron Herbert of Shurland and Earl of Montgomery 4 May 1605 See "Montgomery" |
c 1584 | 23 Jan 1650 | |
HERBERT OF SOUTH DOWNS | ||||||
1 Sep 2020 | B[L] | Nicholas le Quesne Herbert Created Baron Herbert of South Downs 1 Sep 2020 MP for Arundel & South Downs 2005-2019; PC 2010 |
7 Apr 1963 | |||
HERBERT OF TORBAY | ||||||
29 May 1689 to 14 Apr 1716 |
E | 1 | Arthur Herbert Created Baron Herbert of Torbay and Earl of Torrington 29 May 1689 Peerages extinct on his death |
c 1648 | 14 Apr 1716 | |
HEREFORD | ||||||
c 1067 | E | 1 | William Fitzosbern Created Earl of Hereford c 1067 |
by 1030 | 22 Feb 1072 | |
22 Feb 1072 to 1074 |
2 | Roger de Breteuil The peerage was forfeited in 1074 |
by 1053 | after 1074 | ||
25 Jul 1141 | E | 1 | Miles de Gloucester Created Earl of Hereford 25 Jul 1141 |
c 1100 | 24 Dec 1143 | |
24 Dec 1143 to c 1155 |
2 | Roger Fitzmiles On his death the peerage reverted to the Crown |
c 1155 | |||
28 Apr 1199 | E | 1 | Henry de Bohun Created Earl of Hereford 28 Apr 1199 |
1176 | 1 Jun 1220 | 43 |
1 Jun 1220 | 2 | Humphrey de Bohun Created Earl of Essex 1228 |
by 1208 | 24 Sep 1275 | ||
24 Sep 1275 | 3 | Humphrey de Bohun | 1251 | 31 Dec 1298 | 47 | |
31 Dec 1298 | 4 | Humphrey de Bohun | c 1276 | 16 Mar 1322 | ||
16 Mar 1322 | 5 | John de Bohun | 23 Nov 1307 | 20 Jan 1336 | 28 | |
20 Jan 1336 | 6 | Humphrey de Bohun | 1311 | 15 Oct 1361 | 50 | |
15 Oct 1361 to 16 Jan 1373 |
7 | Humphrey de Bohun KG 1365 On his death the peerage reverted to the Crown |
25 Mar 1341 | 16 Jan 1373 | 31 | |
29 Sep 1397 to 1399 |
D | 1 | Henry Plantagenet Created Duke of Hereford 29 Sep 1397 He succeeded to the throne as Henry IV in 1399 when the peerage merged with the Crown |
1367 | 1413 | |
2 Feb 1550 | V | 1 | Walter Devereux, 9th Lord Ferrers of Chartley Created Viscount Hereford 2 Feb 1550 KG 1523 |
1491 | 27 Sep 1558 | 67 |
27 Sep 1558 | 2 | Walter Devereux, later [1572] 1st Earl of Essex | 16 Sep 1541 | 22 Sep 1576 | 35 | |
12 Sep 1576 to 25 Feb 1601 |
3 | Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex He was attainted and the peerages forfeited |
1567 | 25 Feb 1601 | 33 | |
28 Apr 1604 | 4 | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Restored to the peerages |
1591 | 14 Sep 1646 | 55 | |
14 Sep 1646 | 5 | Sir Walter Devereux, 2nd baronet MP for Worcester 1625, Tamworth 1628‑1629 and Lichfield 1640 |
c 1659 | |||
c 1659 | 6 | Leicester Devereux | 1617 | 1 Dec 1676 | 59 | |
1 Dec 1676 | 7 | Leicester Devereux | c 1667 | Mar 1683 | ||
Mar 1683 | 8 | Edward Devereux | c 1675 | 9 Aug 1700 | ||
9 Aug 1700 | 9 | Price Devereux MP for Montgomery 1691‑1700; Lord Lieutenant Montgomery 1711‑1714 |
c 1664 | 3 Oct 1740 | 76 | |
3 Oct 1740 | 10 | Price Devereux MP for Montgomeryshire 1719‑1740 |
9 Jun 1694 | 29 Jul 1748 | 54 | |
29 Jul 1748 | 11 | Edward Devereux | c 1710 | 22 Aug 1760 | ||
22 Aug 1760 | 12 | Edward Devereux | 19 Feb 1741 | 1 Aug 1783 | 42 | |
1 Aug 1783 | 13 | George Devereux | 25 Apr 1744 | 31 Dec 1804 | 60 | |
31 Dec 1804 | 14 | Henry Fleming Lea Devereux PC 1830 |
9 Feb 1777 | 31 May 1843 | 66 | |
31 May 1843 | 15 | Robert Devereux | 3 May 1809 | 18 Aug 1855 | 46 | |
18 Aug 1855 | 16 | Robert Devereux | 3 Jan 1843 | 27 Mar 1930 | 87 | |
27 Mar 1930 | 17 | Robert Charles Devereux | 11 Aug 1865 | 16 Apr 1952 | 86 | |
16 Apr 1952 | 18 | Robert Milo Leicester Devereux | 4 Nov 1932 | 25 Feb 2004 | 71 | |
25 Feb 2004 | 19 | Charles Robin de Bohun Devereux | 11 Aug 1975 | |||
HERMITAGE | ||||||
29 Mar 1706 | V[S] | 1 | Henry Scott Created Lord Scott of Goldielands, Viscount of Hermitage and Earl of Deloraine 29 Mar 1706 See "Deloraine" |
1676 | 25 Dec 1730 | 54 |
HERON | ||||||
8 Jan 1371 to after 1371 |
B | 1 | William Heron Summoned to Parliament as Lord Heron 8 Jan 1371 Peerage extinct on his death |
after 1371 | ||
13 Nov 1393 to Oct 1404 |
B | 1 | William Heron Summoned to Parliament as Lord Heron 13 Nov 1393 Peerage extinct on his death |
Oct 1404 | ||
HERRIES OF TERREGLES | ||||||
3 Feb 1490 | B[S] | 1 | Herbert Herries Created Lord Herries of Terregles 3 Feb 1490 |
c 1505 | ||
c 1505 | 2 | Andrew Herries | c 1477 | 9 Sep 1513 | ||
9 Sep 1513 | 3 | William Herries | 26 Sep 1543 | |||
26 Sep 1543 | 4 | Agnes Maxwell | c 1534 | 14 Mar 1594 | ||
14 Mar 1594 | 5 | William Maxwell | c 1555 | 10 Oct 1604 | ||
10 Oct 1604 | 6 | John Maxwell | May 1631 | |||
May 1631 | 7 | John Maxwell, later [1667] 3rd Earl of Nithsdale | 1677 | |||
1677 | 8 | Robert Maxwell, 4th Earl of Nithsdale | Jan 1628 | Mar 1696 | 68 | |
Mar 1696 to Jan 1716 |
9 | William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale He was attainted and the peerage forfeited |
1676 | 20 Mar 1744 | 67 | |
23 Jun 1858 | 10 | William Constable-Maxwell After the attainder had been reversed in 1848, he successfully claimed the peerage in 1858 For further information, see the note at the foot of this page |
25 Aug 1804 | 12 Nov 1876 | 72 | |
12 Nov 1876 10 Nov 1884 to 6 Oct 1908 |
B |
11 1 |
Marmaduke Francis Constable-Maxwell Created Baron Herries [UK] 10 Nov 1884 Lord Lieutenant East Riding Yorkshire 1880‑1908 and Kirkcudbright 1885‑1908 On his death the UK Barony became extinct whilst the Scottish Barony passed to - |
4 Oct 1837 | 6 Oct 1908 | 71 |
6 Oct 1908 | 12 | Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard | 11 Jan 1877 | 28 Aug 1945 | 68 | |
28 Aug 1945 | 13 | Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk | 30 May 1908 | 31 Jan 1975 | 66 | |
31 Jan 1975 | 14 | Anne Elizabeth Fitzalan-Howard (Cowdrey from 1985) | 12 Jun 1938 | 23 Nov 2014 | 76 | |
23 Nov 2014 | 15 | Dame Mary Katherine Mumford | 14 Aug 1940 | 7 Apr 2017 | 76 | |
7 Apr 2017 | 16 | (Theresa) Jane Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian | 24 Jan 1945 | |||
HERSCHELL | ||||||
8 Feb 1886 | B | 1 | Farrer Herschell Created Baron Herschell 8 Feb 1886 MP for Durham City 1874‑1885; Solicitor General 1880‑1885; Lord Chancellor 1886 and 1892‑1895; PC 1886 |
2 Nov 1837 | 1 Mar 1899 | 61 |
1 Mar 1899 | 2 | Richard Farrer Herschell | 22 May 1878 | 14 Oct 1929 | 51 | |
14 Oct 1929 to 26 Oct 2008 |
3 | Rognvald Richard Farrer Herschell Peerage extinct on his death |
13 Sep 1923 | 26 Oct 2008 | 85 | |
HERTFORD | ||||||
c 1138 | E | 1 | Gilbert de Clare Created Earl of Hertford c 1138 |
by 1115 | 1152 | |
1152 | 2 | Roger de Clare | by 1137 | 1173 | ||
1173 | 3 | Richard de Clare | by 1162 | Nov 1217 | ||
Nov 1217 | 4 | Gilbert de Clare, later [1218] 1st Earl of Gloucester | by 1182 | 25 Oct 1230 | ||
25 Oct 1230 | 5 | Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Gloucester | 4 Aug 1222 | 13 Jul 1262 | 39 | |
13 Jul 1262 | 6 | Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester | 2 Sep 1243 | 7 Dec 1295 | 52 | |
7 Dec 1295 | 7 | Joan de Clare, Countess of Gloucester She married Ralph Monthermer, later Earl of Athole who, by right of marriage, was recognised as 5th Earl of Gloucester and 7th Earl of Hertford. He died c 1325. |
1272 | 23 Apr 1307 | 34 | |
23 Apr 1307 to 24 Jun 1314 |
8 | Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester On his death the peerage reverted to the Crown |
c Apr 1291 | 24 Jun 1314 | 23 | |
18 Oct 1537 to 22 Jan 1552 |
E | 1 | Edward Seymour Created Viscount Beauchamp of Hache 5 Jun 1536, Earl of Hertford 18 Oct 1537 and Duke of Somerset 16 Feb 1547 Attainted and the peerages forfeited |
c 1500 | 22 Jan 1552 | |
13 Jan 1559 | E | 1 | Edward Seymour Created Baron Beauchamp of Hache and Earl of Hertford 13 Jan 1559 |
12 Oct 1537 | 6 Apr 1621 | 83 |
6 Apr 1621 3 Jun 1640 |
M |
2 1 |
William Seymour He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Beauchamp in Feb 1621. Created Marquess of Hertford 3 Jun 1640 He was restored to the Dukedom of Somerset in 1660 |
1588 | 24 Oct 1660 | 72 |
24 Oct 1660 | 3 2 |
William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset | 17 Apr 1652 | 12 Dec 1671 | 19 | |
12 Dec 1671 to 29 Apr 1675 |
4 3 |
John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset On his death the Marquessate became extinct whilst the Earldom passed to - |
29 Apr 1675 | |||
29 Apr 1675 | 5 | Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset | 17 Jan 1658 | 20 Apr 1678 | 20 | |
20 Apr 1678 | 6 | Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset | 13 Jan 1662 | 2 Dec 1748 | 86 | |
2 Dec 1748 to 7 Feb 1750 |
7 | Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset Peerage extinct on his death |
11 Nov 1684 | 7 Feb 1750 | 65 | |
3 Aug 1750 5 Jul 1793 |
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Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Baron Conway Created Viscount Beauchamp of Hache and Earl of Hertford 3 Aug 1750, and Earl of Yarmouth and Marquess of Hertford 5 Jul 1793 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1765‑1766; Lord Lieutenant Warwickshire 1757‑1794 and Montgomery 1775‑1776; KG 1756; PC [I] 1750; PC 1763 |
5 Jul 1718 | 14 Jun 1794 | 75 |
14 Jun 1794 | 2 | Francis Seymour-Conway (Seymour‑Ingram from Dec 1807) MP [I] for Lisburn 1760‑1768 and Antrim County 1768‑1776; MP for Lostwithiel 1766‑1768 and Orford 1768‑1794; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1765‑1766; Lord Lieutenant Warwickshire 1816‑1822; PC [I] 1765; PC 1780; KG 1807 |
12 Feb 1743 | 17 Jun 1822 | 79 | |
17 Jun 1822 | 3 | Francis Charles Seymour‑Conway MP for Orford 1797‑1802, Lisburn 1802‑1812, Antrim 1812‑1818 and Camelford 1820‑1822; PC 1812; KG 1822 |
11 Mar 1777 | 1 Mar 1842 | 64 | |
1 Mar 1842 | 4 | Richard Seymour-Conway MP for Antrim 1821‑1826; KG 1846 |
22 Feb 1800 | 25 Aug 1870 | 70 | |
25 Aug 1870 | 5 | Francis Hugh George Seymour PC 1874 For information on the death of this peer, see the note at the foot of this page |
11 Feb 1812 | 25 Jan 1884 | 71 | |
25 Jan 1884 | 6 | Hugh de Grey Seymour MP for Antrim 1869‑1874 and Warwickshire South 1874‑1880; Lord Lieutenant Warwick 1905‑1912; PC 1879 |
22 Oct 1843 | 23 Mar 1912 | 68 | |
23 Mar 1912 | 7 | George Francis Alexander Seymour | 20 Oct 1871 | 16 Feb 1940 | 68 | |
16 Feb 1940 | 8 | Hugh Edward Conway Seymour | 29 Mar 1930 | 22 Dec 1997 | 67 | |
22 Dec 1997 | 9 | Henry Jocelyn Seymour | 6 Jul 1958 | |||
HERVEY | ||||||
5 Aug 1620 27 Feb 1628 to 8 Jul 1642 |
B[I] B |
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Sir William Hervey, 1st baronet Created Baron Hervey [I] 5 Aug 1620 and Baron Hervey [GB] 27 Feb 1628 Peerages extinct on his death |
8 Jul 1642 | ||
HERVEY OF ICKWORTH | ||||||
23 Mar 1703 | B | 1 | John Hervey Created Baron Hervey of Ickworth 23 Mar 1703 and Earl of Bristol 19 Oct 1714 See "Bristol" |
27 Aug 1665 | 20 Jan 1751 | 85 |
11 Jun 1733 | B | John Hervey He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Hervey 11 Jun 1733 PC 1730 He was the son and heir apparent of the 1st Earl of Bristol, but died before he could succeed to that title |
13 Oct 1696 | 5 Aug 1743 | 46 | |
HESELTINE | ||||||
12 Jul 2001 | B[L] | Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine Created Baron Heseltine for life 12 Jul 2001 MP for Tavistock 1966‑1974 and Henley 1974‑2001; Minister for Aerospace 1972‑1974; Secretary of State for the Environment 1979‑1983 and 1990‑1992; Secretary of State for Defence 1983‑1986; President of the Board of Trade 1992‑1995; First Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister 1995‑1997; PC 1979; CH 1997 |
21 Mar 1933 | |||
HESKETH | ||||||
25 Jan 1935 | B | 1 | Sir Thomas Fermor‑Hesketh, 8th baronet Created Baron Hesketh 25 Jan 1935 MP for Enfield 1922‑1923 |
17 Nov 1881 | 20 Jul 1944 | 62 |
20 Jul 1944 | 2 | Frederick Fermor-Hesketh | 8 Apr 1916 | 10 Jun 1955 | 39 | |
10 Jun 1955 | 3 | Thomas Alexander Fermor‑Hesketh PC 1991 |
28 Oct 1950 | |||
HEWART | ||||||
24 Mar 1922 28 Oct 1940 |
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1 1 |
Sir Gordon Hewart Created Baron Hewart 24 Mar 1922 and Viscount Hewart 28 Oct 1940 MP for Leicester 1913‑1918 and Leicester East 1918‑1922; Solicitor General 1916‑1919; Attorney General 1919‑1922; Lord Chief Justice 1922‑1940; PC 1918 |
7 Jan 1870 | 5 May 1943 | 73 |
5 May 1943 to 23 Jul 1964 |
2 | Hugh Vaughan Hewart Peerages extinct on his death |
11 Nov 1896 | 23 Jul 1964 | 67 | |
HEWETT | ||||||
9 Apr 1689 to 2 Dec 1689 |
V[I] | 1 | Sir George Hewett, 2nd baronet Created Baron of Jamestown and Viscount Hewett 9 Apr 1689 Peerages extinct on his death |
1652 | 2 Dec 1689 | 37 |
HEWLETT | ||||||
26 Apr 1972 to 2 Jul 1979 |
B[L] | Sir Thomas Clyde Hewlett Created Baron Hewlett for life 26 Apr 1972 Peerage extinct on his death |
4 Aug 1923 | 2 Jul 1979 | 55 | |
HEYCOCK | ||||||
10 Jul 1967 to 14 Mar 1990 |
B[L] | Llewellin Heycock Created Baron Heycock for life 10 Jul 1967 Peerage extinct on his death |
12 Aug 1905 | 14 Mar 1990 | 84 | |
HEYHOE FLINT | ||||||
21 Jan 2011 to 18 Jan 2017 |
B[L] | Rachael Heyhoe Flint Created Baroness Heyhoe Flint for life 21 Jan 2011 Peerage extinct on her death |
11 Jun 1939 | 18 Jan 2017 | 77 | |
HEYTESBURY | ||||||
23 Jan 1828 | B | 1 | Sir William A'Court, 2nd baronet Created Baron Heytesbury 23 Jan 1828 MP for Dorchester 1812‑1814; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1844‑1846; PC 1817 |
11 Jul 1779 | 31 May 1860 | 80 |
31 May 1860 | 2 | William Henry Ashe A'Court‑Holmes MP for Isle of Wight 1837‑1847 |
11 Jul 1809 | 21 Apr 1891 | 81 | |
21 Apr 1891 | 3 | William Frederick Holmes‑A'Court | 25 Jun 1862 | 15 Aug 1903 | 41 | |
15 Aug 1903 | 4 | Leonard Holmes-A'Court | 11 Jun 1863 | 2 Feb 1949 | 85 | |
2 Feb 1949 | 5 | William Leonard Frank Holmes‑A'Court | 17 Apr 1906 | 27 Nov 1971 | 65 | |
27 Nov 1971 | 6 | Francis William Holmes‑A'Court | 8 Nov 1931 | 5 Oct 2004 | 72 | |
5 Oct 2004 | 7 | James William Holmes‑A'Court | 30 Jul 1967 | |||
HEYWOOD OF WHITEHALL | ||||||
26 Oct 2018 to 4 Nov 2018 |
B[L] | Sir Jeremy John Heywood Created Baron Heywood of Whitehall for life 26 Oct 2018 Peerage extinct on his death |
31 Dec 1961 | 4 Nov 2018 | 56 | |
HEYWORTH | ||||||
25 Jul 1955 to 15 Jun 1974 |
B | 1 | Sir Geoffrey Heyworth Created Baron Heyworth 25 Jul 1955 Peerage extinct on his death |
18 Oct 1894 | 15 Jun 1974 | 79 |
HICKS OF ILMINGTON | ||||||
5 May 1628 | B | 1 | Sir Baptist Hicks Created Baron Hicks of Ilmington and Viscount Campden 5 May 1628 See "Campden" |
1551 | 28 Oct 1629 | 78 |
HIGGINS | ||||||
28 Oct 1997 | B[L] | Terence Langley Higgins Created Baron Higgins for life 28 Oct 1997 MP for Worthing 1964‑1997; Minister of State, Treasury 1970‑1972; Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1972‑1974; PC 1979 |
18 Jan 1928 | |||
HIGHAM | ||||||
19 Nov 1733 | B | 1 | Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Baron Malton Created Viscount Higham and Earl of Malton 19 Nov 1733 and Marquess of Rockingham 19 Apr 1746 See "Rockingham" |
13 Nov 1693 | 14 Dec 1750 | 57 |
HILL | ||||||
17 May 1814 to 10 Dec 1842 16 Jan 1816 27 Sep 1842 to 10 Dec 1842 |
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Rowland Hill Created Baron Hill 17 May 1814 and 16 Jan 1816, and Viscount Hill 27 Sep 1842 For details of the special remainders included in the creations of the Barony of 1816 and the Viscountcy, see the notes at the foot of this page MP for Shrewsbury 1812‑1814; PC 1828 On his death the Barony of 1814 became extinct whilst the remaining peerages passed to - |
11 Aug 1772 | 10 Dec 1842 | 70 |
10 Dec 1842 | 2 | Sir Rowland Hill, 4th baronet MP for Shropshire 1821‑1832 and Shropshire North 1832‑1842; Lord Lieutenant Shopshire 1845‑1875 |
10 May 1800 | 3 Jan 1875 | 74 | |
3 Jan 1875 | 3 | Rowland Clegg Clegg‑Hill MP for Shropshire North 1857‑1865 |
5 Dec 1833 | 30 Mar 1895 | 61 | |
30 Mar 1895 | 4 | Rowland Richard Clegg‑Hill | 12 Feb 1863 | 19 Dec 1923 | 60 | |
19 Dec 1923 | 5 | Francis William Clegg‑Hill | 4 Nov 1866 | 6 Jul 1924 | 57 | |
6 Jul 1924 | 6 | Charles Rowland Clegg‑Hill | 5 May 1876 | 3 May 1957 | 80 | |
3 May 1957 | 7 | Gerald Rowland Clegg‑Hill | 31 Mar 1904 | 11 May 1974 | 70 | |
11 May 1974 | 8 | Antony Rowland Clegg‑Hill | 19 Mar 1931 | 12 Mar 2003 | 71 | |
12 Mar 2003 | 9 | Peter David Raymond Charles Clegg‑Hill | 17 Oct 1945 | |||
HILL OF KILWARLIN | ||||||
21 Aug 1717 | B[I] | 1 | Trevor Hill Created Baron Hill of Kilwarlin and Viscount Hillsborough 21 Aug 1717 See "Hillsborough" |
1693 | 5 May 1742 | 48 |
HILL OF LUTON | ||||||
13 Jun 1963 to 22 Aug 1989 |
B[L] | Charles Hill Created Baron Hill of Luton for life 13 Jun 1963 MP for Luton 1950‑1963; Postmaster General 1955‑1957; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957‑1961; Minister for Housing & Local Government & Welsh Affairs 1961‑1962; PC 1955 Peerage extinct on his death |
15 Jan 1904 | 22 Aug 1989 | 85 | |
HILL OF OAREFORD | ||||||
27 May 2010 | B[L] | Jonathan Hopkin Hill Created Baron Hill of Oareford for life 27 May 2010 PC 2013 |
24 Jul 1960 | |||
HILL OF OLDERFLEET | ||||||
17 Feb 1766 | B[I] | 1 | Arthur Hill-Trevor Created Baron Hill of Olderfleet and Viscount Dungannon 17 Feb 1766 See "Dungannon" |
c 1694 | 30 Jan 1771 | |
HILL OF WIVENHOE | ||||||
21 Sep 1967 to 14 Dec 1969 |
B[L] | Edward James Hill Created Baron Hill of Wivenhoe for life 21 Sep 1967 Peerage extinct on his death |
20 Aug 1899 | 14 Dec 1969 | 70 | |
HILLHOUSE | ||||||
14 Apr 1697 | B[S] | 1 | Lord John Hamilton Created Lord Hillhouse, Viscount Riccartoun and Earl of Ruglen 14 Apr 1697 See "Ruglen" |
26 Jan 1665 | 3 Dec 1744 | 79 |
HILLINGDON | ||||||
15 Feb 1886 | B | 1 | Sir Charles Henry Mills, 2nd baronet Created Baron Hillingdon 15 Feb 1886 MP for Northallerton 1865‑1866 and Kent West 1868‑1885 |
26 Apr 1830 | 3 Apr 1898 | 67 |
3 Apr 1898 | 2 | Charles William Mills MP for Sevenoaks 1885‑1892 |
26 Jan 1855 | 6 Apr 1919 | 64 | |
6 Apr 1919 | 3 | Arthur Robert Mills MP for Uxbridge 1915‑1918 |
13 Oct 1891 | 5 Dec 1952 | 61 | |
5 Dec 1952 | 4 | Charles Hedworth Mills | 12 Jan 1922 | 6 May 1978 | 56 | |
6 May 1978 to 1 Sep 1982 |
5 | Patrick Charles Mills Peerage extinct on his death |
4 Nov 1906 | 1 Sep 1982 | 75 | |
HILL-NORTON | ||||||
5 Feb 1979 to 16 May 2004 |
B[L] | Sir Peter John Hill-Norton Created Baron Hill-Norton for life 5 Feb 1979 Admiral of the Fleet 1971; Chief of the Defence Staff 1971‑1973 Peerage extinct on his death |
8 Feb 1915 | 16 May 2004 | 89 | |
Rowland George Allanson Allanson‑Winn, 5th Baron Headley | ||
In November 1913, shortly after succeeding to the title, Headley announced that he had converted to Islam. He adopted the name Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq. | ||
The following is extracted from the New York Times of 23 November 1913. My thanks to Richard Lichten for drawing my attention to this article. | ||
… his conversion to Islam marks the culmination of a career of much adventure and of interest and he has enjoyed the … well-nigh unique advantage of reading his obituaries at no less than three different periods of his life. Indeed, he has been so often reported as dead that when he is ultimately gathered his fathers it will require something more than mere newspaper announcements to carry conviction of his demise. | ||
He is not unknown in the United States, has spent much time prospecting in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and other Western States, also in the northwest of Canada; served through the Franco‑German War on the staff of his friend the Prussian General von Goeben [this seems a little doubtful - he would been only 15 or 16 at the time], fought beside the late Lord Ashburnham for the late Don Carlos in the several Carlist insurrections in Spain some forty years ago, and also figured on the Turkish side in the Turko‑Russian War, which was brought to a close by the Treaty of San Stefano and the Congress of Berlin. | ||
At one time, around about 1892, he was missing [for] three years in central Africa. He had started out north of the Zambezi River on a shooting expedition consisting of but six people besides himself, narrowly escaped being eaten by cannibals, penetrated regions where no white man had ever set foot before, killed with his one gun no less than eighteen rhinoceri, a dozen lions and several elephants [what a hero], and then, after long been given up as dead, unexpectedly reappeared, just as if nothing had happened, to take his place as a representative peer of Ireland in the House of Lords. [This is not correct - the 5th baron was never a representative peer]. | ||
Although nominally possessed of 16,000 acres of land in Ireland, yet, owing to the embarrassed condition of his property, he has been, at times, in such financial straits, especially after the failure of some of his mining ventures, that he has known what it was to spend his nights on the Thames Embankment for the lack of the price of a night's lodging; and when ultimately he was able to sell his Irish estates to the tenants under the terms of the Land Act, he received but little from the transaction, owing to the mortgages with which they were burdened. That little went to his invalid wife. When I last saw him he was a cheery‑looking, fresh‑collared man, strong in build, not very tall, slightly deaf and with mustache and hair that were then gray and are now probably white … | ||
In 1921, Headley married the Australian authoress Barbara Baynton. He was offered the throne of Albania in 1925, presumably after it was supposedly offered and rejected by the famous sportsman C B Fry (although the story of Fry's being offered the throne must be considered to be doubtful). Headley refused the offer, whereupon his wife appears to have taken the huff and returned to Australia. As a good Muslim, he twice made the Haj to Mecca. | ||
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield | ||
The following biography of Lord Heathfield appeared in the October 1948 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade:- | ||
Britain's greatest fortress, Gibraltar, has withstood 10 out of 14 sieges in its battle-scarred history, the most famous a continuous battering of 3 and a half years during the American War of Independence, when France and Spain attempted to take advantage of Britain's preoccupation in America to oust her from the Mediterranean. Their plans were foiled by the tiny Gibraltar garrison of 5000 to 7000 men, led by one of the most attractive characters among British generals, Sir George Eliott, afterwards Baron Heathfield. | ||
Eliott was an "old man" when he was sent to Gibraltar. He had given his whole lifetime to fighting his country's battles in a hundred campaigns. Distinguished service in every field had seen his elevation to the rank of Lieutenant-General at the age of 45, but now, at 65, it was thought his fighting days were over. And so he was given the post of commander at Gibraltar, an appointment in which it seemed likely he would be able to conclude his great military career in peace and quiet among the company he liked, while the din and fury of battle was concentrated overseas in America. But at 65 this "washed-up" old soldier whipped a small incident into a front‑rank military campaign that secured for England a permanent place in the Mediterranean and for himself enduring fame in the annals of the British Army. His defence of Gibraltar became England's one great success in an otherwise lamentable war, giving a much needed fillip to British morale while his daring and successful improvisations opened a new chapter in artillery warfare. | ||
Gibraltar was secured for England by General Rooke in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession. Though the Spaniards besieged it immediately, and again in 1727, they were unable to recover it. During the next 50 years the British held it without firing a shot and, lulled into a false sense of security, permitted the fortifications to go to rack and ruin. | ||
This was the position in 1779, when it seemed clear to France that England was about to lose her American colonies. The French secretly negotiated with Spain with a view to dividing between them the British possessions in the Mediterranean. Awakening to the danger, the British Government sent reinforcements to both Minorca and Gibraltar, and to command the latter chose "old" George Augustus Eliott. | ||
Eliott was a Scotsman, born at Stobs, Roxburghshire, in 1717, the seventh son of the third baronet, Sir Gilbert Eliott, himself a soldier. After a local education, George, like most young Scots of well-to-do families in his day, had been sent to Leyden University and thence by special permission to the French military college of La Fere, where he received what was considered the best military education then available. At Gibraltar, the French were to regret they had ever had him as a pupil. | ||
In 1735, at the age of 18, he volunteered for service in the Prussian army. For two years Eliott marched and counter-marched in central Europe, laying the foundations of his future knowledge of tactics and strategy. Speedy promotion to major came to him during the War of the Austrian Succession. On peace being signed he returned to England and married, on 8 June 1748, Anne Pollexfen (daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Henry Drake of Buckland Abbey, Devon), who later was to bear him a son, Francis, destined to carry on the family tradition as a soldier. | ||
Service as aide-de-camp to King George II followed. Then the Seven Years War saw him in command of the 1st Light Horse. Later an expedition to Cuba brought him rich prize money which enabled him to buy, on his return to England, the estate of Heathfield in Sussex, from which he afterwards took his title. | ||
After 10 years of retirement he was given the post of commander-in-chief in Ireland, but resigned after a year objecting to interferences from Whitehall. Then in the following year he was sent to Gibraltar. When Eliott arrived elaborate courtesy still prevailed between the British garrison and the Spanish headquarters at Algeciras, across the bay, and one of Eliott's first acts was to pay a courtesy visit to the Spanish governor Mendoza. Eliott detected an embarrassment in the welcome extended to him and drew his own conclusions. He did not know it, but their two countries were already at war. Nevertheless, with true Scottish caution, he hastened to make his fortress's defences secure. A week later hostilities officially began. | ||
The siege that followed fell into three phases: the blockade simply from June, 1779, until April, 1781, during which time Eliott made thoroughly sure of his defences; the bombardment maintained without cease from April 1781, till the end of the siege; and the final fierce attack by both land and sea lasting from the 8th to the 13th of September, 1782. | ||
When Eliott took over Gibraltar was almost defenceless and had the Spaniards pushed an immediate attack nothing could have saved the place. Few guns remained mounted, parapets had crumbled, ditches were closed with rubble, stores were empty and magazines depleted, and there was very little food. Eliott immediately demanded from England the minimum requirements as he saw them. And, as not unusual in such cases, did not get them. He got nothing. He had to make shift with, and provision for, a garrison of 5382, including over 1000 Hanoverian troops who set the standard for discipline, and some 500 artillerymen and engineers. In the harbour below the citadel was a small naval detachment of H.M.S. Panther, three frigates and a sloop, all under the command of Admiral [Robert] Duff [d. 1787]. The civilian population of the town of Gibraltar was 15,000 odd, and this also came under his care. | ||
A camping ground for the 600 reinforcements he had brought with him was cleared near Devil's Gap overlooking the Spanish lines, and for its defence a mortar battery was erected there. Three other batteries were constructed to defend the town. An observation post was placed on the Moorish castle, and bomb-proof shelters were quarried in the rock. The fortifications of the citadel were reinforced by traverses, and all exposed parapets were strengthened. | ||
At first the garrison was supplied with vegetables - an important item in such a hot climate - from gardens planted on the north front of "The Rock" outside the fortress gates on the edge of no-man's land. Later when the Spaniards had encroached there, Eliott had gardens dug to the south of the peninsula. The Spanish policy was to starve the British town and garrison out, and though the slackness of the Spanish sea-blockade permitted a thin but constant flow of food from Ceuta to reach them, within a month of the commencement of the siege Eliott had to reduce rations for everybody by half. | ||
It is an interesting comment on the distinction then obtaining between officers and men, however, that the officers continued to receive four times as much food per man as the rank and file, in accordance with regulations. Eliott, on the other hand, set an example of abstemiousness. To test the adequacy of the reduced rations he lived for eight days on four ounces of rice a day, thus proving it possible to live on far less than even the ranks were still allowed. His own diet was always strictly vegetarian; he drank nothing but water, and his only "luxury" was an occasional suet pudding garnished with hair powder which he salvaged by ordering guards no longer to powder their wigs. | ||
While making the strictest demands upon himself - he slept only four hours nightly - his control of the troops was marked by great liberality. Whenever it was necessary to make an example of anyone for discipline he usually contrived to introduce an element of humour into the punishment. In the case of a would-be deserter to the Spaniards, he declared him to be obviously mad, "since no sane man would think of becoming a Spaniard". He ordered him to be shaved, trussed in a canvas strait-jacket, blistered, bled, and put to bed, and his "restoration to sanity" to be prayed for in church. He encouraged inventiveness among all ranks, and rewarded it - in one case, of a sergeant-major who devised extra mortars by drilling holes in the solid rock and exploding powder inside them - by securing him a commission - an unheard of promotion in those days when officers were born rather than made. | ||
In January, 1780, the garrison and town were still holding out though near starvation when Admiral Sir George Rodney broke through the blockade by sea and landed supplies for 12 months from a fleet of eight Spanish merchantmen he had just captured off Cape St. Vincent. Though the besieged now had food, it was only hard tack, and by June, 1780, their health was in a bad way. Diphtheria and scurvy swept them - by the time the siege ended 536 had died of sickness as compared with 333 in action or from wounds. | ||
Then, on April 12, 1781, the Spaniards opened a fierce bombardment upon the town and fortress which continued for 18 months without a break of more than 23 hours at any one time. The town was reduced to ruins, but the loss of life was slight, as the townsfolk lived in caves in the rock. The chaos, however, occasioned a riot among the troops. A section of them looted the ruins for food and drink, and were only restored to order when Eliott ordered the ring-leader to be hanged. | ||
In spite of the fierce bombardment a second relief convoy from England got through - 79 transports commanded by Admiral [George] Darby [d. 1790]. Though the ships were heavily shelled they landed their valuable supplies and took off many sick women and children. The arrival of food had lifted the spirits of the garrison, and Eliott decided to use the occasion to prepare for a general sortie against the enemy in spite of the odds against him. | ||
Preparations extended over several months. Then, on the evening of November 26, 1781, 2178 men from the garrison, commanded by Eliott's second, Brigadier-General Ross, advanced three-quarters of a mile over no-man's land, put completely out of action two Spanish mortar batteries and three six-gun batteries, and retired in good order to their lines with the loss of only four men. This "bucked" the garrison "no end". But the outraged Spaniards hanged some of their officers for dereliction of duty and immediately made plans for a general offensive to offset their humiliating defeat. For the next eight months they piled up supplies, and engaged Europe's reputed No. 1 engineer, d'Arcon, to devise floating batteries for use against the land forts. Then they gathered together an army of 40,000 and a fleet of 350 ships. Against them Eliott had 7000 odd men, 96 guns and five ships. | ||
In June, 1782, Minorca fell to the French, thus increasing the strategic importance of Gibraltar and enabling the French to reinforce the Spaniards for the coming attack upon it. On September 8, however, Eliott cleverly anticipated by certain signs the Spaniard's zero hour and opened up a bombardment which put out of action the enemy's newest and most important battery. The Spaniards launched a great sea-attack next day, ahead of their schedule. They were not fully prepared and things went badly with them after a small initial success. The heavy swell on the water made the gunnery from their floating batteries inaccurate, while the English gunners on firm ground surprised them by a rapid hail of red-hot shot which set their floating batteries alight. Moreover, the main force of the Franco-Spanish fleet off Algeciras refused to engage, as their nine admirals anticipated the early advent of the British fleet and deemed it wiser to hold their fire. | ||
Towards dawn on September 10 the floating batteries began to blow up. Their crews had to abandon them in haste and about 350 were saved from drowning by English sailors. The rest were drowned. The Spaniards thereupon cried enough. The French had already given up the siege in disgust with their allies. Although the fighting finished, the blockade continued, and the garrison and unhappy townsfolk endured in the next three weeks their bitterest starvation. | ||
At the end of that time, on October 10, Lord Howe arrived with an English fleet, and evading the Franco-Spanish fleet, landed stores and reinforcements and embarked all invalids. By this time peace negotiations were afoot though they did not mature until February of the following year. Meantime Eliott had a most trying and difficult job keeping a restless garrison in order and bringing a ruined houseless civil community back to discipline and production. | ||
Eliott himself received the Order of the Bath and the thanks of Parliament before he left the fortress. After his return to England he retired to his country estate for a well-earned rest. But he was not forgotten; four years later Prime Minister Pitt raised him to the peerage as Lord Heathfield. He died at Aix-la-Chapelle of palsy, on the eve of starting on a journey to revisit his old post on Jul 6, 1790. He was buried at Heathfield Church in England. | ||
Anthony Ernest Henley Henley, 5th Baron Henley, and his wife Emmaline | ||
Anthony Henley was the second son of the 3rd Baron Henley, upon whose death in 1898, Anthony's older brother succeeded to the title as 4th Baron. As his older brother left no children, Anthony succeeded him as 5th Baron when he died in 1923. | ||
Anthony married in 1889, as his second wife, Emmaline Stuart Maitland. It is with her that this note is mainly concerned. The following article is from The Pall Mall Gazette of 30 November 1895:- | ||
A WEST END SCANDAL - EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF THREATENING TO SHOOT - A charge of threatening to murder Dr. Montagu Handfield Jones, of 35, Cavendish-square, was brought before Mr. Plowden, at the Marylebone police-court, yesterday. The accused was the Hon. Mrs. Emmaline Henley, who resides with her husband at 2, Park-villas West, Regent's Park. The lady, who appeared to be in a very excited state of mind, interrupted the proceedings at various points, and was several times remonstrated with by the magistrate. Mr. C. C. Underwood prosecuted, and Mr. Freke Palmer defended. Mr. Underwood, having opened the case, Dr. Handfield Jones was called, and said he was a ladies' doctor and specialist. He became professionally acquainted with the accused three years ago, and later on became socially acquainted with her and her husband. Mr. Underwood: There has not been any other relationship between you? - Dr. Jones: No, never. The defendant (sotto voce): You lie! You lie! The prosecutor [i.e. Dr. Jones] (continuing) said Mr. Henley came to his house at half past nine at night in January last. He made a complaint about his wife, and, as a result, stayed there that night. After that he went into lodgings. | ||
Subsequently there was a meeting of friends of the family, and he (prosecutor) [Jones] acted as "go-between" between the husband and wife, and their differences were arranged. On July 10 he received the following letter from Mrs. Henley: - "If you don't come and see me I will shoot you as dead as a dog. (Signed) E. S. Henley. You will drive me mad and desperate. You had best come." The same day he received another letter as follows:- "If you don't come to me, in common justice, I shall waylay you and do whatever I think right. - (Signed) E. S. Henley." He had been many times requested by the defendant and her husband to renew his professional attendance, but he had refused. On the night of the 10th he saw the defendant waiting about in Cavendish-square, and accordingly withdrew in his house and sent for the police. Meanwhile the front-door bell was rung violently, and upon the door being opened defendant forced her way into the hall. At this point the accused buried her face in her hands and cried. Dr. Jones, continuing, said upon the arrival of a policeman he saw him in the drawing-room, and explained matters. The officer went down and saw the defendant, and, returning, reported that she had no firearms about her, and that she was willing to go to the police-station. They accordingly went to the station, but out of consideration for the lady, he declined to charge her. | ||
On August 2 he found his consulting-room window broken, and afterwards a letter came from the accused acknowledging she had done it. On August 24 the accused, disguised in the garb of a nurse, gained admission to his house. On discovering who she was, he refused to discuss any matter with her. Last Wednesday he was returning home at half-past five, and saw the defendant in the porch next door to his house. She approached him, and asked to speak to him, but he refused to have any conversation with her. As he let himself in at the front door, she pushed him on one side, entered the house and walked into his study. Mrs. Jones appeared on the scene, and the defendant began to argue, and wanted to make a statement. She also addressed threats to his wife about him, and said that the threatening letter was written when she was overwrought and unstrung owing to her husband's illness, but that now she would dog his steps and would have his life. She did not care if it cost her her life; she would have her revenge upon him. By the advice of the police, she was allowed to remain about two hours until her husband arrived. There was a great scene in the drawing-room, the accused, her husband and a gentleman friend being the chief actors. The accused gave vent to an outburst of violence and abuse. The cross-examination was directed to prove that the prosecutor had endeavoured to have her put in an asylum, but the former stated that he only had the defendant examined with the idea of her being placed under some restraint. Detective-Inspector Arrow proved arresting the accused on a warrant. She said: "I did threaten to shoot him. He risked my husband's life and smirched my good name. I did not threaten to kill and murder him." At this juncture Mr. Plowden ordered a remand, and admitted the accused to bail in one surety of £100. | ||
The charges against Mrs. Henley were heard further on 2 December 1895, following which she was bound over in her own recognisances in £200, and she was required to find two further sureties of £100 each to keep the peace for 12 months. | ||
Charles Henry Chandos Henniker-Major, 6th Baron Henniker and 3rd Baron Hartismere | ||
As the Henniker barony is an Irish peerage, the title did not automatically mean that its holder had a seat in the House of Lords. However, the 4th Baron Henniker had also been granted another peerage, that of Baron Hartismere in the peerage of the United Kingdom, and it was under this title that its holders sat in the Lords. | ||
An interesting mix-up occurred in 1904, as reported in the Weekly Irish Times of 30 April 1904:- | ||
The Lord Chancellor had an unusual motion to make in an ordinary case of succession to the peerage. He stated that it had been the practice, in order to avoid the expense of a Committee of Privileges, to take the certificate of the Lord Chancellor who investigated the title, and having satisfied himself as to the title, to issue a writ to the peer to take his seat. It so happened that the late Lord Hartismere (Lord Henniker) never called for the writ which was issued at the commencement of the present Parliament. His son, having succeeded to the title, called at the office and took the writ which had been issued for his father. On Tuesday last he presented himself to their Lordships' House and took the oath and subscribed the roll. According to precedent a fresh writ should be issued in the case of succession, and therefore he now moved:- | ||
"That the writ of summons directed to Lord Hartismere and the entry of Tuesday last be set aside; the name of Lord Hartismere among the lords present on that day be deleted, and that the signature on the test roll also be deleted." | ||
He was sorry if the motion caused the noble lord any inconvenience. Of course, it was nothing but a mistake, and he hoped the noble lord would not be disturbed. He was compelled to make the motion in order to comply with the ordinary rules of the house. | ||
The motion was agreed to. | ||
The special remainder to the Barony of Herbert of Chirbury created in 1749 | ||
From the London Gazette of 3 October 1749 (issue 8890, page 1):- | ||
The King has been pleased to grant unto Henry Arthur Earl of Powis, the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Herbert of Chirbury and Ludlow; to hold the same to him and the Heirs Male of his Body; and in Default of such Issue, to Richard Herbert, Esq; (Brother to the said Earl of Powis) and the Heirs Male of his Body; and in Default of such Issue, to Francis Herbert of Ludlow, in the County of Salop, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body. | ||
William Constable-Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries | ||
The barony of Herries was, in January 1716, a subsidiary title of the Earl of Nithsdale, who was attainted and his honours forfeited for taking part in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. In 1848, an Act of Parliament was passed which restored in blood [i.e. reversed the attainder] the descendants of the attainted 5th Earl of Nithsdale. William Constable-Maxwell, being the lineal heir of the body of Agnes, Lady Herries in her own right, petitioned that he be found to be entitled to the peerage. | ||
The following report on the hearing before the House of Lords Committee for Privileges appeared in the York Herald on 26 June 1858:- | ||
This was the case of William Constable Maxwell, Esq., of Nithsdale, in the county of Dumfries, and Everingham, in the county of York. The evidence on behalf of the claimant went to show that Herbert Herries, of Terregles, took his seat in the Scottish Parliament in the year 1491. Two of his sons alone left issue, Andrew, his successor, and Roger of Maidenhaugh. Andrew was killed at the battle of Flodden Field, leaving his son and successor William. William left a daughter, Agnes, who succeeded to the title, and whose husband, Sir J. Maxwell, was created Lord Herries by Queen Mary, and sat in Parliament in 1567. [He was not, as far as I am aware, "created" Lord Herries; rather, he was allowed, as a courtesy, the right to represent his wife's peerage in the Scottish Parliament.] The title descended to their heirs until, in 1667, John Maxwell, Lord Herries succeeded to the earldom of Nithsdale, and that title was held by his descendants until the year 1715, when both titles were forfeited by the then holder for high treason in espousing the cause of the Pretender. His son William succeeded to the estates which had been attached to both titles, and his youngest daughter, his only surviving child, married William Haggerston Constable, of Everingham, whose grandson was the present claimant. The attainder of William Earl of Nithsdale, having been reversed by Act of Parliament, the claimant urged his right to the title of Lord Herries, contending that the title passed through Agnes, Lady Herries, as co-heiress of Robert Lord Herries, whose lineal descendant the claimant was, and that therefore he was entitled to the dignity. | ||
William Maxwell, of Carruchan, opposed the claim, on the ground that he is the lineal descendant of Roger Lord Herries, and that the title did not descend through Agnes Lady Herries, and that the title held by her husband was not held by him in right of his wife, but was a fresh creation in his own person, and that consequently their son succeeded to the new title granted to his father, and not to the old one granted to Herbert, the first Lord Herries. | ||
[In summary, his argument was:- | ||
1. That in cases where a Scottish peerage had been created but no instrument of creation could now be found, as was the case in this claim, the law presumed a limitation to heirs male of the body of the grantee; | ||
2. That as a result of 1. Agnes Herries did not inherit the peerage; | ||
3. That Sir John Maxwell was not therefore a peer by courtesy in his wife's peerage, and thus his sitting in the Scottish Parliament must have been the result of a fresh peerage creation, again with a presumed remainder (as no instrument of creation could be found) to heirs male of the body of Sir John Maxwell; and | ||
4. That William Maxwell of Carruchan was the heir male of the body of John Maxwell, Lord Herries.] | ||
The question, therefore, was whether the original title descended through the female line, or whether it passed to lineal male descendants. The case has been before the House [of Lords] for several years, and each session has witnessed the production of masses of documentary evidence. | ||
Lord Cranworth and Lord Brougham delivered their opinion in favour of the clamant. Lord Redesdale was of opinion that the claimant had not made out his claim. The majority being in favour of the claimant, the committee resolved that the claim had been made out. | ||
Francis Hugh George Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford | ||
The 5th Marquess died following a hunting accident in January 1884. The following report appeared in the Birmingham Daily Post of 22 January 1884:- | ||
An accident of a serious nature occurred to the Marquis of Hertford, yesterday morning, at Dunnington, near Alcester, while hunting with the Warwickshire hounds. The meet was at Ragley Park, his lordship's seat, and after ineffectually searching the estate the hounds were trotted to Dunnington. Here a fox was started, and the field were galloping after it when the Marquis of Hertford was seen to fall from his horse. Those riding near him state that the horse trod upon some obstacle, and fell heavily to the ground. The marquis failed to disengage his feet from the stirrups, and the animal rolled upon him. With some difficulty his lordship was released, and it was found that he was bleeding freely from the nose and mouth. The Earl of Yarmouth, his eldest son, was with the party, which also included Drs. Hobbs and Fosbrooke. These gentlemen immediately rendered assistance. A bed was procured from a nearby house, and the marquis was carried home on a litter. An attempt was made to put his lordship into a carriage, but the jolting caused such acute agony that it was deemed advisable to carry him. Accordingly, the bed upon which he lay was placed upon a gate. A party of gentlemen gave assistance, and the injured nobleman was carried very gently the whole distance. The journey occupied about an hour, and when the party arrived at Ragley Hall the marquis, who had been unconscious the whole of the time, opened his eyes as he was being carried up the steps in front of the mansion, and murmured twice, "No more". Dr. Smith, of Alcester, was promptly in attendance, and telegrams were instantly despatched to London summoning the marquis's own physicians to Ragley. These gentlemen arrived late last evening, and their opinion is that the condition of his lordship is most critical. There is an ugly wound in the forehead, which has caused concussion of the brain, and his chest and side are seriously injured, these injuries being caused by violent kicks from the horse as it lay struggling on the ground. There are in addition serious internal injuries. His lordship remained unconscious for several hours; and, being over seventy years of age, the gravest fears are entertained as to his recovery. His medical advisers are in constant attendance at his bedside. A touching incident in connection with the accident is that when the Marquis was being carried into the Hall, the rector of a neighbouring parish, who was among the crowd of spectators, fell upon his knees in front of the Marquis, and prayed aloud that God would spare the sufferer's life. | ||
The Marquess's injuries were too severe to allow him to recover, and he died on the evening of 25 January 1884. | ||
The special remainder to the Barony of Hill created in 1816 | ||
From the London Gazette of 31 October 1815 (issue 17075, page 2186):- | ||
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Lieutenant-General Rowland Baron Hill, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Hill, of Almaraz, and of Hawkstone and Hardwicke, in the county of Salop, and in default of such issue, to the heirs male lawfully begotten of his late brother John Hill, of Hawkstorie, in the said county of Salop, Esq. deceased. | ||
The special remainder to the Viscountcy of Hill created in 1842 | ||
From the London Gazette of 6 September 1842 (issue 20136, page 2398):- | ||
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto General Rowland Baron Hill, G.C.B. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone, and of Hardwicke, in the county of Salop; and, in default of such issue male, the said dignity of Viscount to Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. (nephew of the said Rowland Baron Hill), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. | ||
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