Baron FitzHardinge, of the City and County of the City of Bristol, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created on 5 August 1861 for the naval commander and politician Admiral Sir Maurice Berkeley

Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge

Admiral Sir Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, GCB PC, DL was a British Royal Navy First Sea Lord and former First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.-Royal Navy career:...

. He was illegitimate son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley and the brother of Thomas Berkeley, 6th Earl of Berkeley and William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge

William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge

William FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge , known as The Lord Segrave between 1831 and 1841, was a British landowner and politician.-Background:...

 (a title which became extinct on his death 1857). He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. He briefly represented Gloucester

Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)

Gloucester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was established in 1295 to return two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons but in 1885 representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885...

 in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1916.

Baron FitzHardinge (1861)

• Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge
  Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge
  Admiral Sir Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, GCB PC, DL was a British Royal Navy First Sea Lord and former First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.-Royal Navy career:...
  
   (1788–1867)
• Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley, 2nd Baron FitzHardinge
  Francis Berkeley, 2nd Baron FitzHardinge
  Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley, 2nd Baron FitzHardinge FSA , was a British Liberal Party politician.-Background and education:...
  
   (1826–1896)
• Charles Paget FitzHardinge Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge (1830–1916)