Baron Greenwich
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Peerage of Great Britain
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in 1767 when Lady Caroline Townshend
Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich
Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich was a British peeress, a daughter of the John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll....
was made Baroness Greenwich, in the County of Kent, with remainder to the male issue by her second husband, Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend was a British politician. He was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey , daughter and heiress of Edward Harrison of Ball's Park, near Hertford, a lady who rivalled her son in...
. She was the daughter of Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich KG , known as Iain Ruaidh nan Cath or Red John of the Battles, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Early Life:...
, who had been created Earl of Greenwich in 1715 and Duke of Greenwich in 1719, titles which became extinct on his death in 1743. As Caroline's two sons by her second husband predecesed her, the title became extinct upon her death in 1794. The second creation came 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...
in 1947 when Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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, the husband of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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, was made Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich in the County of London. He was made Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Edinburgh
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at the same time.
Baronesses Greenwich; First creation (1767)
- Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness GreenwichCaroline Townshend, 1st Baroness GreenwichCaroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich was a British peeress, a daughter of the John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll....
(1717–1794)