Baron Howard de Walden
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Peerage of England
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. It was created by writ of summons, by Queen Elizabeth I
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for Admiral Lord Thomas Howard
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
, a younger son of the 4th Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman.Norfolk was the son of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was taught as a child by John Foxe, the Protestant martyrologist, who remained a lifelong recipient of Norfolk's patronage...
, in 1597. The title was reportedly granted for the Admiral's role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada
Spanish Armada
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in 1588. The baron eventually went on to obtain the title of Earl of Suffolk
Earl of Suffolk
Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfeited by his heir, Ralph de Guader, in 1074...
from Elizabeth I's successor King James I
James I of England
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, which latter title continues in his male-line descendants. The barony Howard de Walden however eventually passed out of the Howard family with the death of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
in 1688, and came briefly to the 4th Earl of Bristol
Earl of Bristol
Earl of Bristol is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1622 in favour of the politician and diplomat John Digby who served for many years as Ambassador to Spain, and had already been created Baron Digby of Sherborne, in the...
before passing to his great-grandson, the four-year old Charles Augustus Ellis in 1803.
The title actually fell into abeyance between 1688 and 1784 between the heirs of the 3rd Earl's two daughters - Lady Essex Howard (a daughter by his first marriage) and Lady Elizabeth Howard (a daughter by his second marriage). Lady Essex Howard married Edward Griffin, 1st Baron Griffin, and had descendants. Her granddaughter Hon. Ann Griffin was the only surviving daughter of the 2nd Baron Griffin, and her son John Griffin Whitwell, later Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin (he changed his surname in 1749) inherited one-half or a moiety of the barony when his maternal uncle the 3rd Baron Griffin died without legitimate issue. In 1784, the barony was called out of abeyance
Abeyance
Abeyance is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such future estates as have not yet vested or possibly...
in his favour. In 1788, the new 4th Baron Howard de Walden was also created 1st Baron Braybrooke
Baron Braybrooke
Lord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke, in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1788 for John Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth...
with special remainder to a kinsman Richard Aldsworth Neville who had married a daughter of the powerful Grenville family (and thus a cousin of William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...
).
At the death of Lord Howard de Walden & Braybrooke in 1797 without any issue, the barony Howard de Walden passed to the only other heir — the representative of the 3rd Earl of Suffolk's younger daughter Lady Elizabeth Felton. Her daughter Elizabeth Felton had married as his 2nd wife John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol was an English politician.John Hervey was born in Bury St Edmunds, the son of Sir Thomas Hervey. He was educated in Bury and at Clare College, Cambridge...
, and their grandson was Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol (1730–1803). He had inherited the earldom only upon the death of two older brothers. At his death, his second but eldest surviving son inherited the earldom as 5th Earl, and eventually became the 1st Marquess of Bristol. However, the Barony Howard de Walden passed out of the Hervey family once again, via two deceased heirs - John, Lord Hervey (eldest son of the 4th Earl) and his daughter Hon. Elizabeth Catherine Caroline Hervey (later Hon. Mrs Charles Rose Ellis) - to a great-grandson Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden who was also 2nd Baron Seaford by right of his father's title (granted 1826).
The young Lord Howard de Walden (1799–1868), aged four when he inherited the title from his great-grandfather, eventually married Lady Lucy Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, youngest daughter of William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland PC, FRS, FSA , styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1809, was a British politician who served in various positions in the governments of George Canning and Lord Goderich.-Background and education:Portland was the eldest son of...
, and sister and co-heiress of the reclusive William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
William John Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland , styled Lord William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British aristocratic eccentric who preferred to live in seclusion...
. It was through her that the Barons Howard de Walden inherited substantial properties in London, and adopted the name of Scott-Ellis instead of Ellis. The 6th Baron was succeeded by his son the 7th Baron (1830–1899) and the 8th Baron (1880–1946). The great-grandson was John Osmael Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden and 5th Baron Seaford(1912–1999)).
In 1999, while a cousin succeeded as Baron Seaford, the barony of Howard de Walden fell into abeyance
Abeyance
Abeyance is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such future estates as have not yet vested or possibly...
among the 9th Baron's four daughters and co-heiresses, who also inherited jointly substantial estates in London. By Royal Warrant dated June 25, 2004, The Queen called the Barony of Howard de Walden out of abeyance in favour of the eldest daughter, Mary Hazel Caridwen Czernin (born 1935). In 1957, she had married Joseph Czernin, son of Count Franz Josef Czernin, and they have five daughters and a son, Peter Joseph Czernin (born 1966), who is heir to the title.
The property associated with the barony - Audley End House
Audley End House
Audley End House is largely an early 17th-century country house just outside Saffron Walden, Essex, south of Cambridge, England. It was once a palace in all but name and renowned as one of the finest Jacobean houses in England. Audley End is now only one-third of its original size, but is still...
at Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
- which was obtained by Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
from his maternal grandfather Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley was separated from the title, when it was left by the 4th Baron Howard de Walden & 1st Baron Braybrooke
Baron Braybrooke
Lord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke, in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1788 for John Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth...
to his relative Richard Aldworth Neville, 2nd Baron Braybrooke. The house Audley End was actually built by the 1st Earl of Suffolk.
Through their substantial London property portfolio, the Howard de Walden family are one of the wealthiest families in Britain, with a net worth of over £1 billion. They are often to be found in the Sunday Times Rich List
Sunday Times Rich List
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Barons Howard de Walden (1597)
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1st Baron Howard de WaldenThomas Howard, 1st Earl of SuffolkAdmiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
(1541–1626) - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, 2nd Baron Howard de WaldenTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
(1584–1640) - James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, 3rd Baron Howard de WaldenJames Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
(1619–1689) (abeyant 1689) - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (1719–1797) (abeyance terminated 1784; abeyant 1797)
- Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, 5th Baron Howard de WaldenFrederick Hervey, 4th Earl of BristolFrederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, PC , known as The Earl-Bishop, was Bishop of Cloyne from 1767 to 1768 and Bishop of Derry from 1768 to 1803.- Life :...
(1730–1803) (became sole heir in 1799) - Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de WaldenCharles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de WaldenCharles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford , was a British diplomat and politician.-Family:...
(1799–1868) - Frederick George Ellis, 7th Baron Howard de Walden (1830–1899)
- Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de WaldenThomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de WaldenThomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford , was a British peer, landowner, writer and patron of the arts. He was also a motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...
(1880–1946) - John Osmael Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de WaldenJohn Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de WaldenJohn Osmael Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden, 5th Baron Seaford was a British peer, landowner, and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder. He was the son of Margarita van Raalte and her husband, Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden and was educated at Eton.In 1931 he moved to...
(1912–1999) (abeyant 1999) - (Mary) Hazel (Caridwen) Czernin, 10th Baroness Howard de Walden (b. 1935) (abeyance terminated 2004)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son the Hon. Peter Joseph Czernin (b. 1966). His heir apparent is his son Alexander John Peter Czernin (b. 1999).