Baron Hungerford
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The Barony of Hungerford was created in the Peerage of England
on 7 January 1426 for Walter Hungerford
, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament
, Speaker of the House
and invested as Knight
of the Order of the Garter
before and was made Lord High Treasurer
one year before he became a peer. The second baron was also created Baron de Moleyns on 13 January 1445 by writ of summons; both titles then merged. The third baron was attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1461. This attainder was reversed in 1485 for the then 4th baroness of Hungerford, and so it came into the Hastings family of Earls of Huntingdon
until 1789, when it came into the Rawdon(-Hastings) family of the Marquesses of Hastings
until 1868 when it fell into abeyance. This abeyance was terminated three years later for a member of the Abney-Hastings family and an Earl of Loudoun
. In 1920 it again fell into abeyance, which was terminated one year later for the Philipps family of the Viscounts of St Davids
where it has remained since.
Another Barony of Hungerford with the distinction de Heytesbury was created in the Peerage of England
on 8 June 1526 for another Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament. He was attainted in 1541 and the peerage forfeited. This attainder has not been reversed since.
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
on 7 January 1426 for Walter Hungerford
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer....
, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, Speaker of the House
Speaker of the British House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...
and invested as Knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the Order of the Garter
Order of the Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...
before and was made Lord High Treasurer
Lord High Treasurer
The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Act of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third highest ranked Great Officer of State, below the Lord High Chancellor and above the Lord President...
one year before he became a peer. The second baron was also created Baron de Moleyns on 13 January 1445 by writ of summons; both titles then merged. The third baron was attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1461. This attainder was reversed in 1485 for the then 4th baroness of Hungerford, and so it came into the Hastings family of Earls of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family.-Early history:...
until 1789, when it came into the Rawdon(-Hastings) family of the Marquesses of Hastings
Marquess of Hastings
Marquess of Hastings was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 December 1816 for Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira. The Rawdon family descended from Francis Rawdon , of Rawdon, Yorkshire. His son George Rawdon settled in the village of Moira in Downshire, and...
until 1868 when it fell into abeyance. This abeyance was terminated three years later for a member of the Abney-Hastings family and an Earl of Loudoun
Earl of Loudoun
Earl of Loudoun , named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline....
. In 1920 it again fell into abeyance, which was terminated one year later for the Philipps family of the Viscounts of St Davids
Viscount St Davids
Viscount St Davids, of Lydstep Haven in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for John Philipps, 1st Baron St Davids. The Philipps family descends from Sir John Philipps, who represented Pembrokeshire in the House of Commons...
where it has remained since.
Another Barony of Hungerford with the distinction de Heytesbury was created in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
on 8 June 1526 for another Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament. He was attainted in 1541 and the peerage forfeited. This attainder has not been reversed since.
Barons of Hungerford (1426)
- Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron HungerfordWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron HungerfordWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer....
(1378–1449) - Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron HungerfordRobert Hungerford, 2nd Baron HungerfordRobert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford , the second but eldest surviving son of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, served in the Hundred Years' War, and was summoned to parliament as Baron Hungerford from 5 September 1450 to 26 May 1455. He died 14 May 1459, and in accordance with his will...
(c. 1400–1459) - Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron HungerfordRobert Hungerford, 3rd Baron HungerfordRobert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford was son and heir of Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford, and was grandson of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford . He supported the Lancastrians cause in the War of the Roses. In the late 1440s and early 1450s he was a member of successive parliaments...
(c. 1420–1464), attainted and forfeit 1461 - Mary Hastings, 4th Baroness HungerfordMary HungerfordMary Hungerford was the daughter of Sir Thomas Hungerford of Rowden and Anne, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland.-Titles:...
née Hungerford (c. 1466–c. 1530) attainder reversed 1485 - George Hastings, 5th Baron HungerfordGeorge Hastings, 1st Earl of HuntingdonGeorge Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the son of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings and Mary Hungerford. George Hastings was created the first Earl of Huntingdon by Henry VIII of England on 3 November 1529. On the same day his son Francis gained a seat at the...
(1488–1545) (created Earl of Huntingdon in 1529) - Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, 6th Baron HungerfordFrancis Hastings, 2nd Earl of HuntingdonFrancis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII....
(1514–1560) - Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, 7th Baron HungerfordHenry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonSir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG KB was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.-Ancestry:...
(1536–1595) - George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon, 8th Baron HungerfordGeorge Hastings, 4th Earl of HuntingdonSir George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman.He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and older brother of Francis Hastings...
(1540–1604) - Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, 9th Baron HungerfordHenry Hastings, 5th Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.-Life:...
(1586–1643) - Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, 10th Baron HungerfordFerdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of HuntingdonFerdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Elizabeth Stanley, the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer...
(1609–1656) - Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon, 11th Baron HungerfordTheophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of HuntingdonTheophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon PC was an English politician. He was the son of Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, born in the 27th year of his parents' marriage, and became Earl of Huntingdon on 13 February 1656 on his father's death...
(1650–1701) - George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, 12th Baron HungerfordGeorge Hastings, 8th Earl of HuntingdonGeorge Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Elizabeth Lewis. He succeeded his father in 1701 and died of malignant fever on 22 February 1704/5, aged 27, unmarried....
(1677–1705) - Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, 13th Baron HungerfordTheophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of HuntingdonTheophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Mary Frances Fowler. He married Lady Selina Shirley, daughter of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers and Mary Levinge, on 3 June 1728.There is a monument to him in St Helen's Church,...
(1696–1746) - Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, 14th Baron HungerfordFrancis Hastings, 10th Earl of HuntingdonFrancis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon PC was a British peer and politician.He was the son of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, Selina. Hastings succeeded as Earl of Huntingdon and Baron Botreaux on his father's demise in 1746...
(1729–1789) - Elizabeth Hastings, 16th Baroness Botreaux, 15th Baroness Hungerford (1731–1808)
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, 16th Baron HungerfordFrancis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of HastingsFrancis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings KG PC , styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762 and as The Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783 and known as The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Irish-British politician and military officer who served as...
(1754–1826) (created Marquess of Hastings in 1816) - George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings, 17th Baron HungerfordGeorge Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of HastingsGeorge Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings , styled Lord Rawdon from birth until 1817 and Earl of Rawdon from 1817 to 1826, was a British peer and courtier.-Background:...
(1808–1844) - Paulyn Rawdon-Hastings, 3rd Marquess of Hastings, 18th Baron Hungerford (1832–1851)
- Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings, 19th Baron HungerfordHenry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of HastingsHenry Weysford Charles Plantagenet, 4th Marquess of Hastings , styled Lord Henry Rawdon-Hastings from birth until 1851, was a British peer....
(1842–1868) (abeyant 1868) - Edith Abney-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun, 20th Baroness Hungerford (1833–1874) (abeyance terminated 1871)
- Charles Clifton, 11th Earl of Loudoun, 21st Baron HungerfordCharles Clifton, 11th Earl of LoudounCharles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish peer, the son of Charles Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington and Edith Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun.On 4 February 1880 he married the Hon...
(1855–1920) (abeyant 1920) - Elizabeth Philipps, 22nd Baroness HungerfordElizabeth Philipps, Viscountess St DavidsElizabeth Frances Philipps, Viscountess St Davids was a British peeress.She was the second daughter and coheiress of Hon...
née Abney-Hastings (1884–1974) (abeyance terminated 1921) - Jestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids, 23rd Baron HungerfordJestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St DavidsJestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids was a British peer.-Personal life:Lord St Davids married three times but only had children with his first wife....
(1917–1991) - See Viscount St DavidsViscount St DavidsViscount St Davids, of Lydstep Haven in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for John Philipps, 1st Baron St Davids. The Philipps family descends from Sir John Philipps, who represented Pembrokeshire in the House of Commons...
for further Barons Hungerford.
Barons Hungerford de Heytesbury (1526)
- Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford de Heytesbury (c. 1502–1541) attainted and forfeit 1541