Baron Montfort is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England

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 when John de Montfort was summoned to parliament on 23 June 1295. In 1367 the title either became extinct or fell into abeyance on the death of the third Baron. The second creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of Great Britain

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 in 1741 when Henry Bromley

Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort

Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort , was a British landowner and politician.Bromley was the only son of John Bromley and the grandson of John Bromley, both Knights of the Shire for Cambridgeshire. His mother Marcy died in childbed. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge...

 was made Lord Montfort, Baron of Horseheath, in the County of Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

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. He had previously represented Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Parliament, as had his father John Bromley and grandfather John Bromley. Lord Montfort was succeeded by his only son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament

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 for the city of Cambridge

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. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron, in 1851.

Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor

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 Sir Thomas Bromley

Thomas Bromley

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 and Lord Chief Justice

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

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 Sir Thomas Bromley

Thomas Bromley (chief justice)

Sir Thomas Bromley was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Bromley was of an old Staffordshire family, and a second cousin of Sir Thomas Bromley . His father was Roger, son of Roger Bromley of Mitley, Shropshire, and his mother was Jane, daughter of Mr....

 were also members of the Bromley family.

Barons Montfort (1295)

• John de Montfort, 1st Baron Montfort (d. 1296)
• John de Montfort, 2nd Baron Montfort (1291–1314)
• Peter de Montfort, 3rd Baron Montfort (d. 1367)

Barons Montfort (1741)

• Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
  Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
  Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort , was a British landowner and politician.Bromley was the only son of John Bromley and the grandson of John Bromley, both Knights of the Shire for Cambridgeshire. His mother Marcy died in childbed. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge...
  
   (1705–1755)
• Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron Montfort (1733–1799)
• Henry Bromley, 3rd Baron Montfort (1773–1851)