Baron Sudeley
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and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. The first creation came in the Peerage of England
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in 1299 when John de Sudeley was summoned to Parliament as Lord Sudeley. On the death of the third Baron in 1367 the title fell into abeyance
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. The abeyance was terminated in 1380 when Thomas Boteler, the fourth Baron, became sole heir. The sixth Baron was created Baron Sudeley by letters patent
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in 1441. He served as Lord High Treasurer
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from 1444 to 1447. On his death in 1473 the 1441 creation became extinct while the 1299 creation once again fell into abeyance.
The third creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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in 1838 when Charles Hanbury-Tracy
Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley
Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley , known as Charles Hanbury until 1798 and as Charles Hanbury Tracy from 1798 to 1838, was a British Whig politician....
was created Baron Sudeley, of Toddington in the County of Gloucester. He had previously represented Tewkesbury
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in the House of Commons
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as a Whig and served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
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. He was also as Chairman of the Royal Commission appointed to judge designs for the new Houses of Parliament. He married his cousin Hon. Henrietta Susanna, daughter and heiress of Henry Leigh Tracy, 8th and last Viscount Tracy, through which marriage the estate of Toddington Manor
Toddington Manor
Toddington Manor is a 19th century country house in the English county of Gloucestershire, near the village of Toddington. It is in the gothic style and was designed by Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley for himself and built between 1819 and 1840...
in Gloucestershire
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came into the Hanbury family. Five days before the marriage Charles Hanbury assumed the additional surname of Tracy.
He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He sat as a Member of Parliament
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for Wallingford
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and served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. In 1806 Lord Sudeley assumed by Royal license the surname of Leigh in lieu of his patronymic. However, in 1839 he discontinued the use of this surname and resumed by Royal license his original surname of Hanbury-Tracy. On his death the title passed to his son, the third Baron. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was a Liberal
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Member of Parliament
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for Montgomery
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from 1863 to 1877 and served under William Ewart Gladstone
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as Captain of the Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
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in 1886. However, he later came into financial difficulties which caused the sale of the family seat of Toddington Manor
Toddington Manor
Toddington Manor is a 19th century country house in the English county of Gloucestershire, near the village of Toddington. It is in the gothic style and was designed by Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley for himself and built between 1819 and 1840...
. the title is held by his great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron, in 1941.
The Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy
Frederick Hanbury-Tracy
The Hon. Frederick Stephen Archibald Hanbury-Tracy , was a British politician.Hanbury-Tracy was a younger son of Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, and his wife Emma Elizabeth Alicia, daughter of George Hay Dawkins Pennant. Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley, was his elder brother...
, younger son of the second Baron, was Member of Parliament for Montgomery.
Barons Sudeley; First creation (1299)
- John de Sudeley, 1st Baron Sudeley (c. 1257–1336)
- John de Sudeley, 2nd Baron Sudeley (d. 1340)
- John de Sudeley, 3rd Baron Sudeley (c. 1337–1367) (abeyant)
- Thomas Boteler, 4th Baron Sudeley (1355–1398) (abeyance terminated 1380)
- John Boteler, 5th Baron Sudeley (d. 1417)
- Ralph Boteler, 6th Baron SudeleyRalph Boteler, 1st Baron SudeleyRalph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley and 6th Baron Sudeley KG was an English baron and aristocrat. He was the Captain of Calais and Treasurer of England .-Family:...
(d. 1473) (created Baron Sudeley in 1441)
Barons Sudeley; Third creation, 1838
- Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron SudeleyCharles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron SudeleyCharles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley , known as Charles Hanbury until 1798 and as Charles Hanbury Tracy from 1798 to 1838, was a British Whig politician....
(1778–1858) - Thomas Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (1801–1863)
- Sudeley Charles George Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley (1837–1877)
- Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron SudeleyCharles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron SudeleyCharles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley PC FRS , styled The Honourable Charles Hanbury-Tracy from 1858 to 1877, was a British Liberal politician...
(1840–1922) - William Charles Frederick Hanbury-Tracy, 5th Baron Sudeley (1870–1932)
- Richard Algernon Frederick Hanbury-Tracy, 6th Baron Sudeley (1911–1941)
- Merlin Charles Sainthill Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron SudeleyMerlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron SudeleyMerlin Charles Sainthill Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley, FSA is a British peer, author and veteran right-wing activist. In 1941, at the age of three, he succeeded his first cousin once removed, the 6th Lord Sudeley, to the Barony of Sudeley and until the House of Lords Act 1999 sat in that body...
(b. 1939)
The heir presumptive
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is the present holder's second cousin once removed (Desmond) Andrew John Hanbury-Tracy (b. 1928). He is the great-grandson of Hon. Frederick Stephen Archibald Hanbury-Tracy, fifth son of the second Baron.