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Maurice Berkeley (died 1717)
Maurice Berkeley or Maurice de Berkeley may refer to: Berkeley of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire *Maurice de Berkeley "the Resolute" (1218–1281), 8th (feudal) Baron de Berkeley, English soldier and rebel * Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1271–1326) * Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (ca.1330–1368) * Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley (1435–1506) *Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge (1788–1867) illegitimate son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire (Junior branch of Berkeley of Berkeley Castle) *Maurice Berkeley (MP died 1400), of Stoke Gifford, MP for Gloucestershire *Maurice Berkeley (died 1464) of Stoke Gifford (1401-1464), MP for Gloucestershire in 1425 and 1429 *Maurice Berkeley (Gloucestershire MP) (died 1654) of Stoke Gifford, MP for Gt Bedwyn Berkeley of Bruton, Somerset (Junior branch of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford) *Maurice Berkeley (died 1581), MP *Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice De Berkeley
Sir Maurice de Berkeley "the Resolute" (1218 – 4 April 1281), 5th (feudal) Baron de Berkeley, was an English soldier and rebel, residing at Berkeley Castle in the English county of Gloucestershire. Life Maurice was born in 1218 to Thomas de Berkeley and wife Joan de Somery. He married Isabel FitzRoy, daughter of Richard FitzRoy, Baron of Chilham (an illegitimate son of King John of England) and wife Rose de Douvres, sometime before 12 July 1247. Berkeley fought in the French Wars and was invested as a knight before 1242. He inherited the title of Baron de Berkeley in 1243 and, on 14 December 1243, he had livery of his father's lands. He fought in the war in North Wales and in 1264 he joined the Barons against King Henry III. Berkeley died on 4 April 1281 and was buried in St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice De Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley
Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (April 1271 – 31 May 1326), ''The Magnanimous'', feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer. He rebelled against King Edward II and the Despencers. His epithet, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his family, was coined by John Smyth of Nibley (died 1641), steward of the Berkeley estates, the biographer of the family and author of ''Lives of the Berkeleys''. Origins He was born at Berkeley Castle, the eldest son and heir of Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (1245–1321), ''The Wise'', feudal baron of Berkeley, by his wife Joan de Ferrers (1255–1309), a daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby by his wife Margaret de Quincy, a daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester. Career He was involved in the Scottish Wars from about 1295 to 1318. He was Governor of Gloucester 1312, Governor of Berwick-on-Tweed from 1314 which he lost to the Scots under the 131 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice De Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (c. 1330 – 8 June 1368), ''The Valiant'', feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was an English peer. His epithet, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his family, was coined by John Smyth of Nibley (died 1641), steward of the Berkeley estates, the biographer of the family and author of "Lives of the Berkeleys". He was born in Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the eldest son and heir of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley by his wife Lady Margaret Mortimer. In August 1338 Berkeley married Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Hugh Despenser the younger by his wife Eleanor de Clare. By Elizabeth he had seven children as follows: *Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley (1352/3-1417), eldest son and heir, who married Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Lisle *Sir James de Berkeley (born c. 1355 – 13 June 1405) married Elizabeth Bluet; one of their sons was James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley *John de Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley
Maurice Berkeley, ''de jure'' 3rd Baron Berkeley (1435 – September 1506), of Thornbury in Gloucestershire, ''Maurice the Lawyer'', was an English nobleman. Origins He was born at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the younger son of James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (c. 1394–1463), ''James the Just'', by his third wife Lady Isabel, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk. He was the younger brother and heir of William Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1426–1492), ''William the Waste-All''. Career Because of his marriage to Isabel Meade, the daughter of a Bristol alderman, who was considered to be below his social status, Maurice was disinherited by his elder brother William Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1426–1492), who died without surviving children. As he never therefore possessed Berkeley Castle, he had no claim to the ancient feudal barony of Berkeley, which was dependent on landholdings. It was assumed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge
Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, (3 January 1788 – 17 October 1867) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he commanded gunboats on the Tagus, reinforcing the Lines of Torres Vedras, in Autumn 1810 during the Peninsular War and, as a captain, he served on the coast of Syria taking part in the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Oriental Crisis. He also served as Whig Member of Parliament for Gloucester and became First Naval Lord in the Aberdeen ministry in June 1854 and in that role focussed on manning the fleet and in carrying out reforms and improvements in the food, clothing, and pay of seamen. Early career Born the illegitimate son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley and Mary Berkeley (née Cole), Berkeley entered the Royal Navy in June 1802. Promoted to lieutenant on 9 July 1808, he joined the fifth-rate HMS ''Hydra'' on the east coast of Spain and then commanded gunboats on the Tagus, reinforcing the Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley (MP Died 1400)
Maurice Berkeley or Maurice de Berkeley may refer to: Berkeley of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire *Maurice de Berkeley "the Resolute" (1218–1281), 8th (feudal) Baron de Berkeley, English soldier and rebel * Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1271–1326) * Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (ca.1330–1368) * Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley (1435–1506) *Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge (1788–1867) illegitimate son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire (Junior branch of Berkeley of Berkeley Castle) * Maurice Berkeley (MP died 1400), of Stoke Gifford, MP for Gloucestershire * Maurice Berkeley (died 1464) of Stoke Gifford (1401-1464), MP for Gloucestershire in 1425 and 1429 *Maurice Berkeley (Gloucestershire MP) (died 1654) of Stoke Gifford, MP for Gt Bedwyn Berkeley of Bruton, Somerset (Junior branch of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford) *Maurice Berkeley (died 1581), MP *Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire (UK Parliament Constituency)
The constituency of Gloucestershire was a UK Parliamentary constituency. After it was abolished under the 1832 Electoral Reform Act, two new constituencies, West Gloucestershire and East Gloucestershire, were created. Gloucestershire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. Boundaries The constituency consisted of the historic county of Gloucestershire, excluding the part of the city of Bristol in the geographical county. Bristol had the status of a county of itself after 1373. Although Gloucestershire contained a number of other parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Gloucestershire was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning property within such boroughs could confer a vote at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley (died 1464) Of Stoke Gifford
Maurice Berkeley or Maurice de Berkeley may refer to: Berkeley of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire *Maurice de Berkeley "the Resolute" (1218–1281), 8th (feudal) Baron de Berkeley, English soldier and rebel * Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1271–1326) * Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley (ca.1330–1368) * Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley (1435–1506) *Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge (1788–1867) illegitimate son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire (Junior branch of Berkeley of Berkeley Castle) *Maurice Berkeley (MP died 1400), of Stoke Gifford, MP for Gloucestershire * Maurice Berkeley (died 1464) of Stoke Gifford (1401-1464), MP for Gloucestershire in 1425 and 1429 *Maurice Berkeley (Gloucestershire MP) (died 1654) of Stoke Gifford, MP for Gt Bedwyn Berkeley of Bruton, Somerset (Junior branch of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford) *Maurice Berkeley (died 1581), MP *Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzharding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley (Gloucestershire MP)
Sir Maurice Berkeley (1599–1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Berkeley was the son of Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb, Gloucestershire who was Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1614.Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester archive.org. Accessed 11 January 2023. In 1621, Berkeley was elected Member of Parliament for . He was knighted on 11 September 1621 at Whitehall. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley (died 1581)
Sir Maurice Berkeley (by 1514–1581) of Bruton in Somerset and of Berkeley House, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, served as Chief Banner Bearer of England to Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI and to Queen Elizabeth I, and rose rapidly in the Tudor court. He came from a cadet branch of the great Berkeley family of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, but in his career, his initial advantage was due to his mother's second marriage to Sir John FitzJames, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1526–1539, which by 1538 had brought him into the household of Thomas Cromwell, from which he passed into the royal household by 1539.Virgoe He built a mansion house on the site of Bruton Priory in Somerset, which he acquired following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, incorporating some of the monastic buildings, but this was demolished in 1786. Sir Maurice's impressive Renaissance monument, with recumbent effigies of himself and his two wives, survives in the later rebuilt chancel of the Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge
Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1628 – 13 June 1690), known as Sir Maurice Berkeley, Bt from 1660 to 1668, was an English politician, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family. Maurice was the eldest son of Sir Charles Berkeley and his wife Elizabeth Killigrew, and was baptized on 15 June 1628. His father was the head of the branch of the Berkeley family founded by Maurice Berkeley, which was seated at Bruton, Somerset. Unlike his relatives, he took no part in the English Civil War. On 1 January 1649, he married Anne Lee, the daughter of Sir Henry Lee, 1st Baronet, by whom he had two daughters. He also had two natural sons by Mary Rutley. Anne was the stepdaughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, the Parliamentary Lord High Admiral. Berkeley held local office under the Protectorate: he was a commissioner of assessment for Somerset in 1657, and was again appointed to the commission in January 1660. In March he was appointed to the militia commission and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Berkeley (Somerset MP)
Maurice Berkeley (c. 15761617) was an English landed gentry, landowner and gentleman who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614. Family Maurice Berkeley was the eldest son of Sir Henry Berkeley (d.1601) of Bruton Abbey, Somerset, and Margaret Lygon (d. 1616), widow of Sir Thomas Russell (d. 1574) of Strensham, Worcestershire, and a daughter of William Lygon family, Lygon (d. 29 September 1567), esquire, of Madresfield Court, Worcestershire, by Eleanor Dennis. By his mother's marriage to Sir Henry Berkeley, Maurice Berkeley had two brothers of the whole blood, Henry Berkeley (MP for Ilchester), Henry Berkeley and Edward Berkeley, and by her first marriage to Sir Thomas Russell, Maurice Berkeley had a half-brother, Thomas Russell (1570-1634) of Strensham, who married firstly Katherine Bampfield (d. before 1599) and secondly, Anne St. Leger, widow of Thomas Digges, and who in 1616 was overseer of the will of William Shakespeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
