Baron Boteler (sometimes modernly Baron Butler or Baron Botiler) was a title that was created three times in the

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. The first barony, Baron Boteler, of Warrington, was created by writ on 23 June 1295 for

William le Boteler William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...

. It became extinct on his death circa 1328. The second barony, Baron Boteler, of Wem, was created by writ on 19 March 1308 in the

for William Boteler, grandson of Gruffydd Maelor II. It fell into

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in 1411, on the death of his great-granddaughter. The third barony, Baron Boteler, of Brantfield in the County of Hertford, was created by

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on 30 July 1628 for Sir John Boteler, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for

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from 1625 to 1626. He had already been created a baronet, of Hatfield Woodhall in the County of Hertford, in the

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on 12 April 1620. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 1657. George Boteler, half-brother of the first Baron, was created a baronet in 1643 (see Boteler baronets).

Barons Boteler; First creation (1295)

* William Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Warrington (died c. 1328)

Barons Boteler; Second creation (1308)

William Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Wem William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(died 1334) * William Boteler, 2nd Baron Boteler of Wem (died 1361) *

William Boteler, 3rd Baron Boteler of Wem William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(died 1369), married Elizabeth Holand * Elizabeth Boteler, 4th Baroness Boteler of Wem (died 1411) ( abeyant) Her first husband was summoned in 1375 as Robert Ferrers of Wem, which by modern usage would represent a novel peerage, but he was likely summoned as Baron Boteler of Wem, ''

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''.

Barons Boteler; Third creation (1628)

* John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield (died 1637) *

William Boteler, 2nd Baron Boteler of Brantfield William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(died 1657)

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