The barony of Camoys was created twice. From 26 November 1313 to 1 April 1335 Ralph de Camoys (d.1336) was summoned to Parliament by

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, and is thereby held to have become Baron Camoys of the first creation. Ralph de Camoys (d.1336) married firstly, Margaret de Brewes, daughter of William de Brewes, 1st Lord Brewes (d.1291), and secondly, Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of

Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester Hugh le Despenser (1 March 126127 October 1326), sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England. He was created a baron in 1295 and Earl of Winchester in 1322. One day after being c ...

(executed 27 October 1326). By his first wife, Margaret de Brewes, daughter of

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, Ralph de Camoys (d.1336) had a son, Thomas de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys, (d.1372). Thomas married a wife named Margaret, and by her had a son, Ralph Camoys. This first creation of the barony expired with the death on 11 April 1372 without male heirs of Thomas de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys, his son, Ralph having predeceased him. The heir of Thomas de Camoys (d.1372) was his nephew, another Thomas de Camoys (d.1421), who was the grandson of Ralph de Camoys (d.1336) by his second wife, Elizabeth le Despenser, and the son of Sir John Camoys by his second wife, Elizabeth le Latimer, daughter of William le Latimer, 3rd Lord Latimer. From 20 August 1383 to 26 February 1421 Thomas de Camoys (d.1421) was summoned to Parliament by writ, by which he is held to have become Baron Camoys of the second creation. Thomas de Camoys (d.1421) was twice married, firstly to Elizabeth Louches, the daughter of William Louches of great Milton and Chiselhampton, and secondly to

Elizabeth Mortimer Elizabeth Mortimer, Lady Percy and Baroness Camoys (12 February 1371 – 20 April 1417), was a medieval English noblewoman, the granddaughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and great-granddaughter of King Edward III. Her first husba ...

, daughter of

Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and ''jure uxoris'' Earl of Ulster (1 February 135227 December 1381) was the son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Gr ...

, and widow of

Henry 'Hotspur' Percy Sir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Ho ...

. By his first wife, Elizabeth Louches, he had a son, Sir Richard Camoys, who married Joan Poynings, and by her had three sons, John, Ralph and Hugh, and two daughters, Margaret and Eleanor. Sir Richard Camoys predeceased his father, dying sometime before 24 June 1416. The barony was inherited by Sir Richard's third son, Hugh de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys, who died a minor and a ward of the King on 18 June 1426. On his death the barony fell into

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between his sisters, Margaret and Eleanor. It remained in abeyance for 413 years until 1839, when

Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys (1797–1881) was a British peer, previously a member of Parliament. He was the son of another Thomas Stonor and Katherine Blundell, daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell. Career In 1817, he went to study ...

successfully claimed the barony as a descendant of Margaret de Camoys.. He had previously represented

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in the

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and later held office as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) in the

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administrations of

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and

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as well as in the coalition government of

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. He was succeeded by his grandson,

Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys Francis Robert Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys (9 December 1856 – 14 July 1897) was a British aristocrat who served as Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria. Early life Francis Robert Stonor was born on 9 December 1856 in Oxfordshire, England. He was th ...

, who served as a Lord-in-waiting in the Liberal governments of William Gladstone and

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. the title is currently held by his great-great-grandson, the 8th Baron, who succeeded his father in that year. The ancestral seat of the Stonor family is

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Barons Camoys, First creation (1313)

*Ralph de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (d. 1336) *Thomas de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys (d. 1372)

Barons Camoys, Second creation (1383)

Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (c. 1351 – 28 March 1421), KG, of Trotton in Sussex, was an English peer who commanded the left wing of the English army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Origins Thomas de Camoys was the son of Sir Joh ...

(d. 1419/21) * Hugh de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys (1413–1426) (title in abeyance from 1426) *

(1797–1881) (abeyance terminated 1839) * Francis Robert Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys (1856–1897) *

Ralph Francis Julian Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys Ralph Francis Julian Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys (26 January 1884 – 3 August 1968) was an English Aristocrat and Lord of Stonor Park who married an American heiress. Early life Lord Camoys was born on the 26 January 1884 at Stonor Park in Stonor ...

(1884–1968) * Ralph Robert Watts Sherman Stonor, 6th Baron Camoys (1913–1976) *

Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, (16 April 1940 – 4 January 2023) was a British peer and banker who served as Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2000, and the first Catholic Lord Chamberlain sinc ...

(1940–2023) * Ralph William Robert Thomas Stonor, 8th Baron Camoys (b. 1974) The heir apparent is his son, Hon. Ralph Thomas William Peter Stonor (b. 2007)

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External links

*Baron Camoys in Cracroft's Peerag

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