Baron Fitton of Gawsworth was a Jacobite peerage created by James II in 1689 for his Lord Chancellor of Ireland,

Alexander Fitton Sir Alexander Fitton (1630?–1698) sometimes known by his Jacobite title Baron Gawsworth, was an Irish barrister and judge, who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland, despite having spent many years in prison for a criminal offence. Family and ea ...

(died 1698). Fitton took his title from Gawsworth Old Hall, the ancestral family home in Cheshire. The title was not recognised by James' successors to the English Crown, but it is recorded in the Irish Patent Roll. In any case, the title would have been extinguished by Fitton's death in 1698 without a male heir.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' John Murray London 1926

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