Baron Gardner, of Uttoxeter, is a dormant title in the
Peerage of Ireland
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. It was created in 1800 for
Sir Alan Gardner, an
Admiral of the Blue and former Member of Parliament for
Plymouth and
Westminster
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. In 1806, he was also created Baron Gardner, of Uttoxeter in the County of Stafford, in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. His son, the second Baron, was also an Admiral in the
Royal Navy
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. In 1815, it was announced that he was to be created a
viscount
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, but Lord Gardner died before the patent had passed the Great Seal.
He was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. He was a
Whig politician and served as a
Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1837 to 1841. On his death in 1883 the peerages became dormant. They were claimed by Alan Gardner, grandson of the second son of the first Baron, who styled himself "Lord Gardner", but neither he nor any other male-line descendant have been able to prove their claim to the titles satisfactorily. It has been suggested by
William Dalrymple William Dalrymple may refer to:
* William Dalrymple (1678–1744), Scottish Member of Parliament
* William Dalrymple (moderator) (1723–1814), Scottish minister and religious writer
* William Dalrymple (British Army officer) (1736–1807), Scott ...
that the current heir to the barony is from Gardner family of Khasgunge (now
Kasganj
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),
Uttar Pradesh
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, India.
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Another member of the Gardner family was the Liberal
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politician Herbert Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere
Herbert Colstoun Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere, (9 June 1846 – 6 May 1921) was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until he was raised to the peerage in 1895. He served as President of the Board of Agricu ...
. He was the illegitimate son of the third Baron Gardner.
Barons Gardner (1800; 1806)
*Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner
Admiral Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner (12 February 1742 – 1 January 1809), was a British Royal Navy officer and peer of the realm. He was regarded by some as one of the Georgian era's most dashing frigate captains and, ultimately, a respecte ...
(1742–1809)
* Alan Hyde Gardner, 2nd Baron Gardner (1771–1815)
* Alan Legge Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner (1810–1883)
See also
* Baron Burghclere
Notes
References
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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