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Baron Hungerford is a title in the
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
. It was created on 7 January 1426 for
Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
,
Speaker of the House
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England.
Usage
The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...
and invested as
Knight
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of the
Order of the Garter
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before and was made
Lord High Treasurer
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one year before he became a peer. The man who would later succeed as third baron was created Baron de Moleyns on 13 January 1445 by writ of summons; both titles merged when he succeeded as Baron Hungerford in 1459. The third baron was
attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1461. This attainder was reversed in 1485 for the then 4th baroness of Hungerford, and so it came into the Hastings family of
Earls of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The medieval title (1065 creation) was associated with the ruling house of Scotland ( David of Scotland).
The seventh and most recent creation dates ...
until 1789, when it came into the Rawdon(-Hastings) family of the
Marquesses of Hastings until 1868 when it fell into abeyance. This abeyance was terminated three years later for a member of the Abney-Hastings family and an
Earl of Loudoun
Earl of Loudoun (pronounced "loud-on" ), named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline ...
. In 1920 it again fell into abeyance, which was terminated one year later for the Philipps family of the
Viscounts of St Davids where it has remained since.
Another Barony of Hungerford with the distinction ''de Heytesbury'' was created in the
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
on 8 June 1526 for another
Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament. He was attainted in 1540 and the peerage forfeited. This attainder has not been reversed since.
Barons Hungerford (1426); Barons de Moleyns (1445)
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Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford (1378 – 9 August 1449) was an English knight and landowner, from 1400 to 1414 a Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.
He won renown in the Hund ...
(1378–1449)
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Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford
Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford (1409–1459) was an English landowner. The second but eldest surviving son of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, he served in the Hundred Years' War, and was summoned to parliament as Baron Hungerfo ...
(c. 1400–1459)
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Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford, 1st Baron de Moleyns (c. 1420–1464), attainted and forfeit 1461
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Mary Hastings, 5th Baroness Botreaux, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 2nd Baroness de Moleyns née Hungerford (c. 1466–c. 1530) attainder reversed 1485
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George Hastings, 6th Baron Botreaux, 5th Baron Hungerford, 3rd Baron de Moleyns, 3rd Baron Hastings (1488–1545) (created Earl of Huntingdon in 1529)
*(The baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, de Moleyns and Hastings then descended together until the death of Charles Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun in 1920)
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Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, 6th Baron Hungerford (1514–1560)
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Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, 7th Baron Hungerford (1536–1595)
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George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon, 8th Baron Hungerford (1540–1604)
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Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, 9th Baron Hungerford (1586–1643)
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Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, 10th Baron Hungerford (1609–1656)
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Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon, 11th Baron Hungerford (1650–1701)
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George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, 12th Baron Hungerford (1677–1705)
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Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, 13th Baron Hungerford (1696–1746)
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Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, 14th Baron Hungerford (1729–1789)
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Elizabeth Rawdon, 16th Baroness Botreaux, 15th Baroness Hungerford (1731–1808)
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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, 16th Baron Hungerford (1754–1826) (created Marquess of Hastings in 1816)
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George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings, 17th Baron Hungerford (1808–1844)
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Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings, 3rd Marquess of Hastings, 18th Baron Hungerford (1832–1851)
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Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings, 19th Baron Hungerford (1842–1868) (abeyant 1868)
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Edith Maud Abney-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun, 20th Baroness Hungerford (1833–1874) (abeyance terminated 1871)
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Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun, 22nd Baron Botreaux, 21st Baron Hungerford, 19th Baron de Moleyns, 19th Baron Hastings (1855–1920) (abeyant 1920)
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Elizabeth Frances Philipps, Viscountess St Davids, 22nd Baroness Hungerford, 20th Baroness de Moleyns, 14th Baroness Strange née Abney-Hastings (1884–1974) (abeyance terminated 1921)
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Daniel John Way (Son of Andy), 2nd Viscount St Davids, 23rd Baron Hungerford (1986–present)
* ''See
Viscount St Davids
Viscount St Davids, of Lydstep Haven in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for John Philipps, 1st Baron St Davids. The Philipps family descends from Sir John Philipps (died 27 March ...
for further Barons Hungerford.''
Barons Hungerford de Heytesbury (1526)
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Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford de Heytesbury (c. 1502–1540) attainted and forfeit 1540
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Baronies in the Peerage of England
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1426 establishments in England
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Noble titles created in 1426