Baron Montfort is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first creation came in the

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when John de Montfort was summoned to parliament on 23 June 1295. In 1367 the title either became extinct or fell into abeyance on the death of the third Baron. The second creation came in the

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in 1741 when Henry Bromley was made Lord Montfort, Baron of Horseheath, in the

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. He had previously represented

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in Parliament, as had his father John Bromley and grandfather John Bromley. Lord Montfort was succeeded by his only son, the second Baronet. He sat as

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for the city of

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. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron, in 1851. The second family descended from the 16th century

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and

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of the same name and were still in the 18th century equally recorded with the alternative spelling and pronunciation Montford. This is a corruption as 'Montfort' means a fortified mountain or mound as in

Montfort l'Amaury Montfort-l'Amaury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, north central France. It is located north of Rambouillet. The name comes from Amaury I de Montfort, the first ''seigneur'' (lord) of Montfort. Geogra ...

, the place of birth of

Simon I de Montfort Simon I de Montfort ( 1025 – 25 September 1087) was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, in the Duchy of Normandy, and became its lord. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort and Bertrade. At his death he was buried about away i ...

their 11th century French patriarch.

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ( – 4 August 1265), later sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from his namesake relatives, was a nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the ...

led to the first Parliament called to act as a check on the monarch in 1295 and was commonly known as Simon de Montford hence the unusually long continuation in the alternative spelling, see Montfort for examples.

Barons Montfort (1295)

*John de Montfort, 1st Baron Montfort (died 1296) *

John de Montfort, 2nd Baron Montfort John de Montfort (died 24 June 1314), was an English noble. He was slain during the Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland in 1314. William was the eldest son of John de Montfort and Alice de Plunch. He was killed fighting the Scots during the Battle ...

(1291–1314) *Peter de Montfort, 3rd Baron Montfort (died 1367)

Barons Montfort (1741)

Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort (20 August 1705 – 1 January 1755), of Horseheath, Horseheath Hall, Cambridgeshire, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1727 until 1741 when ...

(1705–1755) *

Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron Montfort Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron Montfort, also known as Lord Montford, (January 1733 – 24 October 1799), was a British politician. Bromley was the only son and heir of Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort and Frances Wyndham, daughter of Thomas Wyndha ...

(1733–1799) *Henry Bromley, 3rd Baron Montfort (1773–1851)

References

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