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in 1448 for John Stourton. In 1878, the ancient barony of Mowbray was called out of abeyance in favour of the twentieth Baron Stourton. About two weeks later, the barony of Segrave was also called out of abeyance in his favour. Thereafter, the three baronies remained united. The formal title is Baron Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton. The family seat, until 1717, was Stourhead. The motto of the family is "''Loyal je serai durant ma vie''" ( French: I will be loyal throughout my life). As well as the coat of arms, the Stourton family has a heraldic badge: ''A drag (or sledge) or''.

Barons Stourton (1448)

John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (19 May 1400 – 25 November 1462) of Stourton, Wiltshire, was an English soldier and politician, elevated to the peerage in 1448. Origins He was born on 19 May 1400 at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir ...

(1400–1462) * William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton (c. 1430 – 1478) *

John Stourton, 3rd Baron Stourton John Stourton, 3rd Baron Stourton (c. 1454 – 1485) was the eldest son and successor of the second Baron Stourton, and his wife Margaret Chidiock. He married Katherine Berkeley, daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Beverstone Castle, Gloucester ...

(c. 1454 – 1485) * Francis Stourton, 4th Baron Stourton (1485–1487) * William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton (c. 1457 – 1523) * Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton (1463–1535) * William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton (c. 1505 – 1548) *

Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton (c. 1520 – 1557) was an English peer who was executed for murder. Life He was the eldest son of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton and Elizabeth Dudley, daughter of Edmund Dudley, a key adviser to Henry ...

(c. 1520 – 1557) * John Stourton, 9th Baron Stourton (1553–1588) *

Edward Stourton, 10th Baron Stourton Edward Stourton, 10th Baron Stourton (c. 1555 – 7 May 1633) was a younger son of Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton and Lady Anne Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby. His father was executed for murder in 1557. He succeeded ...

(c. 1555 – 1633) *

William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton (c. 1594 – 25 April 1672) was the son of Edward Stourton and Frances Tresham. He married Frances Moore (d. 5 January 1662), daughter of Sir Edward More. William and Frances had five children; *William *M ...

(c. 1594 – 1672) *

William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton (died 1685) was the grandson and successor of William Stourton. He was the son of Edward Stourton (1617-January 1644) and Mary Petre (c. 1624–1672), daughter of the 3rd Baron Petre He married Elizabeth Pr ...

(d. 1685) * Edward Stourton, 13th Baron Stourton (1665–1720) * Thomas Stourton, 14th Baron Stourton (1667–1744) *

Charles Stourton, 15th Baron Stourton Charles Stourton, 15th Baron Stourton (2 March 1702 – 11 March 1753) was the son of Charles Stourton (1669–1739), himself the third son of William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton. Charles' mother was Katherine Frompton (died 1736). Charles was th ...

(1702–1753) * William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton (1704–1781) *

Charles Philip Stourton, 17th Baron Stourton Charles Philip Stourton, 17th Baron Stourton (1752–1816) was the son of William Stourton and Winifred Howard, a great-granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Norfolk and a leading Roman Catholic. The seventeenth Baron succeeded his father in 1781, a ...

(1752–1816) *

William Stourton, 18th Baron Stourton William Stourton, 18th Baron Stourton (1776–1846) was a Roman Catholic English peer. He is chiefly remembered for the private memoirs of his relative Maria Fitzherbert, the secret wife of King George IV, which she dictated to him, and which form ...

(1776–1846) * Charles Stourton, 19th Baron Stourton (1802–1872) * Alfred Joseph Stourton, 20th Baron Stourton (1829–1893) * Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton, 21st Baron Stourton (1867–1936) * William Marmaduke Stourton, 22nd Baron Stourton (1895–1965) * Charles Edward Stourton, 23rd Baron Stourton (1923–2006) * Edward William Stephen Stourton, 24th Baron Stourton (1953–2021) * James Charles Peter Stourton, 25th Baron Stourton (b. 1991).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stourton 1448 establishments in England Baronies in the Peerage of England Baronies by writ Noble titles created in 1448

Barons Stourton (1448)

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