The Eardley-Wilmot Baronetcy, of Berkswell Hall in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 August 1821 for the politician and colonial administrator John Eardley-Wilmot. He was

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from 1843 to 1846. Eardley-Wilmot was the son of John Wilmot (1750 – June 1815), barrister-at-law and one of the Masters-in-Chancery, who in 1812 had assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Eardley as the great-grandson of Elizabeth, sole heiress of Edward Eardley, of Eardley, Staffordshire, and the grandson of

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from 1766 to 1771. The second baronet was a judge and also sat as

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for Warwickshire South. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot, second son of the first baronet. He was a

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in the army. The Eardley-Wilmot family shares a common ancestry with the Wilmot baronets of Osmaston and the Wilmot baronets of Chaddesden.

Eardley-Wilmot baronets, of Berkswell Hall (1821)

* Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1783–1847) * Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (1810–1892) * Sir William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, 3rd Baronet (1841–1896) *Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 4th Baronet (1882–1970) *Sir John Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, 5th Baronet,

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(1917–1995) *Sir Michael John Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, 6th Baronet (1941–2014) * Sir Ben E Wilmot, 7th Baronet (born 1974) The

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to the baronetcy is Milton Baron Morris (born 2003), if he shall wish to claim his title he will become the 8th Baronet Eardley.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Eardley-Wilmot

Eardley-Wilmot baronets, of Berkswell Hall (1821)

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