The Lort Baronetcy, of
Stackpoole Court in the
County of Pembroke
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, was a
title
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in the
Baronetage of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
. It was created on 15 July 1662 for Roger Lort. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1698. The arms of Lort were: ''Per fess azure and gules, a cross or''.
A monument survives in Westminster Abbey inscribed as follows:
:"Sacred to the dear memory of her loving brother SR.GILBERT LORT of Stackpoole in the county of Pembrook
embroke Bart.
aronetthe onely son of Sr. JOHN LORT Bart. deceased, by the Right Honourable DAME SUSANNA one of the daughters of the Right Honourable John, Lord Holles late Earle of Clare, who changed this life for a better on the XIX day of September MDC XC VIII in the XXVIII year of his age. DAME ELIZABETH CAMPBELL widdow and relict of Sr. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL late of Calder in the Kingdom of Scotland Kt. hath dedicated this monument".
The 3rd Baronet died unmarried in 1698 when the baronetcy became extinct and his estates passed to his sister Elizabeth Lort (d.1714), whose monument is also in Westminster Abbey, inscribed: ""Near this monument lyeth the said Dame ELIZABETH CAMPBELL. She dyed September ye 28th 1714 in the 49th year of her age". She was the wife of Sir Alexander Campbell of
Cawdor Castle
Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries. Originally a property of the Calder family, it passed to the Campbells in t ...
in Scotland. Her descendant was created
Earl Cawdor
Earl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for John Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor.
This branch of Clan Campbell descends from Sir John Campbell (died 1546), th ...
.
Lort baronets, of Stackpoole Court (1662)
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Sir Roger Lort, 1st Baronet ( – 1663)
*Sir John Lort, 2nd Baronet ( – )
*Sir Gilbert Lort, 3rd Baronet ( – 1698)
See also
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Sampson Lort
Sampson Lort was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.
Lort was the second son of Henry Lort of Stackpole, Pembrokeshire and his wife Judith White, daughter of Henry White of Henllam, Pembrokeshire. In 1659, he was elected ...
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Knights of the Royal Oak
The Knights of the Royal Oak was an intended order of chivalry in England. It was proposed in 1660 at the time of the Stuart Restoration, restoration of Charles II of England to be a reward for those Englishmen who had faithfully and actively su ...
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
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