Marquis de Vallado is a Spanish title bestowed upon Humphrey Walrond on 5 August 1653, by

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. Walrond, from Sea, Somerset, was a distinguished

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commander, and subsequent Deputy Governor of

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. He defeated the Roundheads in the island in 1650, maintained a Royalist regime there throughout the Commonwealth and Protectorate, was appointed Deputy Governor in 1660, but continued to act as Governor until 1662.de Ruvigny (1909), p.167 Along with the Marquisate he was also created the Conde de Parama y Valderonda ("Count of Parama and Valderonda") and a Grandee of the 1st Class. It was general practice for the eldest son of the incumbent of the title to bear the lesser and courtesy title of Conde de Parama. The Walrond family was closely associated with the

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, who monopolised the Government of Antigua during the 18th century. The 5th Marquis de Vallado married Sarah Lyons (1731-1764), and the daughter of the 5th Marquis and Sarah Lyons, Catherine Walrond, married Captain John Lyons, by whom she had had 15 children, including

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. Therefore,

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; Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons, Admiral of the Fleet; and Richard Lyons Pearson, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, were all descendants of the 5th Marquis de Vallado, by Catherine Walrond, who was herself the daughter of Sarah Lyons (1731-1764). The following is a list of those members of the Walrond family who inherited these Spanish honours:

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;Notes ;Bibliography * {{Cite book , first=Marquis , last=de Ruvigny , authorlink=Melville Henry Massue , title=The Nobilities of Europe , location=London , publisher=Melville & Company , year=1909 , url=https://archive.org/details/nobilitiesofeuro01ruviuoft , accessdate=15 October 2013 Vallado Noble titles created in 1653

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