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Viscount Clifden, of Gowran in the County of
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,
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, was a title in the
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. It was created on 12 January 1781 for James Agar, 1st Baron Clifden. He had already been created Baron Clifden, of Gowran in the County of Kilkenny, in 1776, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The Viscounts also held the titles of Baron Mendip in the
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from 1802 to 1974 (a title which is still extant and now held by the
Earl of Normanton Earl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Visco ...
) and
Baron Dover Baron Dover is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. All three creations are now extinct. The first creation came in the Pee ...
from 1836 to 1899, when this title became extinct, and ''Baron Robartes'' from 1899 to 1974, when this title became extinct, the two latter titles which were in the
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. The interrelated histories of the peerages follow below.


Viscount Clifden

James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Family He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, ...
was the son of
Henry Agar Henry Agar (1707-1746) was an Irish politician, and the father of the 1st Viscount Clifden and the 1st Earl of Normanton. Agar was the eldest son of James Agar of Gowran Castle and his second wife Mary Wemyss, daughter of Sir Henry Wemyss of Dan ...
of Gowran Castle and the elder brother of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton. His mother was Anne Ellis, daughter of Welbore Ellis,
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, and sister of the politician Welbore Ellis, who in 1794 was created ''Baron Mendip'' in the
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with remainder to his three nephews Lord Clifden, the future Lord Normanton and another brother of theirs. Lord Clifden was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He represented
County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...
in the
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and
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in the
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. In 1802, he succeeded his great-uncle
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, PC, FRS (15 December 1713 – 2 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 53 years from 1741 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mendip. He held a number of po ...
as second Baron Mendip according to the special remainder, and in 1804 assumed by royal license the additional arms and surname Ellis. The titles were to remain united until the extinction of the barony and viscountcy of Clifden in 1974. Lord Clifden's only son George James Welbore Agar-Ellis was created ''Baron Dover'' in 1831 (see below), but predeceased his father. He was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the third Viscount, who had already succeeded his father as second Baron Dover in 1833. His only son, the fourth Viscount, died unmarried at an early age, when the titles passed to his uncle, the fifth Viscount. He had previously represented
County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...
in Parliament as a
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. On his death, the barony of Dover became extinct, while he was succeeded in the other titles by his kinsman the second Baron Robartes, who became the sixth Viscount. He was the son of Thomas James Agar-Robartes, who was created Baron Robartes in 1869 (see below), son of Hon. Charles Bagenal-Agar, youngest son of the first Viscount Clifden. The sixth Viscount had earlier represented Cornwall East in Parliament as a
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and also served as
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from 1906 to 1915. His eldest son Captain the Hon.
Thomas Agar-Robartes Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (known as Tommy) (22 May 1880 – 30 September 1915) was a British Liberal politician. Background and education Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifd ...
sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bodmin and
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, but was killed in the
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, predeceasing his father, unmarried. Lord Clifden was therefore succeeded by his second son, the seventh Viscount. He sat as a
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in the
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and served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip) from 1940 to 1945 in the war-time coalition of
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. On the death of his younger brother, the eighth Viscount, the barony and viscountcy of Clifden and barony of Robartes became extinct, while he was succeeded in the barony of Mendip according to the special remainder by his distant relative the sixth
Earl of Normanton Earl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Visco ...
. The family seats were
Gowran Castle Gowran Castle is located in the centre of Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The castle is a manor house and was fully restored between 2013 and 2014. Early years The first Gowran Castle was built in 1385 by James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, cl ...
in Ireland and
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in Northamptonshire, while the family's townhouse was
Dover House Dover House is a Grade I-listed mansion in Whitehall, and the London headquarters of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland. The building also houses the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland and the Independent Commission ...
in
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, London. When the titles were inherited by the Robartes-Agar branch of the family in Agar-Robartes, the family seat was at
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in Cornwall.


Baron Mendip

The title of Baron Mendip, of Mendip in the County of Somerset, was created in the
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in 1794 for the politician Welbore Ellis, with remainder to the three eldest sons of his sister Anne Ellis, wife of Henry Agar (which included
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Family He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, ...
and Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton). Lord Mendip died childless and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his great-nephew the second Viscount Clifden, who became the second Baron Mendip as well.


Baron Dover

The title of Baron Dover, of Dover in the County of Kent, was created in the
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in 1831 for the Whig politician the Hon.
George Agar-Ellis George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover PC FRS FSA (14 January 179710 July 1833) was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831. Background ...
, only son of the second Viscount Clifden. Agar-Ellis represented
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, Seaford, Ludgershall and
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in the
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and served under Lord Grey as
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from 1830 to 1831. On Lord Dover's early death in 1833, the title passed to his eldest son, the second Baron. In 1836 he also succeeded his grandfather as third Viscount Clifden.


Baron Robartes

The title of Baron Robartes, of Lanhydrock, and of Truro in the County of Cornwall, was created in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
in 1869 for
Thomas Agar-Robartes Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (known as Tommy) (22 May 1880 – 30 September 1915) was a British Liberal politician. Background and education Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifd ...
, who had previously represented Cornwall East in Parliament. He was the son of Hon. Charles Bagenal-Agar, youngest son of
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Family He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, ...
(see above). His mother was Anna Maria Hunt, great-niece and heiress of
Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (c. 1695 – February 1741) was an English landowner, Earl of Radnor in the peerage of Great Britain and a member of the House of Lords from 1723 until his death. Early life and family Robartes was the first so ...
(whose titles became extinct in 1757). On 30 March 1822, he assumed the additional surname and arms of Robartes by royal licence. Lord Robartes' son, the second Baron, succeeded his kinsman as sixth Viscount Clifden in 1899. For further history of the peerages, see the Viscount Clifden above.


Viscounts Clifden (1781–1974)

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James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Family He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, ...
(1735–1788) * Henry Welbore Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (1761–1836) ** George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833) *
Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden (25 February 1825 – 20 February 1866), styled the Lord Dover from 1833 to 1836, was an Irish courtier and race horse owner. Viscount Clifden was the eldest son of George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover, and his ...
(1825–1866) *Henry George Agar-Ellis, 4th Viscount Clifden (1863–1895) * Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden (1829–1899) * Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden (1844–1930) ** Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (1880–1915) * Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden (1883–1966) *
Arthur Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden, MC (9 June 1887 – 22 December 1974) was a British Army officer and English cricketer. Early life Agar-Robartes was the youngest son of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, and his w ...
(1887–1974)


Barons Mendip (1794–present)

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Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, PC, FRS (15 December 1713 – 2 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 53 years from 1741 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mendip. He held a number of po ...
(1713–1802) * Henry Welbore Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden and 2nd Baron Mendip (1761–1836) ** George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833) * Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden and 3rd Baron Mendip (1825–1866) *Henry George Agar-Ellis, 4th Viscount Clifden and 4th Baron Mendip (1863–1895) * Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden and 5th Baron Mendip (1829–1899) * Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden and 6th Baron Mendip (1844–1930) ** Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (1880–1915) * Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden and 7th Baron Mendip (1883–1966) *
Arthur Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden, MC (9 June 1887 – 22 December 1974) was a British Army officer and English cricketer. Early life Agar-Robartes was the youngest son of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, and his w ...
and 8th Baron Mendip (1887–1974) * Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton and 9th Baron Mendip (1945—2019) *James Shaun Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 7th Earl of Normanton and 10th Baron Mendip (b. 1982)


Barons Dover (1831–1899)

* George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833) * Henry Agar-Ellis, 2nd Baron Dover and 3rd Viscount Clifden (1825–1866) ''For further Barons Dover, see "Viscounts Clifden" above''


Barons Robartes (1869–1974)

* Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes (1808–1882) * Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes and 6th Viscount Clifden (1844–1930) ''For further Barons Robartes, see "Viscounts Clifden" above''


See also

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Earl of Normanton Earl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Visco ...
* Earl of Radnor (1679 creation) *
Countess of Brandon Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...


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