Viscount Maynard, of Easton Lodge in the County of Essex, was a title in the

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. It was created in 1766 for Charles Maynard, 6th Baron Maynard,

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. He was made Baron Maynard, of Much Easton (i.e. Great Easton) in the County of Essex, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Both titles were created with

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, failing male issue of his own, to his kinsman

Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet (19 April 1721 – 18 January 1772) of Waltons, Ashdon, Essex was a British politician and baronet. He was the only son of Sir Henry Maynard, 3rd Baronet and his wife Catherine Gunter, daughter of George Gunter. I ...

. The 1st Viscount was unmarried and on his death in 1775 the baronetcy of Easton Parva, the Irish barony of Maynard created in 1620 and the English barony of Maynard created in 1628 (see below) became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony of 1766 and the viscountcy according to the special remainder by his kinsman Sir Charles Maynard, 5th Baronet, who became the 2nd Viscount. The latter was succeeded by his nephew, the 3rd Viscount, who served as

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. He had no surviving male issue and on his death in 1865 the baronetcy, barony and viscountcy became extinct. His granddaughter, Daisy Maynard, daughter of Colonel Charles Henry Maynard and future wife of

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, succeeded to most of the Maynard estates. The Maynard family descended from Sir

Henry Maynard Sir Henry Maynard (1547–1610) was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became (by steady accretion) a substantial landowner. Origins Maynard was the son of John Maynard, who had been MP for St Albans in the first Parl ...

of Estaines,

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, secretary to

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and a

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for

. His eldest son William Maynard was knighted in 1608 and in 1611 was created a Baronet, of ''Easton Parva'' (Latin,

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) in the County of Essex, in the

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.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> In 1620 he was elevated to the

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as Lord Maynard, of Wicklow. In 1628 he was further honoured when he was made Baron Maynard, of Estaines in the County of Wicklow, in the

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. He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baron. He served as

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and as

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. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the 3rd Baron, who served as a Member of Parliament for Essex. Three of his sons, the 4th, 5th and 6th Barons, all succeeded to the title. The latter was made Viscount Maynard in 1766 (see above). Sir John Maynard, another son of Sir Henry Maynard, represented Essex in the

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but was impeached for

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, expelled from the House of Commons and imprisoned in the

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. His younger brother, Charles Maynard, served as

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during the reign of King Charles II. Charles's son, William Maynard, was created a Baronet, of Walthamstow in the County of Essex, in the

in 1682. Two of his sons, the 2nd and 3rd Baronets, both succeeded to the title. The latter's son was the aforementioned

, whose son Sir Charles Maynard, 5th Baronet, succeeded his kinsman as 2nd Viscount Maynard in 1775. The Viscount William VCT

Barons Maynard (1620/1628)

William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard (10 July 1586 – 19 December 1640) of Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Essex was an English Member of Parliament. Biography He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Maynard of Easton Lodge and educated at the embassy ...

(c. 1589–1640) *

William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard (c. 1623 – 3 February 1688/89) was an English aristocrat, the son of William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard and Anne Everard. He married Dorothy Banastre. He later married Lady Margaret Murray, daughter of Wil ...

(1623–1699) *

Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard (c. 1642 – 3 March 1718) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1663 to 1679. He succeeded to the peerage as Baron Maynard in 1699. Life Maynard was the second eldest son of Wi ...

(1642–1718) *Henry Maynard, 4th Baron Maynard (c. 1673–1742) *Grey Maynard, 5th Baron Maynard (1679–1745) * Charles Maynard, 6th Baron Maynard (c. 1690–1775) (created Viscount Maynard in 1766)

Viscount Maynard (1766)

Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard (c. 1690 – 30 June 1775), styled Charles Maynard between 1699 and 1745 and known as The Lord Maynard between 1745 and 1766, was a British peer. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1763 and 1769. ...

(c. 1690–1775) *Charles Maynard, 2nd Viscount Maynard (1751–1824) *

Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount Maynard Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount Maynard (13 March 1788 – 19 May 1865), was a British peer. Maynard was appointed captain of the Western Battalion of the Essex Militia on 6 March 1808. On 30 January 1809, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Esse ...

(1788–1865) **Charles Henry Maynard (1814–1865)

Maynard Baronets, of Walthamstow (1682)

Sir William Maynard, 1st Baronet Sir William Maynard, 1st Baronet (6 October 1641 – 7 November 1685) was an English politician and baronet. He was the third and eldest surviving son of Charles Maynard and his wife Mary Corsellis, daughter of Zeager Corsellis, of London. His unc ...

(c. 1640–1685) *Sir William Maynard, 2nd Baronet (c. 1676–1715) *Sir Henry Maynard, 3rd Baronet (d. 1738) *

(1721–1772) *Sir Charles Maynard, 5th Baronet (1751–1824) (succeeded as 2nd Viscount Maynard in 1775) ''For further Maynard Baronets of Walthamstow, see Viscount Maynard.''

References

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''A General and heraldic dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire: Volume II.''
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