Baron Monteagle or Baron Mount Eagle is a title that has been created three times; in the

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, in the

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and in the

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. The first creation, in the Peerage of England, was in 1514 when Edward Stanley was summoned to the

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as Lord Monteagle. He was the fifth son of

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG (1435 – 29 July 1504) was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of King Henry VII of England. He was the eldest son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley and Joan Goushill. A landed magnate of imme ...

. The family seat was

Hornby Castle, Lancashire Hornby Castle is a country house, developed from a medieval castle, standing to the east of the village of Hornby in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England. It occupies a position overlooking the village in a curve of the River Wenning. The ho ...

. The barony fell into

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on the death of the seventh Baron in 1697. The second creation, in the Peerage of Ireland, was in 1760 when John Browne was made Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo. He was later created

Earl of Altamont Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

and is the ancestor of the

Marquesses of Sligo A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

. The third creation, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was in 1806 when

John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo, KP, PC (Ire) (11 June 1756 – 2 January 1809) was an Irish peer, absentee slaveholder and politician, and was the son of Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont, and his wife Elizabeth, née Kelly, heiress ...

, was created Baron Monteagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo. In 1839 Thomas Spring Rice was made

Baron Monteagle of Brandon Baron Monteagle of Brandon, in the County of Kerry, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Before his final exile, James II had intended the title to be conferred upon one of his supporters, Stephen Rice in the Jacobite peerage. Inst ...

Barons Monteagle of the first creation

* Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle (d. 1523) *Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle (1507–1560), who married Lady Mary Brandon *

William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (1528 – 10 November 1581), of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, was an English politician. He was the son of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle and Lady Mary Brandon, the daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of ...

(1528–1581) *

William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle William Parker, 13th Baron Morley, 4th Baron Monteagle (15751 July 1622), was an English peer, best known for his role in the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. In 1605 Parker was due to attend the opening of Parliament. He was a member of the Hou ...

(d. 1622) *Henry Parker, 5th Baron Monteagle (d. 1655) *Thomas Parker, 6th Baron Monteagle (d. 1697) (abeyant 1697)

Barons Mount Eagle of the second creation

*see the

Marquess of Sligo Marquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo (created 10 September 1760), ...

Barons Monteagle of the third creation

*see the

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monteagle 1514 establishments in England Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1514 Noble titles created in 1806 Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Barons Monteagle of the first creation

Barons Mount Eagle of the second creation

Barons Monteagle of the third creation

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