Baron Monteagle of Brandon, in the County of Kerry, is a title in the

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. Before his final exile, James II had intended the title to be conferred upon one of his supporters, Stephen Rice in the Jacobite peerage. Instead, it was created in 1839 in the reign of

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for the Whig politician Thomas Spring Rice, a descendant of Stephen Rice. He served as

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between 1835 and 1839. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron, his eldest son the Hon. Stephen Edmund Spring Rice having predeceased him. The second Lord Monteagle was a unionist politician and was made a

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in 1885. On his death, the title passed to his son, the third Baron. He held minor diplomatic office. He was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Baron. He was the younger son of the aforementioned the Hon. Stephen Edmund Spring Rice, eldest son of the first Baron. the title is held by the fourth Baron's great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 2013.Irish Times death notice
/ref> The diplomat Sir Cecil Spring Rice,

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from 1912 to 1918, was the son of Hon. Charles William Thomas Spring Rice, second son of the first Baron Monteagle of Brandon. The family seat was

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, near

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Barons Monteagle of Brandon (1839)

Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, (8 February 17907 February 1866) was a British Whig politician, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1835 to 1839. Background Spring Rice was born into a notable Anglo-Irish fami ...

(1790–1866) *

Thomas Spring Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon Thomas Spring Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon (31 May 1849 – 24 December 1926) was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner, who helped to found the anti-partition Irish Dominion League and was a key figure in the development of Irish co ...

(1849–1926) * Thomas Aubrey Spring Rice, 3rd Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1883–1934) *

Francis Spring Rice, 4th Baron Monteagle of Brandon Commander Francis Spring Rice, 4th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1 October 1852 – 22 December 1937) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Spring Rice was the son of Hon. Stephen Edmond Spring Rice, son of Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, ...

(1852–1937) *

Charles Spring Rice, 5th Baron Monteagle of Brandon Charles Spring Rice, 5th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (28 January 1887 – 9 December 1946) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Spring Rice was the son of Francis Spring Rice, 4th Baron Monteagle of Brandon, by his first wife, Elizabeth Ann FitzGerald. He was ...

(1887–1946) *

Gerald Spring Rice, 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon Gerald Spring Rice, 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (5 July 1926 – 17 November 2013) was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer, banker and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative peer. Early life Spring Rice was the son of Charles Spring Rice, 5th ...

(1926–2013) *Charles James Spring Rice, 7th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (b. 1953) The

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is the present holder's uncle Hon. Michael Spring Rice (b. 1935).
The heir presumptive's

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is his son Jonathan Spring Rice (b. 1964)
The heir presumptive's heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Jamie Alexander Spring Rice (b. 2003).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monteagle of Brandon Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1839 Noble titles created for UK MPs * *