Sir Berkeley William Guise, 2nd Baronet (14 July 1775 – 23 July 1834) of

Highnam Court Highnam Court is a Grade I listed country house in Highnam, Gloucestershire, England, constructed in the 17th century. The estate passed from the Cooke family to the Guise family and, in the mid-19th century, was purchased by a member of the Gamb ...

in the parish of Churcham, Gloucestershire, was a British landowner and Whig

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Origins

He was the eldest son of Sir John Guise, 1st Baronet (1733–1794), of

, whom he succeeded in 1794, inheriting Highnam Court. He also inherited the Gloucestershire estates of

Elmore Court Elmore Court is a grade II* listed mansion, located at Elmore in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. The original building dates from between 1564 and 1588. History The house has been the family seat of the Guise Baronets for n ...

, the original seat of the Guise family, and

Rendcomb Rendcomb is a village in the Cotswold local authority area of the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about five miles north of Cirencester in the Churn valley. History Etymology Remdcomb is thought to get its name from the stream runn ...

, on the death in 1807 of his cousin Jane Guise, wife of

Shute Barrington Shute Barrington (26 May 173425 March 1826) was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England. Early life Barrington was born at Beckett Hall in Shrivenham in Berkshire (no ...

(1734-1826),

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Career

He was educated at

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(1791) and at Christ Church, Oxford (1794). In 1801 he was appointed verderer and deputy warden of the

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, which office he retained until his death. In 1807 he was appointed

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and in 1813 as Mayor of Gloucester. He was commissioned as a captain in the

North Gloucestershire Militia The Royal North Gloucestershire Militia (RNGM), later the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment was a Militia regiment raised in the county of Gloucestershire in the West of England. From its formal creation in 1763 the regiment serve ...

on 8 June 1798, and on 14 April 1809 he was appointed as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant to raise the new 1st East Gloucestershire Local Militia at

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.Local Militia: Gloucestershire, at ''This Re-illuminated School of Mars: Auxiliary forces and other aspects of Albion under Arms in the Great War against France''.
/ref> He was a

for

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from 1811 to 1832 and then an MP for one of the replacement constituencies, Gloucestershire East, from 1832 to 1834.

Death and succession

He died unmarried in 1834. He was succeeded by his younger brother, General

Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet General Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet (20 July 1777 – 1 April 1865) was a British Army general. Life Guise was born at Elmore, Gloucestershire, the second son of John Guise of Highnam Court, who was created a baronet in 1783, and died in ...

(1777–1865), GCB. Highnam Court was sold to

Thomas Gambier Parry Thomas Gambier Parry, J.P., D.L., (22 February 1816 – 28 September 1888) was a British artist and art collector. He is best remembered for his development of the Gambier Parry process of fresco painting, and for forming the significant c ...

References

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