Baron Burgh

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Baron Burgh is a hereditary British title ( Barony by writ ) created three times in the Peerage of England .

History of the title

First award in 1327

For the first time, on December 10, 1327, William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, was invited by Writ of Summons to participate in the Royal English Parliament . He was addressed as Willelmo de Burgh , which, according to modern legal opinion, established the title of Baron Burgh. He already carried the inherited, 1264 created in the Peerage of Ireland title Earl of Ulster ; accordingly he was also named Comes de Ulton in 1331addressed to attend the Royal Parliament on Irish Affairs. The barony was not mentioned in any other document. De iure, it would have expired as a subordinate title of the Earl of Ulster at the latest in 1461, when his distant descendant, King Edward IV , ascended the throne and the title thus merged with the crown.

Second and third award in 1487/1529

On September 1, 1487, the Knight of the Garter Sir Thomas Burgh of Gainsborough received the Writ of Summons from King Henry VII . He received further writs in the following years up to 1495. Even then, a Writ of Summons usually established a hereditary barony, which was also connected to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords . However, this Sir Thomas Burgh seems to have never actually taken his seat in the House of Lords, and official documents name him as a knight and not as a peer until his death in 1496 . Since his son Edward Burgh in particular did not receive a Writ of Summons after Thomas' death, it was later assumed that a peerage had not arisen because this would supposedly include actually taking the seat. According to this view, it was understood as a new creation of the title when Sir Thomas Burgh's grandson Thomas Burgh was appointed to Parliament by Henry VIII on December 2, 1529 through the Writ of Summons; he actually took the seat. In fact, this was probably the legal opinion of the time, in 1536 the barony of Burgh ranked behind the baronies Hussey and Wentworth, also created in 1529 (the ranking of English titles occurs in the order in which they were created). The numbering with Thomas Burgh as 1st Baron Burgh (1529) and his descendants as 2nd, 3rd, etc. Baron were retained until the title fell in Abeyance when the 4th Baron died in 1602 due to the lack of male heirs .

After many years of Abeyance since 1602, a descendant of the female line finally petitioned the barony in 1916. The Committee for Privileges and Conduct of the Houses of Lords, which is responsible for preparing the decision on restitution , stated that the petitioner was entitled to the title and that this title was ranked in the order of 1487 (for the Writ of Summons for Sir Thomas Burgh) arranged. According to the application, the title was restituted to Alexander Henry Leith as Baron Burgh; however, the Barons Burgh continue to use their numbering according to the count from 1529 onwards, Thomas Burgh.

List of Barons Burgh

Barone Burgh, first bestowed (1327)

Barone Burgh, second and third award (1487/1529)

Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the eldest son of the current title holder, Hon. Alexander James Strachan Leith (* 1986).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Peerage, entry Burgh
  2. ↑ The Complete Peerage , Volume II, p. 421; Volume XII, Part II, p. 178 ff.
  3. ^ John Horace Round : Studies in Peerage Law and Family History . Constable, London 1901. pp. 334-335
  4. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume II, p. 422