Baron Clermont

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Baron Clermont was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded three times in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain .

Awards

The first time the title of Baron Clermont , of Clermont in the County of Louth , was created for the House of Commons William Fortescue on May 26, 1770 . On July 23, 1776 he was given the same title again, together with the title Viscount Clermont , of Clermont in the County of Louth, and with the special note that these two titles, in the absence of male descendants of his own, were also given to his brother James Fortescue ( 1725–1782) and his male descendants are hereditary. On February 10, 1777 he was also raised to Earl of Clermont , without any special inheritance regulation. All of the titles mentioned belonged to the Peerage of Ireland. When the earl died without sons on September 30, 1806, the earl title and the barony of 1770 expired accordingly. The barony and viscountcy of 1776 fell to his nephew, the son of James Fortescue, as 2nd Viscount, and finally expired on his death on June 24, 1829.

In the third award on February 11, 1852 in the Peerage of Ireland, the title Baron Clermont , of Dromisken in the County of Louth, was newly created for the former Member of the House of Commons Thomas Fortescue , with the special addition that the title also in the absence of male descendants to his younger brother Chichester Fortescue and his male descendants. On May 2, 1866 he was also given the title of Baron Clermont , of Clermont Park in the County of Louth, without any special inheritance regulation. This title belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and, unlike the Irish title, was associated with a seat in the British House of Lords . When the 1st baron died childless on July 29, 1887, the barony of 1866 was extinguished, the barony of 1852 fell to his brother Chichester as 2nd baron. This had already been raised on February 28, 1874 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to Baron Carlingford , of Carlingford in the County of Louth. With his childless death on January 30, 1898, both titles expired.

List of Barons Clermont

Barone Clermont, first bestowal (1770)

Barone Clermont, second bestowal (1776)

Barone Clermont, third bestowal (1852)

Barone Clermont, fourth award (1866)

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