Baron Darcy de Knayth

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Baron Darcy de Knayth is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .

Award and history of the title

The title was created for Sir John Darcy on January 27, 1332 by King Edward III. summoned this to the English Parliament via Writ of Summons . As Barony by writ , the title can also be inherited in the female line if there are no sons. However, unlike with brothers, the principle of primogeniture does not apply between several sisters . Since the title can neither be shared nor held together, if there are no sons but several daughters, the title falls into a state of rest ( Abeyance ). Anyone with co-authorization can then apply to the Krone to end the suspension.

When the 6th Baron died in 1418 without male heirs, the title in Abeyance fell between his two daughters. On August 10, 1641 Conyers Darcy , a descendant of the younger daughter, obtained that the title of 7th baron was restored to him. At the same time, the title Baron Conyers , which had been in Abeyance since 1557, was restored to him as 4th Baron. His son, the 8th Baron Darcy de Knayth, was also elevated to Earl of Holderness on December 5, 1682 . This Earldom expired in 1778 with the death of the 4th Earl or 11th Baron, while the claim to the Baronies Darcy de Knayth and Conyers to his only daughter Lady Amelia Darcy , wife of Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen (from 1789 5th Duke of Leeds ), fell. However, she did not hold the title during her lifetime. Since the title was restored in 1641 by issuing a patent letter, it was erroneously assumed at the time that the Barony Darcy de Knayth would only be hereditary in the male line and would be extinct with the death of the 4th Earl, so Amelia's son and heir George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds , 1798 only the title 10th Baron Conyers, but not officially confirmed the title 13th Baron Darcy de Knayth, which is also due to him. At the death of his son, the 7th Duke and de jure 14th Baron Darcy de Knayth, the Dukedom of Leeds fell in the male line in 1859 to his cousin George Osborne, 2nd Baron Godolphin , while the title of Baron Conyers and the claim to the title Baron Darcy de Knayth at Sackville Lane-Fox , the son of his eldest daughter, fell. When he died in 1888, both baronies fell in Abeyance between his two daughters.

The Abeyance was ended on September 29, 1903 in favor of the younger daughter Lady Violet Lane-Fox , wife of George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis († 1952), as the 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth; the Barony of Conyers had been restored in 1892 to its older sister Lady Marcia Lane-Fox Pelham , wife of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough . When her son, the 17th Baron, fell in World War II in 1943, his only daughter Davina Herbert , who married Rupert Ingrams in 1960 , inherited the title of 18th Baroness. Today's title holder has been their only son as the 19th Baron since 2008.

List of Barons Darcy de Knayth (1332)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the eldest son of the current title holder, Hon. Thomas Rupert Ingrams (* 1999).

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