Baron Dudley
Baron Dudley is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England created by Writ of Summons in 1440 and which continues to this day.
Award and history of the title
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The title was created on February 15, 1440 for John Sutton , Lord of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire , when he was called to the English Parliament by Writ of Summons . Instead of his family name "(de) Sutton", he was named in documents after Dudley Castle with the original name "de Dudley".
As Barony by Writ, the title is also hereditary in the female line. When the 5th Baron died on June 23, 1643, the title fell to his granddaughter Frances as the 6th Baroness. Her spouse, Sir Humble Ward , was elevated to Baron Ward , of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, by Letters patent in 1644 . So their son inherited his father as 2nd Baron Ward in 1670 and his mother as 7th Baron Dudley in 1697.
As a Barony by letters patent, the Barony Ward can only be inherited in the male line. So it fell on the death of his grandson, the 10th Baron Dudley and 5th Baron Ward, on May 21, 1740, as well as Dudley Castle and the associated lands, to his cousin John Ward , who was raised to Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1763 . The Barony of Dudley, however, fell to Fernandino Smith , the son of his late sister, as the 11th Baron Dudley.
With his childless death on October 21, 1757, the barony in Abeyance fell between his four sisters and their heirs. On May 9, 1916, at the request of the great-great grandson of the eldest of these sisters, Ferdinando Smith , the title was restored for him as the 12th baron. Today's title holder has been since the death of his granddaughter, the 14th baroness , her son Jim Wallace as the 15th baron.
Today's family residence is Little Grange in Napleton near Kempsey in Worcestershire .
List of Barons Dudley (1440)
- John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley (1400-1487)
- Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley (1459-1531)
- John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley (1495–1553)
- Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley († 1585)
- Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (1567-1643)
- Frances Sutton, 6th Baroness Dudley (1611-1697)
- Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley , 2nd Baron Ward (1631–1701)
- Edward Ward, 8th Baron Dudley , 3rd Baron Ward (1683–1704)
- Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley , 4th Baron Ward (1704–1731)
- William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley , 5th Baron Ward (1680-1740)
- Fernandino Smith, 11th Baron Dudley (1710–1757) (title abeyant 1757)
- Ferndinando Smith, 12th Baron Dudley (1872–1936) (Abeyance finished 1916)
- Ferdinando Smith, 13th Baron Dudley (1910–1972)
- Barbara Hamilton, 14th Baroness Dudley (1907-2002)
- Jim Wallace, 15th Baron Dudley (born 1930)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Jeremy Wallace (born 1964).
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The Historic Peerage Of England. Pp. 169–171 , accessed on June 4, 2013 (English, link to Google Books).
- ^ Alan Sutton: The Complete Peerage . tape 4 . St. Catharine Press, London 1916, pp. 479 .
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Dudley, Baron (E, 1439/40) at Cracroft's Peerage