Baron Gerard

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Coat of arms of the Barons Gerard (third award)

Baron Gerard is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

For the first time on July 21, 1603 in the Peerage of England the title Baron Gerard , of Gerard's Bromley in the County of Stafford , was created for the House of Commons Sir Thomas Gerard . The title expired on the death of his great-grandson, the 7th Baron, on April 21, 1707.

At the same time as the Barony was first awarded, the title Baron Gerard , of Brandon in the County of Suffolk, was newly created for Charles Gerard on November 8, 1645 in the Peerage of England , in recognition of his services as Royal Equestrian General in the English Civil War . He was a grandson of the younger brother of the 1st Baron's first award. On July 23, 1679 he was also made Earl of Macclesfield and Viscount Brandon , of Brandon in the County of Suffolk . The titles expired on the death of his younger son, the 3rd Earl, on December 26, 1702.

In the third bestowal, on January 18, 1876, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, the title Baron Gerard , of Bryn in the County Palatine of Lancaster , was created for Sir Robert Gerard, 13th Baronet . In 1854 he had inherited the subordinate title of Baronet , of Gerard of Bryn in the County of Lancaster, from his late brother, which had been conferred on one of his ancestors on May 22, 1611 in the Baronetage of England. Today's title baher has been his great-great-great-grandson Anthony Gerard as 5th Baron, who lives in the United States since 1992 .

List of Barons Gerard

Barons Gerard, first award (1603)

Barone Gerard, second bestowal (1645)

Barone Gerard, third award (1876)

The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Rupert Gerard (* 1981).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The London Gazette : No. 24283, p. 99 , Jan. 11, 1876.

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