Baron Graves
Baron Graves , of Gravesend in the County of Londonderry , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
Award
The title was created on October 24, 1794 for the Admiral Thomas Graves . He had been deputy fleet commander in the sea battle on the "Glorious First of June" and was wounded in the process, so that he had to retire from active service.
Today's title holder has been his great-great-great-great-grandson Timothy Graves as 10th Baron since 2002 .
List of Barons Graves (1794)
- Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (1725–1802)
- Thomas North Graves, 2nd Baron Graves (1775–1830)
- Thomas William Graves, 3rd Baron Graves (1804–1870)
- Clarence Edward Graves, 4th Baron Graves (1847-1904)
- Henry Cyril Percy Graves, 5th Baron Graves (1847–1914)
- Clarence Percy Rivers Graves, 6th Baron Graves (1871-1937)
- Henry Algernon Claude Graves, 7th Baron Graves (1877–1963)
- Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves (1911–1994)
- Evelyn Paget Graves, 9th Baron Graves (1926–2002)
- Timothy Evelyn Graves, 10th Baron Graves (* 1960)
There is currently no title inheritance.
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett′s Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett′s Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0992934826 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Graves, Baron (I, 1794) at Cracroft's Peerage