Baron Monteagle of Brandon

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Thomas Spring Rice,
1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon.

Baron Monteagle of Brandon , of Brandon in the County of Kerry , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The historic family seat of the barons was Mount Trenchard House near Foynes , County Limerick .

Award

The title was created on September 5, 1839 for the Whig politician Thomas Spring Rice . Among other things, he was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in 1834 and Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1835 and 1839 .

List of Barons Monteagle of Brandon (1839)

Presumed title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is an uncle of the current baron, the Hon. Michael Spring Rice (* 1935).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. London Gazette . No. 19764, HMSO, London, August 27, 1839, p. 1660 ( PDF , English).

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