Baron Stafford

Baron Stafford is a hereditary British title of nobility created five times in the Peerage of England . It is named after the English city of Stafford .

List of Barons Stafford

Original family crest of the Barons Stafford

Barons Stafford, first bestowal (1299)

• Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford († 1308)
• Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford , 2nd Baron Stafford (1301-1372)
• Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford , 3rd Baron Stafford (around 1342-1386)
• Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford , 4th Baron Stafford (around 1368-1392)
• William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford , 5th Baron Stafford (1375-1395)
• Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford , 6th Baron Stafford (1378–1403)
• Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham , 7th Baron Stafford (1402–1460)
• Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , 8th Baron Stafford (1455–1483) (title forfeited 1483)
• Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham , 9th Baron Stafford (1477–1521) (title restored 1485; title forfeited 1521)

Barone Stafford (of Clifton), second bestowal (1371)

• Richard Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford of Clifton († 1380)
• Edmund Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford of Clifton († 1419)
• Thomas Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford of Clifton († 1425)
• Thomas Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford of Clifton († 1445) (title abeyant 1445)

Barons Stafford, third bestowal (1411)

• Hugh Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford († 1420)

Barons Stafford, fourth award (1547)

• Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (1501–1563) (granted 1558 precedence from 1299)
• Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford († 1566)
• Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford (1536-1603)
• Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford (1572-1625)
• Henry Stafford, 5th Baron Stafford (1621-1637)
• Roger Stafford, 6th Baron Stafford (c.1573-1640) (title given up in 1637)

Baroness Stafford (Life Peerage, 1640)

• Mary Howard, Countess of Stafford , Baroness Stafford (1619–1694)

Barons Stafford, fifth bestowal (1640)

Today's coat of arms of the Barons Stafford from the House of Fitzherbert

• William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford , 1st Baron Stafford (1614–1680) (title forfeited 1680)
• Henry Stafford-Howard, 1st Earl of Stafford , de iure 2nd Baron Stafford (around 1648–1719)
• William Stafford-Howard, 2nd Earl of Stafford , de iure 3rd Baron Stafford (around 1690–1734)
• William Stafford-Howard, 3rd Earl of Stafford , de iure 4th Baron Stafford (1718–1751)
• John Stafford-Howard, 4th Earl of Stafford , de iure 5th Baron Stafford (1700–1762)
• Anastasia Stafford-Howard, de iure 6th Baron Stafford (1722–1807)
• Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet, of Cossey, de iure 7th Baron Stafford († 1809)
• George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford (1771-1851) (title retrospectively restored 1824)
• Henry Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford (1802-1884)
• Augustus Stafford-Jerningham, 10th Baron Stafford (1830-1892)
• Fitzherbert Stafford-Jerningham, 11th Baron Stafford (1833-1913)
• Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford (1859-1932)
• Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford (1864–1941)
• Basil Fitzherbert, 14th Baron Stafford (1926–1986)
• Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford (* 1954)

Probable title holder ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon.Benjamin Fitzherbert (* 1983)

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page