Baron Stourton
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the six fields show the coats of arms of the Stourton, Howard , Mowbray , Segrave , Plantagenet and Talbot families .
Baron Stourton , of Stourton in the County of Wilts , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
The historic family residence of the barons was Stourhead Estate in Stourton near Mere in Wiltshire until 1717 and is now Allerton Park near Knaresborough in West Yorkshire .
Awarding and other titles
The title was created on May 13, 1448 for Sir John Stourton when he was appointed to the House of Lords by Writ of Summons . He had previously been a Member of the House of Commons for Wiltshire and had held the office of Treasurer of the Household from 1446 . As barony by writes , in the absence of male heirs, the baron would also be hereditary in the female line, but there is still an unbroken male line.
The 20th Baron Stourton achieved in 1878 that the titles Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave , which had been in Abeyance since 1777, and which had both been created in the Peerage of England in 1283, were restored to him as 23rd Baron Mowbray and 24th Baron Segrave. The three titles of baron have since been combined.
List of Barons Stourton (1448)
- John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (1400-1462)
- William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton (around 1430–1479)
- John Stourton, 3rd Baron Stourton (around 1454–1485)
- Francis Stourton, 4th Baron Stourton (1485–1487)
- William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton (around 1457–1523)
- Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton (around 1463–1535)
- William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton (c. 1505–1548)
- Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton (c.1520–1557)
- John Stourton, 9th Baron Stourton (1553–1588)
- Edward Stourton, 10th Baron Stourton (c.1555-1633)
- William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton (c.1594–1672)
- William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton († 1685)
- Edward Stourton, 13th Baron Stourton (1665-1720)
- Thomas Stourton, 14th Baron Stourton (1667–1744)
- Charles Stourton, 15th Baron Stourton (1702–1753)
- William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton (1704–1781)
- Charles Stourton, 17th Baron Stourton (1752-1816)
- William Stourton, 18th Baron Stourton (1776–1846)
- Charles Stourton, 19th Baron Stourton (1802–1872)
- Alfred Stourton, 23rd Baron Mowbray , 24th Baron Segrave, 20th Baron Stourton (1829-1893)
- Charles Stourton, 24th Baron Mowbray , 25th Baron Segrave, 21st Baron Stourton (1867–1936)
- William Stourton, 25th Baron Mowbray , 26th Baron Segrave, 22nd Baron Stourton (1895–1965)
- Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray , 27th Baron Segrave, 23rd Baron Stourton (1923-2006)
- Edward Stourton, 27th Baron Mowbray , 28th Baron Segrave, 24th Baron Stourton (born 1953)
Heir apparent is the son of the current owner , James Stourton (* 1991).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Stourton, Baron (E, 1448) at Cracroft's Peerage