Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Baron Vaux of Harrowden is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
Award and history of the title
The barony was created on April 27, 1523 for Sir Nicolas Vaux of Harrowden , Northamptonshire , when he was appointed to the House of Lords by Writ of Summons . Vaux served the English Tudor kings as a troop leader and advisor.
At the death of the 5th Baron on September 26, 1663, the title fell in Abeyance between his sister Joyce Vaux and the descendants of his late sisters Mary Symeon and Catherine Nevill.
The Abeyance was only ended after 175 years at the request of George Charles Mostyn, a great-great-great-great-grandson of Mary Symeon, in his favor as 6th Baron. The legal nature of the barony was unclear until then. Although no letters patent could be found in the archives , it was initially generally assumed that the creation of the barony was a Barony by letters patent that was hereditary only in the male line and therefore expired in 1663. In 1838 the Committee for Privileges and Conduct of the House of Lords decided that the barony was a barony by writ , whereupon the crown restituted the barony on March 12, 1838.
At the death of his son, the 7th Baron, on October 25, 1935, the title in Abeyance fell between his three daughters. This was ended on July 8, 1938 in favor of the oldest of them as the 8th baroness.
List of Barons Vaux of Harrowden (1523)
- Nicolas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (around 1460–1523)
- Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1509–1556)
- William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1535–1595)
- Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1588–1661)
- Henry Vaux, 5th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1591–1663) (title abeyant 1663)
- George Mostyn, 6th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1804-1883) (Abeyance finished 1838)
- Hubert Mostyn, 7th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1860-1935) (title abeyant 1935)
- Grace Gilbey, 8th Baroness Vaux of Harrowden (1887–1958) (Abeyance ended 1938)
- Peter Gilbey, 9th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1914–1977)
- John Gilbey, 10th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1915-2002)
- Anthony Gilbey, 11th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1940-2014)
- Richard Gilbey, 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (* 1965)
Title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Alexander Gilbey (* 2000).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St. Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Vaux of Harrowden, Baron (E, 1523) at Cracroft's Peerage
Individual evidence
- ^ Alan Sutton: The Complete Peerage . Volume XII, note h to page 218