Baron Wake

Baron Wake , of Liddell, was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .

The title was created on October 1, 1295 by King Edward I for John Wake by inviting him to his parliament through Writ of Summons . He was lord of Liddel Strength Castle in Cumbria .

As Barony by writ , the title could also be inherited in the female line. Since the death of the 8th Baron on September 18, 1408, the title in Abeyance has been between his sisters and their descendants.

List of Barons Wake (1295)

• John Wake, 1st Baron Wake (1268-1300)
• Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake (1297-1349)
• Margaret Wake, Countess of Kent , 3rd Baroness Wake (around 1300–1349)
• John, 3rd Earl of Kent , 4th Baron Wake (1330-1352)
• Joan, 4th Countess of Kent , 5th Baroness Wake (1328-1385)
• Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent , 6th Baron Wake (1350-1397)
• Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey , 3rd Earl of Kent, 7th Baron Wake (1374–1400)
• Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent , 8th Baron Wake (1384–1408)

Literature and web links

• Nicholas Harris Nicolas: A Synopsis of the Peerage of England. Volume 2, J. Nichols and son, London 1825, pp. 668 f.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page