Baron Willoughby de Eresby

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Original family crest of the Barons Willoughby de Eresby
Coat of arms of today's Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

Baron Willoughby de Eresby is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .

Today's family residences are Grimsthorpe Castle in Edenham near Bourne in Lincolnshire and Drummond Castle near Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland .

Award

The title was created on July 26, 1313 for Robert de Willoughby , landlord of Willoughby and Eresby in Lincolnshire , when he was called to Parliament by King Edward II by Writ of Summons . As Barony by writ , the title can also be inherited in the female line in the absence of male descendants.

Other titles

Various barons were given further titles, which later either expired or passed to other family members, as they could only be inherited in the male line.

The 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby was elevated to Earl of Lindsey in 1626 , the 17th Baron to Marquess of Lindsey in 1706 and Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715 . With the death of his great-great-grandson without male descendants in 1779, all the aforementioned titles fell to an uncle, while the barony first fell in Abeyance , but was then assigned to a daughter in 1780.

She was the wife of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr . Their son inherited both baronies when his parents died. At the death of his son, the 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, the two baronies separated again in 1870 because the barony of Gwydyr could only be bequeathed to male relatives. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell again into Abeyance, as the baron had two sisters.

In 1870 the title was assigned to the elder of the two who was the wife of Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland . Their son, who had also inherited both baronies, was elevated to Earl of Ancaster in 1892 .

Both the Earl dignity and the Barony of Aveland expired when the 3rd Earl died in 1983 without a male heir to the title. The Barony of Willoughby de Eresby passed to his only daughter Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby as the 28th Baroness. This holds the title to this day. Since she is childless, the title is expected to fall back into Abeyance when she dies. The next entitled co-heirs are descendants of the two sisters of their father, namely their second nephew Sebastian Miller (* 1965) and their nephew Sir John Aird, 4th Baronet (* 1940).

Lord Great Chamberlain

The title of Baron Willoughby de Eresby has been associated with the office of Lord Great Chamberlain , one of the Great Officers of State , since 1626 . That year the 1st Earl of Lindsey inherited the office. In the course of the multiple inheritance divisions between female and male family lines explained above, the office is now divided between several people. The share of Barons Willoughby de Eresby, now 1/4, is considered the oldest; the largest, however, is held by the Marquess of Cholmondeley with 1/2.

List of Barons Willoughby de Eresby (1313)

Co- Heirs presumptive of the current title holder are Sebastian Miller (* 1965) and Sir John Aird, 4th Baronet (* 1940).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grimsthorpe Castle
  2. ↑ Drummond Castle