Baron Arlington
Baron Arlington , of Arlington in the County of Middlesex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
Awarding and other titles
The title was bestowed on March 14, 1665 by Letters patent from King Charles II to his henchman Sir Henry Bennet . On April 22, 1672, he was also, also in the Peerage of England, the titles Earl of Arlington and Viscount Thetford , in the County of Norfolk , and again raised to Baron Arlington . Since Henry Bennet had no male heirs, all of the titles mentioned were given to him with the special addition that they can be inherited in the female line in the same way as with Baronies by writ , in the absence of male descendants.
According to the special note, the titles fell to his only daughter Isabelle as 2nd Countess when he died in 1685. She was married to Henry FitzRoy , an illegitimate son of King Charles II, who had been made Duke of Grafton in 1675 . So her son and heir Charles united the parental titles in 1723, whereby the Earldom Arlington, the Viscountcy Thetford and the Baronies Arlington were henceforth subordinate titles of the respective Duke of Grafton. The titles remained united until 1936 the 9th Duke died childless. The titles then fell in Abeyance between his sisters, with the exception of Dukedoms Grafton, which fell a distant male relative.
In May 1999, his granddaughter, Jennifer Forwood , achieved that the Abeyance of the Arlington Barony of 1665 was ended in their favor. In return, their relatives who were entitled to do so had waived this title in their favor. The abeyance of the titles from 1672 continues to this day. In addition to Jennifer Forwood, legitimate co-heirs of this title are her nephew Sir Frederick Sebastian Cholmeley, 7th Baronet (* 1968) and her cousin Linda Williams (* 1947).
List of Barons Arlington (1665)
- Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington , 1st Baron Arlington (1618–1685)
- Isabella FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton , 2nd Countess of Arlington, 2nd Baron Arlington (around 1668–1723)
- Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton , 3rd Earl of Arlington, 3rd Baron Arlington (1683–1757)
- Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton , 4th Earl of Arlington, 4th Baron Arlington (1735-1811)
- George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton , 5th Earl of Arlington, 5th Baron Arlington (1760–1844)
- Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton , 6th Earl of Arlington, 6th Baron Arlington (1790–1863)
- William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton , 7th Earl of Arlington, 7th Baron Arlington (1819–1882)
- Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton , 8th Earl of Arlington, 8th Baron Arlington (1821-1918)
- Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton , 9th Earl of Arlington, 9th Baron Arlington (1850–1930)
- John FitzRoy, 9th Duke of Grafton , 10th Earl of Arlington, 10th Baron Arlington (1914–1936) (title abeyant 1936)
- Jennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington (born 1939) (Abeyance of the Barony ended 1999)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current owner of the title Hon. Patrick John Dudley Forwood (* 1967).