Baron Mordaunt

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Baron Mordaunt was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of England .

Awards

It was first created on May 4, 1529 for Sir John Mordaunt when he was appointed to the House of Lords by Writ of Summons . As Barony by writ , this title is hereditary in the female line in the absence of male descendants. The 5th Baron was also elevated to Earl of Peterborough in 1628 . While his older son Henry Mordaunt inherited the two titles as 2nd Earl of Peterborough in 1644, the younger son John Mordaunt became Viscount Mordaunt , of Avalon in the County of Somerset, and in a second, parallel award on July 10, 1659 by Letters patent raised to Baron Mordaunt , of Ryegate in the County of Surrey.

When the 2nd Earl of Petersborough died in 1697, his barony of Mordaunt was first bestowed to his daughter Mary, wife of Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk , as the 7th baroness. The earl title, however, fell to his nephew, the son of the 1st Viscount Mordaunt, Charles Mordaunt , who had in the meantime inherited from his father and was raised to Earl of Monmouth in 1689 . When Mary died childless in 1705, he also inherited her barony as the 8th baron and thus united the two baronies of Mordaunt.

With the childless death of his great-grandson, the 5th Earl of Peterborough, on June 16, 1814, all his titles lapsed due to the lack of male heirs, with the exception of the Barony Mordaunt first bestowal, which fell to his half-sister, Lady Mary Mordaunt, as the 11th Baroness. When she died childless in June 1819, the barony fell to Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon , who was a great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Peterborough on his mother's side. This already held the Dukedom of Gordon along with subordinate titles. When his son, the 2nd Duke, died childless on May 28, 1836, most of his titles were extinguished and the Barony of Mordaunt (first conferred) fell in Abeyance between his five sisters. The Abeyance continues to this day.

List of Barons Mordaunt

Barons Mordaunt, first award (1529)

Barons Mordaunt, second award (1689)

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