Baron Welles
Baron Welles is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Ireland .
Awards
The title was first awarded to Adam de Welles in the Peerage of England on February 6, 1299 , when he was appointed to Parliament by King Edward I by Writ of Summons . He was lord of the eponymous place Well near Alford in Lincolnshire . During the Wars of the Roses , the Barons Welles were on the side of the House of Lancaster , especially when the House of York had the upper hand, were temporarily ostracized by parliamentary resolution , with which titles and lands were confiscated from the Crown. The 6th baron was ostracized posthumously in 1461, this ostracism was revoked in 1468, his son, the 7th baron, was ostracized posthumously in 1475, this ostracism was revoked in 1486. In the meantime, when the 7th baron died on March 12, 1470, the title fell to his son as the 8th baron, who also died on March 19, 1470. After the title was withdrawn from the crown by the retrospective ostracism of the 7th Baron in 1475, the widower of Joan, the deceased sister of the 8th Baron, Richard Hastings, claimed the title and was appointed to Parliament in 1483 by Writ of Summons. This Writ of Summons is mostly understood today as a new award of the title and the title is referred to as either Baron Welles or Baron Hastings of Welles . When the posthumous ostracism of the 7th Baron was lifted retrospectively in 1486, the title claim and the lands fell to the half-brother of the 6th Baron, John Welles, who was raised to Viscount Welles in the Peerage of England in 1487 at the latest . Richard Hastings had to give up titles and lands in exchange for compensation. When the 1st Viscount died on February 9, 1499 without leaving any descendants, the Viscountcy was extinguished and the barony fell in Abeyance between his four half-sisters and their descendants.
In the third award, the title Baron Welles , of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone , was created on January 8, 1781 in the Peerage of Ireland for the Irish politician Thomas Knox . On July 5, 1791, he was raised in the Peerage of Ireland to Viscount Northland , of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone. His son, the 2nd Viscount, was also given the title Baron Ranfurly , of Ramphorlie in the County of Renfrew on July 6, 1826 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , and the title Earl of on September 14, 1831 in the Peerage of Ireland Ranfurly awarded. The Barony Welles has since been a subordinate title of the respective Earl of Ranfurly.
List of Barons Welles
Barone Annesley, first bestowal (1299)
- Adam de Welles, 1st Baron Welles († 1311)
- Robert de Welles, 2nd Baron Welles (1297-1320)
- Adam de Welles, 3rd Baron Welles (1304-1345)
- John Welles, 4th Baron Welles (1334-1361)
- John Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352-1421)
- Lionel Welles, 6th Baron Welles (1406–1461) (title forfeited 1461)
- Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles (c. 1429-1470) (title restored 1468; title forfeited 1475)
- Robert Welles, 8th Baron Welles († 1470)
- John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles , 9th Baron Welles (c. 1450-1499) (title restored 1486, barony abeyant 1499)
Barone Welles, second bestowal (1483)
- Richard Hastings, 1st Baron Welles († 1503) (title revoked 1486)
Barone Welles, third bestowal (1781)
- Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland , 1st Baron Welles (1729-1818)
- Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly , 2nd Baron Welles (1754–1840)
- Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly , 3rd Baron Welles (1786-1858)
- Thomas Knox, 3rd Earl of Ranfurly , 4th Baron Welles (1816-1858)
- Thomas Knox, 4th Earl of Ranfurly , 5th Baron Welles (1849–1875)
- Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly , 6th Baron Welles (1856–1933)
- Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly , 7th Baron Welles (1913–1988)
- Gerald Knox, 7th Earl of Ranfurly , 8th Baron Welles (* 1929)
Heir Apparent is the son of the current owner , Edward Knox, Viscount Northland (* 1957).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Welles, Baron (E, 1299-abeyant 1499) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Northland, Viscount (I, 1791) at Cracroft's Peerage