Baron Hesketh
Baron Hesketh, of Hesketh in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the
The Hesketh baronetcy, of Rufford in the County Palatine of Lancaster,
The former seat of the Barons Hesketh was Easton Neston in Northamptonshire. The house was previously the seat of the Fermor family (Earls of Pomfret since 1721), and came into the Hesketh family through the marriage in 1846 of Sir Thomas George Hesketh, 5th Baronet, to Lady Anna Maria Isabella Fermor sister and heiress of George Richard William Fermor, 5th and last Earl of Pomfret. However, the house and all contents were sold by the current Baron in 2005.[3]
The original seat of the Hesketh family was Rufford Old Hall in the village of Rufford in Lancashire. This house was sold to the National Trust by the first Baron Hesketh in 1936.
Former houses and estates
- Easton Neston
- Holmeswood Hall
- Meols Hall
- Rufford Old Hall
- Rufford New Hall
Baronets of Rufford (1761)
- Sir Thomas Hesketh, 1st Baronet (1727–1778)
- Sir Robert Hesketh, 2nd Baronet (1728–1798)
- Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Baronet (1777–1842)
- Sir Thomas Henry Hesketh, 4th Baronet (1799–1843)
- Sir Thomas George Hesketh, 5th Baronet (1825–1872)
- Sir Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh, 6th Baronet (1847–1876)
- Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Baronet(9 May 1849 – 19 April 1924)
- Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 8th Baronet (1881–1944) (created Baron Hesketh in 1935)
Baron Hesketh (1935)
- Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh (1881–1944)
- Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh (1916–1955)
- Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh (b. 1950)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Frederick Hatton Fermor-Hesketh (b. 1988)
The heir apparent’s heir apparent is his son, Alexander Frederick Fermor-Hesketh (b. 2021)
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See also
References
- ^ "No. 34128". The London Gazette. 29 January 1935. p. 693.
- ^ "No. 10103". The London Gazette. 9 May 1761. p. 1.
- ^ "Reluctant Hesketh to sell £50m family seat". Telegraph.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]