Baron Hungerford

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Arms of Hungerford: Sable, two bars argent in chief three plates

Baron Hungerford is a title in the

attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1461. This attainder was reversed in 1485 for the then 4th baroness of Hungerford, and so it came into the Hastings family of Earls of Huntingdon until 1789, when it came into the Rawdon(-Hastings) family of the Marquesses of Hastings until 1868 when it fell into abeyance. This abeyance was terminated three years later for a member of the Abney-Hastings family and an Earl of Loudoun. In 1920 it again fell into abeyance, which was terminated one year later for the Philipps family of the Viscounts of St Davids
where it has remained since.

Another Barony of Hungerford with the distinction de Heytesbury was created in the

Walter Hungerford
, who was summoned to parliament. He was attainted in 1540 and the peerage forfeited. This attainder has not been reversed since.

Barons Hungerford (1426); Barons de Moleyns (1445)

Barons Hungerford de Heytesbury (1526)

  • Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford de Heytesbury
    (c. 1502–1540) attainted and forfeit 1540

Sources