Baron Sheffield
Baron Sheffield is a title that has been created four times: once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Ireland, and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The first creation, as Baron Sheffield of Butterwick, was in the Peerage of England in 1547 for
The next three creations were all in favour of one person,
On the death in 1909 of the 3rd Earl of Sheffield, his earldom, the Pevensey viscountcy and the Sheffield baronies of 1781 and 1802 became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the Sheffield barony of 1783 according to special remainder by Edward Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley, who was also 3rd Baron Eddisbury and now became 4th Baron Sheffield as well. The 4th Baron Sheffield was the grandson of Lady Maria Josepha Holroyd, daughter of the 1st Earl of Sheffield. These titles remain extant and united, see Baron Stanley of Alderley for further succession.
Barons Sheffield, First creation (1547)
- Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield(1521–1549)
- John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield(c. 1538–1568)
- Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield (c. 1564–1646), created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626
Barons Sheffield, Second and fourth creations (1781; 1802), Earls of Sheffield (1816)
- John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield (1735–1821)
- George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield (1802–1876)
- Fredrick Henry Stuart Holroyd, Viscount Pevensey (1827–1829)
- Henry North Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield (1832–1909)
Barons Sheffield, Third creation (1783)
- John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield (1735–1821)
- George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield (1802–1876)
- Henry North Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield (1832–1909)
- Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 3rd Baron Eddisbury, 4th Baron Sheffield (1839–1925) (known as Lord Sheffield[1] )
- Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 4th Baron Eddisbury, 5th Baron Sheffield (1875–1931) (known as Lord Stanley[2])
- Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 5th Baron Eddisbury, 6th Baron Sheffield (1907–1971) (known as Lord Stanley)
- Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley, 7th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 6th Baron Eddisbury, 7th Baron Sheffield (1915–1971) (known as Lord Sheffield)
- Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 7th Baron Eddisbury, 8th Baron Sheffield (1927–2013) (known as Lord Stanley)
- Richard Oliver Stanley 9th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 8th Baron Eddisbury and 9th Baron Sheffield (born 1956)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Hon. Charles Ernest Stanley (born 1960), who has three daughters.[3] The next in line to the peerages is his brother Hon. Harry John Stanley (born 1963), whose heir is his only son Bertram Thomas Zulfikar Stanley (born 2007).[3]
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Notes
This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2019) |
- ^ The Times obituary, 19 March 1925
- TheGuardian.com. 9 June 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]