Berkeley Guise
Sir Berkeley William Guise, 2nd Baronet (14 July 1775 – 23 July 1834) of Highnam Court in the parish of Churcham, Gloucestershire, was a British landowner and Whig Member of Parliament.
Origins
He was the eldest son of Sir John Guise, 1st Baronet (1733–1794), of Highnam Court, whom he succeeded in 1794, inheriting Highnam Court. He also inherited the Gloucestershire estates of Elmore Court, the original seat of the Guise family, and Rendcomb, on the death in 1807 of his cousin Jane Guise, wife of Shute Barrington (1734-1826), Bishop of Durham.
Career
He was educated at
He was a
Gloucestershire East
, from 1832 to 1834.
Death and succession
He died unmarried in 1834. He was succeeded by his younger brother, General
Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet (1777–1865), GCB. Highnam Court was sold to Thomas Gambier Parry
.
References
- ^ Kidd, Charles, Debrett's peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p.B355; As displayed above front door of Elmore Court
- ^ Maj Wilfred Joseph Cripps (revised by Capt Hon M.H. Hicks-Beach & Maj B.N. Spraggett), The Royal North Gloucester Militia, 2nd Edn, Cirencester: Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard Printing Works, 1914, pp. 119–20; Appendix A.
- ^ Local Militia: Gloucestershire, at This Re-illuminated School of Mars: Auxiliary forces and other aspects of Albion under Arms in the Great War against France.
- "GUISE, Sir Berkeley William, 2nd Bt. (1775-1834), of Highnam Court, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 March 2013.