Earl of Strafford
Earldom of Strafford (Third creation) | |
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William Byng, 9th Earl of Strafford | |
Heir apparent | Samuel Byng, Viscount Enfield |
Remainder to | Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Viscount Enfield Baron Strafford |
Seat(s) | Wrotham Park |
Motto | Tuebor (I will defend)[1] |
Earl of Strafford is a title that has been created three times in English and British history.
The first creation was in the Peerage of England in January 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I. He had already succeeded his father as second Baronet of Wentworth Woodhouse in 1614. The Wentworth Baronetcy, of Wentworth Woodhouse in the County of York, had been created in the Baronetage of England on 20 June 1611 for Thomas's father, William Wentworth.[2] Thomas was created Baron Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, Baron of Newmarch and Oversley, in 1628, and Viscount Wentworth in 1629. He was made Baron Raby in 1640, at the same time he was given the earldom.[3]
In 1641, he was
In 1711, the earldom was recreated when the 3rd Baron Raby was created Viscount Wentworth and Earl of Strafford in the
The title was created for a third time in 1847 in the
His eldest son, the third Earl, was a
Another member of the Byng family was the soldier
Family homes are divided up among its branches but
The traditional burial place of the Byng Earls of Strafford is the Byng Mausoleum at Wrotham Park,[8] not to be confused with the Byng Mausoleum in Southill Church, Bedfordshire, built for the burial of the 1st Viscount Torrington, seated at Southill Park.
Wentworth Baronets, of Wentworth Woodhouse (1611)
- Sir William Wentworth, 1st Baronet (d. 1614)
- Sir Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baronet (1593–1641) (created Earl of Strafford in 1640)
Earls of Strafford, First Creation (1640)
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641) (forfeit 1641)
- William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1626–1695) (attainder reversed 1662)
Barons Raby (1640; Reverted)
- Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby(1672–1739) (created Earl of Strafford in 1711)
Earls of Strafford, Second Creation (1711)
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford(1672–1739)
- William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford(1722–1791)
- Frederick Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1732–1799)
Barons Strafford, of Harmondsworth (1835)
- John Byng (created Earl of Strafford in 1847)
Earls of Strafford, Third Creation (1847)
- John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1772–1860)
- George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1806–1886), son.
- George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1830–1898), son.
- Henry William John Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford (1831–1899), brother.
- Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford (1835–1918), brother.
- Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1861–1951), son.
- Robert Cecil Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford (1904–1984), nephew, married Clara Evelyne Wadia, sister of Bombay Dyeing chairman Neville Wadia
- Thomas Edmund Byng, 8th Earl of Strafford (1936–2016), father of Georgia Byng and Jamie Byng
- William Robert Byng, 9th Earl of Strafford (b. 1964)
Present peer
William Robert Byng, 9th Earl of Strafford (born 10 May 1964) is the son of the 8th Earl and his wife Jennifer Mary Denise May, daughter of
He succeeded to the peerages, including those of Viscount Enfield (1847) and Baron Strafford (1835) on 12 November 2016.[9]
On 8 October 1994, he married Karen Elizabeth Lord, daughter of S. Graham Lord, and they have three children:[9]
- Lady Saskia Ruth Jessica Byng (born 1996)
- Samuel Peter Byng, Viscount Enfield (born 1998), heir apparent
- Isaac John Byng (born 1998)
Arms
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See also
- Viscount Torrington
- Viscount Byng of Vimy
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900
- ^ a b Burke, John (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and J.B. Burke. p. 558. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "No. 20769". The London Gazette. 31 August 1847. p. 3162.
- ^ "No. 19268". The London Gazette. 8 May 1835. p. 900.
- ^ Historic England. "Apple Tree Cottage (1302877)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 October 2014. One of the Grade II listed cottages in Vernhams Dean
- ^ History Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Wrotham Park
- ^ "Byng Mausoleum". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b c Burke's Peerage, volume 3, 2003, page 3766