Viscount Maynard
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Viscount Maynard, of Easton Lodge in the County of Essex, was a title in the
Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. He had no surviving male issue and on his death in 1865 the baronetcy, barony and viscountcy became extinct. His granddaughter, Daisy Maynard, daughter of Colonel Charles Henry Maynard and future wife of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick
, succeeded to most of the Maynard estates.
The Maynard family descended from Sir
Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the 3rd Baron, who served as a Member of Parliament for Essex. Three of his sons, the 4th, 5th and 6th Barons, all succeeded to the title. The latter was made Viscount Maynard in 1766 (see above).
Sir
Baronetage of England in 1682. Two of his sons, the 2nd and 3rd Baronets, both succeeded to the title. The latter's son was the aforementioned Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet
, whose son Sir Charles Maynard, 5th Baronet, succeeded his kinsman as 2nd Viscount Maynard in 1775.
The Viscount William VCT,
Lord William Maynard
Barons Maynard (1620/1628)
- William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard (c. 1589–1640)
- William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard (1623–1699)
- Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard (1642–1718)
- Henry Maynard, 4th Baron Maynard (c. 1673–1742)
- Grey Maynard, 5th Baron Maynard (1679–1745)
- Charles Maynard, 6th Baron Maynard (c. 1690–1775) (created Viscount Maynard in 1766)
Viscount Maynard (1766)
- Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard (c. 1690–1775)
- Charles Maynard, 2nd Viscount Maynard (1751–1824)
- Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount Maynard (1788–1865)
- Charles Henry Maynard (1814–1865)
Maynard Baronets, of Walthamstow (1682)
- Sir William Maynard, 1st Baronet (c. 1640–1685)
- Sir William Maynard, 2nd Baronet (c. 1676–1715)
- Sir Henry Maynard, 3rd Baronet (d. 1738)
- Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet (1721–1772)
- Sir Charles Maynard, 5th Baronet (1751–1824) (succeeded as 2nd Viscount Maynard in 1775)
References
- ^ French: main = "hand"
- ^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900