Baron Brereton
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County Carlow
County Carlow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county...
, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
. It was created on 11 May 1624 for Sir William Brereton
William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was created a peer in the Peerage of Ireland in 1624 as Baron Brereton....
, of Brereton, Cheshire
Brereton, Cheshire
Brereton is a civil parish, containing the hamlet of Brereton Green in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It also contains the hamlets of Brereton Heath and Smethwick Green. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish...
. Brereton had an estate near Old Leighlin
Old Leighlin
Old Leighlin is a small town in County Carlow, Ireland, 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1500 monks in residence...
, for which he and his heirs were absentee landlord
Absentee landlord
Absentee landlord is an economic term for a person who owns and rents out a profit-earning property, but does not live within the property's local economic region. This practice is problematic for that region because absentee landlords drain local wealth into their home country, particularly that...
s. The family seat was Brereton Hall
Brereton Hall
Brereton Hall is a country house to the north of the village of Brereton Green, adjacent to St Oswald's Church, in the civil parish of Brereton, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.-History:...
in Cheshire. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was the son of Sir John Brereton (1591–1629), fourth son of the first Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Cheshire
Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentiary constituency for the county of Cheshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.As a county...
. His son, the third Baron, was one of the founders of the Royal Society
Royal Society
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. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Barons, succeeded in the title. It became extinct on the latter's death without issue in 1722. The estates passed to the Holte family
Holte Baronets
The Holte Baronetcy, of Aston in the County of Warwick, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 November 1611 for Sir Thomas Holte, of Aston Hall, then in Warwickshire. He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1599 and had been knighted by King James I in 1603. He was succeeded...
, descended from the second Baron's sister.
Barons Brereton (1624)
- William Brereton, 1st Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 1st Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was created a peer in the Peerage of Ireland in 1624 as Baron Brereton....
(1550–1631) - William Brereton, 2nd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 2nd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton was the son of Sir John Brereton of Brereton Hall and Anne Fitton...
(1611–1664) - William Brereton, 3rd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 3rd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664....
(1631–1680) - John Brereton, 4th Baron BreretonJohn Brereton, 4th Baron BreretonJohn Brereton was an English baron in the Peerage of Ireland.He was born on 2 December 1659, the son of the William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton. He lived at Brereton Hall in Cheshire...
(1659–1718) - Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton (1662–1722)
External links
- Brereton History by Bruce Brereton, Langley, WashingtonLangley, WashingtonLangley is a town in Island County, Washington, United States near the eastern end of the north shore of the south end of Whidbey Island. It is the third largest incorporated area on Whidbey. The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, while the ZCTA for Langley's post office had a population of...
, USA - Descendants of Ralph de Brereton: Seventeenth Generation: 105. Sir William Brereton Link is to the first lord: descendants, ancestors, and other relatives are cross-linked.