Baron Wharton
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Peerage of England
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, originally granted by letters patent
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to the heirs male of the 1st Baron
Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton
Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton was an English nobleman and a follower of King Henry VIII of England. He is best known for his victory at Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 for which he was given a barony.-Early life:...
, which was forfeited in 1729 when the last male-line heir was declared an outlaw. The Barony was erroneously revived in 1916 by writ of summons, thanks to an 1844 decision in the House of Lords based on absence of documentation. As such, the current Barony of Wharton could more accurately be listed as a new Barony, created in 1916, with the precedence of the older (and extinct) Barony.
The barony of 1544
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for Sir Thomas Wharton
Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton
Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton was an English nobleman and a follower of King Henry VIII of England. He is best known for his victory at Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 for which he was given a barony.-Early life:...
, who had previously served as a Member of Parliament
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for Cumberland
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, in recognition of his victory at the Battle of Solway Moss
Battle of Solway Moss
The Battle of Solway Moss took place on Solway Moss near the River Esk on the English side of the Anglo-Scottish Border in November 1542 between forces from England and Scotland.-Background:...
. Because of its creation by letters patent, the Barony could only be passed down to male heirs.
The 5th Baron
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
had a long and distinguished political career, serving at various times as a Member of Parliament, Lord Lieutenant
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of Oxford and Buckingham
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, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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and Lord Privy Seal
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. He was created Earl of Wharton, in the County of Westmorland
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, and Viscount Winchendon, of Winchendon
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in the County of Buckingham
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, in 1706, in the Peerage of England, and in 1715 was further created Marquess of Wharton, in the County of Westmorland, and Marquess of Malmesbury, in the County of Wilts
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, in the Peerage of Great Britain
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. Later that year, he was also created Marquess of Catherlough, Earl of Rathfarnham, in the County of Dublin
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, and Baron Trim, in the County of Meath
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, in the Peerage of Ireland
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.
His son, the 2nd Marquess
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton , powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the...
, was created Duke of Wharton, in the County of Westmorland, in the Peerage of Great Britain, in 1718, but all the titles were forfeit in 1729 when the Duke of Wharton was declared an outlaw. In any event, since on the Duke's death there were no male heirs of the 1st Baron remaining, all the titles would have become extinct at that point.
The Barony revived, or new Barony created
In 1844, however, the Barony was claimed by Colonel Charles Kemeys-TynteCharles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton
Charles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton JP . Son of Halswell Milborne Kemeys-Tynte.He was a JP Monmouth & Somerset, hon Lieutenant in the Army 1915–1918...
, and, since the document creating the peerage had been lost, the Committee for Privileges
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of the House of Lords
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ruled erroneously that the Barony was created by writ and could therefore be passed down through the female line. As a consequence of their resolution, it was determined that at the death of the Duke of Wharton, the Barony had fallen into abeyance
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between the Duke's sisters, Lady Jane Holt and Lady Lucy Morice. It was further determined that, at Lady Lucy's death in 1739, Lady Jane (by now Lady Jane Coke) remained the sole heir, and had been therefore entitled to the Barony. Finally, it was determined that at her death the Barony again fell into abeyance, where it remained in the nineteenth century. The Committee for Privileges, however, also ruled that it did not have the authority to terminate the abeyance because of the existence of a judgement of outlawry against the Duke of Wharton. Thus the matter remained unresolved for 72 years.
On 15 February 1916, the abeyance was terminated by a writ of summons from King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
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to Parliament
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in favour of Colonel Kemeys-Tynte, who became the 8th Baron.http://yba.llgc.org.uk/AnaServer?ybawbo+1575364+aview.anv+v=av&l=c (He should be more properly listed as the 1st Baron Wharton, of the new barony). At his death, the title was inherited by his son and thereafter by his granddaughter Elisabeth, who became the 10th Baroness. At her death in 1974, the Barony again fell into abeyance. It was once again revived in 1990, when the abeyance was terminated in favour of Myrtle Robertson. At her death, the Barony was inherited by her son Myles.
Barons Wharton (1544)
- Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton was an English nobleman and a follower of King Henry VIII of England. He is best known for his victory at Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 for which he was given a barony.-Early life:...
(c. 1495–1568) - Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 2nd Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton was an English peer. He was knighted in 1543 by Seymour-Hertford and married to Anne Radcliffe, elder daughter of Robert first earl of Sussex, in 1547....
(1520–1572) - Philip Wharton, 3rd Baron WhartonPhilip Wharton, 3rd Baron WhartonPhilip Wharton, 3rd Baron Wharton was an English peer of the Wharton barony. He was named after his godfather, Philip II of Spain. He inherited the title of Baron when he was 17 years old....
(1555–1625) - Philip Wharton, 4th Baron WhartonPhilip Wharton, 4th Baron WhartonPhilip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton was an English peer.A Parliamentarian during the English Civil War, he served in various offices including soldier, politician and diplomat. He was appointed as the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire by Parliament in July 1642...
(1613–1696) - Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
(1648–1715) (created Earl of Wharton in 1706 and Marquess of Wharton in 1715)
Marquesses of Wharton (1715)
- Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
(1648–1715) - Philip Wharton, 2nd Marquess of WhartonPhilip Wharton, 1st Duke of WhartonPhilip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton , powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the...
(1698–1731) (abeyant 1731) (created Duke of Wharton in 1718)
Dukes of Wharton (1718)
- Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of WhartonPhilip Wharton, 1st Duke of WhartonPhilip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton , powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the...
(1698–1731) (forfeit 1729 (forfeiture retroactively reversed 1825), all except Barony extinct on his death, Barony abeyant on his death)
Barons Wharton (1544; continued)
- Jane Wharton, 7th Baroness WhartonJane Wharton, 7th Baroness WhartonJane Wharton, de jure 7th Baroness Wharton .Daughter of Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton and sister of Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton.Lady Jane married first John Holt . She married second Robert Coke...
(1706–1761) (became sole heir 1739; abeyant on her death) - Charles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron WhartonCharles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron WhartonCharles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton JP . Son of Halswell Milborne Kemeys-Tynte.He was a JP Monmouth & Somerset, hon Lieutenant in the Army 1915–1918...
(1876–1934) (abeyance terminated 1916) - Charles John Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 9th Baron WhartonJohn Kemeys-Tynte, 9th Baron WhartonJohn Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 9th Baron Wharton . Son of Charles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton.Educated Christ Church, Oxford, served in World War II 1939/45 as Flight/Lt RAFVR...
(1908–1969) - Elisabeth Kemeys-Tynte, 10th Baroness WhartonElisabeth Kemeys-Tynte, 10th Baroness WhartonElisabeth Dorothy Kemys-Tynte, 10th Baroness Wharton . Daughter of Charles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton. Inherited the barony from her brother John Kemeys-Tynte, 9th Baron Wharton....
(1906–1974) (abeyant on her death) - Myrtle Olive Felix Robertson, 11th Baroness WhartonMyrtle Robertson, 11th Baroness WhartonMyrtle Olive Felix Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton was born the Honourable Myrtle Arbuthnot, known as Ziki. Daughter of David George Arbuthnot and Elisabeth, née Kemeys-Tynte, 10th Baroness Wharton, she was brought up in South Africa but moved to England in her teens...
(1934–2000) (abeyance terminated 1990) - Myles Christopher David Robertson, 12th Baron Wharton (b. 1964)
The heir presumptive is the Hon. Meghan Robertson (b. 2006)
Early Whartons
The Wharton knighthood dates from 6 October 1292 when King Edward IEdward I of England
Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...
granted to Gilbert de Querton "the Manor of Querton with its appurtenances." ("Querton" was the earlier Latin
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spelling of "Wharton") There de Querton built Lammerside for himself and his wife, Emma de Hastings. (The remains of the building still stand and today resemble a pele tower
Peel tower
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). Emma was the daughter of Nicholas de Hastings of the family which were the ancestors of the present Earls of Huntingdon and of Pembroke.
The descendants of Sir Gilbert were:
- Sir Henry de Querton (c.1281–aft.1343)
- Sir Hugh de Querton (c.1308–bef.1389)
- Sir William de Wherton (c.1327–bef.1417)
- Sir John de Wharton (c.1360–1434)
- Sir Thomas de Wherton (c.1388–c.1440
- Sir Henry Wharton (c.1437–?)
- Sir Thomas Wharton II (1460 or 1465–1531)
- Sir Thomas Wharton III – 1st Baron Wharton