Baron Congleton, of Congleton in the County Palatine of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1841 for the Whig politician and former Secretary at War

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 and Paymaster of the Forces

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 Sir Henry Parnell, 4th Baronet. His eldest son, the second Baron, devoted his life to religious work and was an early member of the Plymouth Brethren

Plymouth Brethren

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. The latter was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. He served in the Royal Navy

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 and fough at the Battle of Navarino

Battle of Navarino

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 in 1827. His eldest surviving son, the fourth Baron, was a major-general in the British Army

British Army

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 and served in the Crimean War

Crimean War

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 and in the Anglo-Zulu War

Anglo-Zulu War

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. The latter's eldest son, the fifth Baron, was killed in action in the First World War and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baron. , the titles are held by the latter's second son, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 1967.

The Parnell Baronetcy, of Rathleague in the Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 3 November 1766 for the first Baron's grandfather John Parnell

Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet

Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet , was an Irish politician and a baronet.He was the only son of John Parnell, Esq., M.P., Judge of the Court of King's Bench, and Mary, sister of the Lord Chief-Justice Whitshed. His uncle, the Rev...

. He represented Maryborough

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 in the Irish Parliament. His son, the second Baron, sat as a Member of the Irish House of Commons

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 for Queen's County

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 and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland

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. His younger son was the aforementioned fourth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage in 1841.

Another member of the Parnell family was Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

. He was grandson of William Parnell-Hayres, third son of the second Baronet.

Parnell Baronets, of Rathleague (1766)

• Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet , was an Irish politician and a baronet.He was the only son of John Parnell, Esq., M.P., Judge of the Court of King's Bench, and Mary, sister of the Lord Chief-Justice Whitshed. His uncle, the Rev...
  
   (c. 1720–1782)
• Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet  (1744–1801)
• Sir John Augustus Parnell, 3rd Baronet (1775–1812)
• Sir Henry Brook Parnell, 4th Baronet (1776–1842) (created Baron Congleton in 1841)

Barons Congleton (1841)

• Henry Brook Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton (1776–1842)
• John Vesey Parnell, 2nd Baron Congleton
  John Parnell, 2nd Baron Congleton
  John Vesey Parnell, 2nd Baron Congleton was the son of Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Dawson-Damer .-Life:...
  
   (1805–1883)
• Henry William Parnell, 3rd Baron Congleton (1809–1896)
• Henry Parnell, 4th Baron Congleton (1839–1906)
• Henry Bligh Fortescue Parnell, 5th Baron Congleton (1890–1914)
• John Brooke Molesworth Parnell, 6th Baron Congleton (1892–1932)
• William Jared Parnell, 7th Baron Congleton (1925–1967)
• Christopher Patrick Parnell, 8th Baron Congleton (b. 1930)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's eldest son, the Hon. John Patrick Christian Parnell (b. 1959)