Baron Masham
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Peerage of Great Britain
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and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was first created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1712 when the courtier Samuel Masham
Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham
Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham , was a courtier in the court of Queen Anne, and the husband of her favourite, Abigail Masham , Baroness Masham....
was made Baron Masham, of Otes. In 1723 he also succeeded as fourth Baronet of High Lever. This creation became extinct on the death of the second Baron in 1776. The Masham Baronetcy, of High Lever
High Laver
High Laver is a village in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 4 miles east of Harlow and 1.4 miles north-west of Moreton....
in the County of Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, was created by James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
Baronetage of England on 20 December 1621 for Samuel Masham
Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet
Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1655.Masham was created baronet on 20 December 1621...
. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Essex
Essex (UK Parliament constituency)
Essex was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1290 until 1832. It elected two MPs, traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire, to the House of Commons...
. The baronetcy became extinct along with the barony in 1776.
It was created for a second time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1891, when the industrialist Samuel Lister
Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb.-Early life:...
was made Baron Masham, of Swinton in the County of York. This creation became extinct upon the death of the third Baron in 1924.
It was created for at third time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1955 when the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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politician Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton GBE, CH, MC, PC , known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.-Background and early life:Born as Philip Lloyd-Graeme, he was the...
, was made Baron Masham, of Ellington in the County of York. He was created Earl of Swinton
Earl of Swinton
Earl of Swinton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1955 for the prominent Conservative politician Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton. He had already been created Viscount Swinton, of Masham in the County of York, in 1935, and was made Baron Masham, of...
at the same time. Born Philip Lloyd Grame, he was the husband of Mary Constance Cunliffe-Lister, granddaughter of the first Baron of the 1891 creation, and had assumed the surname of Cunliffe-Lister in 1924 when his wife succeeded to the substantial Masham estates. Susan Cunliffe-Lister, wife of the second Earl of Swinton, was created a life peer
Life peer
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as Baroness Masham of Ilton in her own right in 1970.
Note: there is an older, separate title Baron Scrope of Masham
Baron Scrope of Masham
The title Baron Scrope of Masham was created in the Peerage of England on 25 November 1350 as a barony by writ for Henry le Scrope, son of Geoffrey le Scrope and first cousin of Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton. It was abolished by attainder in 1415 after the 3rd Baron was executed as...
, in abeyance
Abeyance
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since 1517 that belongs to the Scrope
Scrope
-Origin of name:The name may be derived from the old Anglo-Norman word for "crab" and that it began as a nickname for a club-footed illegitimate son of an English princess by a Norman knight. A crab moves sideways and so the name could fit a child with club feet...
family.
Masham Baronets, of High Lever (1621)
- Sir William Masham, 1st BaronetSir William Masham, 1st BaronetSir William Masham, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1655.Masham was created baronet on 20 December 1621...
(c. 1592–c. 1656) - Sir William Masham, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1663)
- Sir Francis Masham, 3rd Baronet (c. 1646–1723)
- Sir Samuel Masham, 4th BaronetSamuel Masham, 1st Baron MashamSamuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham , was a courtier in the court of Queen Anne, and the husband of her favourite, Abigail Masham , Baroness Masham....
(c. 1679–1758) (had been created Baron Masham in 1712)
Barons Masham; First creation (1712)
- Samuel Masham, 1st Baron MashamSamuel Masham, 1st Baron MashamSamuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham , was a courtier in the court of Queen Anne, and the husband of her favourite, Abigail Masham , Baroness Masham....
(c. 1679–1758) - Samuel Masham, 2nd Baron Masham (1712–1776)
Barons Masham; Second creation (1891)
- Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron MashamSamuel Lister, 1st Baron MashamSamuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb.-Early life:...
(1815–1906) - Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron MashamSamuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron MashamSamuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham was an English baron and industrialist.He was born in 1857, the son of Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham, and was educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Oxford...
(1857–1917) - John Cunliffe Lister, 3rd Baron Masham (1867–1924)