Baron Montfort
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Baron Montfort is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

 when John de Montfort was summoned to parliament on 23 June 1295. In 1367 the title either became extinct or fell into abeyance on the death of the third Baron. The second creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

 in 1741 when Henry Bromley
Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort , was a British landowner and politician.Bromley was the only son of John Bromley and the grandson of John Bromley, both Knights of the Shire for Cambridgeshire. His mother Marcy died in childbed. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge...

 was made Lord Montfort, Baron of Horseheath, in the County of Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

. He had previously represented Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Cambridgeshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. 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 1885. It was represented by two Knights...

 in Parliament, as had his father John Bromley and grandfather John Bromley. Lord Montfort was succeeded by his only son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for the city of Cambridge
Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron, in 1851.

Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor
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 Sir Thomas Bromley
Thomas Bromley
Sir Thomas Bromley was an English lord chancellor.-Life:He was born in Staffordshire, was educated at Oxford University and then called to the bar at the Middle Temple...

 and Lord Chief Justice
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
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 Sir Thomas Bromley
Thomas Bromley (chief justice)
Sir Thomas Bromley was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Bromley was of an old Staffordshire family, and a second cousin of Sir Thomas Bromley . His father was Roger, son of Roger Bromley of Mitley, Shropshire, and his mother was Jane, daughter of Mr....

 were also members of the Bromley family.

Barons Montfort (1295)

  • John de Montfort, 1st Baron Montfort (d. 1296)
  • John de Montfort, 2nd Baron Montfort (1291–1314)
  • Peter de Montfort, 3rd Baron Montfort (d. 1367)

Barons Montfort (1741)

  • Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
    Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
    Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort , was a British landowner and politician.Bromley was the only son of John Bromley and the grandson of John Bromley, both Knights of the Shire for Cambridgeshire. His mother Marcy died in childbed. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge...

     (1705–1755)
  • Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron Montfort (1733–1799)
  • Henry Bromley, 3rd Baron Montfort (1773–1851)
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