Baron Windsor
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There have been several titles created in the name of Windsor.
The first was that of Baron Windsor, in the Peerage of England
, created by writ of summons in 1529 for Sir Andrew Windsor of Stanwell
. The title still exists, and is held by the Earl of Plymouth
.
The title of Viscount Windsor of Blackcastle, in the Peerage of Ireland
, was created in 1699 for Thomas Windsor, younger son of the 7th Baron Windsor. It became extinct on the death of the second Viscount in 1758.
The 2nd Viscount Windsor's daughter married the 4th Earl of Bute, and her husband was created Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute
, in the Peerage of Great Britain
, in 1796. This title is still extant.
Another title of Viscount Windsor, this time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
, was created for the 14th Baron Windsor in 1905, along with the Earldom of Plymouth.
The last Windsor title to be created was that of Duke of Windsor, conferred on HRH The Prince Edward
, elder brother of King George VI
, in 1937 after his abdication of the throne. He was unrelated to the family of the Barons Windsor, but the Royal Family had adopted the name of Windsor
in 1917. The Dukedom of Windsor became extinct at his death in 1972.
See Earl of Plymouth
See Marquess of Bute
See Earl of Plymouth
The first was that of Baron Windsor, 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....
, created by writ of summons in 1529 for Sir Andrew Windsor of Stanwell
Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor
Sir Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor was an English nobleman. He inherited the manor of Stanwell in Middlesex. In 1542, during a visit by King Henry VIII, he was obliged to surrender the manor to the crown. In return he was offered the lands of Tardebigge and the seat of Hewell Grange in modern...
. The title still exists, and is held by the Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...
.
The title of Viscount Windsor of Blackcastle, 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,...
, was created in 1699 for Thomas Windsor, younger son of the 7th Baron Windsor. It became extinct on the death of the second Viscount in 1758.
The 2nd Viscount Windsor's daughter married the 4th Earl of Bute, and her husband was created Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute
Marquess of Bute
Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.-Family history:...
, 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 1796. This title is still extant.
Another title of Viscount Windsor, this time 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...
, was created for the 14th Baron Windsor in 1905, along with the Earldom of Plymouth.
The last Windsor title to be created was that of Duke of Windsor, conferred on HRH The Prince Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
, elder brother of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
, in 1937 after his abdication of the throne. He was unrelated to the family of the Barons Windsor, but the Royal Family had adopted the name of Windsor
House of Windsor
The House of Windsor is the royal house of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V by royal proclamation on the 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of his family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom...
in 1917. The Dukedom of Windsor became extinct at his death in 1972.
Barons Windsor (1529)
- Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron WindsorAndrew Windsor, 1st Baron WindsorSir Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor was an English nobleman. He inherited the manor of Stanwell in Middlesex. In 1542, during a visit by King Henry VIII, he was obliged to surrender the manor to the crown. In return he was offered the lands of Tardebigge and the seat of Hewell Grange in modern...
(1467–1543) - William Windsor, 2nd Baron Windsor (1498–1558)
- Edward Windsor, 3rd Baron WindsorEdward Windsor, 3rd Baron WindsorSir Edward Windsor, 3rd Baron Windsor was an English peer.His wife was Katherine de Vere , an older half-sister of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford...
(1532–1574) - Frederick Windsor, 4th Baron Windsor (1559–1585)
- Henry Windsor, 5th Baron Windsor (1562–1605)
- Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor (1591–1642), barony abeyant at his death
- Thomas Windsor Hickman, 7th Baron Windsor (1627–1687), abeyance terminated 1660, created Earl of Plymouth in 1682
- Other Hickman, 8th Baron Windsor, 2nd Earl of PlymouthOther Windsor, 2nd Earl of PlymouthOther Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth was a British peer, styled Lord Windsor from 1682 to 1687.The son of Other Windsor, Lord Windsor and Elizabeth Turvey, he succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Plymouth in 1687. On 12 April 1706, he was awarded a DCL by Oxford...
(1679–1727) - Other Hickman, 9th Baron Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth (1707–1732)
- Other Lewis Hickman, 10th Baron Windsor, 4th Earl of PlymouthOther Windsor, 4th Earl of PlymouthOther Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth was a British peer, styled Lord Windsor until 1732.He succeeded his father as Earl of Plymouth at the age of one, and was educated at Eton and The Queen's College, Oxford...
(1731–1771) - Other Hickman Windsor, 11th Baron Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth (1751–1799)
- Other Archer Windsor, 12th Baron Windsor, 6th Earl of PlymouthOther Windsor, 6th Earl of PlymouthOther Archer Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth was an English nobleman, the eldest son of the 5th Earl of Plymouth....
(1789–1833), barony abeyant at his death - Harriet Windsor, 13th Baroness Windsor (1797–1869), abeyance terminated 1855
- Robert George Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron WindsorRobert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of PlymouthRobert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth GBE, CB, PC , known as The Lord Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background:...
(1857–1923), created Viscount Windsor and Earl of Plymouth in 1905 - Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 15th Baron Windsor, 2nd Earl of PlymouthIvor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of PlymouthIvor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC was an English nobleman and Conservative politician....
(1889–1943) - Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive, 16th Baron Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth (b. 1923)
See Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...
Viscounts Windsor (1699)
- Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor (1669–1738)
- Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor (1707–1758)
Earls of Windsor (1796)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 1st Earl of Windsor, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744–1814)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Earl of Windsor, 2nd Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, KT, FRS was the son of John, Lord Mount Stuart and the former Lady Elizabeth McDouall-Crichton...
(1793–1848) - John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Earl of Windsor, 3rd Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of ButeJohn Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute KT, KSG, KGCHS was a landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist and architectural patron.-Early life:...
(1847–1900) - John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Earl of Windsor, 4th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute KT was a Scottish peer, the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute....
(1881–1947) - John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Earl of Windsor, 5th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute was the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute and Augusta Bellingham....
(1907–1956) - John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Earl of Windsor, 6th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, KBE was the son of the 5th Marquess of Bute and the former Lady Eileen Forbes ....
(1933–1993) - John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Earl of Windsor, 7th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of ButeJohn Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute , styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993 and from this courtesy title usually known as Johnny Dumfries, is a Scottish peer and a former racing driver. He does not use his title and prefers to be known solely as John Bute...
(b. 1958)
See Marquess of Bute
Marquess of Bute
Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.-Family history:...
Viscounts Windsor (1905)
- Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Viscount Windsor, 1st Earl of PlymouthRobert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of PlymouthRobert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth GBE, CB, PC , known as The Lord Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background:...
(1857–1923) - Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Viscount Windsor, 2nd Earl of PlymouthIvor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of PlymouthIvor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC was an English nobleman and Conservative politician....
(1889–1943) - Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive, 3rd Viscount Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth (b. 1923)
See Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...
Dukes of Windsor (1937)
- The Prince Edward, 1st Duke of WindsorEdward VIII of the United KingdomEdward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
(1894–1972)