Baron le Despencer
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The title Baron le Despencer has been created several times by writ 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....

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Creation

The first creation was in 1295, when Hugh the elder Despenser was summoned to the Model Parliament
Model Parliament
The Model Parliament is the term, attributed to Frederic William Maitland, used for the 1295 Parliament of England of King Edward I. This assembly included members of the clergy and the aristocracy, as well as representatives from the various counties and boroughs. Each county returned two knights,...

. He was the eldest son of the sometime Justiciar
Justiciar
In medieval England and Ireland the Chief Justiciar was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch's chief minister. Similar positions existed on the Continent, particularly in Norman Italy. The term is the English form of the medieval Latin justiciarius or justitiarius In...

 Hugh le Despenser
Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
Sir Hugh was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London....

 (d. 1265), who was summoned in 1264 to De Montfort's Parliament
De Montfort's Parliament
De Montfort's Parliament was an English parliament of 1265, instigated by Simon de Montfort, a baronial rebel leader. Although this gathering did not have the approval of king Henry III, and the members convened without royal approval, most scholars believe this was the first gathering in England...

 and is sometimes considered the first baron. Hugh the younger Despenser
Hugh the younger Despenser
Hugh Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser , also referred to as "the younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester , and Isabella daughter of William, 9th Earl of Warwick.-Titles and possessions:Hugh Despenser the younger was knight of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire,...

, son of Hugh the elder, was also summoned to Parliament in 1314, during his father's lifetime, the second creation of the title. Both elder and younger Despencers were attainted in 1326, extinguishing the two creations.

In 1338, Hugh le Despencer
Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer
Hugh le Despencer was the eldest son and heir of Hugh the younger Despenser, son of Hugh the elder Despenser. His father and grandfather both were executed in 1326. His mother was Eleanor de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and Joan of Acre...

, son of Hugh the younger, was summoned to Parliament, the third creation of the title. He died without issue in 1349, and the title became extinct.

In 1357, this Hugh's nephew, Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne, the sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349.Le Despencer went with Edward the Black Prince to France, and was present at the Battle of Poitiers...

 was summoned to Parliament, the fourth creation. His son Thomas inherited the title in 1375. Thomas was created Earl of Gloucester
Earl of Gloucester
The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of England. A fictional earl is also a character in William Shakespeare's play King Lear. See also Duke of Gloucester.-Earls of Gloucester, 1st Creation :...

 in 1397, and in 1398, the attainders of the elder and younger Despencers were reversed, making him (in modern law) heir to the first and second creations as well. Thomas himself was attainted in 1400 for his part in the Epiphany Rising
Epiphany Rising
The Epiphany Rising was a failed rebellion against Henry IV of England in January 1400.-Background:After the murder of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester in 1397, Richard II rewarded those who had supported him against Gloucester and the Lords Appellant with a plethora of new titles.Upon...

. Upon the death of Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick
Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick
Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick was born in Cardiff, the only child of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and Lady Cecily Neville. Her maternal grandparents were Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury...

 in 1449, claims to his baronies passed into abeyance, so that the reversal of his attainder in 1461 had no immediate effect. In 1604, the first creation of the barony was called out of abeyance for Mary Fane, the first barony by writ of summons to so be revived. When calling it out of abeyance, the House of Lords gave it precedence as if it had been created in 1264. Her successor in the barony was the first Earl of Westmorland
Earl of Westmorland
Earl of Westmorland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. The title was first created in 1397 for Ralph Neville. It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland for leading the Rising of the North. It was revived in 1624 in favour of Sir Francis...

, and the next six earls held the barony and the earldom together. At the death of the seventh earl, the barony again fell into abeyance. The abeyance was terminated for Sir Francis Dashwood, but at his death the barony again went into abeyance. Once again, the Sovereign had to terminate the abeyance, and the same was done in favour of Sir Thomas Stapleton, Baronet. The eighteenth baron succeeded to the title of Viscount Falmouth
Viscount Falmouth
Viscount Falmouth is a title that has been created twice, first in the Peerage of England, and then in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 for George FitzRoy, illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers. He was created Earl of...

, and the two titles have remained united since.

The fifth creation of the title was made in 1387 for Philip le Despencer, great-grandson of Hugh the elder Despencer. The title became dormant on the death of his son Philip, the second baron, in 1424. One of his heirs was created Baron Wentworth
Baron Wentworth
Baron Wentworth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Thomas Wentworth, who was also de jure sixth Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation. The title was created by writ, which means that it descends according to the male-preference cognatic...

, and the dormant title became abeyant with that barony in 1815, until its termination in 1856.

Barons le Despencer, First Creation (1264/1295)

  • Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
    Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
    Sir Hugh was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London....

     (1223–1265) (now considered to predate the hereditary baronage)
  • Hugh le Despencer, 1st/2nd Baron le Despencer (1262–1326) (attainted 1326)
  • Attainder reversed 1398; see creation of 1357 below

Barons le Despencer, Second Creation (1314)

  • Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser , also referred to as "the younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester , and Isabella daughter of William, 9th Earl of Warwick.-Titles and possessions:Hugh Despenser the younger was knight of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire,...

     (1286–1326) (attainted 1326)
  • Attainder reversed 1398; see creation of 1357 below

Barons le Despencer, Third Creation (1338)

  • Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer
    Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer
    Hugh le Despencer was the eldest son and heir of Hugh the younger Despenser, son of Hugh the elder Despenser. His father and grandfather both were executed in 1326. His mother was Eleanor de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and Joan of Acre...

     1308–1349

Barons le Despencer, Fourth Creation (1357)

  • Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
    Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
    Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne, the sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349.Le Despencer went with Edward the Black Prince to France, and was present at the Battle of Poitiers...

     (1336–1375)
  • Thomas le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer (1373–1400) (attainder of first and second creations reversed 1398; attainted 1400)


The first, second, and fourth creations lay under attainder from 1400, and became abeyant as well in 1449. The attainder was reversed in 1461 and the first creation only was called out of abeyance in 1604 for Mary Fane.

Barons le Despencer, First Creation (1264, contin.)

  • Mary Fane, 7th Baroness le Despencer (1554–1626) (abeyance terminated 1604)
  • Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 8th Baron le Despencer
    Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland
    Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, KB head of the Fane family, of Mereworth in Kent, and then of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire, was first a Member of Parliament and then an English peer...

     (1580–1629)
  • Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, 9th Baron le Despencer
    Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland
    Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland was an English nobleman, politician, and writer.-Life:One of seven sons of Francis Fane by his wife Mary, granddaughter of Sir Walter Mildmay, Mildmay Fane was born in Kent and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge . He became MP for Peterborough in 1620...

     (1602–1666)
  • Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, 10th Baron le Despencer
    Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
    Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. Before succeeding to the peerage, he had been a Member of Parliament for Peterborough from 1660 to 1666....

     (1635–1691)
  • Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, 11th Baron le Despencer
    Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland
    Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland KB , known as Sir Vere Fane from 1661 to 1691, was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Peterborough and Kent.He was Lord Lieutenant of Kent...

     (1645–1693)
  • Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, 12th Baron le Despencer (1678–1699)
  • Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland, 13th Baron le Despencer
    Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland
    Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland was a British peer and member of the House of Lords.He was a Privy Counsellor, First Lord of Trade, Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire, Justice in Eyre and Gentleman of the Bedchamber. His titles included Earl of Westmorland, Baron le Despencer, andBaron...

     (1683–1736)
  • John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, 14th Baron le Despencer
    John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
    John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland was an English nobleman, styled The Honourable John Fane from 1691 to 1736....

     (1685–1762) (abeyant 1762)
  • Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer
    Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer
    Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer was an English rake and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer and founder of the Hellfire Club.-Early life:...

     (1708–1781) (abeyance terminated 1763; abeyant 1781)
  • Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer (1766–1831) (abeyance terminated 1788)
  • Mary Frances Elizabeth Boscawen, 17th Baroness le Despencer (née Stapleton) (1822–1891)
  • Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth, 18th Baron le Despencer (1847–1918)

See Viscount Falmouth
Viscount Falmouth
Viscount Falmouth is a title that has been created twice, first in the Peerage of England, and then in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 for George FitzRoy, illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers. He was created Earl of...

 for further Barons le Despencer.

Barons le Despencer, Fifth Creation (1387)

  • Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
    Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
    Philip Le Despencer, born 1346 in Gedney, Lincolnshire, England, was the son and heir of Philip Le Despencer and Joan Strange. He married Margaret de Cobham, daughter of John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham. Philip is listed in The Complete Peerage of England, 1890 edition, volume 3, page 96 as being...

     (1342–1401)
  • Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer
    Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer
    Philip Le Despencer Born 1364 in Nettlestead, Gloucestershire, England, was the son and heir of Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer and Margaret De Cobham the Dau of John De Cobham . He married Elizabeth De Tiptoft, oldest daughter and one of three heirs of Robert Tiptoft and his wife...

     (1365–1424)
  • The barony became dormant after his death
  • Margery le Despencer
    Margery le Despencer
    Margery Despencer was the Daughter and Heir of Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer. She was born about 1397 in Nettlestead, Gloucestershire, England, and Married John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros. He died without heir, and she then married [2] Roger Wentworth, the son of John Wentworth. It...

    (d. 1478)
  • Sir Henry Wentworth
    Henry Wentworth
    Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, KB , de jure Lord Despenser, was the grandfather of King Henry VIII's third Queen, Jane Seymour, and the great-grandfather of Jane's son, King Edward VI.-Life:Sir Henry Wentworth was born about 1448, the only son and heir of the courtier Sir Philip...

    (c. 1447–1499/1500)
  • Sir Richard Wentworth (c. 1458–1528)
  • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
    Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
    Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and de jure 6th Baron le Despencer, PC was an English peer and courtier during the Tudor dynasty....

    (1501–1551) (created Baron Wentworth
    Baron Wentworth
    Baron Wentworth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Thomas Wentworth, who was also de jure sixth Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation. The title was created by writ, which means that it descends according to the male-preference cognatic...

     in 1529)
  • For further heirs, see Baron Wentworth
    Baron Wentworth
    Baron Wentworth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Thomas Wentworth, who was also de jure sixth Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation. The title was created by writ, which means that it descends according to the male-preference cognatic...

    ; abeyant 1815.
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