There have been two baronet

Baronet

A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...

cies created for people named Berkeley, both in the Baronetage of England. The first was on 29 June 1611 for Henry Berkeley of Wymondham in Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

, a descendant of Thomas Berkeley, younger son of Thomas de Berkeley

Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley

Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley , aka The Wise, was an English baron, soldier and diplomat.Thomas was born in 1245 at Berkeley Castle in the English county of Gloucestershire, the son of Sir Maurice de Berkeley and Isabel FitzRoy...

, 1st Baron Berkeley

Baron Berkeley

The title Baron Berkeley originated as a feudal title and was subsequently created twice in the Peerage of England by writ. It was first granted by writ to Thomas II de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, 6th feudal Baron Berkeley, in 1295, but the title of that creation became extinct at the death of...

. It became extinct at his death in about 1630. The second creation was on 2 July 1660, for Maurice Berkeley, eldest son of Sir Charles Berkeley

Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge

Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1668....

, of Bruton in Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

 (who was descended from Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley

Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley

Maurice Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley , sometimes termed The Magnanimous, was an English baron and rebel....

). He succeeded his father as 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge

Viscount Fitzhardinge

Viscount Fitzhardinge is an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 14 July 1663 for Charles Berkeley, later Earl of Falmouth, with the subsidiary title of Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne, also in the Peerage of Ireland...

 in 1668, and died 13 June 1690, when the baronetcy became extinct and the viscountcy passed to his younger brother, John Berkeley.

Baronets, of Bruton (1660)

• Sir Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baronet (1628–1690), succeeded as 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge in 1668.