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The Barons BourchierBaron BourchierThe title Baron Bourchier is an abeyant peerage which was created in the Peerage of England in 1342 for Sir Robert Bourchier, who had been Lord High Chancellor from 1340–41....
, Barons BernersBaron BernersBaron Berners is a title in the Peerage of England.-From creation to first abeyance :The title was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and younger brother of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and William Bourcher, Baron FitzWarine...
, Barons FitzWarinBaron FitzWarinThe title Baron FitzWarin was a hereditary peerage created by Writ of summons for Fulk V FitzWarine in 1295. His family had been great lords for nearly a century, at least since his grandfather Fulk III had recovered Whittington Castle in 1205. This castle was their main residence and its...
, Earls of EssexEarl of EssexEarl of Essex is a title that has been held by several families and individuals. The earldom was first created in the 12th century for Geoffrey II de Mandeville . Upon the death of the third earl in 1189, the title became dormant or extinct...
and Earls of BathEarl of BathEarl of Bath was a title that was created five times in British history, three times in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once Peerage of the United Kingdom...
- Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier (d. 1349), son of John Bourchier (d. 1329), Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
- John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier (d. 1400)
- Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier (d. 1409)
- Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier (c.1399-1433)
- First husband: Hugh Stafford, jure uxoris 4th Baron Bourchier, later 1st Baron Stafford (d. 1420)
- Second husband: Lewis Robessart Lewis Robessart, jure uxoris 4th Baron Bourchier (d. 1431)
- Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier (d. 1409)
- Sir William Bouchier (d. 1375)
- William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1386–1420)
- Henry BourchierHenry Bourchier, 1st Earl of EssexHenry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG , was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Gloucester...
, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of EssexEarl of EssexEarl of Essex is a title that has been held by several families and individuals. The earldom was first created in the 12th century for Geoffrey II de Mandeville . Upon the death of the third earl in 1189, the title became dormant or extinct...
, 5th Baron Bourchier (c.1404–1483), Baroness Elizabeth's second cousin.- William, Viscount Bourchier (d. bef. 1480)
- Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Bourchier, 6th Baron BourchierHenry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of EssexHenry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC was an English soldier, peer and courtier at the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He married Mary Say, by whom he had one daughter, Anne, who became his heir.- Family :...
(c.1472–1540)- Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness BourchierAnne Bourchier, 7th Baroness BourchierAnne Bourchier was the suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier, suo jure Lady Lovayne, and Baroness Parr of Kendal. She was the first wife of William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, and the sister-in-law of Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII of England.She created a scandal in...
(d. 1571)
- Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness Bourchier
- Cecile Bourchier
- Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount HerefordWalter Devereux, 1st Viscount HerefordWalter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Viscount Hereford was an English Peer.-Family:...
(1488–1558)- Sir Richard Devereux (d. 1547)
- Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, 8th Baron BourchierWalter Devereux, 1st Earl of EssexWalter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG , an English nobleman and general. From 1573 until his death he fought in Ireland in connection with the Plantation of Ulster, where he ordered the massacre of Rathlin Island...
(1541–1576)- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 9th Baron BourchierRobert Devereux, 2nd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599...
(1566–1601)- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 10th Baron BourchierRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads...
(1591–1646), abeyant.
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 10th Baron Bourchier
- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 9th Baron Bourchier
- Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, 8th Baron Bourchier
- Sir Richard Devereux (d. 1547)
- Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford
- Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Bourchier, 6th Baron Bourchier
- Humphrey Bourchier, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell (d. 1471)
- Sir John BourchierJohn Bourchier (died 1495)Sir John Bourchier was a 15th century English knight and nobleman.He was the 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby by virtue of the fact that his wife Elizabeth Grey was the heiress of the title. Their marriage occurred before May 1462....
(d. 1495), jure uxoris 6th Baron Ferrers of GrobyBaron Ferrers of GrobyThe peerage title Baron Ferrers of Groby was created in the Peerage of England in 1300 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was a grandson of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby. In 1475 the eighth baron was created the Marquess of Dorset, with which...
- William, Viscount Bourchier (d. bef. 1480)
- Eleanor Bourchier (c.1417–1474), Duchess of NorfolkDuke of NorfolkThe Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the premier earl. The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and hereditary Marshal of England. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the...
, as wife to John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of NorfolkJohn de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of NorfolkSir John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk KG, Earl Marshal was an important player in the Wars of the Roses.He was the son of John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Lady Katherine Neville...
. - William Bourchier, jure uxoris Baron FitzwarynBaron FitzWarinThe title Baron FitzWarin was a hereditary peerage created by Writ of summons for Fulk V FitzWarine in 1295. His family had been great lords for nearly a century, at least since his grandfather Fulk III had recovered Whittington Castle in 1205. This castle was their main residence and its...
(c. 1412 – bef. 1469)- Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarinFulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarinFulk Bourchier, 5th Baron Fitzwaryn FitzWarin born in Baunton, England to Sir William Bourchier, 1st Baron Fitzwaryn and Thomazine Hankeford. He married Elizabeth Dynham, daughter of Lord John Dynham, 6th Baron Dynham and Joan Arches...
(1445–1479)- John Bourchier, 1st Earl of BathJohn Bourchier, 1st Earl of BathJohn Bourchier, 11th Baron FitzWarin, created 1st Earl of Bath was born in Essex, England to Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin and Elizabeth Dinham.-Marriages:...
, 11th Baron FitzWarin (1470–1539)- John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of BathJohn Bourchier, 2nd Earl of BathSir John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, PC was an Earl in the peerage of England. He also succeeded to the titles of 4th Baron FitzWarin, Baron of Daubeney and 4th Count of Eu....
, 12th Baron FitzWarin (1499–1561), commissioner at the trial of Lady Jane GreyLady Jane GreyLady Jane Grey , also known as The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman who was de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was subsequently executed...
.- Sir John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin (1529–1556)
- William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of BathWilliam Bourchier, 3rd Earl of BathWilliam Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath was the son of John Bourchier, 5th Baron FitzWarin, who died in the same year he was born, and Lady Frances Kytson. William succeeded to the title on the death of his grandfather, John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath in 1561.He was married in 1583 to Lady Elizabeth...
, 13th Baron FitzWarin (bef.1557–1623)- Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of BathEdward Bourchier, 4th Earl of BathEdward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath , was born 27 Aug 1575 in Somerset to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath and Elizabeth Russell. Edward was married twice first on 14 July 1623 to Dorothy St John, daughter of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso and Dorothy Read. They had five children...
, 14th Baron FitzWarin (1590–1636)
- Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath
- Hon. Sir George BourchierGeorge BourchierSir George Bourchier English soldier who fought and settled in Ireland. Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Member of the Irish Parliament.-Biography:George Bourchier was a the third son of the 2nd Earl of Bath by his wife Eleanor...
(c.1535–1605)- Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of BathHenry Bourchier, 5th Earl of BathHenry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath was an English Peer of the Realm, Lord Privy Seal, and landowner in counties Limerick, Armagh, Devon and Somerset-Biography:Sir Henry Bourchier was probably born and was certainly brought up in Ireland...
(1593–1654)
- Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath
- William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
- Sir John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin (1529–1556)
- John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath
- John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath
- Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin
- Thomas Bourchier (c.1404–1486), later cardinal
- John BourchierJohn Bourchier, 1st Baron BernersJohn Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, KG was an English peer.Bourchier was the fourth son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and his wife Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, and William Bourchier,...
, 1st Baron BernersBaron BernersBaron Berners is a title in the Peerage of England.-From creation to first abeyance :The title was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and younger brother of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and William Bourcher, Baron FitzWarine...
(d. 1471)- Sir Humphrey Bourchier (d. 1471)
- John Bourchier, 2nd Baron BernersJohn Bourchier, 2nd Baron BernersJohn Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners was a statesman and translator, born at Sherfield, Hertfordshire, England, to Sir Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney, and educated at Oxford University. He held various Offices of State, including that of Chancellor of the Exchequer to King Henry VIII, and...
(1467–1533), one of Henry VIII's Chancellors of the Exchequer - Margaret Bourchier (c. 1468 – c. 1551/52), made Baroness Bryan in her own right by Henry VIII, mother of his mistress, Elizabeth CarewElizabeth CarewElizabeth, Lady Carew , born around 1500, was an English courtier and reputed mistress of King Henry VIII.-Relatives:Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir Thomas Bryan and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Humphrey Bourchier...
- Anne Bourchier, Baroness DacreAnne Bourchier, Baroness DacreAnne Bourchier, Baroness Dacre was an English noblewoman, the wife of Sir Thomas Fiennes, 8th Baron Dacre. Her stepfather was Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, which made Queen consort Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England, her half-niece...
(1470–1530)
- John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
- Sir Humphrey Bourchier (d. 1471)
- Henry Bourchier
- William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1386–1420)
- John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier (d. 1400)
Other
- Arthur BourchierArthur BourchierArthur Bourchier was an English actor and theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh....
, English actor - Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet (c.1715 - 13 April 1784), politician
- Claud Thomas Bourchier (22 April 1831- 19 November 1877), English officer
- James David BourchierJames David BourchierJames David Bourchier was an Irish journalist and political activist. He worked for The Times as the newspaper's Balkan correspondent. He lived in Sofia from 1892 to 1915. Bourchier was an honourable member of the Sofia Journalists' Society and a trusted advisor of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria...
(1850 - 1920), Irish journalist and political activist - John Bourchier (regicide) (1595-1660) - English Puritan and regicide of Charles I
- John Bourchier (Australian politician)John Bourchier (Australian politician)John William Bourchier, CBE was an Australian politician. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, he was a company manager before entering politics. In 1972, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Bendigo. He held the seat until his defeat by future Victorian...
- Murray William James BourchierMurray William James BourchierBrigadier Sir Murray William James Bourchier CMG DSO VD MLA was an Australian soldier and former Deputy Premier of Victoria from April 1935 until June 1936.-Early life:...
(4 April 1881 - 16 December 1937), Australian soldier and politician