Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland
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Lady Margaret de Multon was the second to hold the title Baroness Multon of Gilsland. The title Baron Multon of Gilsland was created once 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....

. On 26 August 1307 Thomas de Multon was summoned to parliament as Baron Multon of Gilsland
Baron Multon of Gilsland
The title Baron Multon of Gillesland was created once in the Peerage of England, when on 26 August 1307 Thomas de Multon was summoned to parliament. At his death, his daughter Margaret inherited the title; she was married to Ralph Dacre, who was summoned to parliament as Baron Dacre and not as...

. As the only daughter and heiress, Margaret inherited the title and estates of her father. She married Ranulph (Ralph)de Dacre
Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre
Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre was an English peer.Dacre was the son of Sir William Dacre of Cumberland.In 1321 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Dacre. In 1331 he was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland and Governor of Carlisle. He married Margaret de Multon, Baroness Multon of Gilsland...

, who was summoned to parliament as Lord Dacre in 1321. The title and estates after Margaret inherited them was conveyed to the Dacre
Baron Dacre
Baron Dacre is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England, every time by writ. The first creation came in 1321 when Ralph Dacre was summoned to Parliament as Lord Dacre. He married Margaret, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland, heiress of a large estate in Cumbria centred on...

 family.

She was succeeded by her son William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre
William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre
William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre was an English peer. In the final months of his life he was also 3rd Baron Multon of Gilsland...

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Margaret was the great great great granddaughter of Thomas de Multon.
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