The titles Baron Beauchamp and Viscount Beauchamp have been created several times throughout

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history. There is an extant Viscountcy of Beauchamp, held by the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford.

Beauchamp family

The name Beauchamp (French "beautiful/fair field"), Latinised to ''de Bello Campo'' ("from the beautiful field/fair field"), is borne by three of the most ancient Anglo-Norman families which settled in England during the

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of 1066: Beauchamp of Worcestershire, of Somerset and of Bedfordshire. The surname was taken from their respective manors in Normandy and there is no evidence of any shared origin between the families of that name seated in those three separate counties. The Bedfordshire branch died out in the male line after only two generations. The heir of the Somerset branch was the powerful Seymour family, whilst the Worcestershire branch achieved the greatest power and prominence as

Earls of Warwick Earl of Warwick is one of the most prestigious titles in the peerages of the United Kingdom. The title has been created four times in English history, and the name refers to Warwick Castle and the town of Warwick. Overview The first creation ...

Barons Beauchamp, first creation ("de Somerset") (1299–1361)

(Descendants of the feudal barons of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset) * John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1274–1336) * John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp (d. 1343) *

John de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp John de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset (20 January 1329 – 8 October 1361) was an English peer. Origins He was born at Stoke-sub-Hamdon in Somerset, the eldest son and heir of John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Be ...

(1330–1361) (abeyant on his death) The barony was unsuccessfully claimed in 1924 by

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Baron Beauchamp, second creation ("de Warwick") (1350–1360)

John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick Admiral of the Fleet John Paveley de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick KG (c. 1316 – 2 December 1360) was the third son of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, and brother of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, with whom ...

(1316–1360)

Baron Beauchamp, third creation ("of Bletso") (1363–1380)

* Roger Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Bletso (died 1380) *Sir Roger de Beauchamp (d. 3 May 1406) *Sir John Beauchamp, de jure 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe (d. 1412-1414)

Barons Beauchamp, fourth creation ("of Kidderminster") (1387–1400)

This was the first barony created by letters patent, by King Richard II in 1387. They were seated at Holt Castle, Worcestershire, a junior branch of the senior Elmley line. * John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1319–1388) (forfeit 1388) * John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp (1378–1420) (attainder reversed 1398; forfeit in 1400 by renewal of attainder)

Barons Beauchamp, fifth creation ("of Powick") (1447–1503)

Descended from Walter de Beauchamp (died 1303/6) of Beauchamp's Court, Alcester in Warwickshire and of Beauchamp Court,

Powick Powick is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District, Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England, located two miles south of the city of Worcester, England, Worcester and four miles north of Great Malvern. The parish include ...

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

, Steward of the Household to King Edward I and younger brother of

William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (c. 1238 – 1298) was the eldest of eight children of William de Beauchamp of Elmley and his wife Isabel de Mauduit. He was an English nobleman and soldier, described as a “vigorous and innovative mili ...

(c.1238-1298), the first of his family to hold that title (inherited from their mother). * John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d. 1475) (great-great grandson of Walter de Beauchamp (died 1303/6)) *

Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Powick ( 1435 – 19 January 1502/3) was an English peer. Family origins He was the son of John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (fifth creation), 1st Lord of Powick (d. 1475) and Margaret de Ferrers, poss ...

(1435–1503)

Seymour family

Viscount Beauchamp, first creation ("of Hache") (1536–1552)

The Seymour family inherited the capital manor of Hatch Beauchamp (anciently ''Hache'') due to the marriage of Roger Seymour (d.c.1361) to Cecily Beauchamp (d.1393), the aunt and heiress of John IV de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp (1330-1361),Cookson, Christopher, ''Hatch Beauchamp Church'', section: ''Historical Note on the Church and its Associations'', 197

Feudal barony of Hatch Beauchamp, feudal baron of Hatch Beauchamp. * Edward Seymour, 1st Viscount Beauchamp (created Earl of Hertford in 1537 and Duke of Somerset in 1547; forfeit in 1552)

Barons Beauchamp, sixth creation ("of Hache") (1559–1750)

* Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1537–1621) * William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 2nd Baron Beauchamp (1587–1660) * William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset, 3rd Baron Beauchamp (1654–1671) * John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset, 4th Baron Beauchamp (d. 1675) * Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset, 5th Baron Beauchamp (1658–1678) * Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, 6th Barom Beauchamp (1662–1748) * Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, 7th Baron Beauchamp (1684–1750) (Barony extinct on his death)

Viscounts Beauchamp, second creation ("of Hache") (1750—)

* Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp (1718–1794) (created Marquess of Hertford in 1793) See

Marquess of Hertford The titles of Earl of Hertford and Marquess of Hertford have been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain. The third Earldom of Hertford was created in 1559 for Edward Seymour, who was simultaneously created Baron Be ...

for further Viscounts Beauchamp.

Lygon family

Barons Beauchamp, seventh creation ("of Powyke") (1806–1979)

* William Lygon, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1747–1816) (created Earl Beauchamp in 1815) See

Earl Beauchamp Earl Beauchamp () was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The peerage was created in 1815 for William Lygon, 1st Baron Beauchamp, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Elmley, in the County of Worcester. He had already been creat ...

for descents.

References

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