The Berney Baronetcy, of Park Hall in Reedham in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 5 May 1620 for Richard Berney, Sheriff of

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in 1622.

Family history

The Berney (Barney) name comes from that place which is in the hundred of North Greenhow,

, and is recorded as ''Berlej'' in the

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.. The family can be traced back to Sir Thomas de Berney, who in the reign of

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, acquired the manor of Reedham through his marriage with Margaret, daughter and heir of William de Reedham. His descendant Henry Berney (died 1584) moved the family seat from near Reedham Church, and built Reedham Hall within a park. It was also known as Park Hall. It was sold in 1696 and gutted in a fire in 1750. Henry's eldest son, Sir Richard Berney, was Sheriff of Norfolk in 1610. He married Juliana, daughter of judge Sir Thomas Gawdy of Redenhall. Their son Sir Richard Berney, 1st Baronet (died 1668) was created a baronet in 1620. Another son Thomas Berney was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1647 and the ancestor of the Berneys of Morton Hall in Broadland, Norfolk. The 1st Baronet married Anne Smallpage of

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. He left all his estates in Reedham not to his eldest son and heir, the second Baronet, but to his second son, Richard. The 6th Baronet was Sheriff of

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in 1762. The 7th Baronet, Sir John Berney, married Lady Henrietta Neville, daughter of George Neville, 1st Earl of Abergavenny in 1779. The 8th Baronet, Sir Hanson Berney, oversaw the renovation and extension of

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Hall, the

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. Designed by James & Turner of Norwich, the existing east wing was renovated and the south-west double wing was added in 1865. Sir Hanson also established the village pub known today as The Berney Arms. Sir Henry Hanson Berney, 9th Baronet, married Jane Dorothy Bloxam, daughter of the Rev. Andrew Bloxam. Lady Berney survived her husband, dying in December 1921. Amongst her mourners was her daughter, Mrs H.D. Middleton and her grandson, Sir Thomas Reedham Berney, 10th Baronet; the baronetcy having passed to him following the death of his father Captain Thomas Hugh Berney, 2nd West Yorkshires in the

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. The 10th Baronet died in 1975.

Berney Baronets, of Parkehall (1620)

* Sir Richard Berney, 1st Baronet (died 1668) *Sir Thomas Berney, 2nd Baronet (died 1693) *Sir Richard Berney, 3rd Baronet (died 1706) *Sir Richard Berney, 4th Baronet (1688–1710) *Sir Thomas Berney, 5th Baronet (died 1742) *Sir Hanson Berney, 6th Baronet (died 1778) *Sir John Berney, 7th Baronet (1757–1825) *Sir Hanson Berney, 8th Baronet (1780–1870) *Sir Henry Hanson Berney, 9th Baronet (1843–1907) **Thomas Hugh Berney (died 1900) *Sir Thomas Reedham Berney, 10th Baronet (1893–1975) *Sir Julian Reedham Stuart Berney, 11th Baronet (born 1952) The

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to the baronetcy is William Reedham John Berney (born 1980), eldest son of the 11th Baronet.

References

{{Reflist Berney 1620 establishments in England