Baron Berkeley of Stratton, in the County of

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, was a title in the

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. It was created in 1658 for

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602 – 26 August 1678) of Berkeley House in Westminster and of Twickenham Park in Middlesex, was an English royalist soldier, politician and diplomat, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley f ...

, a Royalist during the

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who had distinguished himself at the

Battle of Stratton The Battle of Stratton, also known as the Battle of Stamford Hill, took place on 16 May 1643, at Stratton in Cornwall, during the First English Civil War. In the battle, the Royalists destroyed the Parliamentarians' field army in Devon and ...

, fought in 1643 at Stratton in Cornwall. He was a member of the Berkeley family of Bruton in Somerset, descended from Sir Maurice de Berkeley, a younger son of

Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1281 – 31 May 1326), ''The Magnanimous'', English feudal barony, feudal Berkeley family, baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a Peerage of the United Kingdom, peer. H ...

(1271–1326) of

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, the senior line of the Berkeley family. His brother was

Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (14 December 1599 – 12 June 1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1668. He supported the Cavaliers, Royalist ca ...

and his nephew was

Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth (11 January 1630 – 3 June 1665) was an English nobleman and naval officer who was the son of Charles Berkeley (1599–1668) and his wife Penelope née Godolphin (died 1669), of the Bruton branch of t ...

. The 1st Baron's second son, the 3rd Baron (who succeeded his elder brother), was an Admiral in the

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who died without surviving issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the 4th Baron, who served as

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between 1714 and 1715. On his death, the title passed to his eldest son, the 5th Baron,

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and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-Pensioners, who died childless in 1773 when the title became extinct. This branch of the family had as their London

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Berkeley House which was renamed and remodelled as Devonshire House on Piccadilly, stretching into mid-

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; part of its gardens remain

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, six other roads across this few-acre ex-holding are legacies of the family names: Berkeley Street,

Stratton Street Stratton Street is a street in the Mayfair district of the City of Westminster, London. It runs from Berkeley Street in the north to Piccadilly in the south. History Stratton Street started to be built in 1693 on land occupied at some time b ...

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, Bruton Place and Bruton Lane.

Barons Berkeley of Stratton (1658)

(1607–1678) **Charles Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1662–1681) **

John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton Admiral John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1663 – 27 February 1697) was an English admiral, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family. Biography He was the second son of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, and su ...

(c. 1663–1697) **

William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton PC, PC (I) (died 24 March 1741), was a British politician and judge, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family. He was Master of the Rolls in Ireland between 1696 and 1731 and also held polit ...

(d. 1741) *** John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (d. 1773) The latter died without progeny when the title became extinct. He left the bulk of his wealth to Frederick Augustus Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, 13th Baron Berkeley (1745–1810), a remote cousin on several sides; the earldom is dormant but was until 1882 co-held with the barony for the time being which passes through daughters as ''de jure'' Baronesses; such holder is the 5th Earl's seniormost heir.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berkeley Of Stratton 1658 establishments in England Extinct baronies in the Peerage of England

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Noble titles created in 1658

Barons Berkeley of Stratton (1658)

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