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created by writ in the
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.


From creation to first abeyance (1455–1693)

The barony was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of
William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (2 March 137528 May 1420), was an English knight created by King Henry V 1st Count of Eu, in Normandy. Origins He was born 2 March 1375, the son of Sir William Bourchier (d. 1375; the younger son of Robert Bo ...
, and younger brother of
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex ( – 4 April 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and Anne of Gloucester. On his mother's side, he was a grea ...
and of
William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin William Bourchier (1407–1470) ''jure uxoris'' 9th Baron FitzWarin, was an English nobleman. He was summoned to Parliament in 1448 as Baron FitzWarin in right of his wife Thomasine Hankford. He was the second son of William Bourchier, 1st Cou ...
(from whom the Bourchier
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descended). He married Margery Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners. The peerage is so ancient as to have been established by
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, and thus can descend through both male and female lines (in the absence of an official grant of remainder). He was succeeded by his grandson
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467 – 19 March 1533) was an English soldier, statesman and translator. Family John Bourchier, born about 1467, was the only son of Humphrey Bourchier (d. 1471 at the Battle of Barnet) and Elizabeth Tiln ...
, who served as
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between 1516 and 1527 and is well known in literature as ''Lord Berners'', having made a well-regarded English translation of
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. He died without male progeny and was thus succeeded by his daughter Jane Bourchier, wife of Sir Edmund Knyvett and ''de jure'' 3rd Baroness Berners, although she never assumed the title. Her grandson
Thomas Knyvett Sir Thomas Knyvett (also Knevitt or Knivet or Knevet), of Buckenham, Norfolk (c. 1485 – 10 August 1512) was a young English nobleman who was a close associate of King Henry VIII shortly after the monarch came to the throne. According to Hall ...
, the ''de jure'' 4th Baron, received a writ of summons in this title but died before obtaining the King's confirmation. His great-great-grandson Sir
Thomas Knyvett Sir Thomas Knyvett (also Knevitt or Knivet or Knevet), of Buckenham, Norfolk (c. 1485 – 10 August 1512) was a young English nobleman who was a close associate of King Henry VIII shortly after the monarch came to the throne. According to Hall ...
, the ''de jure'' 7th Baron Berners, sat as a Member of Parliament for
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and Eyre. On his death in 1693 the
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fell into
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between his two sisters, Elizabeth Knyvett, wife of Sir
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, and Katherine Knyvett, wife firstly of John Harris and secondly of Richard Bokenham.


From restoration to death of 14th Baron (1711–1950)

The barony by writ of summons remained in abeyance until 1711, when, on the death of Sir Thomas Glenham, only child of Elizabeth Glenham (''see above''), the peerage title devolved on the aforementioned Katherine Bokenham, who became the ''de jure'' eighth holder. In 1720 she was confirmed by the
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as 8th Baroness Berners. However, on her death in 1743 the barony again fell into abeyance, this time between the heirs of the sisters Elizabeth Knyvett (wife of Henry Wilson) and Lucy Knyvett (wife firstly of Thomas Holt and secondly of John Field), both great-granddaughters of Thomas Knyvett, younger brother of
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. This time the peerage remained in abeyance for 89 years, until the abeyance was terminated in 1832 in favour of Robert Wilson, who became the ninth Baron. He was the grandson of Elizabeth Knyvett. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the tenth Baron. When he died the title passed to his son, the eleventh Baron. He died childless and was succeeded by his niece Harriet Tyrwhitt, the twelfth Baroness. She was the daughter of Hon. Robert Wilson, younger son of the tenth Baron, and wife of Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet (see below for earlier history of this title). She was succeeded by her son, the thirteenth Baron. In 1892 he assumed by
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the additional surname of Wilson and in 1894 succeeded his father as the fourth
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, of
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; he did not marry and was succeeded by his nephew, the fourteenth Baron, a writer, painter and composer of classical music. He also never married and on his death in 1950 the
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became extinct.


Tyrwhitt baronetcy

The Tyrwhitt baronetcy, of Stanley Hall in the County of
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, was created in the
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on 3 October 1808 for Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones. He represented Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Denbigh Boroughs,
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and
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in the
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. Born Thomas Tyrwhitt, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Jones in 1790. His son, the second baronet, was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1816 and sat as a Member of Parliament for
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(1818–1820). He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet, who married Harriet Wilson, 12th Baroness Berners. Their son Raymond Robert Tyrwhitt-Wilson succeeded in both the
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and
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Succession of the Berners barony

However, he was succeeded in the barony of Berners by his first cousin Vera Ruby Tyrwhitt (1901–1992) (daughter of Hon. Rupert Tyrwhitt, fifth son of the 12th Baroness), who became the 15th Baroness Berners and married Harold Williams (d.1971). On her death in 1992 the barony again fell into abeyance between her two daughters, namely Hon. Pamela Vivien Williams, the eldest, wife of Michael Joseph Sperry Kirkham, and Hon. Rosemary Tyrwhitt Williams, wife of Kelvin Alexander Pollock. In 1995 the abeyance was terminated in favour of the elder daughter, Pamela Vivien Kirkham.


Barons Berners (1455)

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John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners (died May 1474) 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 ...
(d. 1474) *
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467 – 19 March 1533) was an English soldier, statesman and translator. Family John Bourchier, born about 1467, was the only son of Humphrey Bourchier (d. 1471 at the Battle of Barnet) and Elizabeth Tiln ...
(1467–1533) *Jane Knyvett, ''de jure'' 3rd Baroness Berners (d. 1562) * Thomas Knyvett, ''de jure'' 4th Baron Berners (c. 1539–1618) * Thomas Knyvett, ''de jure'' 5th Baron Berners (1596–1658) *John Knyvett, ''de jure'' 6th Baron Berners (d. 1673) * Thomas Knyvett, ''de jure'' 7th Baron Berners (d. 1693) (abeyant 1693) *Katherine Bokenham, 8th Baroness Berners (1658–1743) (abeyance terminated 1711; abeyant 1743) *Robert Wilson, 9th Baron Berners (1761–1838) (abeyance terminated 1832; abeyant 1838) * Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners (1762–1851) (abeyance terminated 1838) * Henry William Wilson, 11th Baron Berners (1797–1871) * Harriet Tyrwhitt, née Wilson, 12th Baroness Berners (1835–1917) *Raymond Robert Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 13th Baron Berners (1855–1918) *
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (18 September 188319 April 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete. He was also known as Lord Berners. Biography Early life and education B ...
(1883–1950) (Tyrwhitt baronetcy extinct) *Vera Ruby Williams, 15th Baroness Berners (1901–1992) (abeyant 1992) *
Pamela Vivien Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners Pamela Vivien Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners ( Williams; 30 September 1929 – 23 January 2023) was a British hereditary peer who worked as a nurse in the National Health Service (England), National Health Service. She was a member of the House o ...
(1929–2023) (
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terminated 1995) *Rupert William Tyrwhitt Kirkham, 17th Baron Berners (b. 1953) The
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is the present holder's son the Hon. Edward Michael Tyrwhitt Kirkham (b. 1994).


Tyrwhitt Baronets, of Stanley Hall (1808)

* Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st Baronet (1765–1811) *
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(1793–1839) *Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet (1824–1894) *Sir Raymond Robert Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 4th Baronet (1855–1918) (succeeded as ''Baron Berners'' in 1917) ''See 13th & 14th Lord Berners for later holders of the baronetcy''


See also

* Earl of Essex (1461 creation) * Earl of Bath (1536 creation)


Notes


References

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *


External links

* ''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Berners 1455 establishments in England Baronies in the Peerage of England !