Baron Brereton, of Leighlin in the
County of Carlow, was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ...
. It was created on 11 May 1624 for
Sir William Brereton, of
Brereton, Cheshire
Brereton is a civil parish in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, the population was 1,190. Brereton is mentioned in the Domesday book as the Manor of Bretune.
The civil parish includ ...
.
William Brereton was from an old and distinguished family in Cheshire,
[
] and the family seat was
Brereton Hall
Brereton Hall is an Elizabethan era, Elizabethan prodigy house north of Brereton Green, next to St Oswald's Church, Brereton, St Oswald's Church in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Brereton, Cheshire, Brereton, Cheshire, England. It ...
in Cheshire,
however Brereton had an estate near
Old Leighlin, for which he and his heirs were
absentee landlord
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s.
The first Lord Brereton was succeeded by his grandson, the second Lord Brereton. He was the son of Sir John Brereton (1591–1629),
fourth son of the first Baron.
He sat as Member of Parliament for
Cheshire
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. His son, the third Baron, was one of the founders of the
Royal Society
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. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Barons, succeeded in the title. It became extinct on the latter's death without issue in 1722.
The estates passed to the
Holte family,
descended from the second Baron's sister.
Barons Brereton (1624)
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William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton (1550–1631)
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William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton (1611–1664)
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William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton (1631–1680)
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John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton (1659–1718)
*Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton (1662–1722)
References
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External links
Brereton Historyby Bruce Brereton,
Langley, Washington, USA
Descendants of Ralph de Brereton: Seventeenth Generation: 105. Sir William BreretonLink is to the first lord: descendants, ancestors, and other relatives are cross-linked.
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland
1634 establishments in Ireland
1722 disestablishments in Ireland
Noble titles created in 1624
History of Cheshire
History of County Carlow