Lord Chedworth, Baron of

Chedworth Chedworth is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, southwest England, in the Cotswolds. It is known as the location of Chedworth Roman Villa, administered since 1924 by the National Trust. Chedworth Stream rises close to the villag ...

, in the

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, was a title in the

Peerage of Great Britain The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself repla ...

. It was created on 12 May 1741 for John Howe, who had earlier represented

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in Parliament. In 1736 he had succeeded to the estates of his cousin

Sir Richard Howe, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 3rd Baronet (c. 1651–1730), of Little Compton, Withington and Chedworth, Gloucestershire, and Great Wishford, Wiltshire, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of C ...

(see

Howe baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Howe, both in the Baronetage of England and both extinct. * Howe baronets of Cold Barwick (1660) * Howe baronets of Compton (1660) The Howe baronetcy, of Compton in the Count ...

and below). He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, John, the second Baron. He served as

Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Since 1694, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire. * Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos 1559–? *Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chan ...

. He was childless and on his death in 1762 the title passed to his younger brother, Henry, the third Baron. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew, John, the fourth Baron. He was the eldest surviving son of Reverend the Honourable Thomas Howe, younger son of the first Baron. He never married and the title became extinct on his death in 1804. The first Baron was the son of John Grobham Howe,

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, son of John Grobham Howe, younger son of

Sir George Howe, 1st Baronet Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet (c. 1627 – 26 September 1676), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1660 to 1676. Howe was the son of George Howe (d. 1647) of Berwick St Leonard, ...

(see

). Emanuel Howe and

Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (November 1648 – 26 January 1713) of Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire, was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency), Nottinghamshire from 1673 to 16 ...

, were his uncles.

Barons Chedworth (1741)

John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth (died 3 April 1742) of Stowell Park, Gloucestershire was a British peerage, peer and politician. He was the son of John Grubham Howe, of Stowell, MP and Paymaster General. In 1712, he succeeded his father as Vice- ...

(d. 1742) * John Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth (1714–1762) * Henry Frederick Howe, 3rd Baron Chedworth (1715–1781) * John Howe, 4th Baron Chedworth (1754–1804)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chedworth Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1741

Barons Chedworth (1741)

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