Baron de Saumarez, on the Island of Guernsey, is a title in the

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. It was created on 15 September 1831 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Guernsey, on 13 June 1801. Lord de Saumarez was succeeded by his eldest son James, the second Baron, a clergyman. James was succeeded by his younger brother, John, the third Baron, whose son, the fourth Baron, was a career diplomat who bought the family estate at

Castel, Guernsey Castel /kætel/ (Guernésiais: Lé Casté; French: Sainte-Marie-du-Câtel) is the largest parish in Guernsey in terms of area. The parish has clear evidence of changes in ancient sea-levels, with trunks of an oak forest visible on Vazon beach a ...

, from his father, the third Baron, who wished to sell it. However, by marrying an heiress, the fourth Baron also brought estates in

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into the family. The family seat was at Castel in Guernsey from the time of the first baron until the fourth Baron died there in 1937. After the

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during the

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, the later barons lived mostly at their Shrubland Park estate, near

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, in Suffolk. the titles are held by the fourth Baron's great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father the sixth Baron in 1991. Although born and brought up in Suffolk, in April 2006, after the death of his mother, the present Lord de Saumarez sold Shrubland Park and settled in Guernsey. Not be confused with Saumarez Park at Castel, the

Sausmarez Manor Sausmarez Manor is a historic house in Saint Martin, Guernsey. The original manor house The first mention of the Sausmarez family in Guernsey is at the consecration of the Vale church in 1117 attended by Guillaume de Sausmarez, followed by a ...

estate at

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in Guernsey belongs to the senior line of the Sausmarez family, from which the Barons de Saumarez are descended. Matthew de Sausmarez (1718–1778), father of the first baron, was a younger brother of John de Sausmarez (1706–1774), of Sausmarez Manor.

Barons de Saumarez (1831)

James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (disambiguation), various kings named James * Prince Ja ...

(1757–1836) * James Saumarez, 2nd Baron de Saumarez (1789–1863) * John St Vincent Saumarez, 3rd Baron de Saumarez (1806–1891) * James St Vincent Saumarez, 4th Baron de Saumarez (1843–1937) * James St Vincent Broke Saumarez, 5th Baron de Saumarez (1889–1969) * James Victor Broke Saumarez, 6th Baron de Saumarez (1924–1991) * Eric Douglas Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez (b. 1956)

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