Baron Jermyn, of St Edmundsbury, was a title in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerag ...

. It was created in 1643 for Henry Jermyn, with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to his nephews. In 1660 he was further honoured when he was made Earl of St Albans, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. On Lord St Alban's death in 1684 the earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baron. He had earlier represented

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in Parliament. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baron. He had already been created Baron Dover in 1685. In 1689 the deposed James II created him Baron Jermyn of Royston, Baron Ipswich, Viscount Cheveley and Earl of Dover in the

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. However, these titles were not recognised by the English government, although Jermyn was generally known as the Earl of Dover. All the titles became extinct on Jermyn's death in 1708. The family seat was

Rushbrooke Hall Rushbrooke Hall was a British stately home in Rushbrooke, Suffolk. For several hundred years it was the family seat of the Jermyn family. It was demolished in 1961. History The original manor house on the moated site to the south of the village ...

in Rushbrooke, Suffolk.

Barons Jermyn (1643)

* Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, 1st Baron Jermyn (c. 1604–1684) *

Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn (10 November 1633 – 1 April 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1679 until he inherited a peerage in 1684. Biography Jermyn was the son of Thomas ...

(d. 1703) * Henry Jermyn, 3rd Baron Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover (c. 1636–1708)

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