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Baron Lovelace, of 
Hurley
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* Hurley, Berkshire
* Hurley, Warwickshire
* Hurley Common, Warwickshire
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in the County of Berks, 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. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
. It was created on 31 May 1627 for Sir Richard Lovelace, who had earlier represented Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...
, Abingdon and Windsor in Parliament. The second Baron served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. The third Baron sat as Member of Parliament for Berkshire. The fourth Baron was Governor of New York
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and New Jersey. The title became extinct on the early death of the sixth Baron in 1736.
The Lovelace title was revived in 1838 when William King, 8th Baron King was made Earl of Lovelace. He was the husband of Ada, daughter of Lord Byron and a descendant of the Barons Lovelace.
Barons Lovelace (1627)
*Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace
Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace (1564 – 22 April 1634) of Hurley, Berkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lovelace in 1627.
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(c. 1567–1634)
* John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace (1616–1670)
* John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace (c. 1640–1693)
*John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace
John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace (16721709) was the Governor of both New York and New Jersey.
Biography
He was the son of William Lovelace of Hurst, Berkshire. He was the grandson of Francis Lovelace, son of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovel ...
(d. 1709)
*John Lovelace, 5th Baron Lovelace (d. 1709)
*Nevill Lovelace, 6th Baron Lovelace (1708–1736)
See also
* Earl of Lovelace *Baron Wentworth
Baron Wentworth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Thomas Wentworth, who was also ''de jure'' sixth Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation. The title was created by writ, which means that it can descend via female ...
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovelace 1627 establishments in England Extinct baronies in the Peerage of England People from Hurley, Berkshire Noble titles created in 1627