Baron Montfort is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first creation came in the

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when John de Montfort was summoned to parliament on 23 June 1295. In 1367 the title either became extinct or fell into abeyance on the death of the third Baron. The second creation came in the

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in 1741 when Henry Bromley was made Lord Montfort, Baron of Horseheath, in the

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. He had previously represented

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in Parliament, as had his father John Bromley and grandfather John Bromley. Lord Montfort was succeeded by his only son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for the city of

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. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron, in 1851. The second family descended from the 16th century

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Sir Thomas Bromley and

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of the same name and were still in the 18th century equally recorded with the alternative spelling and pronunciation Montford. This is a corruption as 'Montfort' means a fortified mountain or mound as in

Montfort l'Amaury Montfort-l'Amaury () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It is located north of Rambouillet. The name comes from Amaury I de Montf ...

, the place of birth of

Simon I de Montfort Simon I of Montfort or Simon de Montfort ( – 25 September 1087) was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, near Paris, and became its Seigneur, lord. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort and Bertrade. At his death he was buried ...

their 11th century French patriarch.

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester ( – 4 August 1265), also known as Simon V de Montfort, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the Peerage of England, English peerage, who led the baronial opposi ...

led to the first Parliament called to act as a check on the monarch in 1295 and was commonly known as Simon de Montford hence the unusually long continuation in the alternative spelling, see Montfort for examples.

Barons Montfort (1295)

*John de Montfort, 1st Baron Montfort (died 1296) * John de Montfort, 2nd Baron Montfort (1291–1314) *Peter de Montfort, 3rd Baron Montfort (died 1367)

Barons Montfort (1741)

Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort (20 August 1705 – 1 January 1755), of Horseheath Hall, Cambridgeshire, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1741 when he was raised to the peerage as Bar ...

(1705–1755) *

Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron Montfort Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron Montfort, also known as Lord Montford, (January 1733 – 24 October 1799), was a British politician. Bromley was the only son and heir of Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort and Frances Wyndham, daughter of Thomas Wyndh ...

(1733–1799) *Henry Bromley, 3rd Baron Montfort (1773–1851)

References

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