Baron Segrave (Seagrave) is a title in the

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. It was created by

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in 1283 for

Nicholas de Segrave Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave (also Seagrave; c. 1238 – bef. 12 November 1295) was an English baronial leader. Nicholas was grandson of Stephen de Segrave. Segrave was one of the most prominent baronial leaders during the reign of King H ...

, and the title is drawn from a village in

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

now spelled

Seagrave Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It has a population of around 500, measured at the 2011 census as 546, It is north of Sileby and close to Thrussington and Barrow upon Soar. Histor ...

. The 6th Baron Segrave had previously succeeded to the title of

Baron Mowbray Baron Mowbray is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by Hereditary peer#Writs of summons, writ for Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray, Roger de Mowbray in 1283. The title was united with the Barony of Segrave in 1368, when John Mo ...

, and thereafter, the two baronies have remained united, apart from a period of about a hundred years. For several generations they were subsidiary titles of the

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, and in 1777, they both went into

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with the death of the 9th Duke of Norfolk. The second creation, by writ was for Nicholas de Segrave of Barton Segrave in the County of Northampton in 1295, becoming extinct on the death of his daughter Maud in 1335. In 1831, a new Barony of Segrave was granted to Colonel William Berkeley, later created first Earl FitzHardinge, but this creation became extinct when he died without an heir in 1857. Despite this interlude, the original barony of Segrave was still in existence, and in 1878, it was called out of abeyance for

Alfred Stourton, 23rd Baron Mowbray Alfred Joseph Stourton, 20th Baron Stourton, 24th Baron Segrave, 23rd Baron Mowbray (28 February 1829 – 18 April 1893) was the son of the nineteenth Baron Stourton and Mary Lucy Clifford, daughter of the 6th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh and his ...

, some two weeks after he had similarly recovered the barony of Mowbray. The titles have remained united since.

Barons Segrave, of Segrave (1283)

Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave Nicholas Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave (also Seagrave; c. 1238 – bef. 12 November 1295) was an English baronial leader. Nicholas was grandson of Stephen de Segrave. Segrave was one of the most prominent baronial leaders during the reign of King H ...

(d. 1295) *

John Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave John Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave ( 1256 – 1325) was an English commander in the First War of Scottish Independence. Segrave commanded the English in the battles of Roslin and Happrew. He also was involved with the execution of William Wallac ...

(1256–1325) *

Stephen Segrave, 3rd Baron Segrave Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the firs ...

(d. 1326) *

John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave (4 May 1315 – 1 April 1353) was an English peer and landowner in Leicestershire and Yorkshire. His family title of Baron Segrave is drawn from a village now spelled Seagrave, which uses a coat of arms imitated ...

(1315–1353) * Elizabeth Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave (d. 1375, or bef. 1368, or c. 1399) * John de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 6th Baron Segrave (1365–1379) *

Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the ...

, 7th Baron Segrave (1366–1399) *

Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 8th Baron Segrave, 7th Baron Mowbray (17 September 1385 – 8 June 1405), English nobleman and rebel, was the son of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Elizabeth F ...

, 8th Baron Segrave (1385–1405) * John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 9th Baron Segrave (1392–1432) *

John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, , Earl Marshal (12 September 14156 November 1461) was a fifteenth-century English magnate who, despite having a relatively short political career, played a significant role in the early years of the Wars of t ...

, 10th Baron Segrave (1415–1461) * John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, 11th Baron Segrave (1444–1476) * Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, 12th Baroness Segrave (1472–1481) *''In abeyance'' *

John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk , also known as Jack of Norfolk, (22 August 1485), was an English nobleman, soldier, politician, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of King Richard III, with whom h ...

, 13th Baron Segrave, c. 1425–1485 *''Forfeit'' *''For further Barons Segrave, see

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Barons Segrave, of Barton Segrave (1295)

*Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron (d. 1321) *Maude de Bohun, 2nd Baroness (d, 1335)

Barons Segrave, of Berkley Castle (1831)

William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge William FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge (26 December 1786 – 10 October 1857), known as The Lord Segrave between 1831 and 1841, was a British landowner and politician. Background Berkeley was born at Mount Street, Grosvenor Squ ...

(1786–1857), created Baron Segrave of Berkeley Castle in the County of Gloucester in 1831

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