Baron Lilford, of

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in the County of Northampton, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1797 for Thomas Powys, who had previously represented

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in the

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. His grandson, the third Baron, served as a

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(government whip) from 1837 to 1841 in the Whig administration of

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. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baron, an ornithologist. On the death of his younger son, the sixth Baron (who succeeded his elder brother), in 1949, the line of the third Baron failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his second cousin twice removed, the seventh Baron. He was the great-great-grandson of Robert Vernon Powys, second son of the second Baron. , the title is held by his only son Mark Powys, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 2005. The family seat from 1711 until the 1990s was

Lilford Hall Lilford Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean stately home in Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom. The 100-room house is located in the eastern part of the county, south of Oundle and north of Thrapston. History It was started in 1495 as a Tudor ...

in Northamptonshire. The current Baron Lilford retains ownership of land in

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and

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, including the

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, which were inherited in 1860 by Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford, upon the death of his wife's cousin

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Baron Lilford (1797)

Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford (4 May 1743 – 26 January 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1797 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lilford. Biography Powys was the eldest son of Thomas Powys of ...

(1743–1800) *

Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford (8 April 1775 – 4 July 1825) was a British peer. He was the son of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford and Mary Mann of Lilford Hall. He succeeded his father as Baron Lilford in 1800. He was educated at Eton College ...

(1775–1825) * Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford (1801–1861) * Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford (1833–1896) *

John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford (12 January 1863 – 17 December 1945), was a British peer and cricketer. Biography Powys was born at Lilford Hall, Northamptonshire, the son of ornithologist Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, and his wife Emma Eli ...

(1863–1945) *

Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford (8 March 1869 – 19 September 1949), was a British peer. Powys was the third son of Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, and his wife Emma Elizabeth Brandling. His birth was registered a month after he was born by h ...

(1869–1949) * George Vernon Powys, 7th Baron Lilford (1931–2005) * Mark Vernon Powys, 8th Baron Lilford (born 1975) The

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is the present holder's third cousin, Victor Michael Powys (born 1961), whose heir is his son, Matthew Paul Powys (born 1996).

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* * Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lilford Baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1797 Bank Hall