Baron Brereton, of Leighlin in the County of Carlow, was a title in the

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. It was created on 11 May 1624 for Sir William Brereton, of

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. William Brereton was from an old and distinguished family in Cheshire, and the family seat was

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in Cheshire, however Brereton had an estate near

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, for which he and his heirs were

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s. The first Lord Brereton was succeeded by his grandson, the second Lord Brereton. He was the son of Sir John Brereton (1591–1629), fourth son of the first Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament for

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. His son, the third Baron, was one of the founders of the

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. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Barons, succeeded in the title. It became extinct on the latter's death without issue in 1722. The estates passed to the Holte family, descended from the second Baron's sister.

Barons Brereton (1624)

William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton (1550 – 1 October 1631) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was created a peer in the Peerage of Ireland in 1624 as Baron Brereton. Biogra ...

(1550–1631) *

William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton (28 February 1611 – April 1664) was an English landowner from Cheshire and member of the Peerage of Ireland who owned estates in County Carlow. A Royalist sympathiser during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a ...

(1611–1664) *

William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (4 May 1631 – 17 March 1680) was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in th ...

(1631–1680) *

John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton John Brereton (1659–1718) was an English baron in the Peerage of Ireland. He was born on 2 December 1659, the son of the William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton, and his wife Frances Willoughby. He lived at Brereton Hall near Sandbach, Cheshir ...

(1659–1718) *Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton (1662–1722)

References

External links

Brereton History
by Bruce Brereton,

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Descendants of Ralph de Brereton: Seventeenth Generation: 105. Sir William Brereton
Link is to the first lord: descendants, ancestors, and other relatives are cross-linked. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brereton Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland 1634 establishments in Ireland 1722 disestablishments in Ireland Noble titles created in 1624 History of Cheshire History of County Carlow