Baron FitzHardinge

Baron FitzHardinge, of the City and County of the City of Bristol, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.¹ It was created on 5 August 1861 for the naval commander and politician Admiral Sir Maurice Berkeley. He was among pre-official marriage so illegitimate sons of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley and his wife. Among his brothers were Thomas Berkeley, 6th Earl of Berkeley and William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge (a title extinguished by death, 1857).

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was a Liberal politician. His son was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron, who briefly represented Gloucester as MP, on whose 1916 death the title ended.

Baron FitzHardinge (1861)

Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge (1788–1867)
Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley, 2nd Baron FitzHardinge (1826–1896)
Charles Paget FitzHardinge Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge (1830–1916)

Family tree

Family tree of the Barons Berkeley of the Berkeley family

Robert Fitzharding
"Robert the Devout"
c. 1095–1170
1st Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice FitzRobert FitzHarding
"Maurice the Make-Peace"
c. 1120–1190/1191
2nd Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Robert de Berkeley
"Robert the Observer or Temporiser"
c. 1165–1220
3rd Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Thomas I de Berkeley
"Thomas the Observer or Temporiser"
c. 1170–1243
4th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice de Berkeley
"Maurice the Resolute"
1218–1281
5th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Baron Berkeley (1st creation by writ), 1295

Thomas de Berkeley
"Thomas the Wise"
1245–1321
1st Baron Berkeley,
6th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice de Berkeley
"Maurice the Magnanimous"
1271–1326
2nd Baron Berkeley,
7th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Bruton cadet branch

Thomas de Berkeley
"Thomas the Rich"
c. 1293/1296–1361
3rd Baron Berkeley,
8th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice de Berkeley
1298–1347

Maurice de Berkeley
"Maurice the Valiant"
1320–1368
4th Baron Berkeley,
9th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Thomas Berkeley
1333–1361

Thomas de Berkeley
"Thomas the Magnificent"
1353–1417
5th Baron Berkeley,
10th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

James de Berkeley
d. 1405

Maurice Berkeley
d. 1400

Barony Berkeley (1st creation by writ) extinct, 1417

Baron Berkeley (2nd creation by writ), 1421

Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Warwick
1386–1422

James Berkeley
"James the Just"
c. 1394–1463
1st Baron Berkeley,
11th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice Berkeley
1401–1464

Viscount Berkeley, 1481
Earl of Nottingham (4th creation), 1483
Marquess of Berkeley, 1489

Barony Berkeley disinherited, 1492

William de Berkeley
"William the Waste-All"
1426–1492
Marquess of Berkeley, etc.,
2nd Baron Berkeley,
12th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice Berkeley
"Maurice the Lawyer"
1436–1506
de jure 3rd Baron Berkeley,
13th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

William Berkeley
1433–1501

Marquessate of Berkeley, Earldom of Nottingham (4th creation), and Viscountcy Berkeley extinct, 1492

Maurice Berkeley
"Maurice the Courtier"
1467–1523
de jure 4th Baron Berkeley,
14th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Thomas Berkeley
"Thomas the Sheepmaster"
1472–1533
de jure 5th Baron Berkeley,
15th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Richard Berkeley
1470–1514

Thomas Berkeley
"Thomas the Hopeful"
1505–1534
de jure 6th Baron Berkeley,
16th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice Berkeley
by 1514–1581

Henry Berkeley
"Henry the Harmless"
1534–1613
de jure 7th Baron Berkeley,
17th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Henry Berkeley
d. 1601

Baron Berkeley de facto, 1553

Anne Savage
c. 1496–1564

Thomas Berkeley
1575–1611

Maurice Berkeley
d. 1617

Succeeded to predeceased son's title

Baron Berkeley of Stratton, 1658

George Berkeley
1601–1658
8th Baron Berkeley,
18th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Charles Berkeley
1599–1666
2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, etc.

John Berkeley
1602–1678
1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton

Earl of Berkeley and Viscount Dursley, 1679

Viscount Fitzhardinge and Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne, 1663
Earl of Falmouth, 1664

George Berkeley
1627–1698
1st Earl of Berkeley, etc.,
9th Baron Berkeley,
19th Feudal Baron of Berkeley

Maurice Berkeley
1628–1690
3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge, etc.

Charles Berkeley
1630–1665
1st Earl of Falmouth,
1st Viscount Fitzhardinge, etc.

John Berkeley
1650–1712
4th Viscount Fitzhardinge, etc.

Feudal barony of Berkley abolished, 1660

Earldom of Falmouth extinct, 1665

Viscountcy Fitzhardinge extinct, 1712

Charles Berkeley
1649–1710
2nd Earl of Berkeley, etc.,
10th Baron Berkeley

Charles Berkeley
1662–1681
2nd Baron Berkeley of Stratton

John Berkeley
1663–1697
3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton

William Berkeley
d. 1741
4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton

James Berkeley
after 1679–1736
3rd Earl of Berkeley, etc.,
11th Baron Berkeley

John Berkeley
1697–1773
5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton

Barony Berkeley of Stratton extinct, 1773

Augustus Berkeley
1715–1755
4th Earl of Berkeley, etc.,
12th Baron Berkeley

Frederick Augustus Berkeley
1745–1810
5th Earl of Berkeley, etc.,
13th Baron Berkeley

George Cranfield Berkeley
1753–1818

Baron Segrave, 1831
Earl FitzHardinge, 1841

Baron FitzHardinge, 1861

William FitzHardinge Berkeley
1786–1857
1st Earl FitzHardinge, etc.

Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley
1788–1867
1st Baron FitzHardinge

Thomas Moreton FitzHardinge Berkeley
1796–1882
de jure 6th Earl of Berkeley, etc.,
14th Baron Berkeley

Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley
1805–1855

George Berkeley
1785–1857

Earldom FitzHardinge and Barony Segrave extinct, 1857

Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley
1826–1896
2nd Baron FitzHardinge

Charles Paget Fitzhardinge Berkeley
1830–1916
3rd Baron FitzHardinge

Louisa Mary Berkeley
1840–1899
15th Baroness Berkeley

George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley
1827–1888
7th Earl of Berkeley, etc.

Barony FitzHardinge extinct, 1916

Illegitimate
line

Peerage confirmed, 1891

Eva Mary FitzHardinge Milman
1875–1964
16th Baroness Berkeley

Captain Hastings George Fitzhardinge Berkeley
1855–1934

Randal Thomas Mowbray Berkeley
1865–1942
8th Earl of Berkeley, etc.

Barony Berkeley abeyant, 1964

Earldom of Berkeley dormant, 1942

Baron Berkeley abeyance terminated, 1967

Mary Lalle Foley-Berkeley
1905–1992
17th Baroness Berkeley

Cynthia Ella Foley
1909–1991

Sir Lennox Randal Berkeley
1903–1989

Baron Gueterbock, 2000

Baron Berkeley of Knighton, 2013

Anthony Fitzhardinge Gueterbock
b. 1939
18th Baron Berkeley, Baron Gueterbock

Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley
b. 1948
Baron Berkeley of Knighton

References

"No. 22536". The London Gazette. 6 August 1861. p. 3272.

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

[1] "No. 22536". The London Gazette. 6 August 1861. p. 3272.

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