Baron Lilford
{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of Great Britain}}
Baron Lilford, of Lilford in the County of Northampton,{{London Gazette |issue=14052 |date=7 October 1797 |page=968}} is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1797 for Thomas Powys, who had previously represented Northamptonshire in the House of Commons. His grandson, the third Baron, served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip) from 1837 to 1841 in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne. 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. {{As of|2010}}, 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 in Northamptonshire.
The current Baron Lilford retains ownership of land in Jersey, South Africa and West Lancashire, including the Bank Hall Estate, which were inherited in 1860 by Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford, upon the death of his wife's cousin George Anthony Legh Keck.Howard, J. (2012) "Bank Hall Timeline", www.bankhallonline.2ya.com
Baron Lilford (1797)
- Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford (1743–1800)
- Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford (1775–1825)
- Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford (1801–1861)
- Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford (1833–1896)
- John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford (1863–1945)
- Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford (1869–1949)
- George Vernon Powys, 7th Baron Lilford (1931–2005)
- Mark Vernon Powys, 8th Baron Lilford (born 1975)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's third cousin Victor Michael Powys (born 1961), whose heir is his son Matthew Paul Powys (born 1996).{{cite book |year=2019|chapter=Lilford, Baron |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Bosberry-Scott |editor2-first=Wendy |editor3-last=Belfield |editor3-first=Gervase |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|volume=1 |edition=150th |location=London |publisher=Debrett's Ltd. |publication-date=|pages=2165–2168 |arxiv= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1}}
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{{chart|TP1B|TP1B=Thomas Powys
1st Baron Lilford
1743–1800}}
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{{chart|TP2B|TP2B=Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford
1775–1825}}
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{{chart|TP3B| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HRP|TP3B=Thomas Powys
3rd Baron Lilford
1801–1861|HRP=Hon.
{{nowrap|Robert Powys}}
1802–1854}}
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{{chart|TP4B| | | | | | | | | |HLFP| |RHEP| | | | | | | | | |CHCP| |RP|TP4B=Thomas Powys
4th Baron Lilford
1833–1896|HLFP=Hon.
{{nowrap|Leopold Fox-Powys}}
1837–1893|RHEP=Rev. Hon.
{{nowrap|Edward Powys}}
1839–1930|CHCP=Col. Hon.
{{nowrap|Charles Powys}}
1840–1893|RP=Robert Powys
1826–1913}}
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{{chart|HTP| |JP5B| |SP6B| | | | | |MP| |GP| |EP| | | | | |JP| |RP| |CP| |HP| | | | | |WP|HTP=Hon.
Thomas Powys
1861–1882|JP5B=John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford
1863–1945|SP6B=Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford
1869–1949|JP=John Powys
1857–1923|MP=Mervyn Powys
1866–1942|GP={{nowrap|George Powys}}
1868–1868|EP={{nowrap|Edward Powys}}
1870–1940|RP=Robert Powys
1860–1933|CP={{nowrap|Charles Powys}}
1862–1928|HP=Henry Powys
1866–1929|WP=Wilfred Powys
1873–1944}}
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Thomas Powys
1896–1909|RP=Robert Powys
1889–1940|FP=Frank Powys
1902–1972|HaP={{nowrap|Harold Powys}}
1908–1919|HoP=Horace Powys
1907–1956}}
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1931–2005|RP=Robert Powys
1930–2003|MP={{nowrap|Michael Powys}}
1934–2012{{cite web |url=https://gazettes.africa/akn/za/officialGazette/government-gazette-legal-notices-a/2013-01-25/36084-part-1/eng@2013-01-25 |title=Government Gazette of South Africa|date=25 January 2013|publisher=Government of South Africa |access-date=19 May 2024 }}}}
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8th Baron Lilford
born 1975|MP={{nowrap|Matthew Powys}}
1974–1976|VP=Victor Powys
born 1961}}
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Arms
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|image=File:Coronet of a British Baron.svgFile:Lilford Escutcheon.png
|escutcheon = Or, a lion's jamb erased in bend dexter, between two cross crosslets fitchee in bend sinister Gules.
|crest = A lion's jamb couped and erect Gules, holding a staff headed with a fleur-de-lis also erect Or.
|supporters = Dexter, a reaper habited in a loose shirt, leather breeches loose at the knees, white stockings, and black hat and shoes; in his hat ears of corn, in his right band a reaping-hook, and at his feet a garb, all proper. Sinister, a man in the uniform of the' Northamptonshire yeomanry cavalry, riz. a green long coat, orna-mented on the cuffs and button-holes with gold lace, yellow waistcoat and breeches, and black top boots; a black stock; a round hat, adorned with a white feather in front and a green one behind, the sword-belt inscribed with the letters N.Y. and the exterior hand resting on his sword sheathed and point downwards.
|motto = Parta Tueri (To maintain acquired possessions).{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=1840}}}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book | last=Hesilrige | first=Arthur G. M. | year=1921 | title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy | url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/561 | location=160A, Fleet street, London, UK | publisher=Dean & Son | page=561 }}
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
- {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
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{{Extant baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain}}
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