Baron ffrench
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Baron ffrench, of Castle ffrench in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 14 February 1798 for Rose, Lady ffrench.{{London Gazette |issue=14092 |date=20 February 1798 |page=154}} She was the widow of Charles ffrench, who had been created a Baronet, of Clogha in County Galway, in the Baronetage of Ireland on 17 August 1779.{{London Gazette |issue=11993 |date=6 July 1779 |page=1}} Their son Thomas succeeded in both the baronetcy and barony. Both titles have descended via primogeniture to the present Baron.
The title and the family name are both spelled with a lower-case double-'f'.
ffrench baronets, of Castle ffrench (1779)
- Sir Charles ffrench, 1st Baronet (died 1784)
- Sir Thomas ffrench, 2nd Baronet ({{circa|1765}}–1814) (succeeded as Baron ffrench in 1805)
Barons ffrench (1798)
- Rose ffrench, 1st Baroness ffrench (died 1805)
- Thomas ffrench, 2nd Baron ffrench ({{circa|1765}}–1814)
- Charles Austin ffrench, 3rd Baron ffrench (1786–1860)
- Thomas ffrench, 4th Baron ffrench (1810–1892)
- Martin Joseph ffrench, 5th Baron ffrench (1813–1893)
- Charles Austin Thomas Robert John Joseph ffrench, 6th Baron ffrench (1868–1955)
- Peter Martin Joseph Charles John ffrench, 7th Baron ffrench (1926–1986)
- Robuck John Peter Charles Mario ffrench, 8th Baron ffrench (born 1956)
There is no heir to the title.
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References
- {{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921| title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy| url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/370 | location=London |publisher=Dean & Son|page=370}}
- Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes, London, 1903, p. 515.
- Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David, editors, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, St Martin's Press, New York City, 1990., {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
- Mosley, Charles, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland, 1999, {{ISBN|2-940085-02-1}} vol.1, p. 535 (Cayley) and p. 1057 (ffrench).
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Category:Baronies in the Peerage of Ireland