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George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley, KB (1601 – 10 August 1658) was a seventeenth-century English nobleman and a prominent patron of literature in his generation. [1]
Berkeley was one of over 150 new commissioners for determining scandalous offences and one of more than 75 made a commissioner for appeals of Oxford University. Berkeley was also on the Lords' 'committee to receive complaints from persons sued ' when acting for or under Parliament.
George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley. Elizabeth Stanhope. George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley, PC, FRS (c. 1628 – 10 October 1698) was an English merchant, politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1654 until 1658.
One of the oldest noble families in the country, the Berkeleys claimed descent from both Saxon and Danish notables.11 As holders of Berkeley castle they possessed one of the most ancient family seats also, though tenure of the castle had not been uninterrupted and Berkeley’s father, the 8th Baron, (known as ‘George the traveller’) had ...
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- Barons Berkeley of Stratton in The Peerage of England
- Barons Botetourt in The Peerage of England
- Berkeley of Wymondham in The Baronetage of England
- Barons Portman of Orchard Portman in The Peerage of The United Kingdom
- Portman of Orchard Portman in The Baronetage of England
Berkeley of Bruton
1. Sir Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baronet later 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1628–1690)
Barons Berkeley of Stratton
1. John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1607–1678) Brother of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge. 2. Charles Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1662–1681) 3. John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (c. 1663–1697) 4. William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (d. 1741) 5. John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (d. 1773)
John de Botetourt, 1st Baron Botetourt (d. 1324)John de Botetourt, 2nd Baron Botetourt (d. 1385)Joan Burnell, 3rd Baroness Botetourt (d. 1406) (abeyant until 1764)Berkeley of Wymondham
1. Sir Henry Berkeley, 1st Baronet (1566–1630)
Viscounts Portman
1. Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman, 1st Baron Portman (1799–1888) Descended from William Berkeley (d.1737) of Pylle, Somerset, who had changed his surname to Portman on becoming heir to his distant cousin Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet (d.1690) of Orchard Portman. 2. Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman (1829–1919) 3. Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman (1860–1923) 4. Claud Berkeley Portman, 4th Viscount Portman (1864–1929) 5. Edward Claud Berkeley Portman, 5t...
Portman of Orchard Portman
1. Sir John Portman, 1st Baronet (died 1612) 2. Sir Henry Portman, 2nd Baronet (died 1623) 3. Sir John Portman, 3rd Baronet (1605–1624) 4. Sir Hugh Portman, 4th Baronet (died 1632) 5. Sir William Portman, 5th Baronet (died 1645) 6. Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet (died 1690)
The Berkeley family descends in the male line from Robert Fitzharding (d. 1170), 1st feudal baron of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, reputedly the son of Harding of Bristol, the son of Eadnoth the Constable (Alnod), a high official under King Edward the Confessor. [4] His wife was Eva fitz Harding.
11 de set. de 2023 · The castle’s owner, George, 8th Baron Berkeley, had remained in London during the English Civil War. He never openly declared for either the Royalists or the Parliamentarians. His steward, John Smyth, claimed he was a supporter of the King, but he sat regularly in Parliament during the war.
