Earl of Berkshire
| Earldom of Berkshire held with Earldom of Suffolk | |
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| Creation date | 29 January 1621 (first creation) 7 February 1626 (second creation) |
| Created by | James VI and I (first creation) Charles I (second creation) |
| Peerage | Peerage of England |
| First holder | Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire |
| Present holder | Alexander Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk, 15th Earl of Berkshire |
| Heir apparent | Arthur Howard, Viscount Andover |
| Remainder to | Heirs male of the body, lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Andover Baron Howard of Charlton |
| Extinction date | 29 January 1622 (first creation) |
| Seat | Charlton Park |
| Motto | NOUS MAINTIENDRONS (We will maintain)[1] |
Earl of Berkshire is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England.
It was created, with Viscount Thame, for the first time in 1621 for Francis Norris, 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote. For more information on this creation (which became extinct on his death in 1622), see the Earl of Abingdon and also the Earl of Lindsey.
The second creation came in 1626 in favour of Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Andover. He was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, second son of the second marriage of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. His mother was Katherine, daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett of Charlton in Wiltshire. Howard had already been created Baron Howard of Charlton, in the County of Wiltshire, and Viscount Andover, in the County of Southampton, in 1622. These titles are also in the Peerage of England. Lord Berkshire succeeded to the Charlton estate through his mother in 1638. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He had already in 1640 been summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Howard of Charlton. He had no sons and on his death in 1679 the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Earl. He represented Wallingford in the House of Commons. He also died without male issue and was succeeded by his great-nephew, the fourth Earl. He was the grandson of the Hon. William Howard, fourth son of the first Earl. In 1745 he succeeded his third cousin as eleventh Earl of Suffolk. For further history of the titles, see the Earl of Suffolk.
Earls of Berkshire and Viscounts Thame, First Creation (1621)
- see the Earl of Abingdon and the Earl of Lindsey
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Peerage family tree of: Abingdon, Ancaster, Ancaster and Kesteven, Bertie of Thame, Gwydyr, Lindsey, Norreys, Thame, and Willoughby - Baron Willoughby, 1313
- Robert de Willoughby
1260–1317
1st Baron Willoughby - John de Willoughby
1304–1349
2nd Baron Willoughby - suffix de Eresby added, c. 1350–1360
- John de Willoughby
1329–1372
3rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby — John (de) Welles
1334–1361
4th Baron Welles - Robert Willoughby
1349–1396
4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — John Welles
1352–1421
5th Baron Welles - William Willoughby
c. 1370–1409
5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Eudes (or Eudo) Welles
1387–1417 - Robert Willoughby
c. 1385–1452
6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Thomas Willoughby — Lionel (de) Welles
c. 1406–1461
6th Baron Welles — Margaret Beauchamp
c. 1410 – c. 1482 - Joan Willoughby
c. 1425–bef. 1462
7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby — Richard Welles
c. 1428–1470
7th Baron Welles — Robert Willoughby
d. 1465 — Cecily Welles — King Edward IV
1442–1483 — Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509 - Barony of Welles (1st creation) attainted, 1470
- Baron Welles (2nd creation), 1483 — Viscount Welles, 1486
- Robert Welles
d. 1470
8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Joan Welles
d. bef. 1475
9th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Richard Hastings
d. 1503
Baron Welles — Christopher Willoughby
1453–1498/1499
10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — John Welles
c. 1450–1498
1st Viscount Welles — Cecily of York
1469–1507 — Elizabeth of York
1466–1503 — King Henry VII
1457–1509 - Barony of Welles (2nd creation) possibly extinct, 1503 — Viscountcy of Welles extinct, 1498
- William Willoughby
1482–1526
11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Charles Brandon
c. 1484–1545
1st Duke of Suffolk — Mary Tudor
1496–1533 — Louis XII of France
1462–1515 — King Henry VIII
1491–1547 - Baron Norreys of Rycote, 1572
- Henry Norris
(c. 1530–1601)
1st Baron Norreys — Richard Bertie
1516–1582 — Katherine Brandon
1519–1580
12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby — Frances Grey
1517–1559 - William Norreys
(1552–1579) — Peregrine Bertie
1555–1601
13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Lady Jane Grey
1536/1537–1554 - Earl of Berkshire and Viscount Thame, 1621 — Earl of Lindsey, 1626
- Francis Norris
1582–1624
Earl of Berkshire, etc.,
2nd Baron Norreys — Robert Bertie
1582–1642
1st Earl of Lindsey,
14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby - Earldom of Berkshire and Viscountcy of Thame extinct, 1624
- Elizabeth Wray
d. 1645
3rd Baroness Norreys - Bridget Bertie
1627–1657
4th Baroness Norreys — Montagu Bertie
1608–1666
2nd Earl of Lindsey,
15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Martha Cockayne - Earl of Abingdon, 1682
- James Bertie
1653–1669
1st Earl of Abingdon,
5th Baron Norreys — Robert Bertie
1630–1701
3rd Earl of Lindsey,
16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Charles Bertie
c. 1640 – c. 1710 - Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 1706
- Montagu Venables-Bertie
1673–1743
2nd Earl of Abingdon,
6th Baron Norreys — James Bertie
1674–1735 — Robert Bertie
1660–1723
1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, etc.,
4th Earl of Lindsey,
17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Charles Bertie
c. 1678–1730 - Willoughby Bertie
1692–1760
3rd Earl of Abingdon,
7th Baron Norreys — Peregrine Bertie
1686–1742
2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, etc.,
5th Earl of Lindsey,
18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby - Peregrine Bertie
1714–1778
3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, etc.,
6th Earl of Lindsey,
19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Brownlow Bertie
1729–1809
5rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, etc.,
8th Earl of Lindsey — Peregrine Bertie
c. 1709 – c. 1779 - Baron Gwydyr, 1796 — Dukedom of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquessate of Lindsey extinct, 1809
- Willoughby Bertie
1740–1799
4th Earl of Abingdon,
8th Baron Norreys — Robert Bertie
1756–1779
4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, etc.,
7th Earl of Lindsey,
20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Priscilla Bertie
1761–1828
21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby — Peter Burrell
1754–1820
1st Baron Gwydyr — Albemarle Bertie
1744–1818
9th Earl of Lindsey - Montagu Bertie
1784–1854
5th Earl of Abingdon,
9th Baron Norreys — Peter Drummond-Burrell
1782–1865
22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby,
2nd Baron Gwydyr — Lindsey Merrik Peter Burrell - Baron Aveland, 1856
- Montagu Bertie
1808–1884
6th Earl of Abingdon,
10th Baron Norreys — Gilbert Heathcote
1794–1867
1st Baron Aveland — Clementina Drummond-Willoughby
1809–1888
24th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Albyric Drummond-Willoughby
1821–1870
23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby,
3rd Baron Gwydyr — Peter Robert Burrell
1810–1909
4th Baron Gwydyr — George Augustus Frederick Albemarle Bertie
1814–1877
10th Earl of Lindsey — Montague Peregrine Bertie
1815–1899
11th Earl of Lindsey - Baron Bertie of Thame, 1915
Viscount Bertie of Thame, 1918 — Earl of Ancaster, 1892 - Montagu Arthur Bertie
1836–1928
7th Earl of Abingdon — Viscount Bertie of Thame
1844–1919
1st Viscount Bertie of Thame, etc. — Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
1830–1910
1st Earl of Ancaster,
25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby,
2nd Baron Aveland — Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell
1841–1915
5th Baron Gwydyr - Barony of Gwydyr extinct, 1915
- Montagu Charles Francis Bertie
1860–1919 — Vere Frederick Bertie
1878–1954
2nd Viscount Bertie of Thame, etc. — Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
1867–1951
2nd Earl of Ancaster,
26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby,
3rd Baron Aveland — Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie
1861–1938
12th Earl of Lindsey - Viscountcy and Barony of Bertie of Thame extinct, 1954
- Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie
1887–1963
13th Earl of Lindsey,
8th Earl of Abingdon — Arthur Michael Cosmo Bertie
1886–c. 1954–1957 — Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
1907–1983
3rd Earl of Ancaster,
27th Baron Willoughby de Eresby,
4th Baron Aveland - Earldom of Ancaster and Barony of Aveland extinct, 1983
- Richard Henry Rupert Bertie
b. 1931
14th Earl of Lindsey,
9th Earl of Abingdon — Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
b. 1934
28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
Earls of Berkshire, Second Creation (1626)
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (1590–1669)
- Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Berkshire (1615–1679)
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Berkshire (1619–1706)
- Henry Bowes Howard, 4th Earl of Berkshire (1687–1757) (succeeded as Earl of Suffolk in 1745)
see Earl of Suffolk for further succession
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Berkshire, Bindon, Pembroke and Suffolk family tree - Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk (1st creation), before 1069
- Ralph the Staller
c. 1011–1068
1st Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles - Ralph de Gael
c. 1040 – c. 1096
2nd Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles - Earl of suffolk (2nd creation), 1337 — Earldom of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles (1st creation) extinct, 1382
- Robert Ufford
1298–1369
1st Earl of Suffolk - Earl of Suffolk (3rd creation), 1385
- John Howard — Robert Scales
d. 1369
3rd Baron Scales — Katherine Ufford
b. c. 1317 — William Ufford
1330–1382
2nd Earl of Suffolk — Michael de la Pole
1330–1389
1st Earl of Suffolk - Earldom of Suffolk (2nd creation) extinct, 1382
- Robert Howard
d. 1388 — Margaret Scales - John Howard
c. 1366–1437 — Thomas de Mowbray
1365–1399
Duke of Norfolk — Michael de la Pole
1367–1415
2nd Earl of Suffolk - Marquess of Suffolk, 1444
Earl of Pembroke (6th creation), 1447
Duke of Suffolk (1st creation), 1448 - Robert Howard
1385–1436 — Margaret de Mowbray
c. 1388–1459 — Elizabeth Mowbray
b. 1398 — Michael de la Pole
1394–1415
3rd Earl of Suffolk — William de la Pole
1396–1450
1st Duke of Suffolk, etc., 4th Earl of Suffolk - Earldom (3rd creation), Marquessate, and Dukedom (1st creation) of Suffolk and Earldom of Pembroke (6th creation) forfeit, 1450
- John Howard
1425–1485
Duke of Norfolk — Cecily Neville
1415–1495 — Richard Plantagenet
1411–1460
Duke of York - Earldom (3rd creation), Marquessate, and Dukedom (1st creation) of Suffolk restored, 1463
- Thomas Howard
1443–1524
Duke of Norfolk — Richard III
1452–1485
Duke of Gloucester, King of England — Edward IV
King of England
1442–1483 — Elizabeth Plantagenet
1456–c. 1503 — John de la Pole
1442–1492
2nd Duke of Suffolk, etc., 5th Earl of Suffolk - Elizabeth Boleyn
c. 1480–1538 — Thomas Howard
1473–1554
Duke of Norfolk — Edmund Howard
1478–1539 — Elizabeth of York
1444–1503 — Henry VII
1457–1509
King of England — Edmund de la Pole
1472–1513
3rd Duke of Suffolk, etc., 6th Earl of Suffolk - Marquessate and Dukedom (1st creation) of Suffolk surrendered, 1493
Earldom of Suffolk (3rd creation) forfeit, 1504 - Marquess of Pembroke, 1532 — Duke of Suffolk (2nd creation), 1514
- Anne Boleyn
c. 1501 or 1507–1536
Marquess of Pembroke — Catherine Howard
c. 1524–1542 — Henry VIII
1491–1547
King of England — Mary Tudor
1496–1533
Queen of France — Charles Brandon
1484–1545
1st Duke of Suffolk - Marquessate of Pembroke forfeit, 1536
- Duke of Suffolk (3rd creation), 1551
- Henry Howard
1516/1517–1547
Earl of Surrey — Henry Grey
1517–1554
Duke of Suffolk, Marquess of Dorset — Frances Grey
1517–1559 - Dukedom of Suffolk (3rd creation) forfeit, 1554
- Thomas Howard
1536 or 1538 – 1572
Duke of Norfolk — Jane Grey
1536/1537 – 1554
Disputed Queen of England — Henry Brandon
1535–1551
2nd Duke of Suffolk — Charles Brandon
1537–1551
3rd Duke of Suffolk - Dukedom of Suffolk (2nd creation) extinct, 1551
- see Dukes of Norfolk family tree — Earl of Suffolk (4th creation), 1603
- Thomas Howard
1561–1626
1st Earl of Suffolk - Baron Howard of Charlton, 1621
Viscount Andover, 1622
Earl of Berkshire (2nd creation), 1626 - Theophilus Howard
1584–1640
2nd Earl of Suffolk — Thomas Howard
1st Earl of Berkshire, etc. - James Howard
c. 1620–1689
3rd Earl of Suffolk — George Howard
1625–1691
4th Earl of Suffolk — Henry Howard
1627–1709
5th Earl of Suffolk — Charles Howard
1615–1679
2nd Earl of Berkshire, etc. — Thomas Howard
1619–1706
3rd Earl of Berkshire, etc. — William Howard
b. 1622 — Philip Howard
1629–1717 - Earl of Bindon, 1706
- Henry Howard
1670–1718
6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon — Edward Howard
1672–1731
8th Earl of Suffolk — Charles Howard
1685–1733
9th Earl of Suffolk — Craven Howard
d. 1700 — Dorothy Howard — Capt. Charles Howard
b. 1681 - Charles Howard
1693–1722
7th Earl of Suffolk, 2nd Earl of Bindon — Henry Howard
1706–1745
10th Earl of Suffolk — Henry Bowes Howard
1686–1757
11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire, etc. — Catherine Graham
d. 1762 — Capt. Philip Howard
1629–1717 - Earldom of Bindon extinct, 1722
- William Howard
1714–1756
styled Viscount Andover — Thomas Howard
1721–1783
14th Earl of Suffolk, 7th Earl of Berkshire, etc. — John Howard
1739–1820
15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, etc. - Henry Howard
1739–1779
12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire, etc. — Thomas Howard
1776–1851
16th Earl of Suffolk, 9th Earl of Berkshire, etc. - Henry Howard
1779
13th Earl of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Berkshire, etc. — Charles Howard
1804–1876
17th Earl of Suffolk, 10th Earl of Berkshire, etc. - Henry Howard
1833–1898
18th Earl of Suffolk, 11th Earl of Berkshire, etc. - Henry Howard
1877–1917
19th Earl of Suffolk, 12th Earl of Berkshire, etc. - Charles Howard
1906–1941
20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl of Berkshire, etc. - Michael Howard
1935–2022
21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire, etc. - Alexander Howard
b. 1974
22nd Earl of Suffolk, 15th Earl of Berkshire, etc., from 2022 - Arthur Howard
b. 2014
References
- Back to citation Debrett's Peerage, 1840, p.706
Bibliography
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,