Baron Fauconberg

{{Short description|English Peerage}} '''Baron Fauconberg''' (also '''Falconberg''' or '''Falconbridge''') is an [[hereditary title]] created twice in the [[Peerage of England]].

First created in 1295 when Sir Walter de Fauconberg,<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/files/annual_review_2011-12.pdf www.historyofparliamentonline.org]</ref> an [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]], was [[Hereditary peer#Writs of summons|summoned]] to [[Parliament of England|parliament]]. Between 1463 and 1903 the [[peerage|peerage title]] fell abeyant until its abeyance was terminated in favour of [[Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough|Marcia Lane-Fox]], ''Baroness Fauconberg and Conyers'', who succeeded [[Baron Darcy de Knayth|her father]], [[Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers|Sackville Lane-Fox]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Mosley| first = Charles ([[editor|ed.]]) | title = [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn]] | location = London | publisher = Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd | page = 1028 (DARCY DE KNAYTH, B) | date = 2003 | isbn = 0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>

After the abeyance of 1463 the [[inheritance|right]] to the [[baron]]y of Fauconberg which resulted in the termination of 1903<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1903/jul/27/fauconberg-darcy-de-knayth-and-meinill Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]</ref> was held jointly with the barony of Conyers;<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/privileges-committee-for-privileges/ www.parliament.uk]</ref> and, since then the two baronies have followed the same [[line of succession]], including further abeyancies between 1948 and 2012 and from 2013.<ref>[http://www.hereditarypeers.com/ www.hereditarypeers.com]</ref>

The Countess of Yarborough predeceased her husband in 1926 when her family [[noble title|title]]s were inherited by her eldest surviving son, [[Baron Conyers|Lord Conyers]] (''later'' 5th [[Earl of Yarborough]]). On his death in 1948 these ancient baronies again fell abeyant, between his two daughters as co-heirs, whilst the [[Earl of Yarborough|earldom]] was inherited by his brother.

Following the death of the younger of [[Sackville Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough|Lord Yarborough]]'s daughters in 2012,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/149791/lycett| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202132345/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/149791/lycett| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2 February 2014| title = Daily Telegraph Announcements – Lycett | accessdate = 16 June 2012 | location=London| work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> the titles were called out of abeyance in favour of his surviving daughter, [[Diana Miller, Countess of Mértola|Lady Diana Miller (''later'' Countess of Mértola)]], 9th holder of the [[baron]]y of Fauconberg and 16th of Conyers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://groups.google.com/group/peerage-news/browse_thread/thread/922b4831f141da73?hl=en#| title = Peerage News – FAUCONBERG (E 1283) and CONYERS (E 1509) baronies automatically terminated upon the death of one of the two co-heiresses| accessdate = 16 June 2012}}</ref> Since Diana, Countess of Mértola's death in 2013, both [[Hereditary peer|titles]] have fallen back into [[abeyance]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/peerage-news/e6AUb7emj2c| title = Peerage News – FAUCONBERG, Rt Hon (9th) Baroness and (15th) Baroness CONYERS (1920–2013) TITLES IN ABEYANCE| accessdate = 25 January 2014}}</ref>

A descendant of the 1st Baron Fauconberg (''by Writ''), [[Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg|Sir Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Baronet]], was elevated to the [[peerage]] as '''''Baron Fauconberg''', of Yarm in the County of York'', in 1627; his grandson was advanced as [[Earl Fauconberg]] in 1689.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n65/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne's ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900]</ref> For more information on this creation, see [[Viscount Fauconberg]].

==Barons Fauconberg; first creation (1295)== *[[Walter de Fauconberg, 1st Baron Fauconberg]] (d. 1304) *[[Walter de Fauconberg, 2nd Baron Fauconberg]] (1264–1314) *[[John de Fauconberg, 3rd Baron Fauconberg]] (1290–1349) *[[Walter de Fauconberg, 4th Baron Fauconberg]] (1319–1362) *[[Thomas de Fauconberg, 5th Baron Fauconberg]] (1345–1407) *[[Joan de Fauconberg, 6th Baroness Fauconberg]] (1406–1490) (abeyance terminated 1429 for her husband, [[William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent]], who d. 1463; abeyant on her death) *[[Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough|Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, 7th Baroness Fauconberg]] (1863–1926) (abeyance terminated 1903) *[[Sackville Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough|Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, 8th Baron Fauconberg]] (1888–1948) (abeyant 1948) *[[Diana Miller, Countess of Mértola|Diana Miller, 11th Countess of Mértola, 9th Baroness Fauconberg]] (1920–2013) (abeyance terminated 2012 until 2013)

The co-heiresses to the [[Barony by writ|title]] are the two daughters of Lady Diana Miller, ''also'' '''Baroness Fauconberg and Conyers''', Marcia Anne Miller ''now'' [[Count of Mértola|Anthea, Countess of Mértola]] (born 1954), and Beatrix Diana Miller ''now'' Mrs Armstrong (born 1955), who married in 1991 Simon Armstrong; they have two sons.

==Barons Fauconberg; second creation (1627)== *see [[Viscount Fauconberg]] (''extinct 1815'')

==See also== *[[Abeyance]] *[[Baron Belasyse]] *[[Baron Conyers]] *[[Count of Mértola|Countess of Mértola]] *[[Fauconberg Arms Inn]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Notes=== *[[Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas|Sir Harris Nicolas]] & [[William Courthope (officer of arms)|William Courthope]]. ''The historic peerage of England: exhibiting, under alphabetical arrangement, the origin, descent, and present state of every title of peerage which has existed in this country since the Conquest; being a new edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England"'', John Murray, 1857 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5HwaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA184 pp. 184,185]

==External links== *{{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/366 | location=[[London]] |publisher=[[Dean & Son]]|page=366}} * [http://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com] * [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/conyers1509.htm www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205716/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/conyers1509.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}

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