Baron ffrench

Arms of ffrench

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.[1] 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.[2] 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 (c. 1765–1814) (succeeded as Baron ffrench in 1805)

Barons ffrench (1798)

  • Rose ffrench, 1st Baroness ffrench (died 1805)
  • Thomas ffrench, 2nd Baron ffrench (c. 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.

Notes

  1. ^ "No. 14092". The London Gazette. 20 February 1798. p. 154.
  2. ^ "No. 11993". The London Gazette. 6 July 1779. p. 1.

References

  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 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]
  • 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).
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]