Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford

Francis Edward Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford (28 August 1859 – 18 September 1932) was an English peer, holding the title Baron Stafford. As the senior descendant of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, he was the hereditary heir to the headship of the House of Plantagenet and with it the House of York cadet branch. His lifetime marked the point where the Stafford barony first came into contact with Fitzherbert as a surname.

Francis Edward's father was Basil Thomas Fitzherbert and his mother was Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham. It was through his mother's side of the family that he gained the Stafford barony; his uncle Fitzherbert Edward Stafford-Jerningham, 11th Baron Stafford had died without issue in 1913. Fitzherbert-Stafford also descended from Genoese nobility as his great grandfather was John Vincent Gandolfi, 12th Marquis Gandolfi.

On 20 April 1903 Fitzherbert-Stafford married Dorothy Hilda Worthington, the daughter of Albert Octavious Worthington. Together the two did not parent any children. He died at the family seat of Swynnerton Hall at age 73.

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