Baron Graves

Lord Graves, Baron of Gravesend, in the County of Londonderry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1794 for the naval commander Admiral Thomas Graves. He was second in command at the Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794. His son, the second Baron, represented Okehampton, Windsor and Milborne Port. The Baron was succeeded by his first cousin, the seventh Baron. He was the son of Claude Thomas Graves, younger son of the Hon. Henry Richard Graves, third son of the second Baron. His son, the eighth Baron, was an actor (as "Peter Graves"). However, when he died in 1994 this line of the family also failed and he was succeeded by his second cousin, the ninth Baron. He was the grandson of the Hon. Adolphus Edward Paget Graves, younger son of the Hon. Henry Richard Graves, third son of the second Baron. As of 2007 the title is held by his son, the tenth Baron, who succeeded in 2002. Like his father he lives in Australia.

Barons Graves (1794)

*Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (1725-1802)
*Thomas North Graves, 2nd Baron Graves (1775-1830)
*Thomas William Graves, 3rd Baron Graves (1804-1870)
*Clarence Edward Graves, 4th Baron Graves (1847-1904)
*Henry Cyril Percy Graves, 5th Baron Graves (1847-1914)
*Clarence Percy Rivers Graves, 6th Baron Graves (1871-1937)
*Henry Algernon Claude Graves, 7th Baron Graves (1877-1963)
*Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves (1911-1994)
*Evelyn Paget Graves, 9th Baron Graves (1926-2002)
*Timothy Evelyn Graves, 10th Baron Graves (b. 1960)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]