Baron Gwydyr

Baron Gwydyr, in the County of Carnarvon, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 June 1796 for Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd Baronet, of West Grinstead Park, who had earlier represented Boston and Haslemere in the House of Commons. The Burrell Baronetcy, of West Grinstead Park in the County of Surrey, had been created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 July 1766 for his great-uncle Merrick Burrell, with remainder to the latter's nephew Peter Burrell (the father of Lord Gwydyr). Merrick Burrell had previously represented Marlow, Grampound, Haslemere and Great Bedwyn in Parliament. Lord Gwydyr married Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, herself a descendant of the Aberffraw legacy through her grandmother Mary Wynn. They were both succeeded by their eldest son, the second Baron Gwydyr and twenty-first Baron Willoughby de Eresby. On the death in 1865 of his son, the third and twenty-second Baron respectively, the titles separated. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the late Baron's sisters (see the Baron Willoughby de Eresby for later history of this title) while the barony of Gwydyr was inherited by his cousin, the fourth Baron. The baronetcy and barony became extinct on the death of the latter's son, the fifth Baron, on 13 February 1915.

The first Baron Gwydyr was the nephew of Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet, from whom the Burrell Baronets of Valentine Park are descended.

Burrell Baronets, of West Grinstead Park (1766)

*Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet (1699–1787)
*Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd Baronet (1754–1820) (created Baron Gwydyr in 1796)

Barons Gwydyr (1796)

*Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr (1754–1820)
*Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 2nd Baron Gwydyr, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1782–1865)
*Albyric Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Baron Gwydyr, 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1821–1870)
*Peter Robert Burrell, 4th Baron Gwydyr (1810–1909)
*Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell, 5th Baron Gywdyr (1841–1915)

ee also

*Baron Willoughby de Eresby
*Burrell Baronets, of Valentine Park
*Peter Burrell (1692-1756)
*Peter Burrell (1724-1775)

References

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