William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington

• Wikipedia contributors. "William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.  William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington was born circa 1711.1 He was the son of Francis Edwardes and Lady Elizabeth Rich.1 He married Elizabeth Warren, daughter of William Warren, on 10 June 1762.1 He died on 13 December 1801.1      He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Haverfordwest between 1747 and 1784.2 He was created 1st Baron Kensington [Ireland] on 28 July 1776.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Haverfordwest between 1786 and 1801.2 Child of William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington and Elizabeth Warren 1 William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington+1 b. 24 Apr 1777, d. 10 Aug 1852

William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington (c. 1711-13 December 1801), was a long-standing British Member of Parliament. Kensington was the son of Francis Edwardes, Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest, and Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick and 2nd Earl Holland. The Edwardes family owned extensive lands in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire. On the death of his cousin Edward Henry Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick and 4th Earl Holland, in 1721, he inherited through his mother the estates of the Rich family. Kensington was elected to his father's old seat of Haverfordwest in 1747, a seat he held until 1801, with a brief exception between 1784 and 1786. In 1776 he was created Baron Kensington in the Peerage of Ireland. This was a revival of the barony held by the Earls of Warwick and Holland which had become extinct on the death of the eighth and last Earl in 1759. Lord Kensington died in December 1801 and was succeeded in the barony by his son William, who also succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest.

Baron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Contents  [hide]  1 English title (1623) 2 Irish title (1776) 3 UK title (1886) 4 Baron Kensington; First creation (1623) 5 Barons Kensington; Second and third creations (1776/1886) 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links

English title (1623)[edit] The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1623 when the Honourable Henry Rich was made Baron Kensington. He was the younger son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (see Earl of Warwick for earlier history of the Rich family). Henry was made Earl of Holland in 1624. His son, the second Earl, succeeded as 5th Earl of Warwick on the death of his cousin in 1673. These titles all became extinct on the death of Edward Rich, 5th Baron Kensington, 5th Earl Holland and 8th Earl Warwick, in 1759 (see Earl of Warwick for a more detailed description of the descent of the titles). The barony was revived in 1776 for a female-line grandson of the fifth Earl of Warwick (see below). Irish title (1776)[edit] Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick, married Francis Edwardes, Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest from 1722 to 1725 and the member of a family which owned extensive lands in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire. Their son William Edwardes represented Haverfordwest in the House of Commons for over fifty years. He succeeded to the Rich family estates (including Holland House in Kensington, although this was sold to Henry Fox in 1768) on the death of the last of Earl of Warwick and Holland in 1759. In 1776 the barony of Kensington attached to the earldom of Holland was revived when he was made Baron Kensington in the Peerage of Ireland.[1] The first Baron was succeeded by his son, William, the second Baron, who also represented Haverfordwest in Parliament. The second Baron's son, William, the third Baron, served as Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. The third Baron was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baron. UK title (1886)[edit] William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington, sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest from 1868 to 1885 and served as a government whip under William Ewart Gladstone from 1880 to 1885. In 1886 he was created Baron Kensington, of Kensington in the County of Middlesex, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,[2] which gave the Barons an automatic seat in the House of Lords. His eldest son, the fifth Baron, served in the Second Boer War and died from wounds received in action in June 1900. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baron. He was a Colonel in the Territorial Army and also fought in South Africa as well as in the First World War. As of 2013 the titles are held by his grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1981.[3] Baron Kensington; First creation (1623)[edit] • Henry Rich, 1st Baron Kensington, 1st Earl Holland (1590–1649) • Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Kensington, 2nd Earl of Holland, 5th Earl of Warwick (c. 1620–1675) • Edward Rich, 3rd Baron Kensington, 3rd Earl of Holland, 6th Earl of Warwick (1673–1701) • Edward Henry Rich, 4th Baron Kensington, 4th Earl of Holland, 7th Earl of Warwick (1697–1721) • Edward Rich, 5th Baron Kensington, 5th Earl of Holland, 8th Earl of Warwick (1695–1759) Barons Kensington; Second and third creations (1776/1886)[edit] • William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington (c. 1711–1801) • William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington (1777–1852) • William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington (1801–1872) • William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington (1835–1896) • William Edwardes, 5th Baron Kensington (1868–1900) • Hugh Edwardes, 6th Baron Kensington (1873–1938) • William Edwardes, 7th Baron Kensington (1904–1981) • Hugh Ivor Edwardes, 8th Baron Kensington (born 1933) The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. William Owen Alexander Edwardes (born 1964) The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son William Francis Ivo Edwardes (born 1993).