Baron ffrench
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Baron ffrench, of Castle ffrench in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1798 for Rose, Lady ffrench.
She was the widow of Charles ffrench, who had been created a Baronet, of Castle ffrench in County Galway, in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1779.
Their son Thomas succeeded in both the baronetcy and barony.
Both titles have descended via primogeniture to the present Baron (and baronet).
The title and the family name are both spelt with a lower-case double-'f'.
[edit] ffrench Baronets, of Castle ffrench (1779)
- Sir Charles ffrench, 1st Baronet (d. 1784)
- Sir Thomas ffrench, 2nd Baronet (c. 1765–1814) (succeeded as Baron ffrench in 1805)
[edit] Barons ffrench (1798)
- Rose ffrench, 1st Baroness ffrench (d. 1805)
- Thomas ffrench, 2nd Baron ffrench (c. 1765–1814)
- Charles Austin ffrench, 3rd Baron ffrench (1786–1860)
- Thomas ffrench, 4th Baron ffrench (1810–1892), married in 1851, Anne, only daughter and heiress of Richard Thompson of Stansty Hall, Denbighshire.
- Martin Joseph ffrench, 5th Baron ffrench (October 1, 1813– November 2, 1893) was a barrister, Justice of the Peace and Resident Magistrate for county Tipperary (1846-82).
- Charles Austin Thomas Robert John Joseph ffrench, 6th Baron ffrench (1868–1955), Deputy Lieutenant for county Galway, married in 1892, May, eldest daughter of M. J. Corbally, of Rathbeale Hall, Swords, county Dublin. In 1903 he was residing mostly at Hanover House, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Peter Martin Joseph Charles John ffrench, 7th Baron ffrench (May 2, 1926 – 1986) married August 5, 1954, Katherine Sonia (b. 1926), second daughter of Digby Coddington Cayley (1895 - 1965) of Rougham Chantry, Bury St. Edmunds, JP for Lancashire and Major KOSB, by his spouse Beatrice née Campbell-Renton of Mordington House, Berwickshire. Lord ffrench had issue, two daughters, and a son and heir:
- Robuck John Peter Charles Mario ffrench, 8th Baron ffrench (b. 1956)
[edit] References
- 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, 1990.
- 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 Page
