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In 1882, his father inherited the titles of Earl of Berkeley and Viscount Dursley from his cousin, Thomas Moreton Fitzhardinge Berkeley, 6th Earl of Berkeley and 14th Baron Berkeley (who did not use the earldom by family arrangement) while the barony of Berkeley descended to a female line; Randal Berkeley then assumed the courtesy title of ...
The next creation by writ was in 1421, for the last baron's nephew and heir James Berkeley. ... was created in 1679 Earl of Berkeley and Viscount Dursley, ...
Marquess of Berkeley, Earl of Nottingham, Viscount Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, ... This page was last edited on 9 October 2024, at 11:11 (UTC).
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Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley, KG, PC (c. 1679 – 17 August 1736) was an English Royal Navy officer and peer who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1717 to 1727. The son of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley , he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Dursley prior to succeeding as Earl of Berkeley in 1710.
The son of George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge, [1] was created a Knight of the Bath for the coronation of Charles II in 1661, and received his Master of Arts from Oxford on 28 September 1663.
James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (c. 1394 – 22 October [1] 1463), also known as "James the Just", was an English peer. Berkeley was the son of Sir James de Berkeley (d. 1405) and his wife Elizabeth (née Bluet) and by 1410 accepted as heir male to his uncle Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley . [ 2 ]
Berkeley's childhood was spent in Warwickshire, where he was a pupil of the translator, Philemon Holland of Coventry, and of Henry Ashwood. [3]He succeeded to his titles of Baron Berkeley of Berkeley, Mowbray, Segrave, & Breuse of Gower at the death of his grandfather, Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley, on 26 November 1613. [4]