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The Berkeley family is an ancient English noble family. ... One of the most distinguished members of the family was Elizabeth, Princess Berkeley, ...
The Berkeley family are an English aristocratic family headed by the Baron Berkeley. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
He rebuilt Berkeley Castle, and founded the Berkeley family which still occupies it today. [1] He was a wealthy Bristol merchant and a financier of the future King Henry II of England (1133-1189) in the period known as the Anarchy during which Henry's mother, the Empress Matilda (1102-1167), mounted repeated military challenges to King Stephen ...
1st Baron Berkeley, 6th Feudal Baron of Berkeley: Maurice de Berkeley "Maurice the Magnanimous" 1271–1326 2nd Baron Berkeley, 7th Feudal Baron of Berkeley: Bruton cadet branch: Thomas de Berkeley "Thomas the Rich" c. 1293/1296 –1361 3rd Baron Berkeley, 8th Feudal Baron of Berkeley: Maurice de Berkeley 1298–1347: Maurice de Berkeley ...
John Smith (1567–1640) of North Nibley in Gloucestershire, was an English lawyer and antiquary and was the genealogist of the Berkeley family. He served as a Member of Parliament for Midhurst in Sussex from 1621 to 1622.
Berkeley was born at Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London, the eldest son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, by Mary Cole, daughter of William Cole.He was the brother of Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, Francis Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley, George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Craven Berkeley and the nephew of Sir George Cranfield Berkeley.
Lesh was born in Berkeley, California, on March 15, 1940, [2] the only child of Frank Lesh, an amateur piano player, and Barbra Chapman. [3] His father encouraged him to take up the violin at the age of eight. At El Cerrito High School in East Bay he became a member of the school's marching band. [4]
Berkeley succeeded to the earldom in 1698, and also received his father's office of Custos Rotulorum of Surrey in February 1699. His eldest son, Charles, Viscount Dursley, died of smallpox in May, and his daughter, Lady Penelope, in September of that same year, both while Berkeley and his family were in Dublin during his tenure as one of the ...