Landed families of Britain and Ireland

Bernard of Castle Bernard, Earls of Bandon The origins of this family are unusually obscure. Bennett's History of Bandon (1869) states that they derived from a family of this name settled at...

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Bernard of Abington and Brampton, baronets  This family traces its descent from the Bernard or Barnard family of Isleham in Cambridgeshire. Robert Bernard (fl. 1384) of Clare (Suffk) married...

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Berkeley of Stoke Gifford  This branch of the Berkeley family traced its descent from Sir Maurice de Berkeley (c.1300-47), the second son of Maurice de Berkeley (1271-1326), 2nd Baron Ber...

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Berkeley of Spetchley This branch of the Berkeley family is descended from Thomas Berkeley (d. 1484), fourth son of James de Berkeley (c.1394-1463), 1st Baron Berkeley . Thomas himself settle...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/08/582-berkeley-of-spetchley-park.html

Berkeley of Cotheridge This family are a cadet branch of the Berkeleys of Spetchley (who will be the subject of a future post), who were in a turn a cadet branch of the Berkeleys of Berkeley ...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/08/581-berkeley-of-cotheridge-court.html

Berkeley of Bruton Abbey The Berkeleys of Bruton Abbey were a cadet branch of the Berkeleys of Stoke Gifford (Glos), who will be the subject of a future post and who were, in turn, descend...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/08/580-berkeley-of-bruton-abbey-viscounts.html

Berkeley of Berkeley As the late Anthony Emery wrote in The greater medieval houses of England & Wales (2006), “The house of Berkeley is as colourful as any in the English peerage, with ...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/07/579-berkeley-of-berkeley-castle-and.html

Berkeley of Berkeley Castle  This post is divided into two parts: the first part gives my introduction to the family and accounts of the houses which they built or occupied at different ti...

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Berington of Little Malvern  The Beringtons are a complex clan of Recusant minor gentry families in the Welsh borders, whose seats in Shrewsbury, and at Moat Hall, Pontesbury (Shropshire)...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/06/578-berington-of-little-malvern-court.html

Beridge of Algarkirk This post tells the intertwined stories of two families: the Beridges of Algarkirk (Lincs) and the Sparrows of Gosfield Place (Essex), who became connected through the ma...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/05/577-beridge-and-sparrow-of-algarkirk.html

Achievement of the Pack-Beresford arms This family stems from Lady Elizabeth Louisa de la Poer Beresford (1783-1856), the youngest daughter of the Rt. Hon. George de la Poer Beresford (1...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/05/576-pack-beresford-of-fenagh.html

Massy-Beresford of Macbie Hill and St Huberts This family is yet another branch of the extensive Irish Beresford clan, deriving from the Rev. Charles Cobbe Beresford (1770-1850) etc.], wh...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/05/575-massy-beresford-of-macbiehill-and.html

Beresford of Learmount The Learmount estate in Co. Derry came to the Beresfords in 1774 on the marriage of Barbara Montgomery (d. 1795), a noted beauty, with the Hon. and Rt. Hon. John Ber...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/05/574-beresford-of-learmount.html

Beresford, Marquesses of Waterford  The Beresfords were established in south-west Derbyshire as a minor gentry family from at least the 15th century, holding adjoining estates at Fenny B...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/04/573-beresford-of-curraghmore-marquesses.html

Beresford, Barons Decies  This fascinating family was a cadet branch of the Beresfords of Curraghmore, Earls of Tyrone and Marquesses of Waterford, who will be the subject of a future pos...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/04/572-beresford-and-horsley-beresford-of.html

Beresford of Abbeville and Woodhouse  The family considered here are a cadet branch of the Beresfords of Curraghmore, Earls of Tyrone and Marquesses of Waterford, who will be the subject ...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/03/571-beresford-of-abbeville-termon-house.html

Berens of Kevington The Berens or Behrens family name is said to originate in Schleswig-Holstein on the borders of Germany and Denmark, but the branch of the family that came to England in th...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/02/570-berens-of-kevington-hall.html

Benyon of Englefield The Benyon family were established as merchants in London throughout the 17th century. Daniel Benyon (d. 1690) was master of the tallow chandlers' company in 1689-90, ...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/02/569-benyon-of-gidea-hall-and-englefield.html

This post has been divided into three parts. Part 1 consists of my introduction to the family and its property, and an account of  Welbeck Abbey and Bolsover Castle. This part contains histori...

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Cavendish-Bentinck, Dukes of Portland  This post has been divided into three parts. This part consists of my introduction to the family and its property, and an account of  Welbeck Abbey...

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This post has been divided into three parts. Part 1 consists of my introduction to the family and its property, and an account of  Welbeck Abbey and Bolsover Castle. Part 2 contains histories...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/02/568-cavendish-bentinck-of-welbeck-abbey_76.html

Bentinck of Indio House This family was a junior branch of the Bentinck (later Cavendish-Bentinck) family, Dukes of Portland, who will be the subject of my next post. The fortunes of the fami...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/01/567-bentinck-of-indio-house.html

Benthall of Benthall The Benthalls trace their descent from Anfred of Benthall, who was probably lord of the manor in the early 12th century. Their ownership was hardly continuous, however...

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2023/12/566-benthall-of-benthall-hall.html

Benson of Lutwyche Hall The story of this family begins with Moses Benson (1738-1806), who came from a yeoman farming family in the Furness district of Lancashire. He found employment as t...

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Leigh-Bennet of Thorpe Place  The story of this family begins with John Bennett (1698-1765), a solicitor in Aylsham (Norfk). He married Mary (c.1708-46), the daughter of a gentleman calle...

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