Baron Beauchamp

The titles Baron Beauchamp and Viscount Beauchamp have been created several times throughout English and British history. There is an extant Viscountcy of Beauchamp, held by the Marquesses of Hertford.

Beauchamp family

The name Beauchamp, Latinised to de Bello Campo ("from the beautiful field/fair field"), is borne by one of the most ancient Anglo-Norman families.

Barons Beauchamp, first creation ("de Somerset") (1299–1361)

Arms of Beauchamp of Hatch: Vair

(Descendants of the feudal barons of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset)

• John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1274–1336)
• John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp (d. 1343)
• John de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp (1330–1361) (abeyant on his death)

Baron Beauchamp, second creation ("de Warwick") (1350–1360)

Arms of Beauchamp of Warwick: Gules, a fesse between six cross crosslets or

• John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1316–1360)

Baron Beauchamp, third creation ("of Bletso") (1363–1380)

• Roger Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Bletso (died 1380)
• Sir Roger de Beauchamp (d. 3 May 1406)
• Sir John Beauchamp, de jure 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe (d. 1412-1414)

Barons Beauchamp, fourth creation ("of Kidderminster") (1387–1400)

• John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1319–1388) (forfeit 1388)
• John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp (1378–1420) (attainder reversed 1398; forfeit in 1400 by renewal of attainder)

Barons Beauchamp, fifth creation ("of Powick") (1447–1503)

• John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d. 1475)
• Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp (1435–1503)

Seymour family

Viscount Beauchamp, first creation ("of Hache") (1536–1552)

The Seymour family inherited the capital manor of Hatch Beauchamp (anciently Hache) due to the marriage of Roger Seymour (d.c.1361) to Cecily Beauchamp (d.1393), the aunt and heiress of John IV de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp (1330-1361),^[1] feudal baron of Hatch Beauchamp.

• Edward Seymour, 1st Viscount Beauchamp (created Earl of Hertford in 1537 and Duke of Somerset in 1547; forfeit in 1552)

Barons Beauchamp, sixth creation ("of Hache") (1559–1750)

• Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beachamp (1537–1621)
• William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 2nd Baron Beauchamp (1587–1660)
• William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset, 3rd Baron Beauchamp (1654–1671)
• John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset, 4th Baron Beauchamp (d. 1675)
• Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset, 5th Baron Beauchamp (1658–1678)
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, 6th Barom Beauchamp (1662–1748)
• Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, 7th Baron Beauchamp (1684–1750) (Barony extinct on his death)

Viscounts Beauchamp, second creation ("of Hache") (1750—)

• Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp (1718–1794) (created Marquess of Hertford in 1793)

See Marquess of Hertford for further Viscounts Beauchamp.

Lygon family

Barons Beauchamp, seventh creation ("of Powyke") (1806–1979)

• William Lygon, 1st Baron Beauchamp (1747–1816) (created Earl Beauchamp in 1815)

See Earl Beauchamp for further Barons Beauchamp.

See also

• Beauchamp baronets

References

1. Cookson, Christopher, Hatch Beauchamp Church, section: Historical Note on the Church and its Associations, 1972