Baron FitzHardinge

Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge.

Baron FitzHardinge, of the City and County of the City of Bristol, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 August 1861 for the naval commander and politician Admiral Sir Maurice Berkeley. He was illegitimate son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley and the brother of Thomas Berkeley, 6th Earl of Berkeley and William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge (a title which became extinct on his death 1857). He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was a Liberal politician. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. He briefly represented Gloucester in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1916.

Baron FitzHardinge (1861)

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