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Baron Rivers is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Baron Rivers:
1st. 9th May 1448. Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers 1405-1469. Extinct. 6th March 1491.
2nd. 14th May 1776. George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers 1721-1821. Extinct. 20th July 1828.
3rd. 16th March 1802. George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers 1721-1821. Extinct. 3rd March 1880.
Baron Rivers is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
9th May 1448. Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers created.
12th August 1469. Son Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers succeeded. See Execution of the Woodvilles.
25th June 1483. Brother Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers succeeded. See Execution of the Yorkists and their Affinity.
6th March 1491. Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers extinct.
On 9th May 1448 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 43) was created 1st Baron Rivers by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 26). Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 33) by marriage Baroness Rivers.
On 12th August 1469 Woodvilles father and son were beheaded at Kenilworth Castle [Map] by supporters of Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 40).
Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 64) was beheaded. His son Anthony (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Baron Rivers. Elizabeth Scales Countess Rivers by marriage Countess Rivers.
John Woodville (age 24) was beheaded.
On 25th June 1483 supporters of the Woodvilles were executed at Pontefract Castle [Map] ...
Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 43) was beheaded. His brother Richard (age 30) succeeded 3rd Earl Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers.
Richard Grey (age 26) and Thomas Vaughan (age 73) were beheaded.
On 6th March 1491 Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 38) died. Earl Rivers, Baron Rivers extinct.
Baron Rivers of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
14th May 1776. George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers created.
7th April 1821. Son George Pitt 2nd Baron Rivers succeeded.
20th July 1828. Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers extinct.
The London Gazette 11665. St. James's, May 14 [1776]. The King (age 37) has been pleased to order a Writ to be issued under the Great Seal of Great Britain for summoning Francis Osborne, Esq; commonly called Marquess of Carmarthen, up to the House of Peers, by the Stile and Title of Baron Olborne of Kiveton in the County of York.
The King has been pleased to grant unto her Grace the Dutchess of Argyll (age 42) the Dignity of a Baroness of the Kingdom of Great Britain, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baroness Hamilton, of Hameldon in the County of Leicester; and the Dignity of a Baron to her Heirs Male.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain unto the following Gentlemen, and their Heirs Male; viz.
Alexander Hume Campbell,.Esq; commonly called Lord Polwarth, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Hume of Berwick.
John Stuart, Esq; commonly called Lord Mount Stuart, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle in the County of Glamorgan.
The Right Honorable Sir Edward Hawke, Knight of the Bath, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Hawke of Towton in the County of York.
The Right Honorable George Onslow, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Cranley of Imber Court in the County of Surrey.
The Right Honorable Sir Jeffery Amherst, Knight os the Bath, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Amherst of Holmesdale in the County of Kent.
Sir Brownlow Cust (age 31), Bart, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Brownlow of Belton in the County of Lincoln. [Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow by marriage Baroness Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire.]
George Pitt (age 55), Esq; by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Rivers of Stratfieldsay in the County of Southampton.
Nathaniel Ryder (age 40), Esq; by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Harrowby of Harrowby in the County of Lincoln. [Elizabeth Terrick Baroness Harrowby by marriage Baroness Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire.]
Thomas Foley (age 59), Esq; of Great Witley in the County of Worcester, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Foley of Kidderminster in the County of Worcester.
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On 7th April 1821 George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers (age 99) died. On 7th April 1821 His son George (age 69) succeeded 2nd Baron Rivers of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
On 20th July 1828 George Pitt 2nd Baron Rivers (age 76) died in Grosvenor Place, Belgravia. His nephew Horace (age 50) succeeded 3rd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire. Baron Rivers of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire extinct.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 2nd February 1833 George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers (age 22) and Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower Baroness Rivers (age 23) were married at British Embassy, Paris. She by marriage Baroness Rivers of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville (age 59) and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville (age 47).
Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
16th March 1802. George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers created.
7th April 1821. Son George Pitt 2nd Baron Rivers succeeded.
20th July 1828. Nephew Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers succeeded.
23rd January 1831. Son George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers succeeded.
28th April 1866. Son Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers 5th Baron Rivers succeeded.
17th March 1867. Uncle George Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers succeeded.
3rd March 1880. George Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers extinct.
On 16th March 1802 George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers (age 80) was created 1st Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire with special remainder, in default of male issue, to his brother Sir William and his issue male, failing which to his daughter Louisa's son Horace Beckford (age 24) and his issue male. The latter condition was effected on the death of his son George Pitt 2nd Baron Rivers (age 50).
On 7th April 1821 George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers (age 99) died. On 7th April 1821 His son George (age 69) succeeded 2nd Baron Rivers of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
On 20th July 1828 George Pitt 2nd Baron Rivers (age 76) died in Grosvenor Place, Belgravia. His nephew Horace (age 50) succeeded 3rd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire. Baron Rivers of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire extinct.
On 23rd January 1831 Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers (age 53) drowned himself in The Serpentine, Hyde Park having reneged on a pledge to never play cards again. His son George (age 20) succeeded 4th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
On 28th April 1866 George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers (age 55) died. His son Henry (age 17) succeeded 5th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
On 17th March 1867 Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers 5th Baron Rivers (age 17) died from lung disease in Torquay, Devon. His uncle George (age 52) succeeded 6th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
On 3rd March 1880 George Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers (age 65) died at 23 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia. On 11th May 1880 he was buried at St Mary's Church Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset. Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire extinct.