Baron Burghersh

The title of Baron Burghersh has been created three times in the Peerage of England.

It was first created by writ for Robert de Burghersh on 12 November 1303. Robert had three sons, the eldest of which, named Stephen, became the second Baron. According to modern peerage law, the title would have descended to Maud, Stephen's only daughter, then to her son Sir Walter Paveley, and afterwards to his son, also named Walter. However, there is no evidence that Maud or her descendants ever used the title. After Walter's death the title presumably became abeyant or extinct.

The title was created again by writ for Robert's third son Bartholomew on 25 January 1330. It descended through the families of Despencer and Beauchamp, before becoming abeyant in 1449.

The title was created again on 29 December 1624 for Francis Fane. Francis was made Earl of Westmorland at the same time, and both titles are currently held by Anthony, his descendant.

Barons Burghersh (1303)

 * Robert, 1st Lord Burghersh (d. 1306)
 * Stephen, de jure 2nd Lord Burghersh (b. c. 1280–1310)
 * Maud, de jure et suo jure 3rd Lady Burghersh (b. 1304)
 * Walter Paveley, de jure 4th Lord Burghersh (d. 1375)
 * Walter Paveley, de jure 5th Lord Burghersh (testate 1379) (extinct? abeyant?)

Barons Burghersh (1330)

 * Bartholomew, 1st Lord Burghersh (bef. 1304–1355)
 * Bartholomew, 2nd Lord Burghersh (bef. 1329–1369)
 * Elizabeth le Despencer, suo jure 3rd Lady Burghersh (1342–1409)
 * Richard le Despencer, 4th Lord Burghersh (1396-1414)
 * Isabel de Beauchamp, suo jure 5th Lady Burghersh (1400-1439)
 * Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke and 14th Earl of Warwick, 6th Lord Burghersh (1425-1446)
 * Anne de Beauchamp, suo jure 15th Countess of Warwick and 7th Lady Burghersh (1443-1448)

After Anne's death at the age of five, her Earldom passed to her great aunt Lady Anne, whose husband Richard then became jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick. The Barony of Burghersh fell into abeyance between Lady Anne and her sisters.

Barons Burghersh (1624)

 * Francis, 1st Earl of Westmorland and 1st Lord Burghersh (1580–1629)

See here for further succession.