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De La Warr, Baron (E, 1569/70)

Creation: let. pat.  5 Feb 1569/70

Family name: West

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Arms:

See Earl De La Warr

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William [West], 1st Baron De La Warr

1st son and heir of Sir George West, of Warbleton, co. Sussex (by his wife Elizabeth Morton, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Robert Morton, of Lechdale, co. Gloucester), 2nd son of Thomas [West], 8th Baron la Warre, by his second wife Eleanor, dau. of Sir Roger Copley, of Roughway, co. Sussex, and younger brother of the half-blood of Thomas [West], 9th Baron la Warre

born

bef. 1520

mar. (1)

bef. 1555 Elizabeth Strange, dau. of Thomas Strange, of Chesterton, co. Gloucester

mar. (2)

Anne Oliver (widow of Thomas Oliver;  mar. (3) Richard Kemish, of Andover, co. Hampshire), dau. of Henry Swift, of Andover, co. Hampshire, by his wife Elizabeth .....

died

30 Dec 1595

created

5 Feb 1569/70 Baron De La Warr

suc. by

son by first wife

note

adopted as heir by his half-uncle Thomas [West], 9th Baron la Warre (to the apparent exclusion of his father's elder brother of the whole blood, Sir Owen West, who dspm. 1551);  found guilty of attempting to poison his half-uncle and disabled from all honours by Act of Parliament 1 Feb 1549/50;  restored in blood 10 Apr 1563;  joint Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1569;  knighted 5 Feb 1569/70

Thomas [West], 2nd Baron De La Warr

born

c.1556

mar.

19 Nov 1571 Anne Knollys (b. c. 1553 ; d. after 30 Aug 1608), 3rd dau. of Sir Francis Knollys KG, by his wife Mary Carey, sister of Henry [Carey], 1st Baron Hunsdon, and only dau. of William Carey, Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII (by his wife Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII and elder sister of Lady Anne Boleyn, suo jure Marchioness of Pembroke, herself second wife of King Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, 1st dau. and cohrss. in her issue of Thomas [Boleyn], 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde), 2nd son of Sir Thomas Carey, of Chilton Foliat, co. Wiltshire, by his wife Margaret Spencer, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Robert Spencer, of Spencercombe, co. Devon, by his wife Lady Eleanor Butler, widow of James [Butler], 5th Earl of Ormonde, and 1st dau. and cohrss. of Edmund [Beaufort], 1st Duke of Somerset

died

24 Mar 1601/2

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Chichester 1570, for East Looe 1572-83, for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1586-87, for Hampshire 1588-89, and for Aylesbury 1592-93;  Sheriff of Hampshire 1585-86;  knighted 7 Dec 1587;  successfully petitioned the House of Lords 1597 for the precedency of the ancient Barony of la Warre (cr. by writ 6 Feb 1298/9) despite the fact that ancient Barony had fallen into abeyance between the two daughters of his uncle Sir Owen West

Thomas [West], 3rd Baron De La Warr

born

9 Jul 1577

mar.

25 Nov 1602 Cecily Shirley (bur. 31 Jul 1662), 6th dau. of Sir Thomas Shirley, of Wiston, co. Sussex, by his wife Anne Kempe, dau. of Sir Thomas Kempe

died

7 Jun 1618

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Lymington 1597-98;  knighted 12 Jul 1599;  Governor and Captain-General of Virginia 1610-18

Henry [West], 4th Baron De La Warr

born

3 Oct 1603

mar.

Mar 1624/5 Isabella Edmunds (d. c.1677), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Thomas Edmunds, Treasurer of the Household

died

1 Jun 1628

suc. by

son

Charles [West], 5th Baron De La Warr

born

Feb 1626

mar.

25 Sep 1642 Anne Wild (bur. 18 May 1702/3), dau. of John Wild, of Droitwich, co. Worcester, Serjeant-at-Law

died

22 Dec 1687

suc. by

son

John [West], 6th Baron De La Warr

born

c.1663

mar.

Jun 1691 Margaret Salway (widow of Thomas Salway;  d. 31 Jan 1737/8), dau. and hrss. of John Freeman, merchant of London

died

26 May 1723

suc. by

son

note

Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark 1697-1708;  Treasurer of the Chamber 1713-14;  one of the Tellers of the Exchequer 1714-15;  Treasurer of the Excise 1715-17

John [West], 7th Baron De La Warr later 1st Earl De La Warr

created

18 Mar 1761 Viscount Cantelupe and Earl De La Warr

The Barony of De La Warr has been held by the Earls De La Warr since 18 Mar 1761.

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