Creation: writ sum. 24 Oct 1597

Family name: Howard later Griffin later Hervey later Ellis later Scott-Ellis later Czernin

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Arms:

Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Erminois on a Cross Sable five Crescents Argent (Ellis);  2nd and 3rd, Or on a Bend Azure a Mullet between two Crescents of the field in chief a Crescent Gules all within a Bordure engrailed of the last (Scott)

Crests:

1st:  On a Mount Vert a Goat's Head erased Argent (Ellis);  2nd:  A Dexter Hand holding an Annulet in which is set a Carbuncle proper (Scott)

Supporters:

On either side a Lion Argent charged on the neck with three Trefoils slipped Vert within a Collar gemelle Gules

Mottoes:

1st:  Non Quo Sed Quomodo (Not by whom, but in what manner);  2nd:  In Tenebris Lux (Light in darkness)

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On the death of James [Howard], 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden on 7 Jan 1688, the Barony of Howard de Walden fell into abeyance between his two daughters:  (1) Lady Essex Howard, wife of Edward [Griffin], 1st Baron Griffin; and her half-sister (2) Lady Elizabeth Howard, wife of Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Bt., of Playford, co. Suffolk.  The abeyance was terminated 3 Aug 1784 in favour of the senior coheir

John Griffin [Whitwell later Griffin], 4th Baron Howard de Walden and 1st Baron Braybrooke

only son of William Whitwell, of Oundle, co. Northampton, by his wife Hon Anne Griffin, 2nd and only surv. dau. of James [Griffin], 2nd Baron Griffin (by his wife Ann Rainsford, dau. and sole hrss. of Richard Rainsford, of Dallington, co. Northampton), 1st son of Edward [Griffin], 1st Baron Griffin, by his wife Lady Essex Howard, only dau. by his first wife of James [Howard], 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden

born

13 Mar 1719

mar. (1)

9 Mar 1748/9 Baroness Anna Maria Schutz (dsp. 18 Aug 1764), dau. of Baron Johann Schutz

mar. (2)

11 Jun 1765 Catharine Clayton (d. 15 Aug 1807), dau. of William Clayton, of Harleyford, co. Buckingham, by his second wife Caroline Mary Lloyd, dau. and cohrss. of Rice Lloyd

died

s.p. 25 May 1797

created

5 Sep 1788 Baron Braybrooke, of Braybrooke in the County of Northampton, with remainder in default of male issue to his kinsman Richard Aldworth Neville, of Billingbere, co. Berkshire

On his death the Barony of Braybrooke devolved on his distant cousin in accordance with the special remainder and the Barony of Howard de Walden fell into abeyance between his sister, Mary Whitwell, wife of Dr William Parker later Griffin DD, and the descendants of Lady Elizabeth Felton.  On the death of Mrs Griffin on 17 Nov 1799 without children there were no surviving descendants of Lady Essex Griffin and so the right to the Barony of Howard de Walden passed to:

Frederick Augustus [Hervey], 4th Earl of Bristol and 5th Baron Howard de Walden

3rd son of John [Hervey], 2nd Baron Hervey (by his wife Mary Lepell, dau. of Brig Gen Nicholas Lepell), 1st son of John [Hervey], 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife Elizabeth Felton, only dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Bt., of Playford, co. Suffolk, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Howard, only dau. by his 2nd wife of James [Howard], 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden

born

1 Aug 1730

mar.

10 Aug 1752 Elizabeth Davers (d. 15 Dec 1800), 2nd dau. of Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Bt. MP, of Rougham, Suffolk, by his wife Margaretta Green, dau. and cohrss. of Rev .... Green

died

8 Jul 1803

suc. by

great-grandson

note

suc. his brother 23 Dec 1779 as 4th Earl of Bristol;  on his death the Earldom of Bristol devolved on his 2nd but 1st surv. son, Frederick William [Hervey], 5th Earl of Bristol later 1st Marquess of Bristol

Charles Augustus [Ellis], 6th Baron Howard de Walden, GCB

1st son of Charles Rose [Ellis], 1st Baron Seaford, by his first wife Hon Elizabeth Catherine Caroline Hervey, only child of Capt Hon John Augustus Hervey RN, styled Lord Hervey (by his wife Elizabeth Drummond, 1st dau. of Colin Drummond, of Megginch Castle, co. Perth), 1st son and heir ap. of Frederick Augustus [Hervey], 4th Earl of Bristol and 5th Baron Howard de Walden

born

5 Jun 1799

mar.

8 Nov 1828 Lady Lucy Joan Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 4th dau. of William Henry [Cavendish-Bentinck later Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott], 4th Duke of Portland,  by his wife Henrietta Scott, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Gen John Scott, of Balcomie, co. Fife

died

29 Aug 1868

suc. by

son

note

suc. his father 1 Jul 1845 as 2nd Baron Seaford;  his right to the Barony of Howard de Walden was confirmed in Feb 1807

Frederick George [Ellis], 7th Baron Howard de Walden

born

9 Aug 1830

mar.

27 Apr 1876 Blanche Holden (mar. (2) 25 Mar 1903 Henry Ludlow [Lopes], 2nd Baron Ludlow;  d. 7 Apr 1911), 1st dau. and cohrss. of William Holden, of Palace House, co. Lancaster, by his wife Blanche Paulet, dau. of J Paulet, of Seaforth House, co. Lancaster

died

3 Nov 1899

suc. by

son

Thomas Evelyn [Ellis later Scott-Ellis], 8th Baron Howard de Walden

born

9 May 1880

mar.

19 Feb 1912 Margherita Van Raalte CBE (d. 1974), 1st dau. of Charles Van Raalte, of Brownsea Island, co. Dorset

died

5 Nov 1946

suc. by

son

John Osmael [Scott-Ellis], 9th Baron Howard de Walden

born

27 Nov 1912

mar. (1)

22 Aug 1934 Countess Irene Maria Rosario Pauline von Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen (d. 1975), 5th dau. of Count Hans-Albrecht von Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen by his wife Countess Helene von Arco-Zinneberg

children by first wife

1. Hon (Mary) Hazel Caridwen Scott-Ellis, later suo jure Baroness Howard de Walden

2. Hon (Blanche) Susan Fionodbhar Scott-Ellis (b. 6 Oct 1937), mar. 8 Feb 1961 Capt David William Trevor later Sinclair Buchan of Auchmacoy, of Auchmacoy House, Ellon, Aberdeen, only son of Capt Stephen Lloyd Trevor by his wife Lady Olivia Buchan, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Norman MacLeod [Sinclair later Buchan], 18th Earl of Caithness, and has issue

3. Hon Jessica Jane Vronwy Scott-Ellis (b. 6 Aug 1941), mar. 12 Jul 1966 Adrian Tancred White, of Farnborough Downs Farm, Wantage, co. Oxford, 1st son of Dr Harold Denis White by his wife Phyllida Mary Warren, only dau. of Alfred Robert Warren by his wife Constance Anne Tancred, 4th dau. of Sir Thomas Selby Tancred, 8th Bt, and has issue

4. Hon Camilla Anne Bronwen Scott-Ellis (b. 1 Apr 1947), mar. 16 Nov 1971 Guy Acloque, of Alderley Grange, Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester (d. 19 Jun 2008), and has issue

mar. (2)

1978 Gillian Margaret Butler (former wife of Richard Henry Piers [Butler], 17th Viscount Mountgarret), only dau. of Cyril Francis Stuart Buckley, of St Leonard's Terrace, SW London

died

s.p.m. 9 Jul 1999

On the death of the 9th Baron Howard de Walden the Barony of Howard de Walden fell into abeyance between his four daughters and the Barony of Seaford passed to his cousin, Colin Humphrey Felton Ellis, who succeeded as 6th Baron Seaford.  On 25 Jun 2004 the Barony of Howard de Walden was called out of abeyance in favour of:

Hon (Mary) Hazel Caridwen Scott-Ellis later Czernin, suo jure Baroness Howard de Walden

born

12 Aug 1935

mar.

20 Nov 1957 Count Joseph Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, only son of Count Franz Joseph Czernin von und zu Chudenitz

children

1. Hon Peter John Joseph Czernin (b. 1 Jan 1966), mar. 17 Sep 1994 Lucinda Wright, 2nd dau. of Richard Wright, of Wilbraham Temple, Great Wilbraham, co. Cambridge, and has issue:

1a. Alexander John Peter Czernin (b. 2 Oct 1999)

1a. Audrey Serena Angela Czernin (b. 13 Aug 1997)

1. Hon Charlotte Mary Sidonia Czernin (b. 28 Nov 1958), mar. 1986 Neil A Girkins, of Kingston House, co. Dorset, son of Gerard Girkins, of Bordeaux, France, and has issue

2. Hon Henrietta Mary Rosario Czernin (b. 10 Jan 1960), mar. 1985 C Alistair Currey, and has issue

3. Hon Alexandra Mary Romana Czernin (b. 6 Nov 1961), mar. 1992 David Mark Noel Kelly, of 43 Bradbourne Street, London, 4th son of Bernard Noel David George Terence Kelly, of 109 Studdridge Street, London (by his wife Lady Mirabel Magdalene Fitzalan-Howard, sister of Miles Francis [Fitzalan-Howard later Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard], 17th Duke of Norfolk, and 4th dau. of Bernard Edward [Fitzalan-Howard], 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop), 1st son of Sir David Victor Kelly GCMG MC, of Tara House, co. Wexford, and has issue

4. Hon Philippa Mary Loretta Czernin (b. 3 Jul 1963), mar. 1998 Alexander W R Mitchell, son of Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Charles Mitchell CB, by his first wife Jocelyn Rainger, and has issue

5. Hon Isabelle Mary Benedicta Czernin (b. 27 Dec 1967)

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Last updated 30 Jul 2008

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Title:

Baroness Howard de Walden (10th in line)

(England, writ of sum. 24 Oct 1597)

Address:

47 Queens Gate Gardens, London SW7 5ND

White Oak House, Highclere, Berkshire RG20 9RJ

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