Baron Vaux of Harrowden

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The title Baron Vaux of Harrowden was created in the Peerage of England in 1523. In 1663, it fell into abeyance upon the death of the fifth Baron. The Sovereign terminated the abeyance in 1838 in favour of George Mostyn, but it again became abeyant in 1935. In 1938, the abeyance was terminated for a second time, this time in favour of Grace Gilbey, the only woman to hold the barony.

The Vaux family owned Great Harrowden Hall (now home to Wellingborough Golf Club) until 1695 when they sold it to Thomas Watson Wentworth, a son of Baron Rockingham of Rockingham Castle. Two centuries later, the 7th Baron Vaux was able to buy back the Hall. He died in 1935 and his daughter became Baroness Vaux of Harrowden. She was married to William Gordon Gilbey, the owner of a wine and spirits group. On her death in 1958 the ownership passed to her eldest son, Father Gabriel Gilbey, a Benedictine monk. In 1962 he took his seat in the House of Lords as the 9th Lord Vaux, the first Benedictine monk to do so since 1559.

Anthony Gilbey, the current Baron, resides at Rusko, Gatehouse Of Fleet, Dumfries And Galloway. He is a farmer and a Councillor for the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party.

[edit] Barons Vaux of Harrowden (1523)

The Heir Apparent is Hon. Richard Gilby (b. 1965)

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