Baron Chaworth
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The title Baron Chaworth was created thrice in the Peerage of England, in the Peerage of Ireland and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The first creation was in the Peerage of England. On 6 February 1299 Thomas Chaworth was summoned to parliament. On his death after 1299, the barony extinct.
The second creation was the subsidiary title of the Viscount Chaworth in 1628 and was in the Peerage of Ireland. It became extinct with the viscountcy in 1693.
The third creation was of Eaton Hall in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for the 10th Irish Earl of Meath, so he could sit in the House of Lords until 1999.
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[edit] Baron Chaworth (1299)
[edit] Barons Chaworth (1628)
[edit] Barons Chaworth (1831)
See Earl of Meath
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This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
