Baron Gwydyr

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Baron Gwydyr, in the County of Carnarvon, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 June 1796 for Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd Baronet, of West Grinstead Park, who had earlier represented Boston and Haslemere in the House of Commons. The Burrell Baronetcy, of West Grinstead Park in the County of Surrey, had been created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 July 1766 for his great-uncle Merrick Burrell, with remainder to the latter's nephew Peter Burrell (the father of Lord Gwydyr). Merrick Burrell had previously represented Marlow, Grampound, Haslemere and Great Bedwyn in Parliament. Lord Gwydyr married Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, herself a descendant of the Aberffraw legacy through her grandmother Mary Wynn. They were both succeeded by their eldest son, the second Baron Gwydyr and twenty-first Baron Willoughby de Eresby. On the death in 1865 of his son, the third and twenty-second Baron respectively, the titles separated. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the late Baron's sisters (see the Baron Willoughby de Eresby for later history of this title) while the barony of Gwydyr was inherited by his cousin, the fourth Baron. The baronetcy and barony became extinct on the death of the latter's son, the fifth Baron, on 13 February 1915.