Marquess of Normanby

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Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave
Constantine John Phipps,
2nd Baron Mulgrave

Marquess of Normanby is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in 1694 in favour of John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave. In 1703 he was further honoured when he was made Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. For more information on this creation of the marquessate, see the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.

The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 25 June 1838, in favour of Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave. The Phipps family descends from Sir Constantine Phipps, Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1710 to 1714. His son William Phipps married Lady Catherine Annesley, daughter and heiress of James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey and his wife Lady Catherine Darnley, illegitimate daughter of King James II by his mistress Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. Lady Catherine Darnley later married the aforementioned John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.

William Phipps's son Constantine Phipps was in 1767 raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Mulgrave, of New Ross in the County of Wexford. His son, the second Baron, was a politician but is best remembered for his attempted voyage to the North Pole in 1773. In 1790 he was created Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave in the County of York, in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Mulgrave had no sons and on his death in 1792 the barony of 1790 became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the Irish barony by his younger brother, the third Baron. He was a General in the Army as well as a prominent politician, and notably served as Foreign Secretary from 1805 to 1806 and as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1807 to 1810. In 1794 the barony held by his elder brother was revived when he was made Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave in the County of York, in the Peerage of Great Britain. In 1812 Lord Mulgrave was further honoured when he was made Viscount Normanby, of Normanby in the County of York, and Earl of Mulgrave. Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

His eldest son, the second Earl, was also a noted politician and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and as Home Secretary. In 1838 he was created Marquess of Normanby, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his son, the second Marquess. He was a Liberal politician and also served as Governor of New Zealand. His grandson, the fourth Marquess, served briefly as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in 1945 and was also Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire and of North Yorkshire. As of 2007 the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Marquess, who succeeded in 1994.

Other members of the family have also gained distinction. The Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, second son of the first Earl, was a prominent court official. Sir Constantine Edmund Henry Phipps, son of the Hon. Edmund Phipps, third son of the first Earl, was British Ambassador to Belgium from 1900 to 1906, while his son Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps was British Ambassador to Germany between 1933 and 1937 and to France between 1937 and 1939. Also, Sir William Phipps (or Phips), Governor of Massachusetts, was a member of another branch of the family.

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[edit] Marquess of Normanby, First creation (1694)

[edit] Barons Mulgrave, First Creation (1767)

[edit] Earls of Mulgrave, Second Creation (1812)

[edit] Marquesses of Normanby, Second Creation (1838)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's eldest son Tomos Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave (b. November 1994), currently at Westminster Under School.

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