Baron Burgh

Baron Burgh
Arms of Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh
Creation date1327 (1st creation)
1487?/1529 (2nd creation)
Created byEdward III
Henry VII
PeeragePeerage of England
First holderWilliam de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1st creation)
Last holderEdward IV (1st creation)
Present holderAlexander Leith, 8th Baron Burgh
Heir apparentAlexander Leith
StatusExtant (2nd creation)
Extinction date1461 (1st creation)

Baron Burgh (English: /bɜːr/; BER; or English: /bʊræ/; BURRA) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England.

The first creation was for William de Burgh in 1327, who was later Earl of Ulster, and both these titles later merged with the Crown in 1461.

The second, and still existing, peerage is of uncertain date. No Burgh sat in the House of Lords before 1529; the grandfather of that Lord Burgh had been summoned to the House in 1487, but did not sit; whether this was sufficient to create a barony by writ is debatable. This Barony was in abeyance for over three hundred years; when it was called out of abeyance, in 1916, it was accorded precedence as of 1487.


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