Baron Burgh | |
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![]() ![]() Arms of Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh | |
Creation date | 1327 (1st creation) 1487?/1529 (2nd creation) |
Created by | Edward III Henry VII |
Peerage | Peerage of England |
First holder | William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1st creation) |
Last holder | Edward IV (1st creation) |
Present holder | Alexander Leith, 8th Baron Burgh |
Heir apparent | Alexander Leith |
Status | Extant (2nd creation) |
Extinction date | 1461 (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.