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Berwick, Baron (GB, 1784 - 1953)

Creation: let.pat. 19 May 1784

Extinct: 27 Jan 1953

Family name: Hill later Hill-Noel

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Ermine on a Fess Sable a Castle with two Towers Argent on a Canton Gules a Martlet Or (Hill);  2nd, Or fretty Gules a Canton Ermine (Noel);  4th, Or a Chevron between three Stags' Heads caboshed Gules (Harwood)

Crests:

1st:  A Stag statant Argent (Hill);  2nd: On the Battlements of a Tower a Hind statant Argent collared and chained Or (Noel);  3rd: A Stag's Head caboshed Sable in the mouth a Sprig of Oak proper (Harwood)

Supporters:

Dexter: A Pegasus Argent gorged with a Plain Collar Sable thereon a Martlet Or;  Sinister: A Stag Argent attired Or gorged with a Plain Collar Sable thereon a Leopard's Face Gold and a chain reflexed over the back also Gold

Motto:

 Qui uti scit ei bona

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Noel [Hill], 1st Baron Berwick

only surv. son and heir of Thomas Harwood later Hill, of Tern, co. Shrewsbury, and of Shenstone Park, co. Stafford, by his second wife Susan Maria Noel, 1st dau. and cohrss. of William Noel, a Judge of the Common Pleas

born

Apr 1745

mar.

18 Nov 1768 Anna Vernon (d. 23 Mar 1797), 2nd dau. of Henry Vernon, of Hilton, co. Stafford, by his wife Lady Harriet Wentworth, 3rd dau. of Thomas [Wentworth], 1st Earl of Strafford

children

1. Hon Thomas Noel Hill, later 2nd Baron Berwick

2. Hon William Hill later Noel-Hill, later 3rd Baron Berwick

3. Rev Richard Hill later Noel-Hill, later 4th Baron Berwick

1. Hon Henrietta Maria Hill (d. 2 Jan 1831), mar. 10 Apr 1793 as his first wife Charles [Brudenell-Bruce], 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, and had issue

2. Hon Anna Matilda Hill (d. 10 Apr 1837)

3. Hon Amelia Louisa Hill (d. 6 Jun 1850)

died

6 Jan 1789

created

19 May 1784 Baron Berwick, of Attingham in the County of Shrewsbury

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1768-74 and for Shropshire 1774-84

Thomas Noel [Hill], 2nd Baron Berwick

born

21 Oct 1770

mar.

8 Feb 1812 Sophia Dubochet (b. c. 1794; d. 29 Aug 1875), dau. of John James Dubochet, a Swiss clockmaker in Mayfair, London, by his wife Amelia .....

died

s.p. 3 Nov 1832

suc. by

brother

note

FSA 1801

William [Hill later Noel-Hill], 3rd Baron Berwick, PC

born

21 Oct 1773

died

s.p. legit. 4 Aug 1842

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Shrewsbury 1796-1812 and for Marlborough 1814-18; Envoy to Ratisbon 1805-07, to Turin 1807-24 and to Naples 1824-30; took the additional surname of Noel by Royal Licence 1824; Privy Councillor 1824

Richard [Hill later Noel-Hill], 4th Baron Berwick

born

7 Nov 1774

mar.

16 Jun 1800 Frances Maria Owen (d. 4 Jan 1840), 2nd dau. of William Mostyn Owen, of Woodhouse, co. Salop, MP for Montgomeryshire, by his wife Rebecca Dod, sister of Thomas Crewe Dod

children

1. Hon Richard Noel Noel-Hill, later 5th Baron Berwick

2. Hon William Noel-Hill, later 6th Baron Berwick

3. Rev Hon Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, Rector of Berrington, co. Shrewsbury (b. 1 Feb 1804; d. 1 Mar 1870), mar. 18 Sep 1845 Harriet Rebecca Humffreys, dau. of John Humffreys, of Llwyn, co. Montgomery, and had issue:

1a. Richard Henry Noel-Hill, later 7th Baron Berwick

2a. Rev Hon Thomas Noel Noel-Hill, granted the style precedence of a Baron's younger son by Royal Warrant, Rector of Berrington, co. Shrewsbury (b. 13 May 1847; d. 5 Jul 1888), mar. 1874 Frederica Sarah Morrice (d. 25 Dec 1883), dau. of Rev William David Morrice, Prebendary of Salisbury, and had issue:

1b. Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, later 8th Baron Berwick

1b. Hon Mary Selina Noel-Hill, granted the style precedence of a Baron's daughter by Royal Warrant 1901 (b. 1875; d. 1950)

1a. Hon Harriet Maria Selina Noel-Hill, granted the style precedence of a Baron's daughter by Royal Warrant (b. 21 Sep 1848; d. 4 Feb 1893)

2a. Hon Anne Noel-Hill, granted the style precedence of a Baron's daughter by Royal Warrant (b. 23 Jun 1852; d. 25 Nov 1905)

4. Hon Charles Arthur Wentworth Harwood Noel-Hill (b. 22 Apr 1811; d. 2 Jun 1853), mar. 29 Aug 1846 Catherine Mary Adams (d. 4 Aug 1894), 1st dau. of Charles Marsh Adams, of The Abbey, Shrewsbury, and had issue:

1a. Rev Charles Noel-Hill, Rector of Stockton, co. Shrewsbury (b. 18 Feb 1848; d. 18 Nov 1911), mar. 6 Oct 1891 Edith Mary Benson, 1st dau. of Rev Riou George Benson, Rector of Hope Bowdler, co. Shrewsbury, and had issue:

1b. Charles Michael Wentworth Noel-Hill, later 9th Baron Berwick

1b. Monica Noel-Hill (b. 16 Sep 1892)

2b. Katherine Mary Noel-Hill (b. 15 Jun 1894)

1a. Kate Maria Louisa Ada Noel-Hill (b. 1847; d. 14 Jul 1921)

1. Hon Maria Hill-Noel (d. 1865)

2. Hon Emily Hill-Noel (b. 1807; d. 14 Feb 1885)

3. Hon Harriet Anne Hill-Noel (d. 28 Feb 1871)

4. Hon Georgiana Louisa Mary Hill-Noel (d. 23 Mar 1854), mar. 22 Jul 1845 Capt Frances Mostyn Owen

died

28 Sep 1848

suc. by

son

note

Rector of Berrington, co. Salop, and Thornton-in-the-Moors, co. Chester 1799-1848; took the additional surname of Noel by Royal Licence 1824

Richard Noel [Noel-Hill], 5th Baron Berwick

born

21 Nov 1800

died

12 Apr 1861

suc. by

brother

note

William [Noel-Hill], 6th Baron Berwick

born

6 Jul 1802

died

24 Nov 1882

suc. by

nephew

note

Col, 87th Regiment of Foot; served in the Burmese War 1825-26

Richard Henry [Noel-Hill], 7th Baron Berwick

born

13 May 1847

mar.

9 Jun 1869 Ellen Nystrom (d. 7 Feb 1934), 1st dau. of Bruckspatron Nystrom, of Malmoe, Sweden

died

s.p. 2 Nov 1897

suc. by

nephew

Thomas Henry [Noel-Hill], 8th Baron Berwick

born

2 Apr 1877

mar.

30 Jun 1919 Edith Teresa Hulton, dau. of William Hulton, of Venice, Italy

died

s.p. 12 Jun 1947

suc. by

second cousin

note

Charles Michael Wentworth [Noel-Hill], 9th Baron Berwick

born

4 Mar 1897

died

27 Jan 1953

note

ADC to the Viceroy of India

On the death of the 9th Baron Berwick the Barony of Berwick became extinct.

 First written 25 Sep 2006

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