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Vaux of Harrowden, Baron (E, 1523)

Creation: writ summ. 27 Apr 1523

Family name: Vaux later Mostyn later Gilbey

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Gules a Fess nebuly Or in chief a Horse rampant between two Estoiles and the like in base all of the last (Gilbey);  2nd and 3rd, Per bend sinister Ermine and Erminois a Lion rampant Or (Mostyn)

Crest:

In front of a Tower proper issuant from the battlements thereof a Dragon's Head Gules a Fleur-de-lis Or all between two Ostrich Feathers Argent

Supporters:

Dexter:  A Griffin Sable beaked Or the forelegs Gold;  Sinister:  A Buck Or , each supporter gorged with a Torse Argent and Gules pendant therefrom by a Ring Gold an Escutcheon of the Arms of Vaux (checky Or and Gules on a Chevron Azure three Roses Gold)

Motto:

Hodie Non Cras (Today, not tomorrow)

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Nicholas [Vaux], 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden

son of Sir William Vaux, of Harrowden, co. Northampton, by his wife Catherine Peniston, dau. of George Peniston, of Courtesellas, Piedmont, Italy

born

mar. (1)

Hon Elizabeth Parr (widow of Sir William Parr KG, of Kendal, co. Westmorland), 3rd dau. of Henry [FitzHugh], 5th Baron FitzHugh, by his wife Lady Alice Nevill, 3rd dau. of Sir Richard Nevill, jure uxoris 5th Earl of Salisbury, by his wife Lady Alice Montacute, suo jure Countess of Salisbury, only child and sole hrss. by his first wife of Thomas [Montacute], 4th Earl of Salisbury

mar. (2)

c.1508 Anne Green, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Thomas Green, of Boughton and Green's Norton, co. Northampton, by his wife Jane Fogg, dau. of Sir John Fogg, of Repton, co. Kent

died

14 May 1523

created

by writ of summons 27 Apr 1523 Baron Vaux of Harrowden

suc. by

son by second wife

Thomas [Vaux], 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

c.1509

mar.

Elizabeth Cheyne (d. 20 Nov 1556), dau. and sole hrss. of Sir Thomas Cheyne, of Fen Ditton, co. Cambridge, and of Thenford and Irthlingborough, co. Northampton, by his second wife Anne Parr, only dau. of Sir William Parr KG, of Kendal, co. Westmorland, by his second wife Hon Elizabeth FitzHugh, 3rd dau. of Henry [FitzHugh], 5th Baron FitzHugh

died

bef. Nov 1556

suc. by

son

William [Vaux], 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

c.1535

mar. (1)

Elizabeth Beaumont, dau. of John Beaumont, of Grace Dieu, co. Leicester, Master of the Rolls, by his wife Elizabeth Hastings, dau. and hrss. of Sir William Hastings

mar. (2)

Mary Tresham (d. c.1598), dau. of John Tresham, of Rushton, co. Northampton, by his wife Eleanor Catesby, dau. of Anthony Catesby, of Wiston

died

20 Aug 1595

suc. by

grandson

[Hon George Vaux]

1st son by his second wife of William [Vaux], 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

mar.

1585 Hon Elizabeth Roper, 1st dau. of John [Roper], 1st Baron Teynham

died

v.p. 13 Jul 1595

note

father of Edward [Vaux], 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

Edward [Vaux], 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

c.1588

mar.

Jun 1632 Lady Elizabeth Knollys (widow of William [Knollys], 1st Earl of Banbury;  d. 17 Apr 1658), 1st dau. of Thomas [Howard], 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catharine Rich (widow of Hon Richard Rich), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton, Wilts.

died

s.p.legit. 8 Sep 1661

suc. by

brother

Henry [Vaux], 5th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

died

26 Sep 1662

On his death the Barony of Vaux of Harrowden fell into abeyance between his surviving sister,  Hon Joyce Vaux, a nun at Eye, and the heirs of his two deceased sisters:  (1) Hon Mary Symeon, wife of Sir George Symeon, of Britwell, co. Oxford;  and (2) Hon Catherine Nevill, second wife of Henry [Nevill], 2nd Baron Bergavenny.  The Barony of Vaux of Harrowden was called out of abeyance after almost 176 years on 12 Mar 1838 in favour of:

George Charles [Mostyn], 6th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

only son of Charles Browne-Mostyn, of Kiddington, co. Oxford, by his wife Mary Lucinda Butler, only child of George Butler, of Ballyraggett, co. Kilkenny (by his first wife Mary Norris), 3rd son of James Butler, of Ballyraggett, co. Kilkenny (by his wife Frances Dillon, dau. and hrss. of Robert Dillon), 1st son of George Butler, of Ballyraggett, co. Kilkenny (by his wife Hon Catherine King, 1st dau. of John [King], 3rd Baron Kingston), 2nd son of Edward Butler, of Ballyraggett, co. Kilkenny (by his wife Elizabeth Matthew, dau. of George Matthew, of Thomastown, co. Tipperary), only son of Edmund [Butler], 4th Viscount Mountgarret, by his third wife Elizabeth Symeon, only surv. dau. of Sir George Symeon, of Britwell, co. Oxford, by his wife Hon Mary Vaux, eldest sister and cohrss. of Henry [Vaux], 5th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

7 Mar 1804

mar.

9 Jul 1828 Caroline Vansittart (d. 30 Sep 1883), 1st dau. of Arthur Vansittart, of Shittesbrooke, co. Berkshire, by his wife Hon Caroline Eden, 3rd dau. of William [Eden], 1st Baron Auckland

died

28 Jan 1883

suc. by

grandson

[Maj Hon George Charles Mostyn]

1st son of George Charles [Mostyn], 6th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

3 Apr 1830

mar.

9 Aug 1859 Mary Monk (d. 17 Feb 1917), 2nd dau. of Rt Rev James Henry Monk DD, Bishop of Gloucester

died

v.p. 31 May 1879

note

father of Hubert George Charles [Mostyn], 7th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

Hubert George Charles [Mostyn], 7th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

4 Jun 1860

mar. (1)

25 Aug 1886 Eleanor Margaret Matheson (d. 18 Sep 1896), 1st dau. of Sir Alexander Matheson of Lochalsh, 1st Bt., by his third wife Eleanor Irving Perceval, 2nd dau. of Spencer Perceval MP, of Elm Grove, Ealing, co. Middlesex

mar. (2)

15 May 1902 Margaret Annette Hane Chichele Plowden (d. 8 Apr 1922), only child of Sir William Chichele Plowden KCSI

mar. (3)

5 Jun 1924 Mary Winifride Teresa de Trafford (widow of Capt Thomas Cecil de Trafford;  d. 14 Dec 1944), only dau. of Sir Joseph Edward Radcliffe, 4th Bt., of Milnesbridge House, co. York, by his wife Mary Katherine Talbot, 2nd dau. of John Reginald Talbot, of Rhode Hill, co. Devon

died

25 Oct 1935

On his death the Barony of Vaux of Harrowden fell into abeyance between his three daughters by his first wife:  (1) Hon Grace Mary Eleanor Gilbey, wife of William Gordon Gilbey, of The Grove, Denham, co. Buckingham;  (2) Hon Gladys Flora Charlton, wife of George Victor Bellasis Charlton;  and (3) Hon Dorothy Alice Mostyn.  The abeyance was terminated on 8 Jul 1938 in favour of the eldest daughter:

Hon Grace Mary Eleanor Mostyn later Gilbey, suo jure Baroness Vaux of Harrowden

born

22 May 1887

mar.

15 Jul 1911 William Gordon Gilbey, of The Grove, Denham, co. Buckingham (d. 14 Feb 1965), 1st son of William Crosbie Gilbey, of The Lea, Denham, co. Buckingham, by his wife Margerita Gordon, dau. of Jose Carlos Gordon, of Jerez-de-la-Frontera, Spain

died

11 May 1958

suc. by

son

Father Peter Hubert Gordon [Gilbey], 9th Baron Vaux of Harrowden, OSB

born

28 Jun 1914

died

1 Nov 1977

suc. by

brother

John Hugh Philip [Gilbey], 10th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

4 Aug 1915

mar.

5 Jul 1939 his cousin Pamela Maureen Gilbey (b. 1919), 1st dau. of Hugh Lionel Gilbey, of Shellwood Bend, Leigh, Reigate, co. Surrey, by his wife Phylis Maud Byas

children

1. Hon Anthony William Gilbey, later 11th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

2. Hon William John Gilbey, of The Grange, Waltham St Lawrence, co. Berkshire (b. 24 Feb 1944), mar. 24 Apr 1971 Caroline Ball (d. 18 Jul 2020), dau. of Alan H Ball, and has issue

3. Hon Michael Christopher Gilbey, of Pheasants Ridge, Hambleden, co. Oxford (b. 29 Dec 1949), mar. 21 Aug 1971 his cousin Linda Gilbey, 2nd dau. of Arthur Sebastian Gilbey, and has issue

1. Hon Penelope Margaret Gilbey (b. 22 Aug 1942), mar. 25 Jan 1965 John Charles Haynes, 1st son of Joseph Gladstone Haynes, of Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, and has issue

died

3 Aug 2002

suc. by

son

Anthony William [Gilbey], 11th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

25 May 1940

mar.

4 Jul 1964 Beverley Anne Walton, only dau. of Charles Alexander Walton, of Cooden, co. Sussex

children

1. Hon Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey, later 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

2. Hon Philip Alexander Charles Gilbey, heir presumptive to the Barony of Vaux of Harrowden (b. 30 Mar 1967), mar. 15 Oct 1994 Charlotte Britton, dau. of Timothy Britton, of Hatfield Broad Oak, co. Essex

1. Hon Victoria Caroline Gilbey (b. 4 Jan 1969)

2. Hon Elizabeth Muriel Emma Gilbey (b. 1989)

died

16 Dec 2014

suc. by

son

Richard Hubert Gordon [Gilbey], 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

born

16 Mar 1965

note

elected a representative hereditary peer 11 Aug 2017

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Vaux of Harrowden is Hon Philip Alexander Charles Gilbey, second son of the 11th Baron Vaux of Harrowden and younger brother of the present Baron.

Last updated 14 Jun 2021

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Title:

12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden

(England, writ sum. 27 Apr 1523)

Address:

Rusko, Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire

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