Baron ffrench

Baron ffrench, of Castle ffrench in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 14 February 1798 for Rose, Lady ffrench.[1] She was the widow of Charles ffrench, who had been created a Baronet, of Clogha in County Galway, in the Baronetage of Ireland on 17 August 1779.[2] Their son Thomas succeeded in both the baronetcy and barony. Both titles have descended via primogeniture to the present Baron.

The title and the family name are both spelled with a lower-case double-'f'.

ffrench baronets, of Castle ffrench (1779)

  • Sir Charles ffrench, 1st Baronet (died 1784)
  • Sir Thomas ffrench, 2nd Baronet (c. 1765–1814) (succeeded as Baron ffrench in 1805)

Barons ffrench (1798)

  • Rose ffrench, 1st Baroness ffrench (died 1805)
  • Thomas ffrench, 2nd Baron ffrench (c. 1765–1814)
  • Charles Austin ffrench, 3rd Baron ffrench (1786–1860)
  • Thomas ffrench, 4th Baron ffrench (1810–1892)
  • Martin Joseph ffrench, 5th Baron ffrench (1813–1893)
  • Charles Austin Thomas Robert John Joseph ffrench, 6th Baron ffrench (1868–1955)
  • Peter Martin Joseph Charles John ffrench, 7th Baron ffrench (1926–1986)
  • Robuck John Peter Charles Mario ffrench, 8th Baron ffrench (born 1956)

There is no heir to the title.

Notes

  1. ^ "No. 14092". The London Gazette. 20 February 1798. p. 154.
  2. ^ "No. 11993". The London Gazette. 6 July 1779. p. 1.

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