Baron ffrench

Arms of 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.

References

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 370.
• Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes, London, 1903, p. 515.
• Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David, editors, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, St Martin's Press, New York City, 1990., ^{[ page needed ]}
• Mosley, Charles, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland, 1999, ISBN   2-940085-02-1 vol.1, p. 535 (Cayley) and p. 1057 (ffrench).
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[ self-published source ][ better source needed ]}