There have been three baronies created for descendants of the Gerard family who resided at Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire and Kingsley, Cheshire, in the 13th century.
Baron | Gérard Depardieu | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | baron | Sacha Baron Cohen | Gerard Butler | Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister | Joey Baron | Gerard Manley Hopkins | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester | William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire | William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney | James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern | Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead | George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney | Beechcraft Baron | Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley | Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman | Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel | Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank | John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara | Gerard K. O'Neill | Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington | Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore | Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore | Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza | William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby | Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild |
The spectacular tomb of Sir Gilbert Gerard (d. 1592) and his wife Anne Radcliffe (d. 1608) was later supplemented by free-standing, kneeling figures of their son, Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard and his son, Gibert 2nd Baron Gerard.
The will was disputed and lengthy legal proceedings followed involving Alexander Fitton, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (son of William) and Charles Gerard, Baron Gerard, son of Penelope Fitton eldest daughter of the first Baronet.