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5 unusual facts about Baron Mordaunt


Baron Mordaunt

The title Baron Mordaunt was created in 1529 for Sir John Mordaunt.

On the death of the 5th Earl of Peterborough in 1814, the title passed to his elder half-sister, Mary.

On his death in 1697, the earldom was inherited by the his nephew, Charles and the barony was inherited by his only child, Mary, the estranged wife of the 7th Duke of Norfolk.

The fifth baron was created Earl of Peterborough in 1628 and the title then passed to his son, the second earl, in 1644.

John Mordaunt, 2nd Baron Mordaunt

He was the eldest son of John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt of Turvey by Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Henry Vere of Great Addington, Northamptonshire.


Earl of Peterborough

It was created in 1628 for John Mordaunt, 5th Baron Mordaunt (see Baron Mordaunt for earlier history of the family).


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