The Berkeley Baronetcy, of Bruton in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of England on 2 July 1660 for Maurice Berkeley, eldest son of Sir Charles Berkeley, of Bruton in Somerset (who was descended from Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley).
Maurice de Berkeley "the Resolute" (1218 - 1281), 8th (feudal) Baron de Berkeley, English soldier and rebel
With the Earl of Lancaster, he rebelled against King Edward II, for which he was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), where he died on 31 May 1326 and was eventually buried at St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol.
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