Baron Carbery
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Baron Carbery, of Carbery in the County of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1715 for George Evans, with remainder to the heirs male of his father and namesake George Evans, a supporter of William and Mary during the Glorious Revolution, who had earlier declined the offer of a peerage. After his elevation to the peerage Lord Carbery represented Westbury in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Westbury. His grandson, the fourth Baron, briefly represented Rutland in Parliament. He was succeeded by his uncle, the fifth Baron.
On his death the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron, who had previously succeeded his father as second Baronet, of Castle Freke (see below). Lord Carbery sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1824 to 1845. His nephew, the eighth Baron, was an Irish Representative Peer from 1891 to 1894. As of 2007 the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the eleventh Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1970.
The Baronetcy, of Castle Freke in the County of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1768 for John Freke. He was the son of a younger son of the first Baron Carbery. On his death the title passed to his son, the second Baronet. In 1807 he succeeded his first cousin once removed as sixth Baron Carbery. The titles have remained united ever since.
[edit] Barons Carbery (1715)
- George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery (1680-1749)
- George Evans, 2nd Baron Carbery (d. 1759)
- George Evans, 3rd Baron Carbery (d. 1783)
- George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery (1766-1804)
- John Evans, 5th Baron Carbery (1738-1807)
- John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery (1765-1845)
- George Patrick Percy Evans-Freke, 7th Baron Carbery (1810-1889)
- William Charles Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery (1812-1894)
- Algernon William George Evans-Freke, 9th Baron Carbery (1868-1898)
- John Evans-Freke, 10th Baron Carbery (1892-1970)
- Peter Rolfe Harrington Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery (b. 1920)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Michael Peter Evans-Freke (b. 1942)
The Heir Apparent's Heir Apparent is his son Dominic Ralfe Cecil Evans-Freke (b. 1969)
[edit] Freke, later Evans-Freke Baronets, of Castle Freke (1768)
- Sir John Freke, 1st Baronet (d. 1777)
- Sir John Evans-Freke, 2nd Baronet (1765-1845) (succeeded as Baron Carbery in 1807)
For further succession see the Barons Carbery
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
