Biography of Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr 1754-1820

Paternal Family Tree: Burrell

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Lewis

In or before 1428 Duncan Campbell 1st Lord Campbell and Margery Stewart (age 48) were married. He by marriage Lord Campbell. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany and Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 27 Feb 1748 [his father] Peter Burrell (age 23) and [his mother] Elizabeth Lewis were married.

On 16 Jun 1754 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr was born to Peter Burrell (age 29) and Elizabeth Lewis.

Around 1768 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 13) educated at Eton College [Map].

Around 1772 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 17) educated at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].

In 1776 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 21) was elected at MP Haslemere.

In 1779 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 24) and Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 17) were married. He by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

In 1781 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 26) was knighted.

On 19 Mar 1782 [his son] Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby was born to Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 27) and [his wife] Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 21).

On 20 Jun 1786 [his son] Lindsey Burrell was born to Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 32) and [his wife] Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 25).

On 25 Apr 1791 George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley (age 41) and [his sister-in-law] Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 29) were married. She by marriage Countess Cholmondeley in Cheshire. She the daughter of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and [his mother-in-law] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 16 Jun 1796 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 42) was created 1st Baron Gwydyr of Cwydyr in Carnarfonshire. [his wife] Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 35) by marriage Baroness Gwydyr of Cwydyr in Carnarfonshire.

On 19 Oct 1807 [his son] Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Drummond 11th Earl Perth and Clementia Elphinstone Countess Perth (age 58).

On 29 Jun 1820 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 66) died. His son [his son] Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Gwydyr of Cwydyr in Carnarfonshire. [his daughter-in-law] Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby (age 34) by marriage Baroness Gwydyr of Cwydyr in Carnarfonshire.

After 29 Jun 1820. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (deceased) sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (age 82). Freestanding square marble shaft bears a bust.

The Times. 26 Dec 1910. We regret to state that [his great grandson] Lord Ancaster (deceased) died on Saturday night at his Grimsthorpe, Bourne, Lincolnshire seat, in his 81st year.

Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, created first Earl of Ancaster in 1892, was Joint Heereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England. This dignity is held jointly by Lord Cholmondeley (age 27), Lord Ancastor, and [his great grandson] Lord Carrington (age 67). The late peer filled it during the reign of Queen Victoria, Lord Cholmondeley during that of King Edward, and Lord Carrington fills it during the present reign.

He was born on October 1, 1830, and succeeded his [his grandson-in-law] father (age 12) as second Lord Aveland on September 6, 1807, and his [his granddaughter] mother as 24th Lord Willoughby de Eresby on November 13, 1888.

Few noblemen possessed a longer lineage, for the lordship of Erresby in Lincolnshire was acquired by the family of Bee or Belec bv the marriage of Walter dc Bec with Agnes, daughter and heiress of Hugh Fitz Pincheon, a 12th century magnate of Lincolnshire. A John Beeke received permission from Edward I to make a castle of his manor house at Eresby and was summoned to Parliament as one of the barons of the realm. By his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas, Lord Furnival, be had, among other children, Alice, who was married to Sir William de Willoughby, one of those who went with Prince Edward to the Holy Land. His son, Robert, became first Lord Willoughby de Eresby. Subsequent holders of that title played a prominent part in the country's history at home and abroad. The 13th baron was created Earl of Lindsey. The fourth Earl of Lindsey was created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1713. That dukedom became extinct with the death of the fifth Duke in 1809. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the sisters of the fourth duke until it was terminated by the Crown in 1780 in favour of the elder co-heir, [his former wife] Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth, whom the first Lord Gwydir married in 1779. Their eldest son [his son] Peter Robert, 21st Baron Willoughby de Eresby, married the [his former daughter-in-law] daughter of the first Lord Perth, and one of their daughters became in 1840 the [his granddaughter] wife of the second Lord Carrington. [his grandson] Almeric, the 22nd Lord Willoughby do Eresby and third Baron Gwydyr of Gwydyr, County Carnarvon, Joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, died in August, 1870. The barony of Willoughby do Eresby again fell into abeyance between his lordship's surviving sisters, and it was terminated in favour of the elder, the Dowager Baroness Aveland, who married in 1827 Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, created Baron Aveland in 1856. Their eldest son was the late Lord Ancaster, whose sister, [his great granddaughter] Clementina Charlotte (age 78), married in 1869 Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, who died in her Majesty's ship Victoria in June 1893.

The late Lord Ancaster married in 1863 Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (age 64), second daughter of the tenth Marquis of Huntly, by whom be had four sons and six daughters. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and sat as Member of Parliament for Rutland from 1856 to 1867. He was a magistrate for Kesteven and chairman of Quarter Sessions, lord of the manor of Thurlbv Baston and Langtoft, as well as chairman of the Stamford Division Conservative and Unionist Association; and was Lord Chamberlain during Queen Victoria's reign and contested the right to continue on King Edward's succession.

He is succeeded in the title by Lord Willoughby de Eresby (age 43),??? for the Hornecastle Division of Lincolnshire, who is a major and hon. lieutenant-colonel of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and was formerly an officer of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. He married in 1905 Eloise Laurence (age 28), eldest daughter of the late Mr. W. L. Breese, of New York, and has a son, Gilbert James (age 3), born in 1907, and two daughters.

The late earl's other children include Major Charles S. Heathcote-Drunmond-Willoughby (age 40), who married Lady Muriel Erskine, daughter of Lord Buchan (age 60); Major Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (age 38), who married Lady Florence Astley (age 43), youngest daughter of the third Marquis Ponyngham; Lady Evelyn Clementina (age 46), wife of Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart; the Hon. Margaret Mary (age 44), who was married to the late Mr. Gideon Macpherson Rutherford; the Hon. Cecilie (age 36), wife of Mr. T. C. E. Goff; and Lady Dalhousie (age 32). The late peer assumed by Royal licence in 1872 the additional surnames of Willoughby and Drummond. He was a large landowner, owning Drummond Castle Crieff, and extensive deer forests in Perthshire and land in Lincolnshire and Rutland. Recently, however, he sold considerable portion of his estates, in many instances to the tenants who had the option of purchase. He was a very generous landlord, and was highly respected. He used Normanton Castle as his chief country house till Lord Willoughby de Eresby was married; then Normanton became the latter's home, and Lord Ancester lived at Grimsthorpe. He was president of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Ancestors of Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr 1754-1820

GrandFather: Peter Burrell

Father: Peter Burrell

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Raymond

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Raymond

GrandMother: Amy Raymond

Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr

GrandFather: John Lewis

Mother: Elizabeth Lewis