Baron Dorchester

Baron Dorchester is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.

There have been two creations of Baron Dorchester:

1st. 21st August 1786. Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester. Extinct. 18th November 1897.

2nd. 3rd August 1899. Henrietta Carleton 1st Baroness Dorchester. Extinct. 20th January 1963.

Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire 1st Creation 1786

Summary

21st August 1786. Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester created.

10th November 1808. Grandson Arthur Henry Carleton 2nd Baron Dorchester [aged 3] succeeded.

1826. First Cousin Guy Carleton 3rd Baron Dorchester [aged 14] succeeded.

3rd December 1875. First Cousin Dudley Wilmot Carleton 4th Baron Dorchester [aged 53] succeeded.

18th November 1897. Dudley Wilmot Carleton 4th Baron Dorchester extinct.

On 21st August 1786 Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester was created 1st Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire.

On 10th November 1808 Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester died. His grandson Arthur [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire.

In 1826 Arthur Henry Carleton 2nd Baron Dorchester [aged 21] died. His first cousin Guy [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire.

On 12th June 1837 Guy Carleton 3rd Baron Dorchester [aged 25] and Anne Wauchope Baroness Dorchester were married. She by marriage Baroness Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire.

On 3rd December 1875 Guy Carleton 3rd Baron Dorchester [aged 64] died. His first cousin Dudley [aged 53] succeeded 4th Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire. Charlotte Hobhouse Baroness Dorchester1831-1914 [aged 44] by marriage Baroness Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire.

On 18th or 30th November 1897 Dudley Wilmot Carleton 4th Baron Dorchester [aged 75] died. Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire extinct.

Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire 2nd Creation 1899

Summary

3rd August 1899. Henrietta Carleton 1st Baroness Dorchester [aged 53] created.

1925. Son Dudley Pigott aka Carleton 2nd Baron Dorchester [aged 48] succeeded.

20th January 1963. Dudley Pigott aka Carleton 2nd Baron Dorchester extinct.

The London Gazette 27105. Whitehall, August 3, 1899. The Queen has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 2nd instant, to grant the dignity of a Baroness of the said United Kingdom unto Henrietta Anne Carleton [aged 53] (commonly called the Honourable Henrietta Anne Carleton), wife of Richard Langford Leir-Carleton, of Ditcheat, in the county of Somerset, Esquire, Major-General (retired); of Her Majesty's Forces, and elder of the two daughters and co-heirs of Guy Carleton, third Baron Dorchester, deceased, by the name, style, and title of Baroness Dorchester, of Dorchester, in the county of Oxford; and at her decease the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom, by the name, style, and title of Baron Dorchester, of Dorchester, in the county of Oxford, unto the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten.

In 1925 Henrietta Carleton 1st Baroness Dorchester [aged 79] died. Her son Dudley [aged 48] succeeded 2nd Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire.

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On 20th January 1963 Dudley Pigott aka Carleton 2nd Baron Dorchester [aged 86] died. Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire extinct.