Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk

Summary

23rd July 1679. Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 61] created.

7th January 1694. Son Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 35] succeeded.

5th November 1701. Brother Fitton Gerard 3rd Earl Macclesfield [aged 38] succeeded.

26th December 1702. Fitton Gerard 3rd Earl Macclesfield extinct.

On 23rd July 1679 Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Macclesfield, 1st Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk.Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield by marriage Countess Macclesfield.

On 7th January 1694 Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 76] died. His son Charles [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Macclesfield, 2nd Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk, 2nd Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk. Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 26] by marriage Countess Macclesfield.

On 5th November 1701 Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 42] died without legitimate issue; his two children with Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 33] had been declared illegitimate. His brother Fitton [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Earl Macclesfield, 3rd Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk, 3rd Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk.

On 26th December 1702 Fitton Gerard 3rd Earl Macclesfield [aged 39] died. Earl Macclesfield, Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk and Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk extinct.