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The title Baron Carleton has been created three times. The first was in the Peerage of England, and was in 1626 for Sir Dudley Carleton, who was later to become Viscount Dorchester. He died without issue, and both titles became extinct on his death.

In 1714, the title was created for a second time, for Henry Boyle, the politician. Sir Henry also died without issue, and the title once again became extinct.

Richard Boyle, the 2nd Earl of Shannon, and the great-nephew of Sir Henry Boyle, Baron Carleton, became the recipient of the third creation of the title, in 1786. The Barony of Carleton has been a subsidiary title to the Earldom of Shannon, from that time until the present day.

BARON CARLETON - First Creation (1626)

  1. Dudley CARLETON,
    d. 15 Feb 1632
    First Baron Carleton
    Created Baron Carleton, of Imbercourt, Surrey, on 22 May 1623.
    Created Viscount Dorchester, Co. Oxford, on 25 Jul 1628.
    m. Anne GLENHAM
    Died without surviving issue.

BARON CARLETON - Second Creation (1714)

  1. Henry BOYLE,
    b. 1669; d. 14 Mar 1725
    First Baron Carleton
    Created Baronet Carleton, of Carleton, Co. York, on 19 Oct 1714.
    Created Viscount Dorchester, Co. Oxford, on 25 Jul 1628.
    Did not marry

BARON CARLETON - Third Creation (1786)

  1. Richard BOYLE,
    b. 30 Jan 1727; d. 2 May 1807
    Second Earl of Shannon
    Son of the 1st Earl and Henrietta Boyle.
    Created 1st Baron Carleton, of Carleton, Co. York [Great Britain] on 6 Aug 1786
    m. Catherine PONSONBY

    2. The Barony of Carleton remains a subsidiary title to the Earldom of Shannon, and the Barons Carleton are listed elsewhere on this site, under the Earls of Shannon.

A note: Sir Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (1786), was a great-nephew of Sir Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (1714). Sir Richard's mother was Henrietta Boyle, daughter of Sir Charles Boyle, 3rd Lord Clifford. The 3rd Lord Clifford was a son of Sir Charles Boyle, 2nd Lord Clifford, and Jane Seymour, who were also the parents of Sir Henry Boyle.

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