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THE BARONY of DE ROS (1264) [England]
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<p>The title of Baron de Ros (pronounced "Roose") is the oldest barony in the Peerage of England; it was created in 1264 for Robert de Ros. The title is sometimes shown as "de Roos", and sometimes the "de" is omitted.</p>

<p>This barony has inheritance rules that are slightly different from most Peerages and Baronetcies, where the title passes to the oldest male heir.  The Barony of de Ros passes to heirs-general rather than heirs-male.  This means that if there are no sons, the title may pass to a daughter.  Inheritance law has no provision for precedence of one sister over another on the basis of age, as there is for sons.  Therefore, if there is more than one sister living, their claims are of equal precedence, and the title goes into abeyance until either only one claimant remains living, or until the Sovereign terminates the abeyance in favour of one of the claimants.</p>

<p>Whenever the title-holder is male, he is styled the Premier Baron of England.  However, if the title-holder is female, the next senior male baron is styled Premier Baron of England.</p>

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<li><a href="person.phtml?id=" class="list">
Robert DE ROS</a>,<br />
d. 17 Mar 1285<br />
First Baron de Ros<br />
Created Baron de Ros in 1264.<br />
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m. Isabel D'AUBIGNY<br /><br />
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William DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. abt. 1255; 
d. between 12 May 1316 - 16 Aug 1316<br />
Second Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 1st Baron.<br />
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m. Maud DE VAUX<br /><br />
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William DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. abt. 1290;
d. 13 Feb 1343<br />
Third Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 2nd Baron.<br />
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m. Margery DE BADLESMERE<br /><br />
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William DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1325; d. 1352<br />
Fourth Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 3rd Baron.<br />
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m. Margaret NEVILLE<br />
Died without issue<br /><br />
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Thomas DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1336; d. 8 Jun 1384<br />
Fifth Baron de Ros<br />
Younger brother of the 4th Baron<br />
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m. Beatrice STAFFORD.<br /><br />
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John DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1365; d. 1394<br />
Sixth Baron de Ros<br />
Eldest son of the 5th Baron<br />
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m. Mary DE PERCY<br />
Died without issue<br /><br />
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William DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1368; d. 1414<br />
Seventh Baron de Ros<br />
Younger brother of the 6th Baron<br />
<!-- 19th -->
m. Margaret FITZALAN<br /><br />
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John DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1396; d. 1421<br />
Eighth Baron de Ros<br />
Eldest son of the 7th Baron<br />
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m. Margaret DESPENCER<br />
Died without issue<br /><br />
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Thomas DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1403; d. 1431<br />
Ninth Baron de Ros<br />
Younger brother of the 8th Baron<br />
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m. Eleanor BEAUCHAMP<br /><br />
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Thomas DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 9 Sep 1427; d. 17 May 1464<br />
Tenth Baron de Ros<br />
Eldest son of the 9th Baron<br />
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m. Philippa DE TIBETOT<br />
Thomnas was a loyal supporter of Henry VI, and was attainted ib 4 Nov, 1461.  He was beheaded for treason, and his lands and titles were forfeited.<br /><br />
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Edmund DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1446; d. 13 Oct 1508<br />
Eleventh Baron de Ros<br />
Eldest son of the 10th Baron<br />
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Did not marry<br /><br />
Edmund was a follower of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses, and regained his family title after the accession of Henry VII.<br /><br />
As Edmund had no children, nor surviving brothers, his sisters were his heirs. Eleanor de Ros, Edmund's elder sister and co-heir to the title, married Sir Robert Manners; the next holder of the title was their son, George Manners.<br /><br />

Edmund's property went to his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Lovel, who was husband to his sister Isabel de Ros. Sir Thomas Lovel died in 1524, and bequeathed the property to his grand-nephew, Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland (son of Sir George Manners and Anne St Leger; grandson of Sir Robert Manners and Eleanor de Ros.).  <br /><br />
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George MANNERS</a>,<br />
d. 27 Oct 1513, Tourney, France.<br />
Twelfth Baron de Ros<br />
Nephew of the 11th Baron<br />
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m. Anne ST LEGER<br /><br />
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Thomas MANNERS</a>,<br />
b. abt. 1492; d. 20 Sep 1543<br />
Thirteenth Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 12th Baron<br />
1st Earl of Rutland<br />
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m. (1) Elizabeth LOVELL<br />
m. (2) Eleanor PASTON<br /><br />
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Henry MANNERS</a>,<br />
b. abt. 1526; d. 17 Sep 1563<br />
Fourteenth Baron de Ros<br />
Second Earl of Rutland<br />
Son of the 13th Baron and Eleanor Paston<br />
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m. (1) Margaret NEVILLE<br />
m. (2) Bridget MORRISON<br /><br />
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Edward MANNERS</a>,<br />
Fifteenth Baron de Ros<br />
Third Earl of Rutland<br />
Eldest son of the 14th Baron and Margaret Neville<br />
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m. Isabel HOLCROFT<br /><br />
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Elizabeth MANNERS</a>,<br />
b. Jan 1574; d. 1 May 1591<br />
Sixteenth Baroness de Ros<br />
Daughter and heir of the 15th Baron<br />
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m. William CECIL, Lord Burghley<br /><br />
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William CECIL</a>,<br />
b. May 1590; d. 27 Jun 1618<br />
Seventeenth Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 16th Baroness<br />
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m. Anne LAKE<br /><br />
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Francis MANNERS</a>,<br />
b. 1578; d. 1632<br />
Eighteenth Baron de Ros<br />
First cousin of the 16th Baroness;<br />
Nephew of the 15th Baron<br />
Son of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland<br />
who was younger brother of the 15th Baron<br />
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m. (1) Frances KNYVETT<br />
m. (2) Cecilia TUFTON<br />
Had two sons and a daughter; both sons pre-deceased him.<br /><br />
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Katherine MANNERS</a>,<br />
b. abt. 1608; d. 1649<br />
Nineteenth Baroness de Ros<br />
Son of the 18th Baron and Katherine Knyvett<br />
Became the Duchess of Buckingham.<br />
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m. (1) George VILLIERS, 1st Duke of Buckingham<br />
m. (2) Randal McDONNELL, 2nd Earl of Antrim<br /><br />
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George VILLIERS</a>,<br />
b. 10 Jan 1628; d. 16 Apr 1687<br />
Twentieth Baron de Ros<br />
2nd Duke of Buckingham<br />
son of the 19th Baroness<br />
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m. Mary FAIRFAX<br />
Died without legitimate issue.<br />
On his death the Barony went into obeyance, and the Dukedom became extinct.<br />
The Barony remained in obeyance for over a century, until 1806, when Charlotte Boyle-Walsingham was granted the title by King George III.<br />
I have still to work out the exact relationship between George Villiers and Charlotte Boyle-Walsingham.<br /><br />
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Charlotte BOYLE-WALSINGHAM</a>,<br />
later Charlotte FitzGerald DE ROS<br />
b. 1769; d. 9 Jan 1831<br />
Twenty-first Baroness de Ros<br />
Daughter of Robert Boyle-Walsingham and Charlotte Williams<br />
<!-- wife of 9th cousin 8 times removed  -->
m. Henry FITZGERALD<br /><br />
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Henry William FITZGERALD DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 12 Jun 1793; d. 20 Mar 1839<br />
Twenty-second Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 21st Baroness<br />
<!-- 10th cousin 7 times removed  -->
Did not marry<br /><br />
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William Lennox Lascelles FITZGERALD DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 1 Sep 1797; d. 6 Jan 1874<br />
Twenty-third Baron de Ros<br />
Younger brother of the 22nd Baron;<br />
second son of the 21st Baroness<br />
<!-- 10th cousin 7 times removed  -->
m. Georgiana LENNOX<br /><br />
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Dudley Charles FITZGERALD DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 11 Mar 1827; d. 29 Apr 1907<br />
Twenty-fourth Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 23nd Baron<br />
<!-- 11th cousin 6 times removed  -->
m. (1) Elizabeth Grey EGERTON<br />
m. (2) Mary Geraldine MAHON<br /><br />
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Mary Frances FITZGERALD DE ROS</a>,<br />
b. 31 Jul 1854; d. 4 May 1939<br />
Twenty-fifth Baroness de Ros<br />
Daughter and heir of the 24nd Baron<br />
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m. Anthony Lucius DAWSON, 3rd Earl of Dartrey<br />
The title was in obeyance from her death in 1939, until 1943.<br /><br />
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Una Mary DAWSON</a>,<br />
b. 5 Oct 1879; d. 9 Oct 1956<br />
Twenty-sixth Baroness de Ros<br />
Daughter and heir of the 25nd Baroness<br />
<!-- 13th cousin 4 times removed  -->
m. Arthur John ROSS<br />
The title was in obeyance from her death in 1956, until 1958.<br /><br />
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Georgiana Angela ROSS</a>,<br />
b. 2 May 1933; d. 1983<br />
Twenty-seventh Baroness de Ros<br />
Grand-Daughter of the 26th Baroness;<br />
daughter of Peter Ross (1906-1940) and Angela Dixon<br />
<!-- 14th cousin once removed  -->
m. John David MAXWELL<br /><br />
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Peter Trevor MAXWELL</a>,<br />
b. 23 Dec 1958<br />
Twenty-eighth Baron de Ros<br />
Son of the 27th Baroness<br />
<!-- 14th cousin twice removed  -->
m. Angela Sian ROSS<br /><br />
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<li>Heir-apparent:<a href="person.phtml?id=bingham_45" class="list">
Finbar James MAXWELL</a>,<br />
b. 14 Nov 1988<br />
Eldest son of the 28th Baron<br />
<!-- 14th cousin 3 times removed  -->
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