Baron Stafford - Baron Stafford (1640) Reverted

Baron Stafford (1640) Reverted

  • Anastasia Stafford-Howard (1722–1807) (assumed the title Baroness Stafford upon the death of her uncle, John, as senior heir general of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and his wife Mary Howard, Countess of Stafford
  • George William Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford (1771–1851) (who succeeded in having the 1680 attainder reversed, in 1824). George was the great-grandson of Mary Stafford, sister of John Paul and daughter of John (second son of 1st Viscount Stafford) and the heir-general to the Stafford Barony.
  • Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford (1802–1884)
  • Augustus Frederick FitzHerbert Stafford-Jerningham, 10th Baron Stafford (1830–1892)
  • FitzHerbert Edward Stafford-Jerningham, 11th Baron Stafford (1833–1913)
  • Francis Edward Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford (1859–1932)
  • Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford (1864–1941)
  • Basil Francis Nicholas Fitzherbert, 14th Baron Stafford (1926–1986)
  • Francis Melfort William Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford (b. 1954)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Benjamin John Basil Fitzherbert (b. 1983)

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