The title of Baron Welles has been created thrice. It was first created for Adam de Welles on May 6, 1299 in the Peerage of England by writ of summons. This creation was extinguished by attainder in 1469. It was created a second time in the Peerage of England by writ of summons for Sir Richard Hastings on November 15, 1487 and became extinct on his death. The third creation was on January 8, 1781, in the Peerage of Ireland, for Thomas Knox, later Viscount Northland. It is now a subsidiary title of the Earl of Ranfurly.
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