Barons Lucas of Shenfield (1645)
The title Baron Lucas, of Shenfield in the County of Essex, was created 13 January 1645 for Sir John Lucas, a Royalist army officer. He was succeeded according to a special remainder in the letters patent by his nephew, Charles. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baron in 1705.
- John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas (1606–1671),
- Charles Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas (1631–1688). Son of the first Baron's elder brother, Sir Thomas Lucas (1598–1649), a royalist army officer, and technically illegitimate as Thomas's parents married after he was born.
- Robert Lucas, 3rd Baron Lucas (c.1649-1705), unmarried.
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