Baron Wharton is a title in the Peerage of England, originally granted by letters patent to the heirs male of the 1st Baron, which was forfeited in 1729 when the last male-line heir was declared an outlaw. The Barony was erroneously revived in 1916 by writ of summons, thanks to an 1844 decision in the House of Lords based on absence of documentation. As such, the current Barony of Wharton could more accurately be listed as a new Barony, created in 1916, with the precedence of the older (and extinct) Barony.
Read more about Baron Wharton: The Barony of 1544, The Barony Revived, or New Barony Created, Barons Wharton (1544), Marquesses of Wharton (1715), Dukes of Wharton (1718), Barons Wharton (1544; Continued), Early Whartons
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My fancies all be fled,
And tract of time begins to weave
Grey hairs upon my head.”
—Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)
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—Edith Wharton (1862–1937)