Baron Brereton, of Leighlin in the County of Carlow, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 11 May 1624 for Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, Cheshire.[1][2]
William Brereton was from an old and distinguished family in Cheshire,[3] and the family seat was Brereton Hall in Cheshire,[2] however Brereton had an estate near Old Leighlin, for which he and his heirs were absentee landlords.
The first Lord Brereton was succeeded by his grandson, the second Lord Brereton. He was the son of Sir John Brereton (1591–1629),[1][2][4] fourth son of the first Baron.[1][2] He sat as Member of Parliament for Cheshire. His son, the third Baron, was one of the founders of the Royal Society. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Barons, succeeded in the title. It became extinct on the latter's death without issue in 1722.[2] The estates passed to the Holte family,[4] descended from the second Baron's sister.[1][2][4]
- ^ a b c d Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (New ed.). London: Harrison. pp. 74–75.
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- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard (1841). "Brereton of Honford". A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 645. ISBN 9780806307398.
- ^ a b c Brereton, Derek P. (30 December 1998). "Portrait of Sir William Brereton I". brereton.org. Retrieved 24 December 2009.