William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton

Arms of Stourton: Sable, a bend or between six fountains

William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton (1704–1781) was a British peer. By his marriage to a co-heiress of the 8th and 9th Dukes of Norfolk, his descendant Alfred Stourton, 20th Baron Stourton (1829–1893) inherited in 1877 the ancient abeyant titles Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave, with many others,[1] created by writ and thus able to descend via female heirs.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.810