Baron Beauchamp


The titles Baron Beauchamp and Viscount Beauchamp have been created several times throughout English and British history. There is an extant Viscountcy of Beauchamp, held by the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford.

Beauchamp family

The name Beauchamp, Latinised to de Bello Campo, is borne by three of the most ancient Anglo-Norman families which settled in England during the Norman Conquest of 1066: Beauchamp of Worcestershire, of Somerset and of Bedfordshire. The surname was taken from their respective manors in Normandy and there is no evidence of any shared origin between the families of that name seated in those three separate counties. The Bedfordshire branch died out in the male line after only two generations. The heir of the Somerset branch was the powerful Seymour family, whilst the Worcestershire branch achieved the greatest power and prominence as Earls of Warwick.

Barons Beauchamp, first creation ("de Somerset") (1299–1361)

The barony was unsuccessfully claimed in 1924 by Ulric Oliver Thynne.

Baron Beauchamp, second creation ("de Warwick") (1350–1360)

This was the first barony created by letters patent, by King Richard II in 1387. They were seated at Holt Castle, Worcestershire, a junior branch of the senior Elmley line.
Descended from Walter de Beauchamp of Beauchamp's Court, Alcester in Warwickshire and of Beauchamp Court, Powick in Worcestershire, Steward of the Household to King Edward I and younger brother of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, the first of his family to hold that title.

Viscount Beauchamp, first creation ("of Hache">Hatch Beauchamp">Hache") (1536–1552)

The Seymour family inherited the capital manor of Hatch Beauchamp due to the marriage of Roger Seymour to Cecily Beauchamp, the aunt and heiress of John IV de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp, feudal baron of Hatch Beauchamp.
See Marquess of Hertford for further Viscounts Beauchamp.

Lygon family

Barons Beauchamp, seventh creation ("of Powyke") (1806–1979)

See Earl Beauchamp for descents.