Baron FitzHugh

Barons FitzHugh (1321)

• Henry FitzHugh, 1st Baron FitzHugh
• Hugh FitzHugh, 2nd Baron FitzHugh, who married Joan Scrope, daughter of Henry Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham.
• Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh, KG, who served in the French wars with Henry V and held an important position at the court of Henry IV; was made Constable of England at the coronation of Henry V, and seems to have been on intimate terms with both these monarchs. Was in charge of Princess Philippa of England, daughter of Henry IV, during her journey to Lund, Sweden in 1406 to be married to King Eric XIII. Married Elizabeth Grey, granddaughter of the 2nd Baron Grey of Rotherfield, one of the original Knights of the Garter instituted at its foundation in 1344. They had thirteen children, including Robert FitzHugh and Eleanor FitzHugh, wife of Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy de Knayth. In 1423, jewels worth £40,000 were delivered to Sir Henry by a grateful Henry V.
• William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh, who married Margery Willoughby, daughter of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and Lucy le Strange. They had seven daughters and one son, the 5th Baron.
• Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh, who married Lady Alice Neville. The arms of FitzHugh impaling Neville survive in a stained glass window in St Mary's Church, Wath-by-Rippon, Yorkshire. They had five sons and six daughters, including Elizabeth FitzHugh, who married William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal and then Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden. From her first marriage, Elizabeth was the mother of Sir Thomas Parr whose daughter was Queen Catherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII.
• Richard FitzHugh, 6th Baron FitzHugh, son of Henry, married Elizabeth Burgh, daughter of Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Borough of Gainsborough.
• George FitzHugh, 7th Baron FitzHugh, son of Richard, married Katherine Dacre, daughter of Humphrey Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre and Mabel Parr ; they had no children. The title became abeyant with his death in 1513.

  Co-heirs

• James Thomas Archibald Douglas-Home, 29th Baron Dacre
• Tessa Ogilvie Thompson
• Francis Brand, 7th Viscount Hampden
• William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke