Baron Keith

Baron Keith was a title that was created three times in British history, with all three creations in favour of the same person, Admiral the Honourable Sir George Keith Elphinstone. In 1814 Lord Keith was further honoured when he was made Viscount Keith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with normal remainder to heirs male.

George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith

Family tree

Fitzmaurice family tree and the FitzGerald dynasty

Note that there are differing accounts as to which FitzMaurice was the 1st Baron Kerry. The Complete Peerage starts the numbering at Maurice Fitzthomas.Irish pedigrees starts the numbering at Thomas Fitzmaurice. Maurice FitzGerald "Maurice de Windsor" c. 1105–c. 1176 Lord of Llanstephan, Baron of Naas, Lord of Maynooth Robert FitzMaurice Details unknown Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald c. 1145–1213 Lord OConnello Gerald FitzMaurice c. 1150–1203 1st Baron of Offaly Baron Kerry and Lixnaw, 1223 See Baron of Offaly Thomas Fitzmaurice c. 1220–1280 1st Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Lord OConnello John FitzThomas d. 1261 1st Baron Desmond Maurice Fitzthomas d. c. 1260 2nd Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald d. 1261 Nicholas Fitzthomas d. 1324 3rd Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Thomas Fitzmaurice FitzGerald d. 1298 2nd Baron Desmond Earl of Desmond (1st creation), 1329 Maurice Fitzthomas d. 1339 4th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw John Fitzthomas d. 1348 5th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Aveline (Eleanor) Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald d. 1358 1st Earl of Desmond, 4th Baron Desmond Thomas FitzThomas FitzGerald 1290–1307 3rd Baron Desmond Maurice FitzJohn Fitzmaurice d. 1398 6th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald "Maurice Óg" 1335–1398 2nd Earl of Desmond, 5th Baron Desmond Gerald FitzGerald 1335–1398 3rd Earl of Desmond, 6th Baron Desmond Patrick FitzMaurice FitzJohn d. c. 1410 7th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw John FitzGerald d. 1399 4th Earl of Desmond, 7th Baron Desmond James FitzGerald d. 1462 6th Earl of Desmond, 9th Baron Desmond Thomas FitzMaurice d. 1469 8th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Thomas FitzGerald c. 1386–1420 5th Earl of Desmond, 8th Baron Desmond Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald "the Great Earl" d. c. 1467/68 7th Earl of Desmond, 10th Baron Desmond Edmond FitzMaurice d. 1541 9th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw James fitz Thomas FitzGerald 1459–1487 8th Earl of Desmond, 11th Baron Desmond Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald d. 1520 9th (or 10th) Earl of Desmond, 12th Baron Desmond Thomas fitz Thomas FitzGerald 1454–1534 11th (or 12th) Earl of Desmond, 14th Baron Desmond John fitz Thomas FitzGerald d. 1536 12th Earl of Desmond de facto, 15th Baron Desmond de facto Thomas FitzMaurice Details unknown James fitz Maurice FitzGerald d. 1529 10th (or 11th) Earl of Desmond, 13th Baron Desmond Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald d. 1529 James fitz John FitzGerald d. 1558 13th (or 14th) Earl of Desmond, 16th Baron Desmond Edmond FitzMaurice d. 1543 10th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Joan Fitzgerald d. 1565 James fitz Maurice FitzGerald ("Court Page") d. 1540 12th (or 13th) Earl of Desmond de jure, 15th Baron Desmond de jure Barony Kerry and Lixnaw resigned, 1529 Baron Odorney and Viscount Kilmaule, 1537 Edmond FitzMaurice d. 1541 11th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Patrick FitzMaurice d. 1547 12th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Gerard FitzMaurice d. 1550 15th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Thomas Fitzmaurice 1502–1590 16th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Margaret "the Fair" Thomas Butler ("Black Tom") c. 1531–1614 Earl of Ormond and Earl of Ossory Gerald FitzGerald ("Rebel Earl") c. 1533–1583 14th (or 15th or 16th) Earl of Desmond, 17th Baron Desmond Barony Odorney and viscountcy Kilmaule extinct, 1541 Earldom of Desmond (1st creation) attainted, 1582 Lord Dingwall (2nd creation), 1609 Earl of Desmond (3rd creation) and Baron Dunmore, 1619 Earl of Desmond (2nd creation for life), 1600 Thomas FitzMaurice d. 1549 13th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Edmond FitzMaurice d. 1549 14th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Patrick Fitzmaurice 1551?–1600 17th Baron Kerry and Lixnaw Richard Preston d. 1628 Earl of Desmond and Baron Dunmore, 1st Lord Dingwall Elizabeth Preston c. 1585–1628 James FitzGerald ("Tower Earl") 1571–1601 Earl of Desmond Viscount Feilding and Baron Feilding, 1620 Earl of Denbigh, 1622 Earldom of Desmond (3rd creation) and barony Dunmore extinct, 1628 Earldom of Desmond (2nd creation) extinct, 1601 Thomas Fitzmaurice 1574–1630 18th Baron Kerry William Feilding c. 1587–1643 1st Earl of Denbigh, etc. Viscount Callan and Baron Fielding, 1622 Earl of Desmond (4th creation) on reversion, 1628 Patrick FitzMaurice 1595–1661 19th Baron Kerry George Feilding c. 1614–1665 2nd Earl Denbigh, etc. 1st Earl of Desmond, etc. Earldom of Desmond created in expectation of marriage, which did not happen Elizabeth Butler 1615–1684 2nd Lady Dingwall suo jure William FitzMaurice 1633–1697 20th Baron Kerry Thomas Butler 1634–1680 Earl of Ossory Earl of Kerry, 1753 Thomas FitzMaurice 1668–1741 1st Earl of Kerry, 21st Baron Kerry James Butler 1665–1745 Duke of Ormonde, Earl of Ossory, 3rd Lord Dingwall Lordship Dingwall (2nd creation) forfeit, 1715 Viscount FitzMaurice and Baron Dunkeron, 1751 Earl of Shelburne (2nd creation), 1753 Baron Wycombe, 1760 William FitzMaurice 1694–1747 2nd Earl of Kerry, 22nd Baron Kerry John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1706–1761 1st Earl of Shelburne, etc. Baron Nairne Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, and Viscount Calne and Calston, 1784 Baron Keith (1st creation: Ireland), 1797 Baron Keith (2nd creation: UK), 1801 Baron Keith (3rd creation: UK), 1803 Viscount Keith (UK), 1814 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 1740–1818 3rd Earl of Kerry, 23rd Baron Kerry William Petty-Fitzmaurice 1737–1805 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 2nd Earl of Shelburne, etc. Jane Mercer George Keith Elphinstone 1746–1823 Viscount Keith, Baron Keith (Ire, UK, UK) Viscountcy Keith and Barony Keith (1st creation) extinct, 1801 John Henry Petty 1765–1809 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 3rd Earl of Shelburne, etc. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 1780–1863 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 4th Earl of Shelburne, etc., 4th Earl of Kerry, 24th Baron Kerry Margaret Mercer Elphinstone 1788–1867 Comtesse de Flahaut, 2nd Baroness Keith (Ire, UK), 7th Lady Nairne Baronies Keith (2nd & 3rd creations) extinct, 1867 William Thomas Petty-FitzMaurice 1811–1836 styled Earl of Kerry Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 1816–1866 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 5th Earl of Shelburne, etc., 5th Earl of Kerry, 24th Baron Kerry Emily Jane Petty-FitzMaurice 1819–1895 8th Lady Nairne Baron Mersey, 1910 Viscount Mersey, 1916 Baron Fitzmaurice, 1906 John Charles Bigham 1840–1929 1st Viscount Mersey, etc. Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice 1845–1927 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 6th Earl of Shelburne, etc., 6th Earl of Kerry, 24th Baron Kerry, 9th Lord Nairne Edmond Fitzmaurice 1846–1935 Baron Fitzmaurice Barony Fitzmaurice extinct, 1935 Charles Clive Bigham 1872–1956 2nd Viscount Mersey, etc. Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice 1872–1936 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 7th Earl of Shelburne, etc., 7th Earl of Kerry, 25th Baron Kerry, 10th Lord Nairne Charles Fitzmaurice 1874–1914 Edward Clive Bigham 1906–1979 3rd Viscount Mersey, etc. Katherine Bigham 1912–1995 12th Lady Nairne Charles Hope Petty-Fitzmaurice 1917–1944 7th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 8th Earl of Shelburne, etc., 8th Earl of Kerry, 26th Baron Kerry, 11th Lord Nairne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice 1912–1999 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 9th Earl of Shelburne, etc., 9th Earl of Kerry, 27th Baron Kerry Richard Maurice Clive Bigham 1934–2006 4th Viscount Mersey, etc., 13th Lord Nairne David Edward Hugh Bigham b. 1938 Charles Maurice Petty-Fitzmaurice b. 1941 9th Marquess of Lansdowne, etc., 10th Earl of Shelburne, etc., 10th Earl of Kerry, 28th Baron Kerry Edward John Hallam Bigham b. 1966 5th Viscount Mersey, etc., 14th Lord Nairne Charles Richard Petty Bigham b. 1967 Heir presumptive to the Viscountcy Mersey Simon Henry George Petty-Fitzmaurice b. 1970 styled Earl of Kerry Flora Bigham b. 2003 styled Mistress of Nairne George Henry Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice b. 2020 styled Viscount Calne and Calston

See also

• Lord Elphinstone
• Earl Marischal
• Lord Nairne