Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
13th April 1628. Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 51] created.
13th March 1635. Son Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland [aged 29] succeeded.
17th March 1663. Son Charles Weston 3rd Earl of Portland [aged 23] succeeded.
13th June 1665. Uncle Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland [aged 55] succeeded. See Battle of Lowestoft.
May 1688. Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland extinct.
On 13th April 1628 Richard Weston [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk. Frances Waldegrave [aged 51] by marriage Baroness Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
On 13th March 1635 Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 58] died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map] where he has a monument. The marble elments sculpted by Isaac Besnier, Sculptor in Ordinary and Keeper of the Statues to Charles I until 1643, when he was superseded by his son Peter; the bronze elements perhaps cast by Hubert le Sueur. His son Jerome [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Earl of Portland, 2nd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk. Frances Stewart Countess Portland [aged 18] by marriage Countess of Portland.
Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland: On 16th December 1605 he was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 10th June 1632 he and Frances Stewart Countess Portland were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 17th March 1663 he died. His son Charles succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
Frances Stewart Countess Portland: In 1617 she was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. In 1694 Frances Stewart Countess Portland died.
On 17th March 1663 Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland [aged 57] died. His son Charles [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
On 3rd June 1665 at the Battle of Lowestoft an English fleet commanded by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 31], Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 45] and Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich [aged 39] defeated a Dutch Fleet.
Richard Boyle was killed.
Charles Maccarthy Viscount Muskerry was killed.
Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth [aged 35] was killed by a cannonball aboard the Royal Charles. Earl Falmouth extinct, Baron Botetourt Langport in Somerset extinct. His father Charles [aged 65] succeeded 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry. Penelope Godolphin Viscountess Fitzhardinge by marriage Viscountess Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry. Possibly the only occasion when a father has succeeded his son.
Charles Weston 3rd Earl of Portland [deceased] was killed by a cannon shot. On 13th June 1665 His uncle Thomas [aged 55] succeeded 4th Earl of Portland, 4th Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
Thomas Allin 1st Baronet [aged 53] was present.
Admiral Jeremy Smith commanded the Mary.
Captain George Batts fought. He was assigned to Sir George Ayscue's [aged 49] division in the Blue Squadron.
James Ley 3rd Earl Marlborough [aged 47] was killed at the Battle of Lowestoft commanding Old James attempting to recover a captured ship. His half brother William [aged 53] succeeded 4th Earl Marlborough.
In May 1688 Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland [aged 78] died. Earl of Portland, Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk extinct.