Baron Mulgrave

Baron Mulgrave is a title that has been created three times for members of the Phipps family, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain.

The Phipps family descends from Sir Constantine Henry Phipps (1656–1723), who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1710 to 1714. His son William Phipps married Lady Catherine Annesley, who was the daughter and heiress of James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey and his wife Lady Catherine Darnley (an illegitimate daughter of King James II by his mistress Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester). William and Catherine had a son, Constantine Phipps, who in 1767 was made Baron Mulgrave, of New Ross in the County of Wexford in the Peerage of Ireland. Lady Catherine Darnley had later married John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, and hence Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave was the step-grandson of the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. The 2nd Baron Mulgrave was a politician but is best remembered for his attempted voyage to the North Pole in 1773. In 1790 he was created Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave in the County of York in the Peerage of Great Britain, thus entering the House of Lords. Lord Mulgrave had no sons and on his death in 1792 the barony of 1790 became extinct. In the barony of 1767 he was however succeeded by his younger brother Henry, who thereby became the 3rd Baron Mulgrave. The 3rd Baron Mulgrave was a general in the Army as well as a prominent politician, and notably served as Foreign Secretary from 1805 to 1806 and as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1807 to 1810. In 1794 he was made Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave in the County of York in the Peerage of Great Britain (whereby the barony held by his elder brother was in fact 'revived' and he too could enter the House of Lords). In 1812 the 3rd Baron Mulgrave was further honoured when he was made Earl of Mulgrave in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles held by the 1st Earl of Mulgrave from the Phipps family were later inherited by his eldest son Constantine. This 2nd Earl of Mulgrave was also a noted politician and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and as Home Secretary. In 1838 he was created Marquess of Normanby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010, the Mulgrave barony and the Mulgrave earldom are held by Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby.

Barons Mulgrave (1767)

• Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave (1722–1775), created Baron Mulgrave in 1767
• Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792), created Baron Mulgrave in 1790
• Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1755–1831), created Baron Mulgrave in 1794 and Earl of Mulgrave in 1812
  • See Earl of Mulgrave and Marquess of Normanby

Barons Mulgrave (1790)

• Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792), created Baron Mulgrave in 1790; title extinct on his death

Barons Mulgrave (1794)

• Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1755–1831), created Baron Mulgrave in 1794, and Earl of Mulgrave in 1812
  • See Earl of Mulgrave and Marquess of Normanby

See also

• Mulgrave Castle
• Earl of Mulgrave
• Marquess of Normanby