Baron Dorchester

Baron Dorchester was a title that was created twice in British history, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain on 21 August 1786 when the soldier and administrator Sir Guy Carleton was made Lord Dorchester, Baron of Dorchester (on Thames), in the County of Oxford.[1] He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Christopher Carleton, eldest son of the first Baron. Lord Dorchester died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his first cousin, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. George Carleton, younger son of the first Baron. He had no sons and was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of Reverend the Hon. Richard Carleton, younger son of the first Baron. Lord Dorchester was a Colonel in the Coldstream Guards. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death on 13 November 1897.

Not to be confused with Viscount Dorchester, Marquess of Dorchester, Countess of Dorchester, Earl of Dorchester, or The Duke of Dorchester.
Barony Dorchester
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Arms of the 1st creation
Arms: Ermine on a Bend Sable three Pheons Argent. Crest: A Dexter Arm embowed and naked to the elbow Shirt folded over the elbow Argent and vested over Gules the hand grasping an Arrow in bend sinister point downwards proper. Supporters: On either side a Beaver proper the dexter gorged with a Mural Coronet and the sinister with a Naval Coronet both Or.
Creation date21 August 1786
MonarchGeorge III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderGuy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Last holderDudley Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester
Remainder toHeirs male of the first baron's body lawfully begotten
Extinction date30 November 1897
MottoQuondam His Vicimus Armis ("We were once victorious with these arms")

The peerage was revived on 2 August 1899 when the Honourable Henrietta Carleton was made Baroness Dorchester, of Dorchester in the County of Oxford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] She was the elder daughter of the third Baron of the first creation. She was the wife of, firstly, Francis Paynton Pigott, and, secondly, of Major-General Richard Langford Leir. In 1899 she assumed by Royal licence the surname of Carleton. She was succeeded by her son from her first marriage, the second Baron. He was a soldier and fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War. He had two daughters but no sons and on his death in 1963 the title became extinct for the second time.

As indicated by the territorial designations, the titles referred to Dorchester in Oxfordshire (also known as Dorchester-on-Thames), and not to the more famous Dorchester, county town of Dorset.

Barons Dorchester; first creation (1786)
  • Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808)
    • Hon. Christopher Carleton (1775–1806)
  • Arthur Henry Carleton, 2nd Baron Dorchester (1805–1826)
  • Guy Carleton, 3rd Baron Dorchester (1811–1875)
  • Dudley Wilmot Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester (1822–1897)

Barons Dorchester; second creation (1899)
  • Henrietta Anne Carleton, 1st Baroness Dorchester (1846–1925)
  • Dudley Massey Pigott Carleton, 2nd Baron Dorchester (1876–1963)

Family tree
Guy Carleton,
1st Baron Dorchester
1724–1808
Hon. Christopher Carleton
1775–1806		Hon. George Carleton
1781–1814		Hon. Richard Carleton
1792–1860
Arthur Carleton,
2nd Baron Dorchester
1805–1826		Guy Carleton,
3rd Baron Dorchester
1811–1875		Dudley Carleton,
4th Baron Dorchester
1822–1897
Henrietta Carleton,
1st Baroness Dorchester
1846–1925
Dudley Carleton,
2nd Baron Dorchester
1876–1963

See also

References
  1. "No. 12775". The London Gazette. 8 August 1786. p. 351.
  2. "No. 27105". The London Gazette. 4 August 1899. p. 4833.
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