Marquis de Vallado

Marquis de Vallado is a Spanish title bestowed upon Humphrey Walrond on 5 August 1653, by King Philip IV of Spain.

Walrond, from Sea, Somerset, was a distinguished Royalist commander, and subsequent Deputy Governor of Barbados. He defeated the Roundheads in the island in 1650, maintained a Royalist regime there throughout the Commonwealth and Protectorate, was appointed Deputy Governor in 1660, but continued to act as Governor until 1662.[1]

Along with the Marquisate he was also created the Conde de Parama y Valderonda ("Count of Parama and Valderonda") and a Grandee of the 1st Class. It was general practice for the eldest son of the incumbent of the title to bear the lesser and courtesy title of Conde de Parama.[1]

The Walrond family was closely associated with the Lyons family, who monopolised the Government of Antigua during the 18th century.[2] The 5th Marquis de Vallado married Sarah Lyons (1731-1764), and the daughter of the 5th Marquis and Sarah Lyons, Catherine Walrond, married Captain John Lyons, by whom she had had 15 children, including Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons. Therefore, Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, the diplomat who solved the Trent Affair; Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons, Admiral of the Fleet; and Richard Lyons Pearson, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, were all descendants of the 5th Marquis de Vallado, by Catherine Walrond, who was herself the daughter of Sarah Lyons (1731-1764).[2]

The following is a list of those members of the Walrond family who inherited these Spanish honours:

Holders of the title
NameBornDiedSpouseNotes
Sir Humphrey WalrondElizabeth Napier1st Marques
George Walrond1688Frances Coryton (d.1665)2nd Marques, son of the 1st
Theodore Walrond1706Elizabeth Smith3rd Marques, son of the 2nd
Theodore Walrond1748Elizabeth Wills4th Marques, son of the 3rd
Maine Swete Walrond17251790Sarah Lyons (1731-1764)[2]5th Marques, son of the 4th
Joseph Lyons Walrond[2]1752 1815Caroline Codrington (d.1833)6th Marques, son of the 5th
Lyons Walrond[2]180018197th Marques, son of the 6th
Bethell Walrond18021876Lady Janet St. Clair-Erskine (1800-1880), daughter of 2nd Earl of Rosslyn 8th Marques, son of the 6th; Member of Parliament 1826-32 [3]
Henry Walrond[4]1841[4]1917Caroline Maud Clark[4] (d. 1915)9th Marques, son of the 8th
Henry Humphrey Walrond[4]1862[4]1940Gertrude Gordon Hill (1873-1970) 10th Marques, son of the 9th
Henry Ernest Walrond18961972Imogene Fletcher (1893-1972)11th Marques, nephew of the 10th

See also

References
Notes
  1. de Ruvigny (1909), p.167
  2. Langford Vere, Oliver. History of the Island of Antigua, Vol. 2. Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1894. pp. 214–217.
  3. Escott, Margaret (2013). "Walrond, Bethell (1801-1876)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. de Ruvigny (1909), p.10
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