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House of Radclyffe
Incorporating the families of Fitzwalter Mildmay and Plumptre


Knights of the Garter

  • Sir John Radcliffe KG (d. 1441)
  • Sir Richard Ratcliffe KG (d. 1485)




Sir John Radcliffe KG (d. 1441)Sir Richard Ratcliffe KG (d. 1485)

Radclyffe of Derwentwater, Baronets (1620)
Earls of Derwentwater (1688–1716)
Titular Earls of Derwentwater (1716-1814)
Earls of Newburgh (1660, 1755-1814)


  • Sir Francis Radclyffe, 1st Baronet (1569–1622)
  • Sir Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Baronet (1589–1663)
  • Sir Francis Radclyffe, 3rd Baronet,1st Earl of Derwentwater, Viscount Radclyffe and Langley and Baron Tyndale (1625–1697)
  • Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater (1655–1705), married Lady Mary Tudor, the natural daughter of King Charles II.
  • James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1689–1716), beheaded due to his role in the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and the titles forfeit.
  • John Radclyffe, titular 4th Earl of Derwentwater (1713–1731)
  • Charles Radclyffe, titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater (1693–1746), husband of Charlotte Maria Levingston, 3rd Countess of Newburgh.
  • James Bartholomew Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Newburgh and titular 6th Earl of Derwentwater (1725–1787)
  • Anthony James Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Newburgh and titular 7th Earl of Derwentwater (1757–1814)





Sir Francis Radclyffe, 1st Baronet (1569–1622) Earls of Derwentwater Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater (1655–1705), 4th and 5th Earls of Newburgh


Livingston of Kinnaird, Baronets (1627)
Viscount of Kynnaird, in the (1647)

Earls of Newburgh, in the Peerage of Scotland (1660)

  • Sir John Livingstone, 1st Baronet (d. 1628)
  • James Levingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh, 1st Viscount of Kynnaird and Lord Levingston, 2nd Baronet (c.1622–1670)
  • Charles Livingston, 2nd Earl of Newburgh (c. 1664–1755)
  • Charlotte Maria Levingston, 3rd Countess of Newburgh (c. 1694–1755), wife of Charles Radclyffe, titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater (1725–1786)
  • Anthony James Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Newburgh and titular 7th Earl of Derwentwater (1757–1814)
  • Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustiniani and de jure 6th Earl of Newburgh (1762–1826)
  • Maria Cecilia Agata Anna Josefa Laurenzia Donata Melchiorra Baldassara Gaspara Bandini, Duchess of Mondragone and de jure later de facto 7th Countess of Newburgh (1796–1877)
  • Sigismondo Niccolo Venanzio Gaetano Francisco Giustiniani-Bandini, 1st Prince Bandini-Giustiniani and 8th Earl of Newburgh (1818–1908)
  • Carlo Giustiniani-Bandini, 2nd Prince Bandini-Giustiniani and 9th Earl of Newburgh (1862–1941)
  • Maria Sofia Guiseppina Giustiniani-Bandini, 10th Countess of Newburgh (1862–1941)
  • Giulio Cesare Taddeo Cosimo Rospigliosi, 10th Prince Rospigliosi and 11th Earl of Newburgh (1907–1986)
  • Filippo Giambattista Camillo Francesco Aldo Maria Rospigliosi, 11th Prince Rospigliosi and 12th Earl of Newburgh (b. 1942)


1st and 2nd Earls of Newburgh4th and 5th Earls of Newburgh6th to 10th Earls of Newburgh



Barons FitzWalter (1295, 1585-1629)
Viscounts FitzWalter (1527-1643)

Earls of Sussex (1529-1643)

  • John Radcliffe, 9th Baron FitzWalter (1452–1496) (forfeit 1496)
  • Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, 1st Viscount Fitzwalter, 10th Baron FitzWalter KG (d. 1542), married Elizabeth Stafford, daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and his wife Catherine Woodville.
  • Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earlof Sussex, 11th Baron FitzWalter KG (c. 1506–1557)
  • Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, 12th Baron FitzWalter KG (c. 1525–1583)
  • Henry Radcliffe, 4th Earl of Sussex, 13th Baron FitzWalter KG (c. 1530–1593)
  • Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, 14th Baron FitzWalter KG (d. 1629) (barony dormant)
  • Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex (1559–1643)


John Radcliffe, 9th Baron FitzWalter (1452–1496) Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, 1st Viscount Fitzwalter, 10th Baron FitzWalter KG (d. 1542) 3rd to 5th Earls of Sussex



Barons FitzWalter (1295, abeyant 1629-1667. 1756-1924, 1932-1953)
Earls FitzWalter (1730-1756)

  • Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter (1247–1325)
  • Robert FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (c. 1297–1328)
  • John FitzWalter, 3rd Baron FitzWalter (c. 1314–1361)
  • Walter FitzWalter, 4th Baron FitzWalter (1345–1386)
  • Walter FitzWalter, 5th Baron FitzWalter (c. 1368–1406)
  • Humphrey FitzWalter, 6th Baron FitzWalter (1398–1415)
  • Walter FitzWalter, 7th Baron FitzWalter(1401–1431)
  • Elizabeth Radcliff (nee Fitzwalter), 8th Baroness FitzWalter (1430–1485)
  • John Radcliffe, 9th Baron FitzWalter (1452–1496) (forfeit 1496)
  • Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, 1st Viscount Fitzwalter, 10th Baron FitzWalter KG (d. 1542)
  • Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, 11th Baron FitzWalter KG (c. 1506–1557)
  • Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, 12th Baron FitzWalter KG (c. 1525–1583)
  • Henry Radcliffe, 4th Earl of Sussex, 13th Baron FitzWalter KG (c. 1530–1593)
  • Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, 14th Baron FitzWalter KG (d. 1629) (barony dormant)
  • Henry Mildmay, de jure 15th Baron FitzWalter (c. 1585–1654), descendant of Lady Frances Mildmay, only daughter of the second Earl of Sussex.
  • Henry Mildmay, de jure 16th Baron FitzWalter (d. 1662)
  • Benjamin Mildmay, 17th Baron FitzWalter (c. 1646–1679) (confirmed 1667)
  • Charles Mildmay, 18th Baron FitzWalter (1670–1728)
  • Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter, Viscount Harwich, 19th Baron FitzWalter (1672–1756) (abeyant 1756)
  • Henry Fitzwalter Plumptre, 20th Baron FitzWalter (1860–1932) (abeyance terminated 1924; abeyant 1932), son of John Bridges Plumptre and grandson of Eleanor, wife of Reverend Henry Western Plumptre and daughter of Sir Brook William Bridges, 4th Baronet, of Goodneston, a descendant of Mary, sister of the sixteenth and seventeenth Barons.
  • Fitzwalter Brook Plumptre, 21st Baron FitzWalter (1914–2004) (abeyance terminated 1953)
  • Julian Brook Plumptre, 22nd Baron FitzWalter (b. 1952)




15th to 19th Barons  Fitzwalter20th to 22nd  Barons  Fitzwalter



Bridges of Goodneston, Baronets (1718-1899)
Baron FitzWalter (1868-1875)

  • Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet (1679–1728)
  • Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet (1709–1733)
  • Sir Brook William Bridges, 3rd Baronet (1733–1791)
  • Sir Brook William Bridges, 4th Baronet (1767–1829)
  • Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Baronet, 1st Baron FitzWalter of Woodham Walter (1801–1875), unsuccessfully claimed the ancient barony of FitzWalter (which had been in since 1756) as a descendant of Mary, sister of the seventeenth Baron FitzWalter.
  • Sir Brook George Bridges, 6th Baronet (1802–1890)
  • Sir Thomas Pym Bridges, 7th Baronet (1805–1895)
  • Sir George Talbot Bridges, 8th Baronet (1818–1899)



Bridges of Goodneston, Baronets Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Baronet, 1st Baron FitzWalter of Woodham Walter (1801–1875)

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