Baron Montfort is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England when John de Montfort was summoned to parliament on 23 June 1295. In 1367 the title either became extinct or fell into abeyance on the death of the third Baron.[1] The second creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1741 when Henry Bromley was made Lord Montfort, Baron of Horseheath, in the County of Cambridge.[2] He had previously represented Cambridgeshire in Parliament, as had his father John Bromley and grandfather John Bromley. Lord Montfort was succeeded by his only son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for the city of Cambridge. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron, in 1851.
The second family descended from the 16th century Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas Bromley and Lord Chief Justice of the same name and were still in the 18th century equally recorded with the alternative spelling and pronunciation Montford. This is a corruption as 'Montfort' means a fortified mountain or mound as in Montfort l'Amaury, the place of birth of Simon I de Montfort their 11th century French patriarch. Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester led to the first Parliament called to act as a check on the monarch in 1295 and was commonly known as Simon de Montford hence the unusually long continuation in the alternative spelling, see Montfort for examples.
BaronMontfort is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England when John de Montfort was...
by the barons to represent them during the constitutional crisis with Henry III in 1258. He was later a leading supporter of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl...
of Montfort (Swabia), German noble dynasty in medieval Swabia BaronMontfort, English peerage 1295–1367, British peerage 1741–1851 Amaury de Montfort, several...
those very barons who later revolted against the king. Henry's father was Simon de Montfort, the leader of the English Barons in the Second Barons' War. Simon...
of Kildare John de Montfort, 2nd BaronMontfort Payn Tibetoft, 1st Baron Tibotot William de Hastelegh Edmund Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings Miles de Stapleton...
name and arms of his mother to inherit the lordship of Montfort-sur-Risle. He joined the baron revolt in Normandy against King Henry I of England in 1122...
John of England. Second Barons' War (1264–1267) – a civil war between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against Royalist forces...
as the Second Barons' War. It took place at Lewes in Sussex, on 14 May 1264. It marked the high point of the career of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester...
William Bromley, wife of John Bromley and mother of Henry Bromley, 1st BaronMontfort Lady Mary Butler (1713), second daughter of the 2nd Duke of Ormonde...
century England's Second Barons' War. It marked the defeat of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and the rebellious barons by the future King Edward...
John of Montfort (Middle Breton: Yann Moñforzh, French: Jean de Montfort) (1295 – 26 September 1345, Château d'Hennebont), sometimes known as John IV of...
Henry de Hastings, who had been created Baron Hastings by Simon de Montfort in 1263. Since the first Baron's title does not appear to have been recognised...
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