Baron Greenwich

Baron Greenwich was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that has been created twice in British history.

History

Prior to the title's first creation in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1667, King Charles II of England planned to create the title "Countess of Greenwich" for Nell Gwyn, one of his low-born mistresses. This was to follow Charles II bestowing the titles of Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, Baroness Limerick, and Baroness Nonsuch upon his other mistress, Barbara Palmer; the title of Viscountess Shannon upon his first mistress, Elizabeth Killigrew; and the titles of Duchess of Portsmouth, Duchess of Aubigny, Countess of Fareham, and Baroness Petersfield to yet another mistress, Louise de Kérouaille.

However, Charles died on 6 February 1685, having never followed through on his original plans to ennoble Gwyn.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The first official creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1767, when Lady Caroline Townshend was made Baroness Greenwich, in the County of Kent, with remainder to the male issue by her second husband, Charles Townshend. She was the daughter of Field Marshal The 2nd Duke of Argyll, who had been created Earl of Greenwich in 1715 and Duke of Greenwich in 1719, titles which became extinct on his death in 1743. As Caroline's two sons by her second husband predeceased her, the title became extinct upon her death in 1794.

The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1947 when Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, on the morning of his wedding to Princess Elizabeth (who became Queen Elizabeth II), was made Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich in the County of London. He was made Duke of Edinburgh and Earl of Merioneth at the same time.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Prince Philip died in 2021, and the title passed to his son Prince Charles, until it merged with the Crown when Charles became King in 2022.

Baronesses Greenwich; First creation (1767)

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Coat of arms of the Baroness Greenwich (first creation).

• Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich (1717–1794)

Barons Greenwich; Second creation (1947)

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Coat of arms of the Baron Greenwich (second creation).

Template:Nobility table header | Prince Philip
Mountbatten
1947–2021
also: Duke of Edinburgh and Earl of Merioneth (1947) | Prince Philip | 10 June 1921
Mon Repos, Corfu
son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg | Princess Elizabeth
20 November 1947
4 children | 9 April 2021
Windsor Castle, Windsor
aged 99 |- | Prince Charles<ref name=COA/>
House of Windsor
2021–2022
also: Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1958), Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay (1952), Duke of Edinburgh and Earl of Merioneth (2021) | Prince Charles | 14 November 1948
Buckingham Palace, London
son of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II | Lady Diana Spencer
29 July 1981Template:Snd28 August 1996
2 children
Camilla Parker Bowles
9 April 2005 | Template:Spaced ndash
now Template:Age in years and days old |- | colspan=5|Prince Charles succeeded as King Charles III on 8 September 2022 upon his mother's death, and his hereditary titles merged in the Crown. |}

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