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John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton

British politician

Summary

British politician

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Right Honourable
name	The Lord Berkeley of Stratton
honorific-suffix	PC
image	File:KingstonBurlingtonBerkeley.JPG
caption	A painting of the Earl of Burlington (centre) with Evelyn Pierrepont, (left) and John Berkeley(right)
order1	Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners
term_start1	16 November 1756
term_end1	12 July 1762
monarch1	George II
George III
primeminister1	The Duke of Devonshire
The Duke of Newcastle
predecessor1	The Lord Hobart
successor1	The Earl of Lichfield
birth_date	16 May 1697
death_date
death_place	Bruton Abbey, Bruton, Somerset
nationality	British
alma_mater	Christ Church, Oxford

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | honorific-suffix = PC George III The Duke of Newcastle

John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (16 May 1697 – 18 April 1773), styled The Honourable John Berkeley until 1741, was a British politician, the last of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family.

Background and education

Berkeley was the son of William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton, by Frances, daughter of Sir John Temple, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

Berkeley was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Stockbridge in 1735, a seat he held until 1741, when he succeeded his father in the barony and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1743 he was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, which he remained until 1746. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1752 and served as Treasurer of the Household between 1755 and 1756 and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners between 1756 and 1762. From 1762 to 1770 he was Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets and Constable of the Tower of London.

Personal life

Lord Berkeley of Stratton was married but had no children. He died at a family home, Bruton Abbey, Somerset, in April 1773, aged 75, when the barony became extinct. He devised his grand estates which included Berkeley Square in London, to his kinsman the Frederick Augustus Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, his own branch descended in the male line from a Baron Berkeley who died in 1326, with some later shared female ancestry.

References

[http://www.thepeerage.com/p13077.htm#i130763 thepeerage.com John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton]
{{Rayment-hc. s. 5. (March 2012)
{{London Gazette. (11 February 1752)
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