Baron Altham was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1681 for the Hon. Altham Annesley, younger son of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. See the Viscount Valentia for the history of the title until its extinction in 1844. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey (10 July 1614 _ 6 April 1686) was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman of the 17th century. ... The title of Viscount Valentia was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1622. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Richard Annesley, 8th Earl of Anglesey, 5th Baron Altham (1691–1761)
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris, 6th Baron Altham (1744–1816)
George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris, 7th Baron Altham (1769–1844)
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August 2 Viscount de l’Isle is invested as Earl of Leicester, and Baron Compton as the Earl of Northampton in a solemn ritual at Salisbury in the Bishop’s palace.
Baron Cobham, wretched and destitute, died, whose nearest heir was William Brook, son of the beheaded George.
Baron Sheffield lost his case in his sute against Radcliffe of the manor of Molgrave in Yorkshire, on the strength of a transcription or entail made in the past.
In November 1660 by his father's death he had become Viscount Valentia and Baron Mountnorris in the Irish peerage, and on the 20th April 1661 he was created Baron Annesley of Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire and earl of Anglesey in the peerage of Great Britain.
He supported the king's administration in parliament, but opposed strongly the unjust measure which, on the abolition of the court of wards, placed the extra burden of taxation thus rendered necessary on the excise.
Lord Anglesey married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir James Altham of Oxey, Hertfordshire, by whom, besides other children, he had James, who succeeded him, Altham, created BaronAltham, and Richard, afterwards 3rd BaronAltham.
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