Baron Kensington is a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Irish title was created in 1776, and the British in 1886. The two titles are united under a single holder.
He was made gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles, prince of Wales, and captain of the yeomen of the guard; and on the 8th of March 1623 he was raised to the peerage as BaronKensington.
Dissatisfied, however, with Charles's refusal to grant him the nomination of a new baron, he again abandoned him, refused the summons to York, and was deprived of his office as groom of the stole at the instance of the queen, who greatly resented his ingratitude.
Lord Holland married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Walter Cope of Kensington, and, besides several daughters, had four sons, of whom the eldest, Robert, succeeded him as 2nd earl of Holland, and inherited the earldom of Warwick in 1673.
BaronKensington is a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The title of BaronKensington had previously been held by the Earls of Warwick and Holland, and had become extinct along with the Earldoms in 1759.
In 1886 he was created BaronKensington, of Kensington in the County of Middlesex, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave the Barons an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
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