, Worcestershire. Robert, 1st Earl of Plymouth (1857–1923), and his family are buried here. The
first creation was in 1675 for
Charles FitzCharles, one of the dozens of illegitimate children of
King Charles II and one of a few by his mistress
Catherine Pegge. He died without heirs in 1680, and the title became extinct. The
second creation came in 1682 in favour of Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 7th Baron Windsor. The family descends from
Sir Andrew Windsor, who fought at the
Battle of the Spurs in 1513, where he was knighted. In 1529 he was summoned to Parliament as
Baron Windsor,
of Stanwell in the County of Buckingham. His grandson, Edward, the third Baron, fought at the
Battle of St Quentin in 1557. Edward's elder son Frederick, the fourth Baron, died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry. The latter's son, Thomas, the sixth Baron, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. On Thomas's death in 1641, the barony fell into
abeyance between his sisters. The abeyance was terminated in 1660 in favour of his nephew, Thomas Hickman. He was the son of Elizabeth Windsor, and her husband Dixie Hickman, and assumed the additional surname of Windsor as 7th Baron. He notably served as
Governor of Jamaica and as
Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. In 1682, he was created
Earl of Plymouth in the Peerage of England, a higher title of nobility. He was succeeded by his grandson Other, who notably served as
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire,
Denbigh and
Flint. His grandson and namesake, Other, the fourth Earl, was
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. On the death of fourth Earl's childless grandson, Other, the sixth Earl, in 1833, the barony and earldom separated. The barony fell into
abeyance between his sisters Lady Maria Windsor, wife of
Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire, and
Lady Harriet Windsor, wife of
Robert Clive, second son of
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (see below for further history of the barony and
Earl of Powis for earlier history of the Clive family). The sixth Earl was succeeded in the earldom by his uncle, Andrew, the seventh Earl. The seventh Earl died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry, the eighth Earl. The eighth Earl was childless and on his death in 1843 the earldom became extinct. The barony of Windsor remained in abeyance until 1855 when the abeyance was terminated in favour of Lady Harriet Windsor-(Clive), who became the thirteenth Baroness. The same year she re-assumed by Royal licence her maiden surname, as a first barrel of her name. Her eldest son
Robert Windsor-Clive predeceased her and she was succeeded by her grandson, Robert, the fourteenth Baron, who was a prominent
Conservative politician and held office as
Paymaster General and
First Commissioner of Works. In 1905 the earldom of Plymouth was revived in the
third creation when Robert was created
Viscount Windsor,
of St Fagans in the County of Glamorgan, and
Earl of Plymouth, in the
County of Devon. These titles were in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first Earl was succeeded by his second and only surviving son, Ivor, the second Earl, who was also a Conservative politician and served as
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms,
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs,
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Ivor's eldest son, Other, the third Earl, succeeded in 1943 and died on 7 March 2018 when he was succeeded by his own son, Ivor, the present fourth Earl. As a male-line descendant of the first
Earl of Powis in its present creation the Earl is a far heir-in-remainder to that peerage and its subsidiary titles. Another member of the family was
Thomas Windsor, younger son of
Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, who was elevated to the new title
Viscount Windsor in 1699. After the death of his son, the second Viscount, the title was extinct for 38 years from 1758. However his daughter and heiress, Charlotte Jane, married
John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute, and the title "of" Windsor was revived in 1796 (Earl of Windsor) as a (courtesy) style for the
Marquess of Bute (the first subsidiary title is Earl of Dumfries since 1803 when this title, created in 1633, was inherited by the second Marquess). The family seat was
Hewell Grange,
Worcestershire. Later residences are
Oakly Park,
Bromfield near
Ludlow,
Shropshire, and a house in
London W8. 'Other' (pronounced ǒðer), a customary male forename for Earls of Plymouth, derives from medieval writings of earlier oral traditions regarding a
Saxon ancestor 'Otho' or 'Othere' of the Hickman-Windsor family. ==Earl of Plymouth, first creation (1675)==