Berney baronets

The Berney Baronetcy, of Parkehall in Redham in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 5 May 1620 for Richard Berney, Sheriff of Norfolk in 1622. The sixth Baronet was Sheriff of Norwich in 1762.[1] The Berney family claim Norse descent, and is known to have been settled at Berney near Walsingham in Norfolk at the time of the Norman conquest.

The 7th Baronet, Sir John Berney, married Lady Henrietta Neville, daughter of George Neville, 1st Earl of Abergavenny in 1779.[2][3]

The 8th Baronet, Sir Hanson Berney, oversaw the renovation and extension of the family seat, Barton (Bendish) Hall. Designed by James & Turner of Norwich, the existing east wing was renovated and the south-west double wing was added in 1865. Sir Hanson also established the village pub known at today as “The Berney Arms".[4]

Jane Dorothy Elizabeth Berney (1878-1964), daughter of Sir Henry Hanson Berney, the 9th Baronet, married solicitor Henry Dubs Middleton of Leeds in 1907. Middleton was also the chairman of the Leeds General Infirmary Hospital from 1928 to 1932. Middleton was a Charterhouse and University College, Oxford graduate and partner in the family law firm, Messrs. Middleton and Sons. The 107th Edition of Burke's Peerage records that Henry Dubs Middleton was the son of solicitor Arthur Middleton.[5] Arthur was the brother of solicitor John William Middleton, of Fairfield, Far Headingley, who was the great great grandfather of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.[6][7][8][9][10]

Both Jane Berney's father, Sir Henry H. Berney, as well as her father-in-law, Arthur Middleton, died in 1907. It was reported that Sir Henry, "of Barton Bendish, Norfolk; Burncrook, Moffat, Dumfries; and of Lawn, Hythe ", left an estate valued at £65,495 gross. Arthur Middleton left his entire estate, valued at £57,603 gross, to Jessie Marie, who was both his wife and the mother-in-law of Jane Middleton, née Berney.[11] The Berney baronetcy passed to Sir Henry's grandson, Thomas Reedham Berney, son of Captain T. H. Berney, 2nd West Yorkshires, who died in the Boer War.[12]

Berney baronets, of Parkehall (1620)

Berney baronets, of Parkehall
Arms Quarterly Gules and Azure over all a Cross engrailed Ermine
Crest A Plume of five Ostrich Feathers alternately Azure and Gules
Motto NIL TEMERE NEQUE TIMORE (Nothing with rashness or fear)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is William Reedham John Berney (born 1980), eldest son of the 11th Baronet.

References

  1. ↑ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
  2. ↑ Peile, John (25 September 2014). "Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505–1905". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 26 October 2015. (page 348) Berney, Hanson...son of Sir John Berney...by his wife Lady Henrietta Neville, daughter of George, first Earl...
  3. ↑ "Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 36". Great Britain: Edward Cave. 1833. Retrieved 26 October 2015. ...was married September 10, 1779...
  4. ↑ "The Story of Barton Hall". The Berney Arms. 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Burke's Peerage 107th Edition - Berney (Baronets)". Search on Henry Dubs Middleton, Page 494. Retrieved 6 October 2015. ..Jane Dorothy Elizabeth...daughter of Henry Hanson Burney, 9th Baronet..(married 3 July 1907) Henry Dubs Middleton (M.A. Oxon), solicitor, of Chapel Allerton eldest son of Arthur... Far Headingley, Leeds (solicitor)...
  6. ↑ "The Late Mr H. D. Middleton / Middleton and Sons Leeds". Yorkshire Evening Post. West Yorkshire, England. 9 January 1907. Retrieved 4 October 2015 – via Genes reunited. Henry Dubs Middleton. Chairman and Honorary Treasure of the (Leeds General) Infirmary from November 2. 1928. to September 18. 1932...(also) ..Middleton and Sons have been connected with this society... solicitors ever since... With the death of Mr. Arthur Middleton (in 1907, father of Henry Dubs Middleton), the partnership in the firm is now reduced to two — to Mr. Gilbert Middleton, (son of solicitor John Middleton) the deceased gentleman’s (Mr Arthur Middleton's) nephew, and Mr. Henry Dubs Middleton.
  7. ↑ "University College Oxford". University College Oxford. Retrieved 4 October 2015. Rowers are identied as follows:....H. W. Middleton (Probably Henry Dubs Middleton; matr. 1899).
  8. ↑ Reitwiesner, William Addams (2011). Child, Christopher Challender, ed. The Ancestry of Catherine Middleton. Scott Campbell Steward. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 9, 16. ISBN 978-0-88082-252-7.
  9. ↑ "Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910 (Vol. 2)". Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910 (Vol. 2). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1911). Retrieved 4 October 2015. Middleton, Henry Dubs. t). 18 Sept., 1880: son of Arthur Middleton, of Leeds, Solicitor; (Bodeites); Cricket XI, 1899; Left C.Q. 1899. Univ. Coll., Oxf.; M.A. " Solicitor, 1906; partner in firm of Messrs. Middleton " Sons..m. 1907, Jane Dorothy Elizabeth,... of Sir H. H. Berney, Baronet...(particulars in 1911) H. D. Middleton, Esq., Calverley Chambers, Leeds)
  10. ↑ "Listing number: 132,013 - Page number 126". Burke's Peerage Second World War Edition. Retrieved 6 October 2015. Page 126, Listing number: 132,013 - Middleton, Mrs H.D......Berney baronets
  11. ↑ "Will of Mr. A. Middleton, Leeds". Leeds Mercury. 20 June 1907. Retrieved 8 October 2015. Mr. Arthur Middleton, of Moor Grange, Far Headingley, Leeds, solicitor, who died suddenly at the Powolny Rooms, Leeds, on the 8th January, aged 61 years, left an estate valued (at) £57,603 gross, of which...to his wife Jessie...(and also) Western Gazette, Somerset, England, 5 July, 1907...THE LATE SIR HENRY HANSON BERNEY, BART., of Barton Bendish, Norfolk; of Burncrook, Moffat. Dumfries; and of Lawn, Hythe, left an estate valued at £65,495 gross...
  12. ↑ "OBITUARY. Sir Henry Hanson Berney, Bart". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Greater Manchester, England. 28 February 1907. Retrieved 16 October 2015. Thomas Reeham Berney, the son of the late Captain T. H. Berney, 2nd West Yorkshires, who fell in the Boer War.
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