Baron Lisle


Baron Lisle was a title that was created five times in the Peerage of England during the Middle Ages and Tudor period. The earliest creation was for the family of Lisle of Rougemont, which bore arms: Or, a fess between two chevrons sable. The later creation of 1357 was for Lisle of Kingston Lisle, a younger branch of the Lisles of Rougemont. Robert de Lisle of Rougemont married Alice FitzGerold, the heiress of Kingston in the parish of Sparsholt, Berkshire. In 1269 Alice granted the manor of Kingston to her younger son Gerard I de Lisle, whose family adopted the arms of FitzGerold: Gules, a lion statant guardant argent crowned or. Gerard I's grandson was Gerard II de Lisle, created Baron Lisle in 1357.
The most recent creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1758, when John Lysaght was made Baron Lisle, of Mountnorth in the County of Cork. He had previously represented Charleville in the Irish House of Commons. the title is held by his descendant, the ninth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003. The barony is pronounced "Lyle", the family surname of Lysaght "Lycett".

Barons Lisle, First Creation (1299)

"If any right to the Barony would be vested in the heirs of the body of his... sister, Elisabeth, by her husband, William, Lord Aldeburgh."

Barons Lisle (of Kingston Lisle), Third Creation (1357)

Attainder of heirs from 1st marriage of the 6th Baroness Lisle and abeyance of heirs from her 2nd marriage.

Barons Lisle, Fifth Creation (1561)

John Lysaght was created the first Baron Lisle of Mountnorth in the County of Cork in the Peerage of Ireland on 18 September 1758.
Arms: Arg. three spears erect gu., on a chief az. a lion of England passant guardant or.
Crest: A dexter arm embowed in armour, the hand holding a sword, all ppr.
Supporters: Two lions or.
Motto: Bella! horrida bella!
Creation: B. 18 Sept 1758.

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Hon. David James Lysaght.
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son George Gabriel Abbott Lysaght.