Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton PC was an English peer and Jacobite politician who was one of the few people in the history of England, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to
The Duke of Wharton.
Tomb of the Duke of Wharton in Poblet, Spain
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Baron Wharton is a title in the Peerage of England, originally granted by letters patent to the heirs male of the 1st Baron, which was forfeited in 1729 when the last male-line heir was declared an ou
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
…to Ireland where, at the age of 18, he entered the Irish House of Lords as Marquess of Catherlough. When he was 19 years old, in 1718, he was created Duke of Wharton in the Peerage of Great Britain by King George I, part of an effort to solidify his support in the British House of Lords. Upon returning to England…
Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron Wharton