Baron Chaworth is a title that has been created three times, once in thePeerage of England, once in thePeerage of Ireland, and once in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.
The first creation was in thePeerage of England when on 6 February 1299 Thomas de Chaworth was summoned to Parliament by writ directedThome de Chaworth, whereby he is held to have become Lord Chaurces. He was not summoned to the Parliament at Lincoln on 26 September 1300, although his name (Thomas de Chaurces, Dominus de Norton) is affixed to the Barons’ letter to the Pope of 1301. He died before 20 October 1315, when his lands were ordered to be taken into the King's hands. None of his posterity were summoned to Parliament from the time of his death until the creation by patent in 1628. When his descendantJoan Chaworth died in 1507, any barony created by the writ of 1299 is considered to have fallen intoabeyance.[1]
The second creation was thesubsidiary title of theViscount Chaworth in 1628 and was in thePeerage of Ireland. It became extinct with the viscountcy in 1693.
The third creation was of Eaton Hall in thePeerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 for the 10th IrishEarl of Meath, so he could sit in theHouse of Lords until 1999.