Baron Gorges
Baron Gorges was a title created in the Peerage of England for the soldier Sir Ralph Gorges, of Wraxall in Somerset, who was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1309. On the death of his son without children in 1344, any hereditary title expired.
Barons Gorges (1309)
Sir Ralph Gorges, 1st Baron Gorges, in about 1301 married Eleanor, whose parents are unknown. After his death she married Sir John Peachey. They had four children:- Ralph Gorges, 2nd Baron Gorges, only son and heir. About 1330 he married Elizabeth but died without children, so his title expired.
- Elizabeth Gorges, who married Sir Robert Ashton. She inherited the Gorges manors of Bradpole and Litton but died without surviving children.
- Eleanor Gorges, who married Sir Theobald Russell, of Kingston Russell, son of Sir William Russell. She inherited the Gorges manors of Wraxall and Knighton, passing Wraxall to her younger son Theobald Russell, later knighted, who adopted the surname and arms of Gorges and so continued the family line.
- Joan Gorges, who inherited the Gorges manor of Tothill and married Sir William Cheyne. They had a son and heir, Sir Ralph Cheyne.