Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley
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Remains of Caludon Castle, once the home of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley
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| Spouse(s) | Katherine Howard Jane Stanhope |
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| Noble family | Berkeley |
| Father | Thomas Berkeley, 6th Baron Berkeley |
| Mother | Anne Savage |
| Born | 26 November 1534 |
| Died | 26 November 1613 Caludon, Warwickshire, England |
| Buried | Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England |
Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (26 November 1534 – 26 November 1613) was an English peer and politician. He was Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire. He was the grandfather of George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley.
Henry Berkeley, sometimes called 'Henry the Harmlesse or Posthumous Henry', was born on 26 November 1534, nine weeks and four days after his father's death. He was the son of Thomas Berkeley, 6th Baron Berkeley (c. 1505 – 19 September 1534), and his second wife, Anne Savage (d. October 1564), the daughter of Sir John Savage of Frodsham, Cheshire. The 6th Baron had earlier been married to Mary Hastings, the daughter of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, by Anne Stafford (d. March 1533), daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, but had no issue by her.
Berkeley was made a Knight of the Bath on 28 September 1553 at the coronation of Mary I. In the following year, Berkeley Castle and other estates were restored to him when the line of male heirs of Henry VII was extinguished. As Simon Adams points out, "in 1487 William, Marquis Berkeley, had granted Berkeley Castle and its related manors to Henry VII and his heirs male. The crown’s right having expired with Edward VI, they were restored to Henry, the 11th Lord Berkeley in December 1554." On 13 May 1555 he had livery of his lands, although still underage.
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