Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth

He was created Earl of Falmouth, in the Peerage of England, on 17 March 1664, and Baron Botetourt of Langport, Somerset on the same day.

In 1664 he married Elizabeth Bagot,[1] who as the widowed Countess of Falmouth became a mistress to King Charles II of England.

His boisterous character made him not very well-loved by many, but his loyalty to the royal family favoured his relationship with the King.

Clarendon was amazed at the flood of tears the King shed, when he received the news that Berkeley had been killed.

[2] The poet John Denham was less charitable about the demise of the Earl: His shattered Head the fearless Duke disdains And gave the last first proof that he had brains This biography of an earl or countess in the Peerage of England is a stub.