William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton

He was created a peer in the Peerage of Ireland in 1624 as Baron Brereton.

He was about nine when his father died in 1559 and he succeeded to the extensive family estates.

[1] In 1597, Brereton was elected Member of Parliament for Cheshire.

He was created Baron Brereton of Leighlin in the County of Carlow on 11 May 1624.

[1] William Brereton married Margaret Savage, daughter of Sir John Savage of Rocksavage, Cheshire, and Lady Elizabeth Manners (d. 1570), daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland.