6th Earl of Stafford, 1st Count of Perche, 3rd Earl of Buckingham, 1st Duke of Buckingham Sir Humphrey Stafford^[1]

1402 - 1460  (58 years)

• Name	Humphrey Stafford
  Title	6th Earl of Stafford, 1st Count of Perche, 3rd Earl of Buckingham, 1st Duke of Buckingham
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	1402
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jul 1460	Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
  Buried	Grey Friars, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I8779326599	Master Tree
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	5th Earl of Stafford Edmund Stafford,   b. 1377,   d. 21 Jun 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 26 years)
  Mother	Countess of Northampton, Lady of Brecknock and Holderness, 2nd Countess of Buckingham, Countess of Hereford, Lady Companion, Order of the Garter Anne of Woodstock,   b. Apr 1383,   d. Bet. 16 Oct 1438 and 24 Oct 1438  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	Bef. 24 Jun 1398
  Family ID	F8026690412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Duchess of Buckingham Lady Anne Neville,   b. Abt 1411, Raby Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 20 Sep 1480, Pleshey, Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	Bef. 11 Oct 1424
  Children	1. Anne Stafford   2. Catherine Stafford,   d. 26 Dec 1476   3. Lady Joan Stafford   4. Sir Henry Stafford,   d. 4 Oct 1471 + 5. Earl of Stafford Humphrey Stafford,   d. Abt. 1459   6. Anne Stafford,   d. Apr 1472
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2008
  Family ID	F8026690415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 10 Jul 1460 - Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom Buried - - Grey Friars, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S5351729798] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosle y Editor-in-Chief, 1999. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Stafford on 21 July 1403.3 He was invested as a Knight on 22 April 1421 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1424 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 22 April 1429 He held the office of Lieutenant-General of Normandy between 1430 and 1432 He was created 1st Count of Perche [Normandy] in 1431 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Buckingham [E., 1377] on 16 October 1438, inheriting this title somehow, in right of his mother He held the office of Seneschal of Halton in 1439 He held the office of Lieutenant of the Marches between 1442 and 1451 He held the office of Captain of Calais between 1442 and 1451 He was created 1st Duke of Buckingham [England] on 14 September 1444 He held the office of Ambassador to France in 1446 On 22 May 1447 he had a grant of special precedence, ranking him ahead of all other Dukes except issue of the body of the King He held the office of Warden of the Cinque Ports on 16 July 1450. He held the office of Constable of Dover Castle on 16 July 1450. He held the office of Constable of Queenborough Castle on 16 July 1450. He lived at Grafton, Worcestershire, England. He fought in the Battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460, on the Lancastrian side.