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George Lord Berkeley, literary patron, nobleman, occasional sitting peer and fond traveller was born to Sir Thomas Berkeley and Elizabeth Carey in Essex, October 1601. Sir Thomas was the son and heir apparent of Henry Lord Berkeley, 7^th Baron Berkeley. Henry outlived his son and died in November 1613, at Caludon in Coventry.

John Smyth of Nibley, antiquary and life-long steward of the Berkeleys' estates notes that Henry 'may bee called Henry the Harmlesse, or Posthumous Henry'.

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It was this Henry who, through the pursuit of a 192 year legal feud with the Lisle family over estates, and much injudicious spending, reduced the family wealth to a remainder of 25 manors of 11,000 acres, with a rental value of £1,200 per year. George inherited his grandfather's titles and possessions, which were then administered and defended by his mother Lady Berkeley in his minority.

Smyth notes that the previous five Berkeley l