User:Jengod/Baron Colepeper
Baron Colepeper is an extinct title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Colepeper is sometimes rendered Culpeper; the title is sometimes rendered Baron Colepeper of Thoresway or Baron Thoresway. The barony was created in 1640 or 1644 and became extinct following the death of the fourth baron about 1724.
U.S. history
[edit]The title was held by several members of the Colepeper family who controlled land in the North American Colony of Virginia, in particular the Northern Neck. In the context of United States history, the family is often recorded as Culpeper. Culpeper County, Virginia is named for colonial governor of Virginia Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper; his only surviving daughter, Catherine Culpeper; or another close relative.