Marquis de Vallado is a Spanish title that was bestowed on Englishman Humphrey Walrond on 5 August 1653, by King Philip IV of Spain.

Walrond, who was born in Sea, Somerset, was Deputy Governor of Barbados until 1662, where, throughout the English interregnum, he had defeated the Parliamentarians, in 1650, and maintained a royalist regime. Along with the Marquisate he was created the Conde de Parama y Valderonda and a Grandee of the 1st Class, with his eldest son to bear the courtesy title of Conde de Parama.de Ruvigny (1909), p.167

The Walrond family was associated with the Lyons family, who dominated the Government of Antigua during the 18th century. The 5th Marquis de Vallado married Sarah Lyons (1731 - 1764): and their daughter Catherine Walrond married Captain John Lyons, by whom she had had 15 children, including Vice-Admiral John Lyons and Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons. Therefore, Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, the diplomat who solved the Trent Affair, and Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons, Admiral of the Fleet, were great-grandchildren descendants of the 5th Marquis de Vallado.

The following is a list of those members of the Walrond family who inherited these Spanish honours:

Holders of the title Name Born Died Spouse NotesSir Humphrey Walrond Elizabeth Napier 1st MarquisGeorge Walrond 1688 Frances Coryton (d. 1665) 2nd Marquis, son of the 1stTheodore Walrond 1706 Elizabeth Smith 3rd Marquis, son of the 2ndTheodore Walrond 1748 Elizabeth Wills 4th Marquis, son of the 3rdMaine Swete Walrond 1725 1790 Sarah Lyons (1731 - 1764) 5th Marquis, son of the 4thJoseph Lyons Walrond1752 1815 Caroline Codrington (d. 1833) Attended St John's College, Oxford. 6th Marquis, son of the 5thLyons Walrond 1800 1819 7th Marquis, son of the 6thBethell Walrond 1802 1876 Lady Janet St. Clair-Erskine (1800 - 1880), daughter of 2nd Earl of Rosslyn 8th Marquis, son of the 6th; Member of Parliament 1826-32 Henry Walrondde Ruvigny (1909), p.10 1841de Ruvigny (1909), p.10 1917 Caroline Maud Clarkde Ruvigny (1909), p.10 (d. 1915) 9th Marquis, son of the 8thHenry Humphrey Walrondde Ruvigny (1909), p.10 1862de Ruvigny (1909), p.10 1940 Gertrude Gordon Hill (1873 - 1970) 10th Marquis, son of the 9thHenry Ernest Walrond 1896 1972 Imogene Fletcher (1893 - 1972) 11th Marquis, nephew of the 10th

See also Lyons family

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