Berkeley family

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The Berkeley family is an old English noble family. It is one of the few families in Britain that can trace its patrilineal descent back to a pre-Norman era Anglo-Saxon ancestor, along with the Arden family; the claims of the Swinton family, the Wentworth family, and the Grindlay family are disputed. The Berkeley family still retains possession of many of the lands it has held from the 11th and 12th centuries, centring on Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, which still belongs to the family.

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