After the abeyance of 1463 the right to the barony of Fauconberg which resulted in the termination of 1903[3] was held jointly with the barony of Conyers;[4] and, since then the two baronies have followed the same line of succession, including further abeyancies between 1948 and 2012 and from 2013.[5]
The Countess of Yarborough predeceased her husband in 1926 when her family titles were inherited by her eldest surviving son, Lord Conyers (later 5th Earl of Yarborough). On his death in 1948 these ancient baronies again fell abeyant, between his two daughters as co-heirs, whilst the earldom was inherited by his brother.
Following the death of the younger of Lord Yarborough's daughters in 2012,[6] the titles were called out of abeyance in favour of his surviving daughter, Lady Diana Miller (later Countess of Mértola), 9th holder of the barony of Fauconberg and 16th of Conyers.[7] Since Diana, Countess of Mértola's death in 2013, both titles have fallen back into abeyance.[8]
The co-heiresses to the title are the two daughters of Lady Diana Miller, alsoBaroness Fauconberg and Conyers, Marcia Anne Miller nowAnthea, Countess of Mértola (born 1954), and Beatrix Diana Miller now Mrs Armstrong (born 1955), who married in 1991 Simon Armstrong; they have two sons.
Sir Harris Nicolas & William Courthope. The historic peerage of England: exhibiting, under alphabetical arrangement, the origin, descent, and present state of every title of peerage which has existed in this country since the Conquest; being a new edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England", John Murray, 1857 pp. 184,185