He was the second son of Sir Charles Berkeley of Bruton in Somerset and his wife Penelope (Godolphin). For services to the Royal house he was knighted at Whitehall in 1660 and was afterwards created ...

The inscriptions read: Here lyeth the body of John Lord Viscount Fitzharding of Bearehaven and Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne in the Kingdom of Ireland. He was one of the four tellers of the Exchequer ...