Thomas Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley Thomas Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley Thomas Berkeley, "de jure" 5th Baron Berkeley, (b. 1472 - 22 January 1532) was a British soldier and aristocrat. He was born to Sir Maurice Berkeley, "de jure" 3rd Baron Berkeley, and Isabel Meade, in England. He was the younger brother to Maurice Berkeley, "de jure" 4th Baron Berkeley, and had a younger brother, James, and younger sister, Anne. On 9 September 1513 he fought in the Battle of Flodden and was knighted by the Earl of Surrey, Thomas Howard. He later became Constable of Berkeley Castle on 15 May 1514, and Sheriff of Gloucestershire,
Berkeley Castle "motte". In the early 18th century the 4th Earl of Berkeley planted a pine that was reputed to have been grown from a cutting taken from a tree at the Battle of Culloden. In the early 20th century the 8th Earl of Berkeley, repaired and remodelled parts of the castle and added a new porch in the same Gothic style as the rest of the building. A restoration appeal was launched in 2006 to raise £5.5 million needed to renovate and restore the Norman building. The castle is the third oldest continuously occupied castle in England after the royal fortresses