Present Head
- Rajkumari Divya Kumari [HH Maharani Divya Kumari of Bharatpur], born in Lucknow, B.A., educated at Isabella Thorburn College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; Member of the Zila Parishad, Bharatpur; elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996; she was declared elected on 12th May 2006 to the Vidhan Sabha from Deeg constituency (BJP) in a bye election as a result of the death of Shri Arun Singh (Rajkumar Arun Singhji of Bharatpur; her leisure interests include wildlife photography; she married 15th February 1989, HH Shri Maharaja Vishvendra Singh Bahadur, 15th Maharaja of Bharatpur, and has issue, one son.
History
The holders are Bundela Ponwars claiming descent from the great Agnikula clan of Paramaras. The ancestor of the Beri jagirdars was Diwan Mahma Rai of Karaiha in Gwalior, whose son, Diwan Achharaj Singh migrated to Sandi in Jalaun District, at the end of the eighteenth century. In 1893, the Rao was allowed to maintain a military force of 10 cavalry, 66 infantry, and 2 guns.
Genealogy
- Diwan ACHARJYA SINGH [Achharaj Singh], 1st Diwan of Beri 1753/-, married the daughter of Maharaja Jagat Raj of Jaitpur, and received a jagir worth 12 lakhs, including the villages of Umri, Dadri and Chili, married and had issue, four sons.
- Diwan Kuman Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Gandharab Singh, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Raoju Singh, married and had issue.
- Rao Pheran Singh (qv)
- Kunwar Raoju Singh, married and had issue.
- Kunwar Umrao Singh
- Kunwar Vijay Singh
- Diwan KUMAN SINGH, 2nd Diwan of Beri -/1780, married and had issue. He died .
- Rao Jugal Prasad Singh (qv)
- Rao JUGAL PRASAD SINGH, 3rd Rao of Beri 1780/1814, received a sanad from Nawab Ali Bahadur Banda, confirming him in his possession of the three villages (see above), however on the establishment of British supremacy, he was, in 1809, confirmed in his possession of Umri only. Two years later, in 1811, his claim to the two other villages was admitted, but due to an inexpediency, they were exchanged for land of equal value, including the village of Beri, married and had issue.
- Rao Pheran Singh (qv)
- Rao PHERAN SINGH, 4th Rao of Beri 1814/1857, he succeeded by adoption, married and had issue.
- Rao Vishwanath Singh (qv)
- Rao VISHAWANATH SINGH, 5th Rao of Beri 1857/1861, he adopted his nephew as his successor. He died sp in 1861.
- (A) Rao Vijay Singh (qv)
- Rao VIJAY SINGH, 6th Rao of Beri 1861/1880, born , succeeded 18th March 1862, married and had issue.
- Rao Raghuraj Singh (qv)
- Rao RAGHURAJ SINGH, 7th Rao of Beri 1880/1904, married and had issue.
- Rao Lokendra Singh (qv)
- Diwan Ghanraj Singh, born .
- Rao LOKENDRA SINGH, 8th Rao of Beri 1904/1945, born , succeeded 8th June 1904, educated at Daly College, Indore; married 1910, a daughter of HH Maharaja Sawai Sir Sawant Singh of Bijawar, and had issue.
- HH Raja Yadavendra Singh Ju Deo (qv)
- HH Raja YADAVENDRA SINGH, 9th Raja of Beri 1945/1984, born , married Rajkumari Laxmi Kumari [HH Rani Laxmi Kumari of Beri], daughter of Rao Bir Singh Ju Deo of Bihat, and had issue. He died .
- HH Raja Surendra Singh Ju Deo (qv)
- Rajkumar Brijendra Singh, born , married 1966, Kunwarani Pushpa Kumari, daughter of Raja Pratap Singh of Garrauli, and has issue, three daughters.
- Raj Kumari Mandakini Singh, married.
- Raj Kumari Kirti Singh, married to Rajkumar Shailendra Shah Judeo of Jagmannpur State, U.P and has twin sons.
- Rajkumar Lavanasha Shah
- Rajkumar Kushagra Shah
- Raj Kumari Janhavi Singh.
- HH Raja SURENDRA SINGH Ju Deo (see above)
