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"baronet" Definitions
  1. (in the UK) a man who has the lowest rank of honour that can be passed from a father to his son when he dies. Baronets use the title Sir.

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He's a direct descendant of King Charles II, and his grandfather was a baronet.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet. He was succeeded by his elder son, the fifth Baronet. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baronet. His grandson, the eighth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1835.
The line of the first Baronet failed on the early death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1673. The late Baronet was succeeded by his uncle, the third Baronet. The title then descended from father to son until the death of the latter's great-great-grandson, the seventh Baronet, in 1773. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the eighth Baronet.
The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Haddington. The eighth Baronet assumed the surname of Hamilton before that of Dalrymple. The tenth Baronet was Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian from 1987 to 2001. Hew Dalrymple, grandson of the first Baronet, was created a baronet in 1815 (see Dalrymple baronets).
In 1734 the 3rd Baronet was succeeded by his cousin Henry (grandson of Thomas Edwardes, a younger son of the first Baronet) who married Eleanor Edwardes daughter of the 3rd Baronet. In 1790 the 6th Baronet was succeeded by Reverend Thomas Edwardes, Rector of Frodesley, Shropshire, great grandson of the 1st Baronet by his 5th son. The 7th Baronet was also Rector of Frodesley. The titles became extinct on the death of the 10th Baronet in 1900.
Sir Henry Meux, 1st Baronet. Sir Henry Meux, 1st Baronet (1770–1841) was a British brewer and baronet of the second creation of the Meux baronets.
Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet (died 7 September 1659) was an English baronet.
The fourth Baronet was a well-known sportsman. The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1869. The sixth Baronet was a traveller, Conservative politician and diplomatic adviser. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1948.
The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Steyning and Bramber. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Bramber. The sixth Baronet represented Penrhyn and Boroughbridge in Parliament. The eighth Baronet was Member of Parliament for New Shoreham.
Lubbock's elder son, John, was created a baronet, and his great-great-grandson, Sir John Lubbock, fourth baronet, was created the first Baron Avebury. His descendants include Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet, Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet, Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet, John Lubbock, 4th Baronet and 1st Baron Avebury, John Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury, John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury, and Eric Lubbock, 4th and present Baron Avebury.
Sir Charles Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet (born 23 March 1950) is a British baronet.
Lady Valerie Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet (1856–1900) was an English baronet, the son of Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet (1817–1883), a brewer and politician.
Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet Sir Lucius Henry O'Brien, 3rd Baronet PC (Ire) (2 September 1731 – 15 January 1795) was an Irish baronet and politician for 34 years.
The first Baronet was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He also represented Leicestershire in Parliament. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the third Baronet. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet.
The second Baronet (brother of the first Baronet) assumed the additional surname of Smythe on succeeding to those estates. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1810. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1868.
The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Suffolk. The third Baronet was a Vice-Admiral of the Blue. The sixth Baronet was a colonel in the Army. The seventh Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1978 and 1994.
Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1625 – 1682) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the only son of Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet and his wife Catherine Byrne, daughter of John Byrne. In 1658, Bingham succeeded his father as baronet.
The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Jones but died childless. The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Bedford. The twelfth Baronet was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1879. The thirteenth Baronet was a Major-General in the British Army.
He was a descendant of Patrick Bruce, younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1628 creation, and the brother of Sir Stewart Bruce, 1st Baronet, of Dublin (see below). The third Baronet was a Conservative politician. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of County Londonderry in 1903. The seventh Baronet assumed the additional surname of Clifton in 1997.
Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1 January 1712 – 20 November 1791) was an English baronet.
Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet (1779 – 16 April 1868) was a British politician and baronet.
Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet (1669 – 16 June 1701) was an Irish politician and baronet.
He was a descendant of John Innes of Coxton, grandson of Patrick Innes, great- great-great-uncle of the first Baronet of Balvenie (see above). The line of the first Baronet failed on the death of his great-grandson, the sixth Baronet, in 1803. The seventh Baronet was the great-grandson of John Innes, younger brother of the first Baronet. This line of the family failed on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1886.
An ancestor of the first Baronet, Sir Henry D'Oyly (died 1564), was Sheriff of Suffolk. The second Baronet was a Teller of the Exchequer. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Ipswich. The seventh Baronet was an administrator in India and amateur artist.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his kinsman, the eleventh Baronet. His son, the twelfth Baronet, was a clergyman and served as Vicar of Warminster from 1859 to 1897 and as Canon of Salisbury. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the thirteenth Baronet.
On the death of the sixth Baronet in 1825 the male line of the first Baronet and his father died out. The late Baronet was succeeded by his distant cousin, the seventh Baronet, a descendant of George Foulis, of Ravelstoun, uncle of the first Baronet (see also the 1661 creation below). The eighth Baronet married Henrietta, great-niece and testamentary heir of the noted diplomat Sir Robert Liston, and assumed the additional surname of Liston. The thirteenth Baronet discontinued the use of the surname of Liston in 1988 by decree of the Lord Lyon.
Sir David Carnegie of Pitcarrow, 1st Baronet (died November 1708) was a Scottish politician and baronet.
Sir James Ramsay, 8th Baronet of Bamff FRSE (1797-1859) was a 19th-century Scottish baronet.
Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Baronet (14 October 1749 – 1788), was an Irish baronet and politician.
Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet (1763–1841), was an English judge.
Sir John Swinburne, 7th Baronet (1831 – 15 July 1914) was a British Baronet and Liberal politician.
Sir Richard Osborne, 2nd Baronet, MP (1618 – 2 March 1685) was an Irish baronet and politician.
The first Baronet was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet, who became a prominent politician.
He was the son of Hans Makeléer, 1st Baronet and Anna Gubbertz. He married Anna Margareta Gordon and had two children: Sir Johan Jacob Makeléer, 3rd Baronet and Sir Gustav Makeléer, 4th Baronet. Gustav was the father of Sir Johan Gabriel Macklear, 5th Baronet who married Hedwig Rosenquist. Johan Makeléer, 2nd Baronet was later appointed to the Göteburg Court of Justice.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. As of 2014 the baronetcy is held by the latter's grandson, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in that year.
Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet (1654 – 5 July 1714) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet and his first wife, Anne Partiger. In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple.
Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a townland near Carlow), (died c. February 1704) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the son of Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet and Juliana Hyde, daughter of Bernard Hyde. By 1650, he succeeded his father as baronet.
The third Baronet represented Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and Marlborough in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for St Germans, Marlborough and Cambridgeshire. The fifth Baronet was a distinguished naval commander. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1863.
Sir Matthew Deane, 4th Baronet (c. 1706 – 10 June 1751) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Sharpe, only daughter of Reverend William Sharpe. In 1747, he succeeded his father as baronet.
The fifth Baronet represented Banffshire in the British Parliament. The seventh Baronet was Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire and a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire. The eighth Baronet was Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire. The ninth Baronet was Vice-Lord-Lieutenant and a Deputy Lieutenant of Banffshire.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his kinsman, the sixth Baronet. He was the great-grandson of Donald Maclean of Brolas. He was succeeded by his kinsman, the seventh Baronet. He was the grandson of Hector Og Maclean of Brolas, great-uncle of the sixth Baronet.
When he died, the title passed to his son, Edmund, the sixth Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Thetford and Norfolk. He had no sons and on his death in 1755, the line of the second Baronet failed. The late Baronet was succeeded by his third cousin once removed, Sir Richard Bacon, 8th Baronet, of Mildenhall, great-great-grandson of the aforementioned Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Mildenhall, second son of the first Baronet of Redgrave.
London: R. Goadby. p. 156. Sir Thomas Wolstenholme, 2nd Baronet (c. 1622–1691) was an English baronet.
Sir Richard Atkins, 6th Baronet (1728–1756), of Clapham, was an English baronet from 1742 until 1756.
Sir Henry Atkins, 5th Baronet (1726–1742), of Clapham, was an English baronet from 1728 until 1742.
Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet (21 September 1655 - 11 October 1703) was an English politician and baronet.
Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet (20 March 1772 – 10 March 1831) was a British politician and baronet.
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Baronet (22 May 1758 – 1 September 1819) was a British politician and baronet.
Sir Andrew Armstrong, 1st Baronet DL (19 October 178627 January 1863) was an Irish baronet and politician.
Sir James Abercromby of Birkenbog, 2nd Baronet (c. 1670 - 20 September 1734) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet and his third wife Elizabeth Baird, daughter of Sir James Baird. Abercromby succeeded his father as baronet in 1684.
The fourth, fifth and sixth Baronets all sat as Members of Parliament for Flintshire. The fifth Baronet was also Lord- Lieutenant of Flintshire. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1831. Elizabeth, sister of the sixth Baronet, married Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet (c. 1685 – 10 February 1742) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the son of Paul Gore, himself son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne Gore, daughter of Sir John Gore. Gore succeeded his grandfather as baronet in 1697.
The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy Burghs. The title became dormant on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1873. George Preston, a great- nephew of the first baronet and father of the seventh baronet, was a lieutenant-general and colonel of the Scots Greys.
The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Honiton. The third Baronet represented Lyme Regis, Bossiney, Devon, East Looe and Newport in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Newport, Camelford, Devon, Bossiney and Honiton. The sixth Baronet represented West Looe in Parliament.
He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta. His line of the family failed on the death of his unmarried son, the third Baronet, in 1889. The late Baronet was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourth Baronet.
The baronetcy descended in the direct line until the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1710. The late Baronet died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his first cousin, the fifth Baronet.
The late Baronet died unmarried and was succeeded by his first cousin, the sixth Baronet. He was the son of Reverend Malcolm Charles Baynes, fourth son of the third Baronet. As of 2012 the title is held by his grandson, the eighth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2005.
The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1974. Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet, of Morfield, was the first cousin of the first Baronet (see Hill-Wood baronets).
The ninth Baronet was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1900. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1949. Benjamin Whichcote was the elder brother of the first Baronet.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his first cousin once removed and namesake, Theophilus, the fourth Baronet. He was the son of Edward Biddulph, elder son of Simon Biddulph, younger son of the first Baronet. His grandson, Theophilus, the sixth Baronet, fought in the Battle of Waterloo and served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1849. He was succeeded by his son, Theophilus, the seventh Baronet.
He died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Edmund William Pollen Boileau, younger son of the first Baronet. His eldest son, the sixth Baronet, died without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Baronet. From 2009 to 2013 the title was held by the latter's son, the eighth Baronet, who succeeded in 1980.
His only son, Rustamji, succeeded him as the fifth baronet in 1908, and was knighted as a KCSI and later served as vice-president of the Indian Legislative Assembly. The fifth baronet was succeeded by his only son Cowasji in 1931 as the sixth baronet. The sixth baronet only had three daughters, and upon his death in 1968, the main line of male descent from the first baronet failed. His second cousin Manekji succeeded him as the seventh baronet; Manekji was a great- grandson of the second baronet through his youngest son Jamsetji Cursetji (1860–1916) and through his son Rustamji (1884–1947).
The second Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of Selkirkshire. The third Baronet assumed the additional surname of Strang.
Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet (2 October 1796 – 13 June 1889) was an Anglo- Irish baronet and composer.
Sir Charles Daniel Cave, 1st Baronet, (17 September 1832 - 29 October 1922) was a British baronet and banker.
Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, FRS (9 December 1649 - 20 April 1701) was an English baronet and politician.
Sir Adam Newton, 1st Baronet (died 1630) was a Scottish scholar, royal tutor, dean of Durham and baronet.
Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet (1600–1624) was an English baronet and M.P. for Aylesbury in 1623–16234.
Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Baronet (1 October 1758 – 18 April 1830) was a British politician and baronet.
Sir Hugh Evelyn, 5th Baronet (31 January 1769 – 28 August 1848) was a British baronet and naval officer.
Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet (7 August 1857 – 25 January 1944) was an Anglo- Irish soldier and baronet.
Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet (21 April 1749 – 10 June 1833) was a British baronet and politician.
The third baronet married Maud Cunard, by whom he had one child, Nancy Cunard, and was succeeded in the title at his death in 1925 by his younger brother Sir Gordon, the fourth baronet. The fourth baronet survived his brother by eight years; at his death in 1933, he was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Edward, the fifth baronet. The fifth baronet was a lifelong bachelor, and at his death in 1962, the senior line of descent from the first baronet failed. He was succeeded by a second cousin once removed, Sir Henry, who became the sixth baronet and was a great-great-grandson of the first baronet through his younger son William (1825-1906).
He became the 3rd Baronet of Succoth on 23 July 1846, upon the death of Sir Archibald Campbell, 2nd Baronet. Upon his own death, the title was passed to Sir George Campbell, 4th Baronet.
The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Steyning, Canterbury and Honiton. The eighth Baronet was an Alderman of the Kent County Council. The tenth Baronet was a Colonel in the British Army.
The fourth Baronet represented East Retford in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1739. The ninth Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire. The tenth Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1903 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet (1655 - 14 August 1696) was an English baronet and politician. He was the second son of Sir John Barker, 2nd Baronet and Winifred Parker, daughter of Sir Philip Parker. In 1665, he succeeded his older brother Jermy as baronet. Barker was educated at Merton College, Oxford.
The fifth baronet was Rector of Eggington and of Navenby, Lincolnshire.Clergy Records The sixth baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1749.National Archives, Derbyshire Record Office: Every Family Papers ref D5236 The seventh Baronet was Rector of Waddington, Lincolnshire.Clergy Records The eighth baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1783.
He was the son of Henry Bunbury, younger son of the fifth Baronet. The seventh Baronet was a distinguished soldier and politician. His eldest son, the eighth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1868. He died childless in 1886 and was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Baronet.
The third Baronet used the surname Pryse only. The fourth Baronet assumed the surname Pryse-Saunders. The fifth Baronet assumed in 1949 the surname Saunders-Pryse. The title became extinct on his death in 1962.
Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet. In 1751 he was created a Baronet, of Putney in the County of Surrey.
Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet (c. 1774 – 10 September 1860) was a landowner, politician and baronet of Northumberland, England.
D'Abernon succeeded his elder brother Sir Frederick D'Abernon Vincent, 15th Baronet of Stoke d'Abernon as 16th Baronet in 1936.
The title instead passed to James's cousin John Moncreiff, who was the son of Hugh Moncreiff, youngest brother of the first Baronet. When his son Hugh, the sixth Baronet, died, this line of the family also failed. The title was inherited by his kinsman Reverend William Moncreiff, the seventh Baronet, a descendant of Archibald Moncreiff, uncle of the first Baronet. His son, the eighth Baronet, assumed the additional surname of Wellwood.
Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet Sir Jacob Gorman Downing, 4th Baronet (c. 1717 – 6 February 1764) was an English baronet and politician. He was the grandson of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, namesake of Downing Street; and cousin and heir of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet, whose Gamlingay estate would eventually establish Downing College, Cambridge despite illegal attempts by Jacob and his widow to prevent the university from receiving the estate.
The second and third Baronets respectively represented, Rochester and Kent. The fourth Baronet rebuilt Bradbourne House in the early 18th century. His brother the sixth Baronet also represented Kent. On the death of the sixth Baronet his next elder brother William was excluded from the succession in favour of his younger brother John Papillon Twisden who claimed to be the seventh Baronet and was succeeded by his son as eighth Baronet.
Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 4th Baronet (21 July 1632 - 9 January 1689) was an English politician and baronet. Born at Fyling Hall, near Whitby in Yorkshire, he was the second son of Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Twysden, daughter of Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet. Cholmeley succeeded his nephew as baronet in 1665. and was afterwards appointed Governor of Tangier in Morocco by King Charles II of England.
Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet The Loraine Baronetcy, of Kirk Harle in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 26 September 1664 for Thomas Loraine, High Sheriff of Northumberland. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Northumberland. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1742, the fourth Baronet in 1774 and the fifth Baronet in 1814.
Sir James Long died on 22 January 1692 from apoplexy and was succeeded as 3rd Baronet by his 19-year-old grandson Robert Long. Robert died of smallpox four days after his grandfather. Robert's brothers Giles and James became successively 4th Baronet and 5th Baronet. The baronetcy became extinct in 1805 on the death of the 10-year-old 8th Baronet, son of Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet, who also was chairman of Harrods. His son, the third Baronet, was chairman and managing director of Harrods. His son, the fourth Baronet, had no issue and on his early death in 1974, he was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Herbert Edward Burbidge, second son of the first Baronet.
Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet (6 April 1672 – 10 July 1721) was an English politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Henry Bacon, 3rd Baronet and his wife Sarah Castleton, daughter of Sir John Castleton, 2nd Baronet. In 1686, he succeeded his father as baronet. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge.
68 footnote]) Robert (1657–1677), second son of the first baronet, was assassinated in 1677 by an unknown hand, in the Strand, London. The first baronet was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet, who died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet.
He was the son of James Boreel, younger son of the first Baronet. He died childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the sixth Baronet. He was the son of James Boreel, younger brother of the fifth Baronet. He never married and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the seventh Baronet.
The tenth Baronet was awarded the Victoria Cross. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1949. Halnaby Hall was demolished in 1952 following the death of the twelfth and last Baronet.
Sir Michael Henry Lakin, 1st Baronet, JP, DL, was a Warwickshire cement manufacturer who was created a Baronet in 1909.
The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1894, and the seventh Baronet occupied the same office in 2015.
Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet (21 November 1768 - 24 September 1834) was a British baronet, plantation owner and Cornish landowner.
Sir George Robert Tyler, 1st Baronet (26 August 1835 – 26 November 1897) was a baronet and Lord Mayor of London.
Sir Thomas Neville Abdy, 1st Baronet DL, JP (21 December 1810 – 20 July 1877) was a British baronet and politician.
Sir Charles Maltby Wells, 2nd Baronet (1908–96) was a British baronet, the second of the Wells baronets of Felmersham.
Sir Charles Edward Heley Chadwyck-Healey, 1st Baronet (26 August 1845 - 5 October 1919) was a British lawyer and baronet.
Sir Edward Petrie, 2nd Baronet and Sir Charles Petrie, 3rd Baronet were the sons of Petrie and his wife Hannah.
Through his daughter, he was the maternal grandfather of Sir Lawrence Kennard, 2nd Baronet and Sir George Kennard, 3rd Baronet.
The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for four constituencies and served as a Lord of the Admiralty under the Earl of Liverpool. The current baronet was the second but eldest surviving son of the 8th baronet.
The fourth Baronet was a London merchant. The fifth Baronet was Rector of Stanford Rivers in Essex from 1707 until 1730. The sixth Baronet was an antiquary. The title became extinct on his death 19 April 1781.
His grandson, the third Baronet, also sat as Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baronet. He represented Pembroke and Haverfordwest in Parliament. His son, the fifth Baronet, sat for Haverfordwest.
Sir Charles Munro, 9th Baronet of Foulis (1795-1886)Sir Charles Munro, 9th Baronet of Foulis (20 May 1795 – 12 July 1886) was a Scottish Baronet and soldier. He was also chief of the Highland Clan Munro.
Oliver Heywood, younger son of the first Baronet, was a banker and philanthropist. Cecil Percival Heywood, second son of the third Baronet and father of the fifth Baronet, was a Major-General in the Army. The Right Reverend Bernard Heywood, son of Reverend Henry Robinson, fifth son of the first Baronet, was Bishop of Ely.
Through his second son Archibald, he was the grandfather of Sir Douglas Alexander, 3rd Baronet (b. 1936), who became the third baronet in 1983 upon the death of his uncle, the second baronet. The third baronet married Marylon Scatterday, daughter of Leonidas Collins Scatterday, in 1958. His two other grandchildren were Archibald Bonsall Alexander (b.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his distant relative, the eighth Baronet. He was a descendant of Hugh Philipps, third son of the first Baronet. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Baronet. This line of the family failed on the death of the latter's son, the tenth Baronet, in 1857.
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 2nd Baronet. Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 2nd Baronet (1596–1686) was an English Baronet, a prominent member of the Gascoigne family and a survivor of the Popish Plot, or as it was locally known "the Barnbow Plot".Stephen Porter, Gascoigne, Sir Thomas, second baronet (1596–1686), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004.
His only son William Hicks was created a baronet, of Beverston in the County of Gloucester, in the Baronetage of England in 1619. George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900 He later represented Marlow and Tewkesbury in the House of Commons. The line of his eldest son, the second Baronet, failed in 1768 on the death of the latter's grandson, the fourth Baronet. The late Baronet was succeeded by his cousin, the fifth Baronet.
His son, the ninth Baronet, was a Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire. His eldest son, the tenth Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the eleventh Baronet. The title became extinct on the death of the latter's son, the twelfth Baronet, in 2004. Sir Edward Charles Blount (1809–1905), son of Edward Blount, Member of Parliament for Steyning, second son of the sixth Baronet, was an important banker and railway promoter in France.
His eldest son, the third Baronet, was a clergyman and served as Rector of Shere, Surrey, and as Rural Dean for Cranleigh, Surrey. His line of the family failed on the death of his only son, the fourth Baronet, who died without surviving male issue in 1994. The late Baronet was succeeded by his second cousin, the fifth Baronet. He was the grandson of John Frederick Bowman, second son of the first Baronet.
National Archives, Derbyshire Record Office: Every Family Papers ref D5236 The seventh Baronet was Rector of Waddington, Lincolnshire. The eighth baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1783. The current baronet was High Sheriff for Derbyshire in 2009.
Sir Arthur Probyn Jones, 2nd Baronet (28 July 1892 – 17 October 1951), was a British barrister, baronet and Liberal Party politician.
Sir James O'Connell, 1st Baronet (10 January 1786 – 28 July 1872) was an Irish baronet and younger brother of Daniel O'Connell.
The eleventh Baronet was Rector of Thornham, Norfolk. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1810.
Edmund Buckley (1861-1919) was the second Baronet of Mawddwy, inheriting the title from his father Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet.
Sir Thomas Hele, 1st Baronet (–1670), created a baronet in 1627, a Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle and for Okehampton.
His grandson Sir John Heathcoat- Amory, 1st Baronet was created a baronet in 1874, and built Knightshayes Court in Tiverton, Devon.
Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet (1772–1830) was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
His grandson, the fourth Baronet, also represented Leicestershire in Parliament. He was succeeded by his uncle, the fifth Baronet. The latter's great-great-grandson, the eleventh Baronet, assumed by Royal licence the surname of Hazlerigg in lieu of Hesilrige in 1818. His great-grandson was the thirteenth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1945.
Sir John Chetwode, 4th Baronet (11 May 1764 – 17 December 1845) was a British politician and baronet. Born in Stockport, he was the only surviving son of Sir John Chetwode, 3rd Baronet and his wife Dorothy Bretland, third daughter of Thomas Bretland. In 1779, he succeeded his father as baronet. Chetwode was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1789.
Sir John Dalzell, 2nd Baronet (died 1689) was a Scottish politician. He was the son of Sir Robert Dalzell, 1st Baronet and Violet Riddell. He married Harriet Murray, daughter of Sir William Murray, 1st Baronet, of Stanhope on 16 June 1686. He succeeded to his father's title of Baronet on his father's death in April 1686.
He was the grandson of Thomas Beaumont, younger brother of the sixth Baronet. His son, the ninth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1852. The title became dormant upon the death of the 12th Baronet in 2011. Basil Beaumont (died 1703), younger son of the second Baronet, was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy.
He represented Penryn in the House of Commons. His son, the second Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Devonshire. His grandson, the third Baronet, and great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, both represented Exeter and Devonshire in the House of Commons. The latter's son, the fifth Baronet, also sat as Member of Parliament for Exeter.
His paternal grandfather Sir Alexander Cockburn, 6th Baronet died in May, 1739. Having survived his oldest son Archibald Cockburn, Alexander was succeeded by the eldest son of Archibald as Sir Alexander Cockburn, 7th Baronet. The 7th Baronet died childless in 1745. James was his closest surviving male relative and thus succeeded his first cousin as the 8th Baronet.
The third Baronet was a mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society. The fourth Baronet was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. The fifth Baronet was a prehistorian of note. The sixth Baronet was a Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Comparative Endocrinology at the University of Birmingham and Professor of Anatomy at King's College London.
His son, the second Baronet, represented Grantham and Bodmin in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet, who sat as a Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury. His son, the fourth Baronet, represented Lincolnshire and Rutland in Parliament as a Whig. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fifth Baronet.
The eleventh Baronet was Conservative Member of Parliament for Midlothian. The sixteenth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Midlothian and Midlothian and Peebles North. The present Baronet is Chief of Clan Hope. Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, ancestor of the Marquesses of Linlithgow, was the grandson of Sir James Hope, sixth son the first Baronet of Craighall.
Born John Turner, he was the second son of the second Baronet of the 1733 creation and the husband of the niece and heiress of the seventh and last Baronet of the 1619 creation. In 1791 he assumed by sign- manual the surname and arms of Dryden only. The fourth Baronet succeeded as seventh Baronet of Ambrosden in 1874.
He died without surviving issue and was succeeded by his nephew, Edmund, the eighth/ninth Baronet. He was the son of the fourth Baronet of Mildenhall by his second wife Mary Castell. His elder son, Edmund, the ninth/tenth Baronet, died without surviving male issue in 1864. He was succeeded by his nephew, Henry, the tenth/eleventh Baronet.
567–573 The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire. The sixth Baronet represented Bath in the House of Commons. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire and also became known as an agriculturalist. The family's fortunes ebbed by the end of the nineteenth century, with the ninth Baronet leaving only £5 at his death.
John Silvester was created a Baronet in 1784. His son, the 2nd Baronet, adopted the name Dodsworth in 1821 and the 4th Baronet later assumed the family name of Smith-Dodsworth. Sir David John Smith-Dodsworth, the 9th Baronet, now occupies the house. Today Thornton Watlass Hall is still a private home, but also provides hotel accommodation.
Sir John James Baddeley Sir John James Baddeley, 1st Baronet, (22 December 1842 - 28 June 1926) was a British magistrate and baronet.
Date accessed: 24 August 2020 Baron Scarsdale, Baron Ravensdale, Manor of Curzon, Baron Howe, Baron Curzon, Baronet Mosley, and Baronet Kedleston Hall.
The first Baron was the nephew of Sir Robert Lyle, 1st Baronet, and of Sir Alexander Lyle, 1st Baronet (see Lyle Baronets).
Sir John Pryce, 1st Baronet (c. 1596-c. 1657), sometimes also spelt Price, was an Anglo-Welsh Baronet and Member of Parliament.
The second Baronet served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1857. Everard Radcliffe, a cricketer who captained Yorkshire, was the 5th Baronet.
Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st Baronet (c. 1578 – c. 1645), eldest son and heir. He was created a baronet on 31 May 1627.
As mentioned above his descendant the seventh Baronet succeeded as tenth Baron Dufferin and Claneboye and eleventh Baronet of Killyleagh in 1988.
Sir John Talbot Dillon, 1st Baronet, Baron Dillon (1739 – 17 July 1805) was an Irish politician and baronet, traveller and historical writer.
Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet FRCS FRS FRSE (20 March 180810 February 1877) was a Scottish surgeon.
The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Chichester. The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Lewes and Portsmouth. Another member of the family to gain distinction was the Hon. Sir Henry Miller, second son of the sixth Baronet.
295-7, Hampson Baronets The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe in 1685.History of Parliament biography The tenth Baronet was an entomologist. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1969.
I. 3rd edition. London: R. Goadby. p. 156. Sir Nicholas Wolstenholme, 4th baronet (1676–1717) was an English baronet and land-owner in Middlesex. He was the son of Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet, a member of Parliament for Middlesex.
This line of the family failed on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1948. He was succeeded by the fifth Baronet, a descendant of General Edward Pole, fourth son of the second Baronet. He uses the surname of Pole only.
They had one daughter, Frances, who was married in 1716 to Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet. Jephson's widow was remarried successively to Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet, to Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet, and to William Aubrey, before dying in 1717.
Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet (1592–1660) became Lord after the death of his brother Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet during a Civil War battle. Owen was succeeded at Gwydir by his son Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet in 1660.
His eldest surviving son Edmund, the second Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, William, the third Baronet. The title then descended from father to son until the death of his grandson, Charles, the fifth Baronet, in 1929.
His son, the sixth and second Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury and Abingdon. He was succeeded by his son, the seventh Baronet, who represented Dundalk and County Wexford in Parliament as a Liberal. On the death in 1950 of his nephew, the ninth Baronet, the baronetcy of Radley became extinct. The late Baronet was succeeded in the baronetcy of Denham Court by his distant relative the second Baron Denham (see above), who became the tenth Baronet.
The fifth Baronet succeeded to the Carmichael estates on the death of his kinsman Andrew Carmichael, 6th Earl of Hyndford, in 1817, and assumed the additional name of Carmichael. The eighth Baronet represented Lanarkshire South in Parliament. On the death of the eleventh Baronet in 1980 the baronetcy of 1798 became extinct. The late Baronet was succeeded in the baronetcy of 1700 by his kinsman, Sir Ralph Hugo Anstruther, 7th Baronet, of Wrae, Balcaskie, Fife and Braemore (see above).
His grandson, the third Baronet (who succeeded his father), represented Haddington in the House of Commons from 1838 to 1847. His son, the fourth Baronet, was a Deputy Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire. On the death of his grandson, the sixth Baronet, in 1992, the line of the eldest son of the second Baronet failed. The late Baronet, stepfather of the Duchess of Northumberland, was succeeded by his third cousin, the seventh and (as of 2017) present holder of the title.
Sir Charles Lemon, 2nd Baronet (3 September 1784 – 13 February 1868) was a British Member of Parliament for several constituencies and a baronet.
Sir John Burgoyne, 7th Baronet (1739–1785) was an English general, seventh baronet, of Sutton, Bedfordshire, and cousin of Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne.
The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Bodmin. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1932.
Lt Col Sir William Lennox Napier, 3rd Baronet of Merrion Square, (12 October 1867 – 13 August 1915) was a British baronet and soldier.
Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Baronet, DL, JP (22 April 1814 – 20 November 1883) was an English cricketer, baronet and Conservative Party politician.
Norman's grandfather was Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet, a Liberal politician, and his father was aviator and engineer Sir Nigel Norman, 2nd Baronet.
The estate of Wallington was inherited by Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet (1707–1768) from his wife Julia Calverley, daughter of Sir Walter Calverley, 1st Baronet, and his wife Julia Blackett, heiress of Wallington Castle, rebuilt by the Blacketts in the 1689s, who purchased it from the Fenwick family.Laura Trevelyan The 1st Baronet was the son of the aforementioned Venerable George Trevelyan, third son of the fourth Baronet of the 1662 creation (see above). The 2nd Baronet, George Otto Trevelyan, was a prominent historian and Liberal politician. The 3rd Baronet, Charles Phillips Trevelyan, was a Liberal, and later Labour politician.
The eighth Baronet was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. On the death in 1899 of his son, the ninth Baronet, the title passed to a descendant of James Sinclair, younger son of the fifth Baronet, who in 1764 had inherited the Lockhart estates and assumed the surname of Lockhart. The tenth Baronet was a Major-General in the British Army and assumed the additional surname of Lockhart. The eleventh Baronet was the son of George Duncan Lockhart (whose grandfather had assumed the surname of Lockhart in lieu of his patronymic), another descendant of James, younger son of the fifth Baronet.
The latter's son, the seventh Baronet, assumed the additional surname of Home. He sat as Member of Parliament for Berwickshire. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1960. Helen Purves-Hume-Campbell, daughter of the seventh Baronet, married Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet, and was the mother of Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield.
On the death of his nephew, the fourth Baronet, in circa 1708, the title became dormant. It was successfully claimed in 1778 by William Cuninghame, great-great-grandson of Sir David Cuninghame, grandfather of the first Baronet. The fifth Baronet married Margaret, daughter of William Fairlie, to whose estates he succeeded. The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Fairlie.
The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Appleby. The fourth Baronet represented Grampound in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Taunton, Hythe, the West Riding of Yorkshire and Monmouth and served as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1857 to 1858. The sixth Baronet was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1920.
The seventh Baronet was an Army officer in the First World War and a leading figure in Irish cricket. The eighth Baronet was High Sheriff of County Dublin. The ninth Baronet lived in London and did not use the title. Since 2003, the title has been held by his son, the tenth Baronet, who manages the Blarney estate full-time.
The ninth Baronet was a prominent lawyer. Thomas Staples, younger brother of the tenth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. The twelfth Baronet, Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples was a well-known artist, good friend of King Edward VII and member of the Café Royal set. Following the death of the seventeenth Baronet in November 2013, the title become extinct.
The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Linlithgow Burghs. The title became dormant on the death of the eleventh Baronet in 1966. The presumed heir to the baronetcy is the Marquess of Tweeddale as a descendant of John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester, great-great-uncle of the first Baronet.
Sir Ralph Gore, 2nd Baronet (died 1661) was an Anglo-Irish politician, soldier and baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet and Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe. Gore succeeded his father as baronet in 1629. He was Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish House of Commons for Donegal County from 1639 until 1648.
The first Baronet married Anne Smallpage of Chichester. He left all his estates in Reedham not to his eldest son and heir, the second Baronet, but to his second son, Richard. The sixth Baronet was Sheriff of Norwich in 1762. The 7th Baronet, Sir John Berney, married Lady Henrietta Neville, daughter of George Neville, 1st Earl of Abergavenny in 1779.
He was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. This line of the family failed on the death of his younger son, the fifth Baronet, in 1792. The late Baronet was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, Thomas Robinson, 3rd Baron Grantham, who became the sixth Baronet. He was the grandson of Thomas Robinson, fourth son of the first Baronet.
Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet (died 19 October 1681) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the son of Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet and his first wife Anne Rowley, daughter of John Rowley of Castleroe. Beresford entered the Irish House of Commons in 1661, sitting for Coleraine until 1668. Five years later, he succeeded his father as baronet.
The latter's eldest son, the third Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Andover. The fifth Baronet represented Cardigan in the House of Commons. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Colchester. The title became extinct on his death in 1852.
Dated 25 July 1832 Sir Frederick changed his surname to Fletcher Vane in 1790. He was the father of Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Baronet, and the grandfather of both Sir Henry Fletcher-Vane, 4th Baronet, and Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 5th Baronet.
Sir Edward Strachey, third Baronet (1812–1901) was a religious and philosophical writer, the son of Edward Strachey, the second son of 1st Baronet Harry Strachey. Strachey, Sir Edward, third baronet Retrieved on 10 Feb 2018 The family surname is pronounced "Stray-chee".
He was the son of the first Baronet by his second wife the Honourable Mary Westenra, an aviator. The third Baronet was also an influential businessman. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded in 2009.
The third Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army and fought in the Crimean War. The current Baronet is Sir Andrew Edwin Fenton Hort, of East Prawle, Devon. The theologian Fenton John Anthony Hort was the grandson of the first Baronet.
He died as a child and was succeeded by his uncle, the ninth Baronet. When he died the title passed to his eldest son, the tenth Baronet. He was a successful politician. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the eleventh Baronet.
He was High Sheriff of Durham in 1921. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet in 1931. He resided at Mount Grace Priory, Northallerton. Upon his death he was succeeded as Baronet by his nephew, Sir Hugh Bell, 4th Baronet(1923-1970).
George Francis Milner, son of Henry Beilby William Milner, second son of the fourth Baronet, was a Brigadier- General in the British Army. His son was the ninth Baronet. He relocated the family to South Africa, where the 10th Baronet now lives.
He was a member of a prominent Herefordshire family of Norman descent. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Leominster, Winchelsea and Bere Alston. The fifth Baronet was an author. The ninth Baronet represented Herefordshire in the House of Commons.
Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet, of Castle Hume, (c.1670 - 25 October 1731) was an Irish landowner and baronet of the Baronetage of Ireland.
The eleventh Baronet assumed the additional surname of Maryon in 1899. The title became extinct on the death of the thirteenth Baronet in 1978.
John Boileau, 1849 Sir John Peter Boileau, 1st Baronet FRS, DL, JP (2 September 1794 – 9 March 1869) was a British baronet and archaeologist.
The ninth Baronet represented West Kent and Mid Kent in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1916.
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet. Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet (26 May 1781 – 10 August 1859) was an English traveller and Orientalist.
The fourth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Duckworth in 1888. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1972.
Sir William Edward Douglas Crosbie, 8th Baronet (1855-1936) was an Irish baronet, the eighth of the Crosbie baronets of Maryborough in Queen's County.
Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet, (1845–1920) was chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and was created a baronet in 1897.
Bridges married Mary Beale daughter of Bartholomew Beale, of Walton, Shropshire in 1635. His grandson Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet was created a baronet.
One daughter, Norah Jacintha, married Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet, of Neston Park, Wiltshire, and was the mother of Sir Gerard Fuller, 2nd Baronet.
Arthur Lever (who had assumed the surname of Lever), younger brother of the first Baronet, was created a baronet in 1911 (see Lever baronets).
Caricature by Ape in Vanity Fair (British magazine) Sir George Orby Wombwell, 4th Baronet (23 November 1832 – 16 October 1913) was a British baronet.
For further history of the baronetcy, see that title. The Innes Baronetcy, of Balvenie in the County of Banff, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 15 January 1628 for Robert Innes, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. The line of the first Baronet failed on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1817. The late Baronet was succeeded by his distant relative, the ninth Baronet, heir male of John Innes, great-great-uncle of the first Baronet.
The title thereafter descended from father to son until the death of Charles, the ninth Baronet, in 1968. Two of his younger brothers, George, the tenth Baronet, and Francis, the eleventh Baronet, both succeeded in the title. As of 2013 the title is held by the latter's eldest son, Hugh, the twelfth Baronet, who succeeded in 1995. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Henry Blackett (1867–1952), son of John Charles Blackett, fourth son of the fourth Baronet.
His son and heir was Sir Edward Gresham. The successive baronets were Sir Marmaduke Gresham, 1st Baronet (1627-1696), Sir Edward Gresham, 2nd Baronet (1649-1709), Sir Charles Gresham, 3rd Baronet (1660-1718), Sir Marmaduke Gresham, 4th Baronet (1700-1742), Sir Charles Gresham, 5th Baronet (died 1750), and Sir John Gresham, 6th and last Baronet (1735-1801). Through the marriage of the heiress of the last Gresham, the house passed to the Leveson Gowers, a branch of the family of the Dukes of Sutherland. A Tudor house on the site was demolished and rebuilt by the last Gresham baronet in the 18th century, then in 1826 was given new fronts designed by William Atkinson. A tower by Philip Charles Hardwick was added in 1856.
Sir Thomas Newcomen, 5th Baronet (died 1689) was an Anglo-Irish baronet. Newcomen was the son of Sir Robert Newcomen, 4th Baronet and Anne Boleyn. In 1676 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He inherited his father's baronetcy in 1677.
Twisden married Jane Tomlinson, daughter of John Tomlinson, of St Michael's-le-Belfry, York. His son Roger succeeded to the baronetcy and his daughter Margaret married Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet. His brother was the baronet under the original spelling Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet.
The fourth baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy and a supporter of William III. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1718. The fifth baronet was Rector of Egginton and of Navenby, Lincolnshire. The sixth baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1749.
The title was inherited by the latter's son John, the second Baronet. Both he and his son, the third Baronet, represented Beverley in Parliament. The third Baron was succeeded by his cousin, the fourth Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Beverley.
The third baronet was a politician and racehorse owner. The fourth baronet was also a politician and served as Secretary at War from 1730 to 1735. The first through fifth baronets all sat in Parliament. The seventh baronet was a barrister and Whig politician.
The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Haddington and Haddingtonshire. The third Baronet represented Haddingtonshire in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire, Ayrshire and Haddington. He assumed the additional surname of Hamilton after that of Dalrymple.
Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet, Pinkie House Portrait by George Jamesone, 1638 The grave of Sir Thomas Hope, Greyfriars Kirkyard Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall (1573–1646) was a Scottish lawyer, and Lord Advocate under Charles I.
He was the son of Sir George Pigot, 5th Baronet and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir James Thompson Mackenzie, 1st Baronet. He became the sixth Baronet on the death of his father in 1934."Sir George Pigot." Times [London, England] 26 May 1934: 7.
Sir John Davie, 9th Baronet (1798–1824) (eldest son). He died unmarried, having outlived his twin younger brother William Davie, who died without children.Vivian, p.271 His heir was his uncle Sir Humphrey Phineas Davie, 10th Baronet (1775–1846), fourth son of the 7th Baronet.
He was created 1st Baronet Bromhead, of Thurlby Hall on 19 February 1806. The Bromheads had three sons, Sir Edward ffrench Bromhead, 2nd Baronet (born 26 March 1789), Sir Edmund Gonville Bromhead, 3rd Baronet (born 22 January 1791) and the Reverend Charles ffrench Bromhead.
Sir Timothy Carew O'Brien, 3rd Baronet (5 November 1861 – 9 December 1948) was an Irish baronet who played cricket for England in five Test matches.
Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1570 - 10 April 1649) was an English baronet and politician. He was a very wealthy man. Having around £6,000.
Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Niall Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet (5 July 1872 – 29 September 1957), born FitzRoy Hamilton Niall Lloyd-Anstruther, was an English baronet.
Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (5 September 1839 – 22 March 1909) was a Roman Catholic Anglo-Irish baronet and Liberal Party politician from County Kerry.
His grandson, the 3rd Baron and 3rd Baronet of Tylney, succeeded additionally (as 6th Baronet) to the Cayzer Baronetcy of Gartmore on 27 February 2012.
On 21 December 1945, Ball succeeded his brother as a baronet (3rd UK Baronet Ball, of Merion Square, Dublin and Killybegs, County Donegal, created 1911).
George Douglas, rector of Stepney, who was a younger brother of the first baronet. He was father of the genealogist Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet.
History of Parliament: House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970 The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for East Looe, Cornwall and Liskeard. The third Baronet was a clergyman and one of the Seven Bishops imprisoned by James II. The fourth Baronet represented West Looe, Liskeard and East Looe in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for East Looe.
Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet (1699 - 25 November 1771) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son of James Butler, second son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Frances Abney, daughter of Sir Edward Abney. Butler represented Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1730 to 1761. In 1732, he succeeded his uncle Pierce as baronet.
In 1611 Elizabeth I made Cope Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet. Drayton remained with the Cope Baronets of Hanwell until the death of Sir John Cope, 5th Baronet in 1721. It then passed to another branch of the Cope family, Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet of Bruern. When Sir Charles Cope, 3rd Baronet died in 1781, Drayton passed to one of his sisters, Catherine.
The fourth Baronet was the son of George Oxenden, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, who was the third son of the 1st Baronet. He was Member of Parliament for Sandwich for over thirty years. The sixth Baronet inherited the Kentish estate of the Dixwell baronets at Broome Park which became the family seat. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1924.
He was the son of John Neilson Gladstone, third son of the first Baronet. He had no sons and was succeeded by his cousin, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Reverend Stephen Edward Gladstone, second son of William Ewart Gladstone, fourth son of the first Baronet. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baronet, who did not use the title.
Sir John Bingham, 6th Baronet (November 1728 – 27 November 1750) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the oldest son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet and his wife Anne Vesey, daughter of Agmondisham Vesey. In 1749, Bingham succeeded his father as baronet as well as Member of Parliament for Mayo, however died already a year later. He died unmarried and was buried in Castlebar.
Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet (5 August 1802 – 18 January 1874) was a British Liberal Party politician and baronet. He was the son of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of John Harrison. In 1831, he succeeded his father as baronet. In 1826, Cholmeley replaced his father as Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham, a seat he held until 1831.
The title was assumed by John Sinclair, of Barrock, great-great-grandson of George Sinclair of Barrock, brother of the first Baronet. The seventh Baronet was Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness. The eighth baronet was the father of politician Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton. As of 2011 the eleventh and present Baronet is second in line of succession to the earldom of Caithness.
Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet PC (Ire) (died 1700) was an Anglo-Irish baronet and magistrate. He was the oldest son of Sir Ralph Gore, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Caulfeild, second daughter of William Caulfeild, 2nd Baron Caulfeild. In 1661, he succeeded his father as baronet. Gore was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Leitrim in 1684, an office he held until his death in 1700.
Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet, portrait by Michael Dahl Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet (c. 1690–1744) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1711 to 1744. Carew was the second son of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet and his third wife Mary Morice, daughter of Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet of Werrington, Devon.and was baptized on 24 January 1690.
His first son, the second baronet, was High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1950. His second son, the third baronet (who succeeded his elder brother), was a well-known equestrian. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's second son, the fifth baronet (younger brother of the fourth baronet), who succeeded in 2009. He is a landscape gardener, gardening journalist, author and television presenter.
Sir Pyers Charles Mostyn, 10th Baronet (1895 – 16 January 1917) was an English baronet. He was born in 1895, the fourth child and eldest son of Sir Pyers William Mostyn, 9th Baronet. On his own death the title passed to his cousin, Sir Pyers George Joseph Mostyn, 11th Baronet. His death at a young age forced the sale of the family estate of Talacre.
On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baronet. His eldest surviving son, the fourth Baronet, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. As of 2018 the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2018. He is the grandson of Gawen Egremont Brownrigg (1911–1938), son of the fourth Baronet.
Sir Charles Hume, 4th Baronet (died c. 1750) was a baronet of the Baronetage of Ireland. The baronetage became extinct on his death without an heir.
The sixth Baronet discontinued the use of the surname of Hamilton. Tring Park was acquired by the first Baronet in 1786. It was sold in 1823.
The second Baronet represented Pembroke in the House of Commons as a Liberal. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 2002.
Sir Edmund Ralph Verney, 6th Baronet (born 28 June 1950) succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Calvert, of Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, on 17 August 2001.
Redenham passed to his widow and on her death in 1877 to the son of the 3rd Baronet, also Richard Hungerford Pollen, later the 4th Baronet.
He was succeeded by his son, Sir Francis Anthony Charles Peter Hartwell, 6th Baronet (born 1940). Sir Broderick Hartwell, 5th Baronet died on 14 December 1993.
He represented Lostwithiel in Parliament. He was succeeded by his grandson, Thomas, the third Baronet, the son of Thomas Clarges. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Lincoln. The title became extinct on the death of his son, Thomas, the fourth Baronet, in 1834.
The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire South. The ninth Baronet assumed the surname Harpur Crewe and was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1853. The tenth Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1900. The title became extinct on his death in 1924.
The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs. He changed the family surname from Cumming-Gordon to Gordon-Cumming. The fourth Baronet is best known as a central figure in the Royal Baccarat Scandal. Charlotte Gordon Cumming is the daughter of the sixth Baronet.
Sir Thomas Wodehouse in 1605, by an unknown artist. Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet (c. 1585 - 18 March 1658), was an English baronet and Member of Parliament. Wodehouse was the son of Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Baronet, of Kimberley, Norfolk, and Grizell, daughter of William Yelverton.
The fifth Baronet was an author and published several memoirs as L. E. Jones. His works include "Victorian Boyhood", "Edwardian Youth" and "Georgian Afternoon". The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Lawrence. Herbert Jones, second son of the third Baronet, was suffragan Bishop of Lewes.
The seventh Baronet was Lord- Lieutenant of Kinross-shire. He assumed the surname of Purvis-Russell- Montgomery in 1906 and Purvis-Russell-Hamilton-Montgomery in 1933. The eighth and ninth Baronet have used the surname Montgomery only. The ninth Baronet was Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross.
The second Baronet represented Hampshire in the House of Commons. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Westbury, Winchester and Hampshire. He married Jane, daughter of Carew Mildmay, and assumed the additional surname of Mildmay. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Winchester.
Patrick Forbes, third son of the second Lord Forbes, and the nephew of the first Baronet of the 1628 creation. The fourth Baronet represented Aberdeenshire in the House of Commons. The 5th Baronet married the Hon. Sarah Sempill, eldest daughter of Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill.
The eleventh Baronet was Lord-Lieutenant of Shetland. The baronetcy once again became dormant on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1961. In 1984 David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock, was recognised in the title and became the thirteenth Baronet. See Baron Carnock for more information.
He died without male issue and was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Baronet. his sons pre-deceased him and he was succeeded by his nephew, the fifth Baronet. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1985.
The seventh Baronet was a Major- General in the Army. The ninth Baronet was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1852 and a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards. The tenth Baronet was a Lieutenant- General in the Grenadier Guards. The title became extinct on his death in 1921.
He was Member of Parliament for Thetford. His only son, Edmund, the sixth Baronet, died unmarried at an early age in 1750. He was succeeded by his uncle, Henry, the seventh Baronet. He also died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, Richard, the eighth Baronet.
The first baronet married Ethel Maud Draper, daughter of artist James Finucane Draper of Saint Helier, Jersey. Since 1998, the baronetcy has been held by Sir Patrick Brian Finucane Lacy, 4th Baronet, who inherited the title after his elder brother, the third baronet, died without children.
They had no children. In 1806 he was created a baronet, of Lammas, with remainder to his nephew John William Lubbock, who succeeded him as second baronet.
Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet, in 1909. Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet (16 February 1857 – 7 October 1928) was a British barrister, military historian and Conservative politician.
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet JP (21 December 1687 – 14 August 1771) was the son of Sir James Agnew, 4th Baronet and Lady Mary Montgomerie.
Hew Elphinstone, second son of the first Baronet, was the grandfather of Robert Dalrymple-Horn- Elphinstone, who was created a baronet in 1828 (see Elphinstone-Dalrymple baronets).
A drawing of Acland Statue in Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (29 March 1787 – 22 July 1871) was a British politician and baronet.
Wenman married Ann Sandys, daughter of Sir Samuel Sandys of Ombersley, Worcestershire. His son Francis became a baronet. His daughter Anne married Sir John Fettiplace, 1st Baronet.
One son was Sir Charles Jenkinson, 10th Baronet, a second son was John Jenkinson, Bishop of St David's. Their daughter Frances married Sir William Boothby, 8th Baronet.
On the death of the latter's son, the fifth Baronet, the line of the eldest son of the second Baronet failed. The title was inherited by the fifth Baronet's second cousin once removed, the sixth Baronet. He was the son of Edward Acton, who had settled in Besançon in France as a physician; Edward (of Besançon) was the son of another Edward, son of Walter, second son of Sir Walter Acton (the second Baronet). The sixth Baronet served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples and married his niece, Mary Anne Acton.
The Nicolson Baronetcy, of that Ilk and of Lasswade, in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 27 July 1629 for John Nicolson, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. On the death of the seventh Baronet in 1743 the baronetcy became dormant. Arthur Nicolson, de jure eighth Baronet, was the great-grandson of James Nicolson, Bishop of Dunkeld, brother of the first Baronet. In 1826 Arthur's grandson, Arthur Nicolson, was served heir of the seventh Baronet and became the eighth Baronet.
However, on his early death the same year, the line of the second son of the fourth Baronet failed and the baronetcy of Hall Place became extinct. The late Baronet was succeeded in the baronetcy of Marden Park by his second cousin twice removed, the tenth Baronet. He was the son of Sir FitzRoy Augustus Talbot Clayton, son of Reverend Augustus Philip Clayton, fifth and youngest son of the fourth Baronet. As of 2008, the title is held by the tenth Baronet's grandson, the twelfth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1985.
The third Mosley Baronetcy, of Ancoats in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 8 June 1781 for John Parker Mosley, who was a first cousin of the third Baronet of the 1720 creation. His grandson, the second Baronet, represented several constituencies in the House of Commons. His grandson, the fourth Baronet, served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1915. The sixth Baronet, Sir Oswald Mosley, grandson of the fourth Baronet, gained notoriety as the founder of the British Union of Fascists.
Sir Robert Surtees Napier, 5th Baronet of Merrion Square, (5 March 1932 – 2 July 1994), was a British baronet and soldier. He married Jenifer Beryl Daw on 12 February 1931. He succeeded to the Baronetage of Merrion Square in 1986 on the death of his father Sir Joseph William Lennox Napier, 4th Baronet (1895–1986), and was succeeded by his son Sir Charles Joseph Napier, 6th Baronet in 1994.
The second Baronet sat as a Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Dumfriesshire. The third Baronet represented Dumfries, while the fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Weymouth. The fifth Baronet, Sir William, was Member of Parliament for Cromarty and Shrewsbury. He married Frances, daughter of Daniel Pulteney and niece and heiress of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, through which marriage vast estates came into the family.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire. On the death of his son, Theophilus, the eighth Baronet, in 1948, the line of Edward, elder son of Simon Biddulph, younger son of the first Baronet, failed. The late Baronet was succeeded by his fourth cousin once removed, Francis, the ninth Baronet. He was the great-great-grandson of Walter Biddulph, younger son of Simon Biddulph.
However, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Sir Algernon, the third Baronet, the son of Benjamin Lee Guinness, second son of the first Baronet. the title is held by the third Baronet's greatnephew, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2011. He is the grandson of Kenelm Lee Guinness, grandson of the first Baronet. The family seat was Ashford Castle, near Cong, County Galway.
Sir John Edward George Bayley, 2nd Baronet (23 December 1793 – 23 December 1871) was an English baronet and amateur cricketer. Born in London, he was the son of Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of John Markett. Bayley was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1835 and went then to the Northern Circuit. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1841.
The fourth Baronet sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for East Berkshire. The sixth Baronet was a noted mineralogist. The presumed seventh Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. As a consequence, the presumed eighth and present Baronet has not proved his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1964.
The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn, Oxfordshire and Penrhyn. His second son John was created a baronet, of Canons-Ashby, in his own right in 1795 (see below). The third Baronet represented Thirsk in the House of Commons. In 1775 he inherited substantial estates on the death of his great-uncle Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Baronet and assumed the additional surname of Page.
Gertrude Carew (1682–1736), a daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet (1635-1692) of Antony, wife of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet. Portrait by Charles d' Agar, National Trust, collection of Antony House In June 1716 Bampfylde married Gertrude Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet (died 1692) of Antony, Cornwall. They had two daughters and a son and heir Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet (1722–1767).
His son Robert, the third Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Bletchingley, Surrey and Ilchester. He was childless and was succeeded by his first cousin William, the fourth Baronet, who was the son of William Clayton, younger son of the first Baronet. Clayton notably served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. His second son East was created a baronet, of Hall Place, in his own right in 1838 (see below).
He was succeeded by his only son, Robert, the sixth Baronet. He served as Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1848. He died unmarried in 1880 and was succeeded by his first cousin, Francis, the seventh Baronet. He was the son of William Jones Burdett, younger brother of the fifth Baronet.
The third Baronet was a railway entrepreneur and served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire Death of Sir Arthur Heywood, Bart. reported in the Derby Daily Telegraph, Thursday 20 April 1916 in 1899. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1922. The fifth Baronet was an artist.
Palmer died on 11 February 1817. He had married Charlotte Gough, daughter of Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet on 23 July 1768 and had 5 sons and 2 daughters. He was succeeded in turn by his sons Sir Thomas Palmer, 6th Baronet and Sir John Henry Palmer, 7th Baronet.
Sir Evan MacGregor, third son of the second Baronet, was Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty. The sixth Baronet was a Brigadier in the Scots Guards. The MacGregors of MacGregor are also the Chiefs of Clan Gregor. Sir Evan John Murray-MacGregor, 2nd Baronet (1785–1841), by Henry Raeburn.
His son, the third Baronet, also sat as Member of Parliament for this constituency. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. On his death the title passed to his son, the fifth Baronet. He was Member of Parliament for Milborne Port and Colchester.
His great-grandson, the sixth Baronet, was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. His eldest son was the seventh Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1839. See above for further succession. The Right Reverend Edward Stanley, second son of the sixth Baronet, was Bishop of Norwich.
He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He represented Denbighshire in the House of Commons. His son, the fifth Baronet, also represented Cheshire in Parliament. The latter was succeeded by his son, the sixth Baronet, who was later elevated to the peerage as Viscount Combermere.
Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817) was an Anglo- Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin. In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet.
Through his grandson Sir Thomas Hoby, 3rd Baronet (1685–1730), the High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1715, he was a great- grandfather of Sir Thomas Hoby, 4th Baronet (–1744) and the Rev. Sir Philip Hoby, 5th Baronet (–1766), who both died unmarried at which time the baronetcy became extinct.
The baronetcy was created for his son, also Robert Filmer, after the Restoration of Charles II in his honour. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Kent in 1689. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Steyning. The eighth Baronet was member of Parliament for West Kent.
The fourth Baronet assumed by Royal sign-manual the additional surname of Marriott. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Dorset in 1873. Sir Edmund Charles Wyldbore Smith (1877–1938), son of Reverend Francis Smith, fourth son of the second Baronet, was a civil servant, diplomat, and businessman.
Captain Sir John Norman Ide Leslie, 4th Baronet (6 December 1916 – 18 April 2016), known locally as Jack Leslie, was the eldest son of Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet (known as Shane Leslie), and Marjorie Ide. He became the fourth baronet when his father died in 1971.
He was succeeded by his nephew, the fifth Baronet. He represented County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons for many years. His son, the sixth Baronet, sat as Member of the Irish Parliament for County Carlow and Portarlington. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the seventh Baronet.
He fought as a Royalist in the Civil War and represented Grantham in the House of Commons after the Restoration. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Grantham and Lincolnshire. The ninth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire. The tenth Baronet was a noted book collector.
He died without male issue and was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, the eleventh Baronet. He was the great-grandson of Jhr. Willem François Boreel, one of the younger sons of the seventh Baronet. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the twelfth Baronet.
David Allan Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet (1728 – 19 March 1795) was a British Army commander and the 1st Baronet of the Erskine of Torrie creation.
There is the Red hand of Ulster badge of a baronet in the arms which probably applies to Sir Thomas, the first baronet, but the style is earlier.
Sir William Henry Dyke Acland, 3rd Baronet (18 May 1888 – 4 December 1970) was the eldest son of Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet and Hon. Emily Anna Smith.
Major Sir Antony Guy Acland, 5th Baronet (17 August 1916 - 14 December 1983), was the eldest son of Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet and Lalage Mary Kathleen Acland.
Her godparents were her maternal uncle Sir Felix Brunner, 3rd Baronet, Major Sir Digby Lawson, 2nd Baronet, her paternal aunt Winifred Colegate, and Margaret Fife of Nunnington Hall.
He was the younger brother of the first Baronet of Lowther. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cumberland.
Sir Harry Innes, 4th Baronet (c. 1670–1721) was a Scottish politician and baronet. He represented the Parliament of Scotland constituency of Elginshire 1704–1707.Complete Baronetage, vol.
The second son of Sir William Arbuthnot, 3rd Baronet and Alice Margaret Thompson, and younger brother of the 4th Baronet, he served at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich.
Thomas Plumer Halsey, father of the first Baronet, was also a politician. Sir Lionel Halsey, fourth son of the first Baronet, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy.
He was created a baronet in 1781. His eldest son became Sir James, the second baronet. Robert's sibling and second brother, Charles was also a British Army soldier.
Sir Brodrick William Charles Elwin Hartwell, 5th Baronet (1909-1993) was a British baronet, the fifth of the Hartwell baronets of Dale Hall in the County of Essex.
John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet ca 1843 Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet FRS (26 March 1803 - 21 June 1865) was an English banker, barrister, mathematician and astronomer.
The Coote baronetcy was passed on to the late Earl's kinsman, Charles Henry Coote, who became the ninth Baronet. The latter was the great-great-great-grandson of Chidley Coote (died 1668), younger son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet, and younger brother of the first Earl of Mountrath (the ninth Baronet was also the first cousin once removed of the second Baron Castle Coote). Two of the ninth Baronet's sons, Charles, the tenth Baronet, and Algernon, the eleventh Baronet, who was Sheriff of Queen's County in 1897, succeeded in the title. The title is now held by Algernon's great-great-great-grandson, the sixteenth Baronet, with the baronetcy having descended from father to son.
Retrieved 11 June 2018. He was the son of Sir Howe Hicks, 6th Baronet, and the brother of Sir William Hicks, 7th Baronet. His elder son Michael Beach Hicks-Beach was the father of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet, and his younger son William Beach was also an MP.
He married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crewe, 2nd Baron Crew (see Baron Crew). The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Worcester and Tamworth. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. The seventh Baronet assumed the alternative surname of Crewe in 1808 in commemoration of his ancestry.
Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Baronet (1689 – 13 April 1742) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the youngest son of Sir John Everard, 3rd Baronet, whose family effectively owned the town of Fethard in County Tipperary. His mother was the Hon. Eleanor Butler, daughter of Thomas Cahir, 6th Baron Cahir.
Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet, portrait c. 1630 Arms of Trelawny: Argent, a chevron sableKidd, Charles, Debrett's peerage & Baronetage 2015 edition, London, 2015, p. B796 Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet (24 April 1592 – 16 February 1664) was a Cornish baronet and soldier from Trelawne, Cornwall. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall.
Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet (c. 1651 – November 1704) was a Welsh Member of Parliament, representing the constituencies of Monmouth Boroughs (February 1689 – 1690) and Monmouthshire (1698–1704). He was one of the Williams baronets. He succeeded Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet and was succeeded by Sir Hopton Williams, 3rd Baronet.
His eldest son, Pierce, the second Baronet, died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother Richard, the third Baronet. Richard represented Kinsale in the Irish Parliament. He was succeeded by his son John, the fourth Baronet. He briefly represented Banagher in the Irish House of Commons.
The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Westmorland. He assumed the surname of le Fleming, an ancient version of the family surname. This version of the surname has also been borne by the Baronets from the seventh Baronet onwards. The sixth Baronet, an ordained priest, served as Rector of Windermere.
The castle was inherited by Lt.-Col. Sir William Stucley (1836–1911), Sir Edward Stucley (1852–1927) and Sir Hugh Stucley, 4th Baronet (1873–1956), who lived at Moreton House.Lauder, pp. 148–149 The 4th Baronet gave Affeton Castle to his son, Sir Dennis Stucley, 5th Baronet (1907–1983), in 1947.
Sir Richard Pryse, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – c. 1675) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Pryse was the eldest son of Sir Richard Pryse, 1st Baronet of Gogerddan, Cardiganshire and his first wife Hester, daughter of Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet.
The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Kent in 1659. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff in 1710 and briefly represented Bramber in the House of Commons in 1715. The eighth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Scarborough. Two other members of the family may also be mentioned.
Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, 14th and 15th Baronet, (born 17 May 1953) is a British landowner, businessman and philanthropist. Sir Nicholas is also the Premier Baronet of England.
The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Bossiney, Newport, Callington and Mitchell. The fourth Baronet represented Callington in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1739.
Through his son, Alfred, he was the grandfather of Elfrida Roosevelt, who married Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet, and was the mother of Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet.
Henry Winston Barron Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Baronet DL (15 October 1795 – 19 April 1872) was an Irish baronet and politician, who stood at nine different general elections.
Sir Henry John Mordaunt, 12th Baronet (12 July 1867 – 15 January 1939) was an English baronet and cricketer. Mordaunt was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast.
Born at Heston, he was the son of Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet and his wife, the daughter of Alexander Douglas. In 1818, he succeeded his father as baronet.
Sir Robert Barr, 1st Baronet of Glasgow, Lanarkshire died c.1629 having been made a baronet of Nova Scotia 29 September 1628. On his death the baronetcy became dormant.
Sir John Croft, 4th Baronet, was the son of Sir Archer Croft, 2nd Baronet and Frances Waring. He died at Bath, England on 4 December 1797, without legitimate issue.
Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet (27 July 1674 - 8 November 1733) was an English baronet and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1701 to 1705.
Sir (John) Edmund (Ritchie) Findlay, 2nd Baronet FRSE (14 June 1902 – 6 September 1962) was a Scottish politician and baronet. He was MP for Banffshire from 1935 to 1938.
Sir Alexander Murray, 3rd Baronet (after 1684 – 18 May 1743) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peeblesshire from 1710 to 1713.
As of 2019 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded in 2019. Anthony Bull and Peter Bull were sons of the first baronet.
Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet Sir Horace (Horatio) Mann, 1st Baronet KB (c. 25 August 1706 – 6 November 1786), was a long-standing British resident and diplomat in Florence.
His brother Sir Victor Basil John Seely, 4th Baronet (1900–1980) inherited the baronetcy. Victor's son Sir Nigel Edward Seely is the current and 5th Baronet (born 1923). Lord Sherwood was a member of a family of politicians, industrialists and significant landowners. His great-grandfather Charles Seely (1803–1887), grandfather Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet, father Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet, and uncle John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone were all Members of Parliament.
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 5th Baronet of Eaton Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693 – February 1732/3) was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. Thomas Grosvenor was the second surviving son of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet. His two oldest brothers had died young.Handley, Stuart (2004) (online edition 2008) 'Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, third baronet (1655–1700)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press.
The Premier Baronet (of England) is the unofficial title afforded to the current holder of the oldest extant baronetcy in the realm. The Premier Baronet is regarded as the senior member of the Baronetage, and ranks above other baronets (unless they hold a peerage title) in the United Kingdom Order of Precedence. Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet, is the current Premier Baronet; his family's senior title was created by King James I in 1611.
On the death of the third Baronet in 1723 the title was inherited by Alexander Wedderburn, the fourth Baronet, who was the nephew of the first Baronet. The fifth Baronet was a Jacobite and fought at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, where he was taken prisoner. He was executed for treason in November of the same year, with his title and estates forfeited. However, his descendants continued to claim the title.
The second Baronet represented Westmorland in the House of Commons and served with distinction as a Royalist in the Civil War. He was offered a peerage as Baron Musgrave, of Hartley Castle in the County of Westmorland, but did not take up the patent. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Westmorland, Appleby, Oxford University and Totnes. The fifth Baronet represented Carlisle and Cumberland in Parliament while the sixth Baronet represented Westmorland.
His great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, succeeded as the Fourth Lord Napier of Merchistoun in 1683. However, on his death three years later the barony passed to his maternal aunt Margaret Brisbane, while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin and heir-male, the fifth Baronet. He was succeeded by his son, the sixth Baronet. On the death of his younger son, the eighth Baronet, this line of the family failed.
Sir Christopher Musgrave, 5th Baronet (25 December 1688 – 20 January 1736) of Eden Hall, Cumbria was an English baronet and politician. He was born the son of Philip Musgrave and the grandson of Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet. He succeeded his father in 1689 and his grandfather as 5th Baronet in 1704. He was Clerk of the Privy Council from 1712 to 1716 and a commissioner Keeper of the Privy Seal in 1715.
Major Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 6th Baronet (28 April 1853 – 24 April 1916) was an English baronet and first-class cricketer. Mildmay was a right- handed batsman. He was the son of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 5th Baronet by his wife Hon Helena Shaw Lefevre, and succeeded his father as baronet in 1902. St John-Mildmay made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Sussex at the County Ground, Hove in 1881.
Sir James Bellingham, 2nd Baronet (8 September 1623 - 26 October 1650) was an English politician, lawyer and baronet. He was the only son of Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet and Dorothy Boynton, daughter of Sir Francis Boynton. After being called to the bar at Gray's Inn, Bellingham was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland in the Long Parliament from 1646 until 1648. Bellingham married Catherine Willoughby, daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st Baronet.
Sir Windham Charles James Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet and 4th Baronet DL (1825 – 26 January 1898) was a Liberal Party politician and Scottish baronet. Born in Lincoln's Inn Fields, he was the son of Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and his wife, daughter of Edward Brice. In 1831, he succeeded his nephew Windham in two baronetcies. Carmichael-Anstruther was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire in 1846 and became major of the Lanarkshire County Militia.
Neither the presumed seventh Baronet nor eighth Baronet successfully proved their succession and were not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. Following the death of the 8th Baronet in a motor vehicle accident in 2018, the title passed to his son, the 9th Baronet; he also has not proven his claim to the title. The Leith family is of Scottish origin and descends from William Leith, Provost of Aberdeen in the 14th century.
Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Baronet (30 January 1643 - 1707) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the son of Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sarah Colley, daughter of Sir William Colley. In 1675, he succeeded his father as baronet. The year before he and his two brothers William and Winwood killed Thomas Preston, 3rd Viscount Tara, but were acquitted of his murder and subsequently pardoned by the king.
Sir John Walter Buchanan-Riddell, 11th Baronet (14 March 1849 - 31 October 1924) was a British barrister and baronet. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford before being called to the bar (becoming a barrister) by Inner Temple in 1874. He succeeded his uncle (Sir Walter Riddell, 10th Baronet) as 11th Baronet in the line of Riddell Baronets in 1892. In 1897, he served as High Sheriff of Northumberland.
Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen, 4th Baronet (died 7 April 1777) was an English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London. He was the 4th son of Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet and the younger brother of Sir Abraham Janssen, 2nd Baronet. He succeeded his other elder brother Sir Henry Janssen, 3rd Baronet to the baronetcy in 1766. He was a London stationer and master of the Stationer's Company from 1749 to 1751.
His son, the sixth Baronet, was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of Parliament for Thirsk. It was the sixth baronet who built Thirkleby Hall. His son, the seventh Baronet, also represented Thirsk in the House of Commons. In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Russell after Frankland on inheriting Chequers Court in Buckinghamshire from his kinsman Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chequers Court.
Sir John Valentine Carden, 6th Baronet MBE (6 February 1892 – 10 December 1935) was an English tank and vehicle designer. He was the sixth Baronet of Templemore, Tipperary, from 1931.
He was the second son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, and his wife Anne Vesey, daughter of Agmondesham Vesey. In 1750, Bingham succeeded his older brother John as baronet.
His son and successor, William, the third Baronet, was also High Sheriff of Cornwall. The title became extinct on the death of the latter's son, the fourth Baronet, in 1903.
Sir Rowland John Rathbone Whitehead, 5th Baronet (24 June 1930 – 28 July 2007) was a British baronet and merchant banker. In later life, he was heavily engaged with many charities.
Wyndham married to Katherine Leveson- Gower, daughter of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet. His heir was his son, Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (c. 1688 – 1740), of Orchard Wyndham.
The second Baronet was a member of the Irish Parliament for Galway Borough. The third Baronet represented both County Galway and Galway Borough in Parliament. The sixth Baronet was a member of the Irish House of Commons for County Galway. He was the first Catholic gentlemen of distinction to join William of Orange.
Sir Levinus Bennet, 2nd Baronet (1631 – 5 December 1693) was a British Tory politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Bennet, 1st Baronet of Babraham, Cambridgeshire and his wife Mary Munck, daughter of Levinus Munck. In 1667, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bennet was educated at Gray's Inn in 1644.
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet of Eaton Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (26 June 1689 – 12 July 1732) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1732. He was the brother of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet, an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster.
Turner bought two manors in Oxfordshire from Sir Stephen Glynne, 3rd Baronet: one of the manors of Bicester in 1728 and then the manor of Ambrosden in 1729. Turner was made 1st Baronet of Ambrosden in 1733. He died in 1735 and was succeeded by his son Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet.
The second Baronet assumed the surname of Primrose. He took part in the Jacobite rising of 1745, was attainted, condemned to death for treason and executed at Carlisle. The baronetcy was forfeited. From 1825 to 2006 the baronet of Colinton (see above) was also the baronet of Ravelstoun but for the attainder.
The fifth Baronet sold the Inverquharity estate which had been in the family for fourteen generations. The ninth Baronet sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Dundee from 1857 to 1874. The thirteenth Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of East Lothian in 1971. Two other members of the family may also be mentioned.
The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for West Looe and served as Governor of Jamaica. The eighth Baronet was Member of Parliament for East Cornwall 1832–1837 and Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall. In 1802 he assumed the additional surname of Salusbury. The ninth Baronet represented Tavistock and East Cornwall in Parliament.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He represented Bishop Auckland in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was a film producer and the first husband of the actress Valerie Hobson. As of 2007 the title is held by their eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded in 2003.
The second Baronet was his grandson Edward, High Sheriff of Kent in 1705. He was succeeded by his cousin Edward, (also a grandson of the first Baronet) whose seat was at Bradburn Place, Sevenoaks, Kent. His son Richard, succeeded as fourth Baronet but died without issue in 1786 when the baronetcy became extinct.
Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet PC (Ire) (c. 1707 – 7 February 1770) was an Irish barrister-at-law and politician. He was the third son of Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Sharpe, only daughter of Reverend William Sharpe. In 1751, he succeeded his older brother Matthew as baronet.
John Gladstone was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He represented several constituencies in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire. His son, the third Baronet, was briefly Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire in 1926. He never married and was succeeded by his cousin, the fourth Baronet.
This surname was also used by the seventh Baronet but not by any subsequent Baronets. The title became extinct on the death of the eleventh Baronet in 1870.George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900 The records of Broxham manor (Westerham) show that Sir John Rivers, 3rd baronet, was dead in 1678.
Durham University Library Archives: Backhouse Family The third Baronet was the nephew of the second baronet and son of Roger Backhouse. He died on active service in Normandy during the Second World War. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2007.
The latter's son Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Baronet represented Kildare County and was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1751. Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1873 and High Sheriff of Queen's County in 1880. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 11th baronet in 1939.
Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1666 – 2 October 1731) was an English baronet, the eldest son of Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet and Jane Leigh (died 1678). His alcoholism and irresponsibility caused his father to disinherit him in 1701, leaving his brother James to become master of the Lowther estates at Whitehaven.
Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton was the son of Charles Buxton, third son of the first Baronet. Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel- Buxton was the second son of the third Baronet. Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa, was the son Leland William Wilberforce Buxton (1884–1967), youngest son of the third Baronet.
He was High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1902. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1921. The third Baronet was the husband of Felicity Tree, daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. The present Baronet is the son of Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright (1916-1944) and Susan Esterel Elwes.
The peerage became extinct on Lord Whitburgh's death in 1967, while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, the third Baronet. He was the only son of the Hon. James Alexander Borthwick, second son of the first Baronet. The 4th Baronet Sir Antony Thomas Borthwick succeeded his father in 2002.
Sir Robert Hamilton, 6th Baronet Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, 6th Baronet (7 April 1802 - 31 May 1887) was a British politician and East India Company civil servant. Hamilton was the eldest son of Sir Frederic Hamilton, 5th Baronet, and his wife, Eliza Ducarel Collie. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1853.
In the first half of the 18th century either Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet or Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet had the house remodelled with a Georgian elevation of seven bays. By the early part of the 19th century the western range of the old house had been demolished. When the 2nd Baronet died without a male heir in 1746, the baronetcy passed to his brother Sir George Wheate, 3rd Baronet but Glympton Park became the dower house of his widow Mary. George Henry Barnett, the nephew of Sir Jacob Wheate, 5th Baronet, inherited Glympton Park in 1846.
Despite his father's loyalties, his son Robert was raised to the Baronetcy following the English Restoration and served as High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1675. His son the 2nd Baronet married the niece of Sir Samuel Daniel who bequeathed his estate at Over Tabley, Cheshire to William, 3rd Baronet, who by Act of Parliament changed his name to Dukinfield-Daniel. On his death the 3rd Baronet left all his estates to his daughter, through whom they passed to John Astley (1724–1787). The Baronetcy passed to the 3rd Baronet's cousin, 4th Baronet, and later to his cousin, the 5th Baronet.
He was succeeded by his eldest son William Richard Carter Chaytor, the second baronet, who represented Durham in the House of Commons. His grandson, William Henry Edward Chaytor, the fourth baronet, was High Sheriff of County Durham in 1902 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. He died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, Walter Clervaux Chaytor, the fifth baronet, who served as a Justice of the Peace. The fifth baronet also died at a young age and was succeeded by his younger brother, Edmund Hugh Chaytor, the sixth baronet.
On the death of his only son, William Henry Clervaux Chaytor, the seventh Baronet, in 1976, the line of the third baronet failed. The presumed eighth baronet, his successor, was his second cousin George Reginald Chaytor, son of William Richard Carter Chaytor, eldest son of Reginald Clervaux Chaytor, son of the second marriage of the second baronet. He never proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. As of 2008, the presumed ninth baronet was his first cousin, Gordon Chaytor, son of Herbert Archibald Chaytor, second son of the aforementioned Reginald Clervaux Chaytor.
The line of the fourth Baronet failed on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1972. The title reverted to the line of William Haggerston, second son of the third Baronet and younger brother of the fourth Baronet. In 1746 he inherited estates in Yorkshire from his great-uncle Sir Marmaduke Francis Constable, 4th and last Baronet, of Everingham (see Constable baronets), and assumed the surname of Constable in lieu of his patronymic. In 1758 he married Winifred, daughter of Robert Maxwell, titular sixth Earl of Nithsdale, and assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Maxwell.
Their only son, Sir Thomas, the fifth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire. Sir Thomas's great-grandson, Sir John, the eighth Baronet, represented Monmouth in Parliament and served as Envoy to Dresden and Berlin. The eighth Baronet never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir Thomas, the ninth Baronet, on whose death in 1825 the baronetcy became extinct.George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900 Catherine, Lady Stepney, posing as Cleopatra; by Richard Cockle Lucas, Victoria and Albert Museum Portrait of Catherine, Lady Stepney, by John Hayter Catherine, Lady Stepney was the wife of the ninth and last Baronet.
He died in March 1688. He had married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Keyt, 1st Baronet of Ebrington, Gloucestershire. and was succeeded by his only son, Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet.
He had six sisters included Jane, who married the Earl of Uxbridge, Henrietta, wife of Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Baronet; and Marianne, wife of Sir Charles des Voeux, 1st Baronet.
Lake was born in 1842. Henry Atwell Lake was his father and Sir James Samuel William Lake, 4th Baronet was his grandfather. Sir Atwell Henry Lake, 9th Baronet was his son.
He became 2nd Baronet on the death of his father in 1735. Turner died in 1766 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Baronet.
Whichcote married Jane, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Gould, 1st Baronet, on 14 June 1677, and had several children. His heir was Sir Francis Whichcote, 3rd Baronet (c. 1692–1775).
His son William Gawdy was also MP for Thetford and was created a baronet and his grandson Sir John Gawdy, 2nd Baronet, who was deaf and mute was a celebrated painter.
Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet by Lemuel Francis Abbott. Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet (1744 – 1807) was High Sheriff of Dorset in 1772 and the progenitor of the Smith-Marriott Baronetcy.
In 1810 he married Charlotte Horsburgh (d.1852). Their children included Sir John Forrest (1817-1883) 2nd baronet and Sir William Forrest (1823-1894) 3rd baronet. Thomas (b.1815) died young.
Humphrey Style, 1st Baronet (Circle of Adriaen Hanneman) Sir Humphrey Style, 1st Baronet (c. 1596–1659) of Beckenham, Kent was a courtier to kings James I and Charles I of England.
Sir John Elwill, 4th Baronet (died 1 March 1778) was an English aristocrat and politician. Elvills at Englefield Green, 1775 He was the only son of Sir Edmund Elwill, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Anne Speke, daughter of William Speke, of Beauchamp, Somerset. The third baronet was Comptroller of the Excise; he inherited the baronetcy from his childless elder brother Sir John Elwill, 2nd Baronet, on the latter's death on 10 September 1727.Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage.
The Rawdon family descended from Francis Rawdon (d. 1668), of Rawdon, Yorkshire. His son Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet settled in the village of Moira, County Down. His son, the second Baronet, and grandson, the third Baronet, both represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons. The latter was succeeded by his son, Sir John Rawdon, 4th Baronet. He was created Baron Rawdon, of Moira in the County of Down, in 1750, and Earl of Moira in 1762.
Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 3rd Baronet, (ca. 1658 – January 1714), Lord Clerk Register, PC, MP. He was, at Stonehaven, 21 April 1664, retoured as heir to his father, Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet who had died the previous year. The 3rd Baronet is the grandson of Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet, who completed the reconstruction of Muchalls Castle and the great-grandson of Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), who completed the construction of Crathes Castle.
He married Anne, daughter of Paston Herne, of Haveringland Hall, Norfolk, and assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Herne. The sixth Baronet assumed in 1806 by Royal licence the additional surname of Soame in compliance with the will of Sir Peter Soame, 4th Baronet, of Thurlow (see Soame baronets). The ninth Baronet was a member of the Shropshire County Council. As of 2014, the title is held by the thirteenth baronet, who succeeded his father in 2013.
The eighth Baronet was an officer in the Royal Navy and served in several naval battles throughout the Peninsular War. The ninth Baronet was a Lieutenant- Colonel in the British Army and served in the Peninsular War, where he was present at Badajoz, Vitoria, San Sebastian, the Pyrenees, Nive, Orthez and Toulouse. The tenth Baronet fought in the Crimean War and was present at Sevastopol. The fifteenth Baronet was Chairman of the Shropshire County Council from 1969 to 1972.
The third Baronet was also Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight while the fourth Baronet sat for Southampton. The eighth Baronet was Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Toronto. As of 28 February 2014 the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 2013. Two other members of the Simeon family have also gained distinction.
The Maxwell Baronetcy of Calderwood was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627 for Sir James Maxwell (died ). The 2nd baronet died without issue, and was succeeded by a son of Colonel John Maxwell who died in Dunbar in 1650. The 6th baronet also died without issue, and was succeeded by the son of Alexander Maxwell of Leith, third son of 4th baronet. This line too were failed, when his grandson, the tenth Baronet died in 1885.
On the Restoration of Charles II Edward Smythe was created a baronet in recognition of the family loyalty to the Crown. The first Baronet married Mary Lee, heiress of Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire which became his principal seat. The sixth Baronet was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1831 and the seventh Baronet was High Sheriff in 1867. Mrs Fitzherbert, wife of King George IV, was the eldest child of William Smythe of Brambridge, Hampshire, and Mary Ann Errington.
His son, the fifth Baronet, also represented Beverley in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the sixth Baronet.George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900 On his death in 1767 the line of the fifth Baronet failed and the title passed to the late Baronet's uncle, the seventh Baronet. His eldest son, the eighth Baronet, a Lieutenant-General in the Army, represented St Ives in Parliament and also assumed the additional surname of Thompson.
The Nelthorpe Arms, Brigg Sir John Nelthorpe Lower School, Brigg The Nelthorpe baronetcy, of Grays Inn in the City of London, was a title in the baronetage of England. It was created on 10 May 1666 for John Nelthorpe. The fifth baronet was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1741, the sixth baronet High Sheriff in 1767, the seventh baronet in 1800 and the eighth baronet in 1842. The title became extinct on the death of the last in 1865.
Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet (19 April 1721 – 18 January 1772)of Waltons, Ashdon, Essex was a British politician and baronet. The Maynard Family at Waltons by Arthur Devis He was the only son of Sir Henry Maynard, 3rd Baronet and his wife Catherine Gunter, daughter of George Gunter. In 1738, he succeeded his father as baronet. Maynard entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Essex in 1759, representing the constituency until 1772.
The Revd. Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet Thompson of Virkees (5 November 1796 – 1 July 1868) was the third son of Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet, and Jane Selby. He succeeded to the baronetcy after his eldest brother the 2nd Baronet died without issue in 1826. On 26 February 1826 he married Hannah Jean Grey, third daughter of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, of Falloden, KCB, Commissioner at Portsmouth Dockyard, and Mary Whitbread, daughter of Samuel Whitbread.
Frederick Alexander Currie (d. 1902), son of Major Mark Currie and grandson of the first Baronet, was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. The presumed sixth Baronet never successfully proved succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage which shows the baronetcy dormant since 1978 on the death of the 5th Baronet.
He was the son of Reverend Henry Knightley (1786–1813), younger brother of the second Baronet. He never married and was succeeded by his nephew, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Reverend Henry Charles Knightley (1823–1884), younger brother of the fourth Baronet. Knightley was a member of the Northamptonshire County Council.
When he died the titles passed to his younger brother, the ninth Baronet. He served as Lord Bishop of Clogher. He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Baronet. On his death in 1811 the title was inherited by the aforementioned eleventh Baronet, who had already been elevated to the peerage as Baron Hotham.
On his death, the title passed to his uncle, the seventh Baronet. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as representative for Armagh. His son, the eighth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Kent in 1785 and later represented Kent in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the ninth Baronet.
The fifth Baronet married the Hon. Sarah Sempill, eldest daughter of Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill. Their grandson, the eighth Baronet, succeeded as seventeenth Lord Sempill in 1884 (see Lord Sempill for earlier history of this title). The titles remained united until the death of his grandson, the nineteenth Lord and tenth Baronet, in 1965.
As of 2018 the title is held by his grandson, the eight Baronet, who succeeded in that year. Several other members of the Gladstone family have also gained distinction. Robertson Gladstone, second son of the first Baronet, was a merchant and politician. John Neilson Gladstone, third son of the first Baronet, was a politician.
The latter's son was Sir William Morice, 3rd Baronet (-1750), who died without progeny and by his will dated 1744 bequeathed his estates to his nephew Sir John St Aubyn, 4th Baronet (1726–1772),Risdon, p.400 son of his sister Catherine Morice and her husband Sir John St Aubyn, 3rd Baronet (1696–1744).
However, his eldest son, by his first marriage to Mary Wrottesley, naturally named Edward, predeceased him in 1706. The 3rd baronet was therefore a grandson, a son of the deceased Edward. The 3rd baronet died childless in 1742. This necessitated passing the title and estates to another line of descent from the second baronet.
In 1790 he assumed the surname of de-la-Pole, which his successor discontinued. The eighth Baronet assumed in 1838 the surname of Reeve-de-la- Pole but later discontinued it. The tenth Baronet resumed the use of the surname of de-la-Pole. The eleventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Devon in 1917.
Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet (9 February 1697 - 10 December 1772) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754. Sir James was the son of Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet. In 1719 he married Barbara Murray, daughter of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank.
Sir Theodore Henry Brinckman, 2nd Baronet DL (12 September 1830 – 7 May 1905) was a British Liberal politician and soldier. He was the son of Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet and his first wife Hon. Charlotte Godolphin Osborne, only daughter of Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin. In 1880, he succeeded his father as baronet.
He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet. He served as High Sheriff of County Kerry in 1820. His son, the fourth Baronet, was a Liberal politician. As of 2008 the title is held by the latter's great-grandson (the baronetcy having descended from father to son), the seventh Baronet, who succeeded in 1940.
The second Baronet was Sheriff of Suffolk in 1844 and his younger brother the third Baronet was Sheriff of Suffolk in 1864. The third Baronet assumed the additional surname of Middleton in 1860 after inheriting the estate of his cousin Sir William Fowle Fowle-Middleton. The title became extinct on his death in 1887.
On his death, the title passed to his grandson, Edmund, the fourth Baronet. He served as High Sheriff of Suffolk from 1665 to 1666. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his first cousin, Robert, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Butts Bacon, younger son of the fourth Baronet.
They had two sons, the second baronet (and father of the third baronet), and George MacLeod, the fourth baronet, founder of the Iona Community, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Minister at Govan Old Parish Church. They also had a daughter, Ellen, who married Rev. James Alan Cameron Murray.
He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. His son, the fourth Baronet, was a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff for Nottinghamshire. As of 2007 the title is held by his eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984. He is Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire since 1991.
His son Sir Bernard Paget was a General in the British Army. The latter was the father of the fourth Baronet. Stephen Paget, another son of the first Baronet, was also a noted surgeon. As of 2016 the title is held by his great-great-grandson, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father, in 2016.
Numerous other members of the Brooke family have also gained distinction. Arthur Brooke, uncle of the first Baronet, was created a baronet in 1764 (see Brooke baronets). Sir Arthur Brooke (died 1843), brother of the first Baronet, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army. Richard Prittie Brooke (died 1836), younger brother of the first Baronet, was a major-general in the British Army. George Brooke, grandson of George Frederick Brooke, brother of the first Baronet, was created a baronet in 1903 (see Brooke baronets, of Summerton). George Augustus Frederick Brooke, younger son of the first Baronet, was the father of 1) Arthur Thomas Brooke (died 1893), a captain in the Royal Navy, 2) Henry Francis Brooke (1836–1880), a brigadier-general in the British Army, 3) Lionel Godolphin Brooke (1849–1931), a brigadier-general in the Connaught Rangers, and 4) Frank Brooke (1851–1920), a businessman and public servant.
In 1907 King Edward VII created him a baronet, as Sir William Bilsland, Baronet of Park Circus, for his services to Glasgow.London Gazette 1 January 1907 He died on 27 August 1921.
Evelyn Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve (née Blois), was the granddaughter of the eight baronet, who had six sons and six daughters. Judge Inigo Bing is the grandson of the ninth baronet.
As of 2019, the title is held by the latter's grandson, the sixth baronet. The soldier and Liberal politician Jack Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, was the fourth son of the first Baronet.
Norman Green-Price, son of John Powell Green-Price, fifth son of the second Baronet and adopted son of his uncle the third Baronet, served as High Sheriff of Radnorshire in 1969.
Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet, (2 July 1829 - 3 November 1913) was a British diplomat who was minister or ambassador to several countries. He succeeded his brother, Charles, as Baronet in 1877.
Sir Robert McConnell as Lord Mayor Sir Robert John McConnell, 1st Baronet (6 February 1853 - 22 April 1927) was created baronet in 1900, and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast 1900–1901.
He was the brother of Sir Robert Clifton, 7th Baronet, Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet and Frances Egerton Clifton who married the Ven. Robert Markham, archdeacon of York, in 1797.
Hill Child was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his grandfather, Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet, as 2nd Baronet of Newfield Hall, near Tunstall, Staffordshire, in 1896.Burkes.
He had married Lady Dorothy Hobart, the daughter of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, and had one daughter. He was succeeded as baronet by his brother Sir John Hotham, 9th Baronet.
Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1892 The grave of Sir Charles Dalrymple, baronet, Inveresk Churchyard Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (15 October 1839 – 20 June 1916), was a Scottish Conservative politician.
He married by a settlement dated 19 September 1699, Frances Ashurst, daughter of Sir Henry Ashurst, 1st Baronet. He succeeded his father in 1699 and was created baronet on 14 December 1699.
Sir George William Abercromby of Birkenbog, 8th Baronet DSO (18 March 1886 – 9 September 1964) was a Scottish baronet and landowner, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire between 1946 and 1964.
Sir Charles Buckworth-Herne-Soame, 9th Baronet (1830-1906) was a baronet in the Baronetage of England, the ninth of the Buckworth-Herne-Soame baronets of Sheen in the County of Surrey.
Sir Richard died in 1674 and was succeeded to the title by his cousin Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet the only son of Henry Wynn (the tenth son of the 1st baronet).
His son William (1596–1634) was the next to inherit the estate, followed by his son Edward. Sir Edward Musgrave, 1st Baronet of Hayton Castle (1621–1676) was made a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1638. He was succeeded by his son Sir Richard Musgrave, 2nd Baronet (1650–1710). Upon his death the estate fell to his son and heir, Sir Richard Musgrave, 3rd Baronet (1675–1711). He was a Member of Parliament for the Cumberland constituency in 1701 and 1702–1708. After his death the estate passed to Sir Richard Musgrave 4th Baronet (170–1739). Sir Richard Musgrave 5th Baronet (1724–1755), took the name of Hylton, pursuant to the will of his uncle, John Hylton of Hilton Castle, and dying without issue, the title went to his brother, Sir William Musgrave 6th Baronet (1735–1800), a commissioner of the customs.Rose, pp. 133-134. After William's death the title went to his younger brother Sir Thomas Musgrave 7th Baronet (1737–1812), a general in the British Army.
Sir John the 5th inherits his Baronet title from his grandfather, Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet, for whom the modern McEwen Baronet title was created by the Queen of England in 1953. Clan Ewing has chosen to go their own way and form their own organisation.Ewing, David Neal, "A Chief for Clan Ewen?" Ewing Family Journal, Vol.
C. L. Clarke. The first Baronet's son, Francis, the second Baronet, was High Sheriff of Derbyshire for 1649. He was succeeded by his son, Robert, the third Baronet, who sat as Member of Parliament for Warwickshire and Lichfield. His grandson, Robert, the fourth Baronet, succeeded at birth in May 1716, four months after the death of his grandfather.
Howe was the son of Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet and his wife Lucy St John daughter of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet, of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 13 July 1667. On 12 August 1673, he married Mary Thynne, daughter of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Baronet, of Kempsford, Glocestershire.
He became successively Bishop of Bristol in 1737, Bishop of Norwich in 1738, and Bishop of Ely in 1747. In 1751 he inherited the title of baronet from his brother Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet. Gooch's first wife was Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock. They had a son, Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet of Benacre.
On his death the title passed to his son, the fifth Baronet. He was Chairman and Director of Portals Ltd. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984. Sir Bertram Portal (1866–1949), third son of the first Baronet, was a Brigadier-General in the British Army.
The fourth Baronet represented Cork City in the British House of Commons from 1812 to 1829. The fifth Baronet sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Kinsale between 1863 and 1874. He came into the Blarney Castle estate on the death of his father-in-law. The sixth Baronet served as High Sheriff of County Cork.
On Colebrooke's death the title passed to his second but eldest surviving son, the third Baronet. He died childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet. He was the son of Henry Colebrooke, an administrator in India and Sanskrit scholar, third son of the second Baronet. Colebrooke represented Taunton, Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire in Parliament.
The latter was succeeded by his cousin, the ninth Baronet. He was a major- general in the Army, while his son, the tenth Baronet, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. The latter was succeeded by his son, the eleventh Baronet. In 1916 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Carnock, of Carnock in the County of Stirling.
Since then, the Sherlock surname has been used by most succeeding generations as a middle name. The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1785. The fifth Baronet represented the Suffolk county constituency in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1830. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Suffolk East between 1846 and 1856.
William Skeffington was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1601 and 1623. On 8 May 1627 he was created a Baronet, of Fisherwick in the County of Stafford, in the Baronetage of England. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Newcastle under Lyme and served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1637. The fourth Baronet married Hon.
He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Cromwell and died there in 1656. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the fifth Baronet. He died at an early age and was succeeded at birth by his posthumous son, the sixth Baronet.
Sir Brooke Boothby, 10th Baronet (13 November 1856 – 22 January 1913) was a British baronet and diplomat. Born at Welwyn Rectory in Hertfordshire, he was the son of Sir Brooke Boothby, 9th Baronet.Fox-Davies (1895), p. 109 His mother was Martha Serena Boothby, the eldest daughter of Charles, in turn younger son of Sir William Bootby, 7th Baronet.
The Roche Baronetcy, of Carass in Limerick, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 August 1838 for David Roche, Member of Parliament for Limerick. The second Baronet was Vice-Lieutenant and High Sheriff of County Limerick. The third Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of County Carlow. The fourth Baronet was a naval commander.
He was killed at the Battle of Falkirk in 1746. The seventh Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Ross-shire and Tain Burghs. The ninth Baronet fought in the Peninsular War and later commanded a division of the Colombian Army under Simón Bolívar. The eleventh Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty from 1899 to 1935.
Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet (c. 1763 – 8 February 1814) was a Scottish landowner, politician, and officer in the British Army. Sir Charles was the oldest son of Sir John Lockhart Ross, 6th Baronet, of Balnagown by Elizabeth Baillie, the daughter of Robert Dundas of Edinburgh. He succeeded his father as 7th Baronet on 9 June 1790.
The third and fourth Baronets both sat as Members of Parliament for Lancashire. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Preston and East Looe while the sixth and seventh Baronets represented Preston. The eighth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Bold. In 1892 the ninth Baronet resumed, by Royal licence, the ancient family surname of de Hoghton.
He died in Paris in 1686, leaving complicated financial affairs behind him. On 20 December 1679 Stapleton was created a baronet. Stapleton's surviving sons were James (1672–1690), who succeeded him as second Baronet, but died young; William (1674–1699), who became the third Baronet; and Miles. He also left a daughter, Mary, who married Sir James FitzEdmond Cotter.
Sir George Burrard, 4th Baronet (13 October 1805 – 7 September 1870) was a British politician. He was the only son of Sir George Burrard, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Elizabeth Anne Coppell, daughter of William Coppell. In 1856, he succeeded his father as baronet. Burrard was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lymington from 1828 to 1832.
The Matheson family owned Gledfield House, a nineteenth-century country house, near Ardgay, Sutherland. It was developed in the 1850s and extended by architects Ross & Macbeth, for the second baronet, Sir Kenneth Matheson, from 1895 to 1907. The third Baronet was a member of the Senate of Australia. The fifth Baronet was a General in the Army.
On 30 December 1982,Dyer-Bennet, David. "Pamela's and My Wedding" she married fellow fan David Dyer-Bennet (a descendant of Sir Thomas Dyer, 9th Baronet, David Dyer- Bennet is the presumed 17th Baronet since the death in 2018 of the mathematician Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet).Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed.
Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet (14 December 1795 – 18 January 1867) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark Burghs from 1826 to 1830. He was the brother of Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet (1788–1838). Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh He lived at 12 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh's West End.
Sir George Armytage, 3rd Baronet (25 December 1734 – 21 January 1783) was a British politician. He was the second son of Sir Samuel Armytage, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Griffith, daughter of Thomas Griffith. In 1758, he succeeded his older brother John as baronet. Armytage was a Member of Parliament (MP) for York from 1761 to 1768.
Sir James Baird, 2nd Baronet of Saughtonhall, was born about 1658, and died in 1715. The son of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet of Saughtonhall, and Elizabeth Fleming, he became baronet in 1697 on the death of his father, in 1712 entailing the lands of Saughtonhall. The Strathspey "Sir James Baird" is believed to be named in his honour.
Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes, 4th Baronet (1691 – 9 June 1741) was an Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Dixon, daughter of Sir Richard Dixon. In 1709, he succeeded his father as baronet. Borrowes represented Harristown in the Irish House of Commons between 1721 and 1727.
The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge. The fourth Baronet sat as a Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1817. The Stapylton Baronetcy, of Carlton in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 20 March 1662 for Miles Stapylton.
In 1403, King Robert III granted the lands of Ardgowan to his natural son, Sir John Stewart. In 1667 Archibald Stewart was created a baronet. The 3rd baronet married, in 1730, Helen Houston, heiress of the Shaws of Greenock. Their son Sir John Shaw-Stewart, 4th baronet, commissioned a design for a new house from the architect Hugh Cairncross.
He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his brother Thomas, the second Baronet. His elder son, the third Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for County Westmeath. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He also represented County Westmeath in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath.
The estate was bought by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London, in 1729.Robinson, p. 142 His son, Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet, rebuilt the hall between 1735 and 1740 to the design of Henry Joynes and Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet enlarged the hall to the design of Kenton Couse between 1763 and 1766.
Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Baronet (20 January 1722 – 22 June 1790) was an Irish politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Pottinger, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger. In 1741, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet. Between 1745 and 1776, he represented Kildare County in the Irish House of Commons.
The philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon was his half-brother. Bacon was the first person to be created a baronet. As the baronetcy is the oldest extant English baronetcy, the holder is considered the Premier Baronet of England. Bacon's second son Butts Bacon was created a baronet, of Mildenhall, in his own right in 1627 (see below).
The first Baronet was Member of Parliament for Carlisle 1640-44 and High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1665. Latterly his seat was at Heath Hall, Yorkshire. The second Baronet, who was knighted in 1663, prior to his succession, served as High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1661. The Baronetcy was extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1765.
In 1667 Archibald Stewart was created a baronet. The 3rd baronet married, in 1730, Helen Houston, heiress of the Shaws of Greenock. Their son Sir John Shaw Stewart, 4th Baronet, commissioned a design for Ardgowan House from the architect Hugh Cairncross. Construction began in 1797, and was completed around 1801, after which the old castle was abandoned.
Labour lost the subsequent Timaru by-election, with a candidate that did not suit "the conservative character of the electorate." Arthur was the second baronet to serve as Speaker, the first being Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet (the first Speaker of the House of Representatives), although he was made a baronet some time after he had retired from politics.
Sir William Magnay, 2nd Baronet (1855 - 8 January 1917) was an English baronet and novelist. Magnay was a son of Sir William Magnay, 1st Baronet who was Lord Mayor of London. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1871. He was a prolific novelist, and published twenty-five novels before his death; a further three were brought out posthumously.
The third Baronet is a writer on nature and wildlife. Maurice Levy, elder brother of the first Baronet, was created a baronet in 1913 (see Levy baronets). The Lever Baronetcy, of Thornton Manor, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 July 1911. For more information on this creation, see the Viscount Leverhulme.
He also died unmarried and was succeeded by his first cousin, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Reverend John Barry, younger son of the first Baronet. Three of his sons succeeded to the title. The baronetcy became either extinct or dormant on the death of the youngest son, the eighth Baronet, in circa 1895.
He was the only son of Sir James Carmichael, 2nd Baronet and his wife Louisa Charlotte Butler, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, 8th Baronet. Carmichael was educated at Radley College. In 1883, he succeeded his father as baronet and 26th Chief of the Name and Arms of Carmichael. He claimed the dormant title Earl of Hyndford, however was rejected.
He was succeeded in the Baronetcy but not in the estates by his cousin, the eighth Baronet. He was the son of the youngest son of the fifth Baronet. Frankland notably fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. His grandson, the tenth Baronet, married as his second wife Mary Cecil Frankland, 16th Baroness Zouche (see the Baron Zouche).
His cousin, the aforementioned fourth Baronet, succeeded as sixth Baronet of West Auckland in 1844. See above for further history of the titles.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition).
Monument to Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Baronet, York Minster Arms of Belasyse: Argent, a chevron gules between three fleurs-de-lys azure Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Baronet (1555–1624) was an English politician.
Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Baronet (1654–1696), of Clapham, Surrey and Tickford, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician. He was an MP for Buckinghamshire in the period 1695 – 28 November 1696 and a baronet.
The sixteenth Baronet was a mathematician. The presumed seventeenth Baronet has yet to establish his claim and appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.Succession to baronetcy at baronetage.org He married Pamela Dean.
Sir William Ivan Cecil Ewart, 6th Baronet, DSC (18 July 1919 - 29 November 1995) was a decorated Northern Irish naval officer, businessman and charity worker. He succeeded his cousin as baronet in 1959.
They were seated at Homme House. Sir James Kyrle-Money, 1st Baronet, a descendant of the Kyrle Baronets, assumed the additional surname of Kyrle in 1809 and was created a baronet in 1838.
The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Tavistock and Stockbridge. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1814. The family seat was Wootton House, Wootton, Bedfordshire.
Richard Hill of Hawkstone (1655–1727). Sir Rowland Hill later represented Lichfield in Parliament. His son, Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet, represented Shropshire. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet.
Through his fourth son, John Rashleigh, he was a grandfather of Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet of Prideaux, Cornwall, and great-grandfather of Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet, MP for East Cornwall.
Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, FRS (27 April 1709 – 29 March 1780) was a Northumbrian landowner who was created 1st Baronet of Twizell in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 May 1774.
Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet of Morvern (1645–1674) was the 19th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1651 to 1674. He married then had as his son: Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet.
He was created a baronet in 1755 and sat as MP for Bewdley from 1761 to 1774. He died in 1791 and was succeeded by his only son Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, William, the fifth Baronet. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1982.
Captain Sir Edward Folmer Archdale, 3rd Baronet DSC (8 September 1921 – 31 July 2009) was a British baronet, Royal Navy officer, submariner during the Second World War and local politician in Northern Ireland.
Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 2nd Baronet of Shahpur, commonly known as Sir Girjaprasad Chinubhai Baronet (19 April 1906 – 1990) was an Indian businessman, an independence activist and social reformer from Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.
The fourth Baronet used the surname Denys only. The title became extinct on his death in 1960. Peter Denys (1760-1816), father of the first Baronet, was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1812.
He was the brother of Sir Roger Lort, 1st Baronet.
He was succeeded by his son James, the 2nd Baronet.
Hussey was the son of Sir Charles Hussey, 1st Baronet.
His cousin William Augustus Wolseley succeeded as the 11th baronet.
He was a cousin of Sir William Godfrey, 3rd Baronet.
He was the father of Sir Morgan Crofton, 1st Baronet.
Journalist Marina Hyde is the daughter of the second Baronet.
Sir Joseph William Lennox Napier, 4th Baronet of Merrion Square, (1 August 1895 – 13 October 1986), was a British baronet and soldier in both World War I including the Gallipoli Campaign and World War II. He married Isabelle Muriel Surtees (daughter of Major Henry Surtees) on 12 February 1931. He succeeded to the Baronetage of Merrion Square in 1915 on the death of Sir William Napier, 3rd Baronet (1867–1915), and was succeeded by Sir Robert Surtees Napier, 5th Baronet (1932–1994).
The Dick baronetcy in Prestonfield, Edinburgh was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia for James Dick. Initially created in 1677, it was renewed in 1707 and merged with the Cunningham of Lambrughton, Ayrshire baronetcy in 1829. The family seat was Prestonfield House, Edinburgh. Sir William Dick, 2nd Baronet and Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet were the younger sons of Sir William Cunningham, 2nd Baronet (of Lambrughton) and his wife Janet Dick, the daughter and heiress of Sir James Dick, 1st Baronet.
The Guise Baronetcy, of Highnam Court in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 9 December 1783 for John Guise, the cousin and heir male of the last Baronet of the 1661 creation. He was the great-grandson of Henry Guise, younger brother of the first baronet. The second Baronet sat as MP for Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire East. His brother General Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet, commanded a Guards battalion in the Peninsular War.
The title was created on 8 June 1939 for the shipping magnate and Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet. He had previously represented Portsmouth South in the House of Commons. Before his elevation to the peerage, he had been created a baronet, of Tylney in the County of Southampton, on 29 January 1924. Cayzer was the fifth son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Gartmore and the younger brother of Sir August Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Roffey Park.
Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet (9 April 17193 February 1804) was a baronet and member of the British House of Commons for Northumberland. Blackett was the son of John Blackett of Newby Park (the second son of Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet) and his wife Patience Wise. He sold Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, the family seat since 1690, to William Welland in 1748. In 1756 he succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his uncle Sir Edward Blackett, 3rd Baronet.
Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a townland near Carlow), PC (Ire) (1670 - 17 April 1732) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Boyle, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Boyle, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns. In 1691, Butler was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and in 1704, he succeeded his father as baronet. Butler represented Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1703 to 1715.
Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount Cobham (1675–1749) Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet of Frankley (1593–1650), devoted much time to developing his estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley and Upper Arley, and later represented Worcestershire in the House of Commons. His son, the 2nd Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Lichfield. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the 3rd Baronet, who represented Bewdley in Parliament. He was succeeded by his son, the 4th Baronet.
Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Baronet (25 June 1722 – 25 September 1746) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet. Born St George Gore, he was oldest son of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Ashe, daughter of St George Ashe, Bishop of Clogher. In 1733, he succeeded his father as baronet. He assumed the additional surname of St George to inherit the estates of his maternal grandfather, whose only son had died without issue in 1721.
Sir Brook William Bridges, 3rd Baronet (17 September 1733 – 4 September 1791) was a British baronet and Whig politician. Goodnestone House- family seat of the Bridges family Born at Whitehall, he was the only son of Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Palmer, daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham. Born after his father's death and being the eldest son, he was born into the title and property of the baronetcy of Goodnestone Park in Kent.
He assumed the additional surname of Freeman. The fifth Baronet was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Hampshire, North Hampshire and Oxford University and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1870. The ninth Baronet was Anglican Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia. Henry Heathcote, fourth son of the third baronet, received a knighthood and became an admiral in the Royal Navy, while Gilbert Heathcote, youngest son of the third baronet, also had a naval career, becoming a post-captain.
Sir Paul Harris, 2nd Baronet (December 1595 – July 1644) was an English baronet and Surveyor of the Ordnance. He was the second son of Sir Thomas Harris, 1st Baronet, of Shropshire, whom he succeeded as 2nd Baronet in January 1628/9 after the early death of his elder brother John. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and knighted in 1625. In 1628 he was appointed Surveyor of the Ordnance, responsible for checking deliveries of new arms and other ordnance to the crown.
The second and third Baronets also represented Anstruther Burghs in Parliament. The third Baronet married Anne Paterson, daughter of Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet, and assumed the additional surname of Paterson. The fourth Baronet was created a baronet, of Anstruther in the County of Lanark, in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 18 May 1798, ten years before succeeding his elder brother in the baronetcy of 1700. In contrast to his brother he did not assume the surname of Paterson.
His grandson, the fifth Baronet, married the actress and comedian Beatrice Gladys Lillie. Their only son, the sixth Baronet, was an ordinary seaman in the Royal Navy and was killed in action in April 1942, aged only twenty-one. On his death the line of the eldest son of the second Baronet failed and the title was inherited by his second cousin once removed, the second Earl Peel, who became the seventh Baronet. See above for further history of the title.
As of 2014 the titles are held by his only son, the fourteenth/fifteenth Baronet, who succeeded in 1982. The Bacon Baronetcy, of Mildenhall in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 July 1627 for Butts Bacon, second son of the first Baronet of the 1611 creation. His great-grandson (the title having descended from father to son), Edmund, the fourth Baronet, represented Orford in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund, the fifth Baronet.
Sir Nicholas inherited the Bacon Baronetcy after the death of his father in 1982. As the Bacon Baronetcy, of Redgrave in the County of Suffolk, is the oldest extant English baronetcy (created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611), Sir Nicholas is considered the Premier Baronet of England. Sir Nicholas is both the 14th and 15th Baronet of Bacon since the 8th Bacon Baronet of Mildenhall in the County of Suffolk (created in the Baronetage of England on 29 July 1627), additionally succeeded as the 7th Bacon Baronet of Redgrave in 1755 when his third cousin, the 6th Bacon Baronet of Redgrave, died without heirs.
The Lowther baronetcy, of Little Preston in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 August 1764 for Reverend William Lowther. He was the great-grandson of Sir William Lowther, brother of the first Baronet of Lowther and the first Baronet of Whitehaven, and the nephew of the first Baronet of Swillington. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. In 1802 he succeeded his third cousin once removed James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (a great-grandson of the first Baronet of Lowther – see Earl of Lonsdale), as second Viscount Lowther according to a special remainder in the letters patent.
Following Sir Jamsetjee's death in 1859, he was succeeded by his eldest son Cursetji as the second baronet. The second baronet had three sons; his eldest son Manekji succeeded him as the third baronet in 1877. The third baronet was appointed a Companion of the Star of India (CSI) and as a justice of the peace, served on the council of the Governor of Bombay. He had one son, Cursetji (1878–1893), who predeceased him at a young age, and was succeeded by his younger brother Cowasji, the fourth baronet, who came to be known as the leader of the Parsi community in Bombay.
On 18 August 1803 David Wedderburn, "7th Baronet of Balindean" (but for the attainder), was created a baronet, of Balindean in the County of Perth, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to the heirs male of the fourth Baronet of the 1704 creation. Wedderburn later represented Perth Burghs in the House of Commons and served as Postmaster-General for Scotland. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Ayrshire South and Haddington Burghs while the fourth Baronet represented Banffshire in Parliament as a Liberal. On the latter's death in 1918 the title was inherited (according to the special remainder) by his kinsman John Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn, the fifth Baronet, who had assumed the surname of Ogilvy-Wedderburn the same year.
You are not a Baronet yet, William Cash, Sunday Telegraph, 6 July 2003 The family seat is Doddington Hall, near Nantwich, Cheshire. It remains in the family of Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Baronet.
He was a Director of William Denny & Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders and engineers, of Dumbarton. The second Baronet was President of William Denny & Brothers Ltd. The third Baronet was Chairman of the Air Registration Board.
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (ca. 1540 – 22 November 1624), of Redgrave, Suffolk, English Member of Parliament.In 1611 he was the first man to be created a baronet. Bacon would serve on many commissions.
He brought his younger brothers into his media empire, and they all flourished: Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth, Sir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet and Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet.
By unknown artist, 17th-century English. Throckmorton Collection, Coughton Court, Warwickshire. Property of the National Trust, NTPL ref. no. 153578 Sir Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (1599–1650) was created a baronet, of Coughton, co.
He lived at Prospect Place, Wimbledon, from 1831 to 1851. He had succeeded his elder brother as third Baronet in 1845. In 1849 he also succeeded a cousin as fourth Baronet of Juniper Hill.
He became, at age seven, the 5th Baronet of Baldon House in 1866, upon the death of his father, Sir John Willoughby, 4th Baronet. The baronetcy became extinct in 1918 upon his own death.
Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet, chairman of J & J Colman Limited Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet DL (24 April 1859 - 16 January 1942) was an industrialist who developed Colman's Mustard into an international concern.
Ward died in Christchurch on 4 August 1970, and was buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch. Upon his death, he was succeeded as Baronet by his eldest son, Joseph James Laffey Ward, as 4th Baronet.
He acquired Marske Hall in North Yorkshire in 1762 after the death of Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet in 1781, inheriting Aske Hall, also in North Yorkshire.
He was succeeded by his son by his second wife, the second Baronet, who represented Lymington and Plympton Erle in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1902.
Monument to Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet, Worcester Cathedral Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet (1593 – 22 February 1650) was an English Royalist officer and politician from the Lyttelton family during the English Civil War.
Sir Robert Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (c. 1752 – 23 July 1834) was the natural son of Sir Robert Wilmot the first baronet of Osmaston Hall, who was the Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Arms of Sir Ralph Assheton: Argent, a mullet sable pierced of the field (with canton of baronet) Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Baronet (13 September 1860 – 21 September 1955) was an English public official.
He was the son of Geoffrey Bird, second son of the first Baronet. As of 2007 the title is held by his son, Sir Richard Geoffrey Chapman Bird, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded in 1963.
Sir John Chambers White (died 1845), grandfather of the first Baronet, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. He married Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (see Dalrymple baronets).
Sir Richard la Touche Colthurst, 9th Baronet (14 August 1928 – 22 March 2003) succeeded as 9th Colthurst Baronetcy in February 1955 following the death of his father Sir Richard St John Jefferyes Colthurst, 8th Baronet.
His father had been created Baronet Agnew, of Great Stanhope Street in 1895. On his death on 31 October 1910 George succeeded as 2nd Baronet. He retired from the family firm at the same time.
The third Baronet, Sir William Geary, served as MP for a successor constituency, West Kent, from 1835 until 1838. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet, Sir William Geary, in 1944.
He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire South. On his death the title passed to his son, the third Baronet.
On his own death in 1989 the baronetcy passed to his son, the 3rd Baronet Sir Martin Wedgwood (born 1933; died 12 October 2010Obituary for Sir Martin Wedgwood, 3rd Baronet, times.co.uk; accessed 2 April 2016.).
The arms of Sir Paul Whichcote, 2nd Baronet. Quy Hall, Cambridgeshire. Sir Paul Whichcote, 2nd Baronet (1643–1721), was a fellow of the Royal Society and the owner of the Manor of Totteridge in Hertfordshire.
Athlumney was the son of Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet of Somerville, in the County of Meath, and Mary Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
Sir William Langhorne, 1st Baronet (c. 1631 – 26 February 1715) was the Agent of Madras from January 1670 to 27 January 1678.List of Governors of Madras, from worldstatesmen.orgThomas Seccombe, 'Langhorne, Sir William, baronet (c.
Bacon was succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund, the second Baronet. He represented Eye and Norfolk in the House of Commons. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, Robert, the third Baronet.
Thomas Annan photograph of a portrait of Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet of Pollok, painting by James R. Swinton Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet, FRSE (12 May 1791 – 6 June 1865) was a Scottish politician.
Sir Reginald James Neville Neville, 1st Baronet (22 February 1863 – 28 April 1950), born Reginald Neville White, was a British barrister and Conservative and Unionist member of parliament. He was created a baronet in 1927.
He assumed the additional surname of Venables. The third Baronet was also Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire. Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, uncle of the first Baronet, represented Swansea in Parliament from 1885 until his death in 1892.
Savage was the eldest son of Sir John Savage (1554 – 1615), 1st Baronet, of Rocksavage in Cheshire and Mary (d. 1635), daughter of Richard Allington. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet 7 July 1615.
The third Baronet was chairman of the Society for Individual Freedom.
The fourth Baronet was a cousin of Katharine, Duchess of Kent.
He was succeeded by his son, Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet.
Victoria, Lady Welby, wife of the fourth Baronet, was a philosopher.
The Baronetcy became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet.
He was succeeded by his younger brother, Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet.
In 1987, he succeeded as the 9th Baronet Ramsden of Byram.
Sir Henry Bond, 2nd Baronet (died 1721) was an English Jacobite.
He succeeded as 2nd Baronet Nepean of Bothenhampton in October 1822.
Derek and Nigel Tangye were the nephews of the first Baronet.
The actor Frank Curzon was the brother of the first Baronet.
William Ayloffe, father of the first Baronet, was a distinguished judge.
The designer Lulu Guinness is the daughter of the ninth Baronet.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet.
As of 2020, the baronetcy is held by the 7th Baronet.
The second Baronet was a member of the London County Council.
Jane, wife of Sir George Abercromby, 4th Baronet (see Abercromby baronets).
The third Baronet served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1928.
On the death of the fifth Baronet in 1905 the two titles separated. The Scott baronetcy of Great Barr was inherited by Douglas Edward Scott (see Scott baronets for later history of this title) while the baronetcy of Hartington was inherited by Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 4th Baronet, of St Audries, who became the fifth Baronet. He was the grandson of Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Amelia Anne Bateman. See Fuller-Acland-Hood baronets for further history of the title.
Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg (17 November 1878 – 25 May 1949), known as Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 13th Baronet, from 1890 to 1945, was a British peer. Hazlerigg was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, and Jane Edith Orr-Ewing, daughter of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet. Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet, was an ancestor. His father died when he was only one year old and in 1890, aged 11, he succeeded his grandfather as thirteenth Baronet, of Noseley Hall.
Blackett was succeeded by his elder son, Edward, the second Baronet who represented Ripon and Northumberland in the House of Commons and built Newby Hall. William's third younger son William was created a baronet in his own right in 1685 (see below). The second Baronet's eldest surviving son, Edward, the third Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy. He died childless in 1756 and was succeeded by his nephew, Edward, the fourth Baronet, who was Member of Parliament for Northumberland and the son of John Blackett.
Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet (1735 - 7 October 1772) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Percy, daughter of Henry Percy. Butler sat for Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768, the same constituency several members of his family had represented before. In 1771, Butler stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington and also succeeded his father as baronet, however died only a year later.
Sir John Lister Kaye, 1st Baronet, as Lord Mayor of York Sir John Lister-Kaye, 1st Baronet (1772 – 28 February 1827) was a noted English amateur cricketer in the late 18th century. His career spanned the 1787 to 1798 seasons and he played mainly for Marylebone Cricket Club and Surrey. He made 12 known appearances in first-class cricket matches. An illegitimate son of a baronet, he was created a baronet in his own right in December 1812 when he inherited the Lister estates by will.
The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Rutland from 1949 to 1950. The fifth Baronet served as managing director of the family company, Tate & Lyle, and was later chairman of the London Futures & Options Exchange. As of 2014, the title is held by the latter's son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 2012.Obituary, Daily Telegraph As of 28 February 2014, the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered 'vacant'.
The Bagot family has held land in Staffordshire since at least the 11th century. One member of the family, Hervey Bagot, represented Staffordshire in Parliament and fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1626 and on 31 May 1627 he was created a baronet, of Blithfield Hall, in the County of Staffordshire, in the Baronetage of England. His son (the second Baronet), grandson (third Baronet) and great-grandson (fourth Baronet) also represented Staffordshire in the House of Commons.
On her death in 1717 Mary's stepson Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet inherited Piddington, and it remained with the Aubrey baronets until Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, 7th Baronet died in 1856 and the title became extinct. A cousin of Sir Thomas, Elizabeth Sophia Ricketts, inherited Piddington. Her son Charles Aubrey Ricketts inherited the manor and took the name Charles Aubrey Aubrey. He died in 1901, leaving Piddington to Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 4th Baronet, who was the great grandson of Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet.
Portrait of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th Baronet, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton Wynnstay the family seat, 1793 Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1768 Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (23 September 1749 – 24 July 1789) was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts. The Williams-Wynn baronets had been begun in 1688 by the politician Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, but had inherited, in the time of the 3rd baronet, Sir Watkin's father, the estates of the Wynn baronets, and changed their name to reflect this.
Colquhoun was the son and heir of Alan John Colquhuon, 6th baronet, and his first wife, Justine Henrietta Kennedy.Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage pg. 480 He succeeded his father as the 7th baronet in 1910, as Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss and Chief of the Clan Colquhoun. Sir Iain married Geraldine Bryde (Dinah) Tennant (a granddaughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet) on 10 February 1915, and they had two sons (the elder succeeded his father as 9th baronet) and three daughters.
The eighth Baronet was Ambassador to Austria from 1896 to 1900. The ninth Baronet was also a distinguished diplomat and served as Ambassador to Germany from 1928 to 1933. The tenth Baronet was Ambassador to Thailand and Austria. Sir (Horace) Algernon Fraser Rumbold (1906–1993), son of Colonel William Edwin Rumbold, second son of the eighth Baronet, was Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa from 1949 to 1953, Deputy Under-Secretary of State from 1958 to 1966 and author of Watershed in India 1914–1922.
Annesley had a family connection to Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet, founder of Downing College. Frances Downing, the 3rd Baronet's aunt as sister to Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet, married John Cotton, son of Sir John Cotton, 3rd Baronet. Their daughter, Frances Cotton, married John Hanbury, and was mother to Mary Hanbury, who was Annesley's mother. He was heir to Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet, but the effective founding of Downing College was long delayed by litigation with other parties, in which he was heavily involved.
Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, 2nd Baronet (June 1783 – 14 May 1854) was a British politician. The son of Sir John Ingilby, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Amcotts, he entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Retford in 1807. In the same year, he succeeded his maternal grandfather, Sir Wharton Amcotts, 1st Baronet, in his baronetcy by special remainder. Ingilby left Parliament in 1812, and succeeded his father as baronet in 1815, inheriting Ripley Castle in Yorkshire and Kettlethorpe Hall in Lincolnshire.
However, upon the third Baronet's death, his eldest son successfully claimed the original baronetcy, while his younger brother John succeeded in the baronetcy created by the new patent. The line of the fourth Baronet failed on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1740 and the baronetcy passed to the fourth Baronet of the 1670 creation. The second and third Baronets of this creation had represented Abingdon and Berkshire respectively in the House of Commons. The eleventh Baronet was a physician, Anglican clergyman and preacher.
Sir John Gawdy, 2nd Baronet (4 October 1639 –1699) was a Norfolk baronet and portrait miniaturist. Sir John Gawdy, 2nd Baronet self portrait John Gawdy was son to Sir William Gawdy (24 September 1612 – 18 August 1669), created 1st Baronet in 1663, of West Harling, Norfolk, and his wife Elizabeth, née Duffield (died 1653), daughter to John Duffield of East Wretham. Gawdy succeeded to the baronetcy in 1669 upon the death of his father. His elder brother Bassingbourne had died of smallpox in 1660.
Sir Christopher George Ridley Nugent, 6th Baronet (born October 5, 1949) is a British Baronet. He is the son of Sir Robin George Colborne Nugent, 5th Baronet, and is descended from Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet for whom the Baronetcy was created. Through Sir George Nugent's wife Maria Skinner Sir Christopher is descendant from the Schuyler family and the Van Cortlandt family of British North AmericaBurke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 2.
Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet (7 November 1654 – 4 June 1729) was an English politician. He was the fifth son of Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Leslie, daughter of the 1st Earl of Leven. Delaval succeeded his older brother Ralph as baronet in 1696. Delaval sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Morpeth from 1701 until 1705.
Sir Thomas Alston, 5th Baronet (23 March 1724 – 18 July 1774) was an English Baronet and Member of Parliament.Namier et al., The House of Commons 1754-1790, Vol. 3, p.18 Thomas Alston was the eldest son of Sir Rowland Alston, 4th Baronet of Odell, Bedfordshire,Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses seems confused, making him the second son of a Sir Rowland, Bart.
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet (12 December 1704 – 21 November 1789) was an Irish politician. He was the third son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet and Alice Wyndham, daughter of Colonel John Wyndham. In 1763, he succeeded his nephew Wyndham as baronet. Knatchbull was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Armagh Borough in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 until 1760.
Charles Bayly, younger son of the first Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Paget Bayly, younger son of the second Baronet, was also a captain in the Royal Navy. Nicholas Bayly, younger son of the second Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Anglesey. In 1727, the town of Uxbridge, in the Massachusetts Colony, was named after the Earl of Uxbridge.
Fuller-Acland-Hood was the son of Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland- Hood, 3rd Baronet, by his wife Isabel, daughter of Sir Peregrine Palmer- Fuller-Acland, 2nd Baronet. He was a descendant of Alexander Hood, uncle of Lord Hood and Lord Bridport. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1892. In 1905 he also succeeded his kinsman as 6th Baronet of Hartington Hall.thepeerage.
Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet (25 April 1653 - 18 July 1691) was an English politician. He was the oldest son of Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet, and Mary Milward, daughter of Robert Milward. Bowyer was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) in 1669. Three years ago, he had succeeded his father as baronet.
Sir William Maynard, 1st Baronet (6 October 1641 – 7 November 1685) was an English politician and baronet. He was the third and eldest surviving son of Charles Maynard and his wife Mary Corsellis, daughter of Zeager Corsellis, of London. His uncle was William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard. On 1 February 1681, Maynard was created a Baronet, of Walthamstow, in the County of Essex.
Born in London, he was the son of Sir Lawrence Palk, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Anna Eleanora Wrey, daughter of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet. Palk was educated at Eton College in Berkshire. In 1860, he succeeded his father as baronet. Palk entered the British House of Commons for South Devon in 1854 and sat for the constituency until 1868.
He was the grandson of William Beaumont, younger son of the first Baronet. Beaumont was High Sheriff of Leicestershire from 1761 to 1762. His son, the seventh Baronet, represented Beeralston in the House of Commons but is best remembered as an art patron and amateur painter. He died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the eighth Baronet.
The seventh Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of County Galway. Three other members of the family may also be mentioned. Charles Granby Burke (1814–1898), second son of the second Baronet, was Master of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland) from 1852 to 1882. James Henry Burke (1816–1882), third son of the second Baronet, was a Major-General in the Bombay Engineers.
He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned second Baronet, whose wife was elevated to the peerage in 1797. On his death the baronetcy passed to his son, the third Baronet, and then to the latter's son, the fourth Baronet, who in 1817 succeeded his grandmother as second Baron Crofton. The family seat was Mote House, near Ballymurray, County Roscommon.
Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet (c. 1714 - 1 April 1759) was a British baronet and Tory politician. He was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet and his wife Theodosia Bramstone, only daughter of George Bramstone. Abdy was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1731 and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1732.
He married Arabella Williams, daughter and eventual heiress of Thomas Williams (d.1792) of Edwinsford, Llandeilo, in Carmarthenshire, himself the heir of his elder brother Sir Nicholas Williams, 1st Baronet (1681–1745) of Edwinsford. Their son, the second Baronet, assumed the additional surname of Williams in 1798. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baronet, in 1861.
In 1822 Warrender was admitted to the Privy Council. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the fifth Baronet. His grandson, the seventh Baronet, was a Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy. He was succeeded by his son, the eighth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Bruntisfield, of Boroughmuir in the City of Edinburgh, in 1942.
He won a gold medal in sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The title became extinct on his death in 1954. Two other members of the Coats family also gained distinction. George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar, was the younger brother of the first Baronet, while Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet (see Coats baronets), was the first cousin of the first Baronet.
Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet (?1731-86), of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, Wales was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1770 to 1786. Orielton in 1818 Owen was the eldest son of Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet and educated at Newcome's School in Hackney, London. He succeeded his father as 5th baronet and to Orielton, Pembrokeshire in 1781.
Sir Thomas Gower was created a baronet, of Sittenham in the County of York, by James I of England in 1620. This title was in the Baronetage of England. His son Thomas, the second Baronet, married Frances, daughter of Sir John Leveson. Their grandson William, the fourth Baronet (who succeeded his unmarried elder brother), assumed the additional surname of Leveson.
Sir Edward Boughton died and left his estate to Eliza Davies, his illegitimate daughter. She later married Sir George Charles Braithwaite, 2nd Baronet (1762–1809). Edward's brother Charles, who followed as 9th Baronet in 1794, had on 28 July 1791 been created a Baronet, of Boughton of Rouse Lench in the County of Worcester, in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. This line of the family failed on the death of his younger son, the fourth Baronet, in 1778. The late Baronet was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the first Earl of Roden. The family seat was Hyde Hall, near Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, and Tollymore Park, near Bryansford, County Down.
He was the son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothy, daughter of William Smelt. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford. Frankland was elected to parliament for in 1815, resigning his seat in 1834. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1831, and in 1836 inherited property from Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet, adding Russell to his surname.
Booth arms Insignia of a UK baronet Sir Alfred Allen Booth, 1st Baronet (1872–1948) was a British businessman and shipowner. A scion of the Booths of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, his great-grandfather moved to Liverpool in the mid-18th century. Booth was created a baronet in 1916 by H. H. Asquith for supporting Britain's war effort and services to industry.
His son, the fifth Baronet, represented Norfolk in Parliament. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned sixth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1797.George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900 Several other members of the Wodehouse family have also gained distinction. The author P. G. Wodehouse was the great-grandson of Reverend Philip Wodehouse, second son of the fifth Baronet.
The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Rochdale. The seventh and present Baronet is the presumed heir to the dormant Burnett Baronetcy of Leys. William Alexander Ramsay, eldest son of Captain Francis Ramsay, third son of the second Baronet, was a brigadier-general in the British Army. His son Sir Bertram Ramsay was an admiral in the Royal Navy.
His son, the second Baronet, represented Ilchester in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his only son, the third Baronet, a prominent politician who notably served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He married Lady Catherine Seymour, daughter of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset. His eldest son was the fourth Baronet, who succeeded as second Earl of Egremont in 1750.
Robert Munro married before he succeeded as 3rd Baronet of Foulis. He married his 2nd cousin Jean Munro, daughter of Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet of Foulis. They had eight children: # Sir John Munro, 4th Baronet of Foulis. # Hector Munro, who married Ann Fraser and according to historian Alexander Mackenzie, had seventeen children - all but two of which died in infancy.
His eldest son, the third Baronet, also represented Wenlock in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Warwickshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Wenlock in 1831. The fourth and sixth Baronets served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1743 and 1797 respectively.
He was the third son of Sir William Eden, 7th Baronet, of West Auckland, and 5th Baronet, of Maryland, while his nephew is fellow Conservative politician John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton. Moreover, Eden's great-great-grandfather Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland, was the elder brother of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, and Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley.
He was succeeded by his son from his first marriage, the 2nd Baronet. He married but died without male issue at a relatively early age and was succeeded by his half-brother, George, the 3rd Baronet, who settled in Ireland and was High Sheriff for cos. Armagh and Tyrone. His son, the 4th Baronet, represented County Armagh in the Irish House of Commons.
Sir James Laurence Cotter, 3rd Baronet (1782 – 31 December 1834) was an Anglo- Irish politician and baronet. Cotter was the son of Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet and Isabella Hingston, and the grandson of Sir James Cotter.John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1 (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832), p.
Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet (c. 1727 - 7 April 1787) was an English land- owner, mine-owner and the builder of Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal. Gresley was the son of Sir Thomas Gresley, 4th Baronet, and his first wife Dorothy Bowyer, daughter of Sir William Bowyer, 4th Baronet. He succeeded his brother who died of smallpox without issue in 1753.
The Rogers Baronetcy, of Wisdome in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created in 1699 for John Rogers, a merchant and Member of Parliament for Plymouth. His son, the second Baronet, and grandson, the third Baronet, also represented Plymouth in Parliament. The latter was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet.
Sir Reginald Blaker, 2nd Baronet TD (27 April 1900 – 3 January 1975) was a British Conservative politician. Blaker was the son of Sir John Blaker, 1st Baronet, Mayor of Brighton, and his wife Eliza (née Cowell). He was educated at Charterhouse and was later called to the Bar, Inner Temple. He succeeded his father in 1926, becoming the 2nd Baronet.
Both he and his younger brother and successor, Sir Thomas, the third Baronet, died childless. Sir Thomas was succeeded by his nephew, Sir Carbery, the fourth Baronet, the son of Carbery Pryse, third and youngest son of the fourth Baronet. Sir Carbery also sat as Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire. The title became extinct when he died without issue in 1694.
The Mansel Baronetcy of Muddlescombe, in the County of Carmarthen, was created in the Baronetage of England on 14 January 1622 for Francis Mansel. He was the younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1611 creation. The ninth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire. There was great confusion over the succession after the death of the eleventh Baronet in 1883.
The fourth Baronet represented Newport and Cornwall in the House of Commons. The fifth and sixth Baronets sat as Members of Parliament for Cornwall. The eighth Baronet was a prominent Radical politician and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from July to October in 1855. The eleventh Baronet, who had no children, represented Bodmin in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist.
The Everard Baronetcy, of Much Waltham in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 January 1629 for Richard Everard. The second Baronet represented Westmorland in Parliament from 1661 to 1678. The fourth Baronet served as Governor of North Carolina from 1725 to 1731. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1745.
The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Durham 1723–1747. The fifth (1747–88) and sixth Baronets (1789–1810) also served in that office. The seventh Baronet sat as Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for County Durham 1831-2, and Sunderland 1847 and was High Sheriff in 1840. The eighth Baronet represented Durham North in the House of Commons 1864–74.
Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon, 3rd Baronet (3 February 1811 – 27 October 1872) was a British civil servant and Baronet of Halkin. He was the husband of Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon, the English writer on Egypt.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, the eleventh and (as of 2007) present holder of the title. He is the great-grandson of Digby Cayley, second son of the seventh Baronet.
David was born in Bombay into a Jewish family in British India that originated in Baghdad. His father, Sir Sassoon David, 1st Baronet, founded the Bank of India.Sir Percival David, 2nd Baronet (Biographical details). British Museum.
Also, Sir Booth Gore, 1st Baronet, of Artarman, was a descendant of Sir Francis Gore, fourth son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet, of Magherabegg. The family seat is Castle Hill House, near Filleigh, North Devon.
His grandson, the fifth Baronet, was Director-General of the Forestry Commission between 1962 and 1968. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the seventh Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2013.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Croft, of Croft Castle, County Hereford on 30 November 1790 upon the death of his brother, Sir Archer Croft, 3rd Baronet Croft, who had died without male issue.
Sir James Lloyd (21 May 1762 – 24 October 1844), 1st Baronet, was a Sussex landowner, militia officer and long-serving Member of Parliament, who was created a baronet but left no son to inherit the title.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son, the fifth Baronet. He was a landscape painter. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Baronet. He served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.
Also a bachelor, the sixth baronet was succeeded by his younger brother Sir Guy, the seventh and last baronet, in 1973. He was likewise a bachelor and the title became extinct upon his death in 1989.
Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke, 2nd Baronet (22 June 1791 in Northamptonshire – 6 December 1858) was a British baronet and travel writer, Fellow of the Royal Society (1823) and co-establisher of the Raleigh Club (1827).
He was survived by wife, Hester (daughter of Sir Edward Tyrrell of Thornton, Buckinghamshire), by his sons, the 3rd Baronet Thomas, the 4th and last Baronet John and a daughter, Hester, who married Sir Robert Cotton.
He is the great-grandson of John Buchan-Hepburn, younger son of the second Baronet. The family surname is pronounced "Bukkan-Hebburn". Patrick Buchan- Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, was the third son of the fourth Baronet.
The grave of Admiral Sir William Ramsay and Dean Ramsay, St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh Ramsay was born at Balmain House in Aberdeenshire, the sixth son of Alexander Burnett (later known as Sir Alexander Ramsay, 1st Baronet of Balmain), and his wife, Elizabeth Bannerman, daughter of Sir Alexander Bannerman, 4th Baronet. Alexander Burnett was the second son of Catherine Ramsay, the granddaughter of Sir Charles Ramsay, 3rd Baronet of Balmain of an earlier creation (1625) in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, which was inherited by Catherine's brother Alexander. Catherine Ramsay married Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 6th Baronet and their elder son, Robert, inherited the Burnett baronetcy. Catherine's brother Alexander, the 6th Baronet, died without sons in 1806 (though two relatives styled themselves as the next baronet, without proving parentage), at which point the Nova Scotia baronetcy either became extinct or dormant.
Arms of Freke: Sable, two bars or in chief three mullets of the last Sir John Redmond Freke, 3rd Baronet (died 13 April 1764) was a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain and a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. He was the younger son of Sir Ralph Freke, 1st Baronet, by his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet. Elizabeth Meade's mother was Elizabeth Redman, the daughter and co-heir of Colonel Daniel Redman of Ballylinch, County Kilkenny. John Redmond Freke succeeded to the baronetcy bestowed on his father on 10 April 1728, on the death of his elder brother Percy, the second baronet.
In 1855, he was succeeded in the barony of Inchiquin by his distant relative Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Baronet, who became the 13th Baron Inchiquin. The O'Brien Baronetcy, of Leaghmenagh in the County of Clare, had been created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1686 for Donough O'Brien, who had earlier represented County Clare in the Irish House of Commons. He was the great-great-grandson and namesake of Donough O'Brien (died 1582), younger son of the first Earl of Thomond and first Baron Inchiquin. His grandson, the second baronet, great-grandson the third baronet, and great-great-grandson the fourth baronet, also represented County Clare in the Irish Parliament, with the fourth baronet also representing Ennis.
Through his eldest son Sir Thomas, he was a grandfather of Margaret Nicolson (mother of Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff, MP for Linlithgowshire and Margaret Nicolson, wife of William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian) and Thomas Nicolson (1649–1670), who married Jean Napier and succeeded Sir Thomas as the 3rd Baronet in 1664. The 3rd Baronet was the father of Thomas Nicolson (1669–1688), who became the 4th Baronet as well as the 4th Lord Napier, which he inherited from his maternal uncle, Archibald Napier, 3rd Lord Napier. As the 4th Baronet died in 1688, unmarried and childless, the Carnock estate and the baronetcy passed to his paternal uncle, the 1st Baronets grandson, Sir Thomas Nicolson, 5th Baronet (d. 1699).
Colonel John Dyke Acland, eldest son of the seventh Baronet and father of the eighth Baronet, fought in the American Revolutionary War. Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland (1885–1980), son of John Edward Acland, son of Arthur Henry Dyke Troyte (who assumed the surname of Troyte in lieu of his patronymic by Royal licence in 1852), second son of the tenth Baronet, was a lieutenant-general in the Army. Edward Leopold Dyke Acland (1878–1968), grandson of Reverend Peter Leopold Dyke Acland, fifth son of the tenth Baronet, was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy. The Right Reverend Richard Dyke Acland, grandson of Reverend Peter Leopold Dyke Acland, fifth son of the tenth Baronet, was a noted clergyman.
Arms of St Aubyn: Ermine, on a cross sable five bezants Sir John St Aubyn, 4th Baronet (1726–1772),Risdon, p.400 was the son of Sir John St Aubyn, 3rd Baronet (1696–1744) by his wife Catherine Morice, sister and in her issue co-heoress of Sir William Morice, 3rd Baronet (-1750). The son of the 4th Baronet was Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet (1758–1839), the owner of the estate in 1810 when it was stated of his inheritance of Stoke Damerel and Mount Wise: "The value of this property has probably increased as much as that of any landed property of its extent in the kingdom".Risdon, 1810 Additions, p.
Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth MacKenzie Douglas, 1st Baronet (1754–1833), born Kenneth MacKenzie, was the first baronet of the Douglas of Glenbervie, Kincardine Baronetcy (second creation). He was created baronet in 1831.A New General Biographical Dictionary, Hugh James Rose Born as Kenneth MacKenzie in Dundee in 1754, his father was Kenneth Mackenzie, of Kilcoy, Ross-shire, and his mother Janet, a daughter of Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet of Glenbervie (first creation).David Gates, ‘Mackenzie, Kenneth (later Sir Kenneth Douglas, first baronet) (1754–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2008 He was commissioned as an ensign in the 33rd Foot in 1767, and was promoted lieutenant in 1775.
Sir Christopher Wray, 2nd and 6th Baronet (1652–1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1675 to 1679. Wray was the eldest son of Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Ashby and his wife Olympia Tufton, daughter of Sir Humfrey Tufton, 1st Baronet of the Mote, Maidstone.George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 3 1660 creation He matriculated at University College, Oxford on 19 December 1668, aged 16. He succeeded as 2nd Baronet to the 1660 Baronetcy of Ashby on the death of his father on 17 October 1669, and as 6th Baronet to the 1611 Baronetcy of Glentworth on the death of his lunatic cousin Sir Bethell Wray in February 1672.
Sir John Saunders Sebright, 7th Baronet, (23 May 1767 – 15 April 1846), of Besford, Worcestershire, and Beechwood Park, Hertfordshire, was an English politician and agricultural innovator. Sir John Sebright, 7th Baronet, 1834 engraving by Samuel William Reynolds.
The English Zionist and biographer Blanche Dugdale, mother-in-law of the owner, Sir James Fergusson, 8th Baronet, died at Kilkerran House on 16 May 1948. His son, Sir Charles Fergusson, 9th Baronet, is the current resident.
The first Baronet was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He fought in the Civil War as a colonel in the Royalist Army and was killed in action during the Siege of Gloucester in 1643.
The third represented Gloucestershire and Great Marlow in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Aylesbury. The fifth Baronet represented Gloucestershire in Parliament. This title became extinct on his death in 1783.
Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet of Castle Goring (7 September 1753 – 24 April 1844) was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet of Castle Goring and the father of Romantic poet and dramatist Percy Bysshe Shelley.
He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He also represented Lancaster in the House of Commons. On his death the title passed to his son, the third Baronet. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland.
Sir Harry Morton Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet, CBE (18 July 1911 – 15 November 1999) was a British equestrian champion. He was born in Aberdare, South Wales, the second son of a colliery owner, Sir David Llewellyn, 1st Baronet.
Both were opposed to the Act of Union and predeceased their father. The latter was succeeded by his third son, Neale, the second Baronet. The title became dormant on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1889.
Sir Mark Prescott, 3rd Baronet (born 1948), is a race horse trainer with over 1300 winners to his name. An English baronet he inherited his baronetcy from his uncle and obtained his first trainer's licence in 1970.
Douglas Hyde was elected at a by-election to replace him. He married Mary Adelaide, only surviving daughter of Sir William Compton Domvile, 3rd Baronet. He was succeeded by his son Hugo, the 2nd and last Baronet.
Following the death of his father Sir Henry Atkins, 4th Baronet he became the 5th Atkins baronet of Clapham, at the age of just two years old. He died at the young age of 16 in 1742.
Kemeys died unmarried on 29 January 1735. His estate passed to his sister, who married Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet of Halswell, Somerset. Their son Sir Charles Tynte, 5th Baronet was Tory MP for Monmouthshire and Somerset.
Sir Harry Jephcott, 1st Baronet (15 January 1891 – 29 May 1978) was a British pharmaceutical industrialist.Richard Davenport-Hines, Jephcott, Sir Harry, first baronet (1891–1978). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004. Frank Hartlet, Sir Harry Jephcott.
The Labour politician Benjamin Whitaker was the brother of the third Baronet.
Sir James Galbraith, 1st Baronet ( – 30 April 1827) was an Irish politician.
The poet Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw was the wife of the fourth Baronet.
Rosalind Stracey (1907–2005), daughter of the seventh Baronet, was a sculptor.
In the 1961 New Year Honours Bowman was created as a baronet.
Her paternal grandparents were Sir John Smythe, 3rd Baronet, and Constantia Blount.
Yonge married his cousin, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, baronet.
Russell was the son of Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham.
Sir David Graaff, 1st Baronet was a founder, chairman and major shareholder.
They had two children, including George Michael Russell who succeeded as baronet.
The first Baronet was the father of English diplomat, George William Chad.
His estates were left to his relative Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet.
He was created a Baronet of the Eyot, on 27 January 1931.
Burton was a cousin of the poet Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet.
The Australian pastoralist, Robert Christison, was the nephew of the first Baronet.
Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness, was the uncle of the first Baronet.
The third Baronet also became Chairman of Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd.
The third Baronet was Mayor of St Helens from 1913 to 1915.
He was succeeded by his son as 2nd Baronet. The latter was Member of Parliament for Calne, Lostwithiel, Blechingley and Dunwich. His only son Francis, the apparent third Baronet died unmarried and childless on sea on the way to the West Indies between November and December 1740, when the baronetcy became legally extinct. Yet the 2nd Baronet had faked his death; his son could not have succeeded him and the Chancery Court in 1739 had granted his property to his creditor, leaving the 3rd Baronet without significant assets.
Lewis Bayly (died 1631), grandfather of the first Baronet, was Bishop of Bangor. His son Nicholas Bayly, father of the first Baronet, was a member of the Irish House of Commons for Newry. The Very Reverend Edward Bayly, younger son of the first Baronet, was Archdeacon of Dublin. Lambert Bayly, younger son of the first Baronet, was the father of the Very Reverend John Bayly, Dean of Killaloe, who was the grandfather of (1) Paget Bayly, a major-general in the Army, and (2) John Bayly, a general in the Army.
Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, 2nd Baronet DL (18 March 1791 – 3 March 1880) was a British baronet and Whig politician. He was the only son of Sir Joseph Birch, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Mary, third daughter of Benjamin Heywood. Birch was educated at Rugby School and went then to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1813 and a Master of Arts three years later. In 1817, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn and in 1833, he succeeded his father as baronet.
Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet Memorial to Sir William Lowther in Cartmel Priory Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1727 – 15 April 1756) was an English landowner, of Marske Hall, Yorkshire and Holker Hall. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish. In January 1755, he inherited the Whitehaven estates and coal mines from his fourth cousin once removed, Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, and succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Cumberland. However, he died unmarried in 1756, last of his line.
James, second son of the first Baronet, was father of the first Baronet of Isfield (see below). The Smyth Baronetcy, of Isfield in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 2 December 1714 for James Smyth. His father, Sir James Smyth (1633–1706), Lord Mayor of London, was the second son of the first Baronet of Upton (see above). The third Baronet was aide de camp to General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec. The title became extinct on his death in 1811.
The second Baronet also represented Norfolk in the House of Commons. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1764. The Hare Baronetcy, of Stow Hall in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 December 1818 for Thomas Hare. He was the grandson of Thomas Leigh (a member of the same family as the Barons Leigh), husband of Mary, second daughter of the second Baronet of the 1641 creation and sister and co-heiress of the fifth Baronet of the 1641 creation.
The Baronetcy, of Mersham Hatch in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1641 for Norton Knatchbull, who represented Kent and New Romney in the House of Commons. His son, the second Baronet, also represented these constituencies in Parliament. His nephew, the fourth Baronet (who had succeeded his father, a younger brother of the second Baronet), sat as Member of Parliament for Rochester, Kent and Lostwithiel. He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Baronet, who served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1733.
His father William Baird had inherited the Newbyth estate in 1745 on the death of Sir John Baird, 3rd Baronet, of the 1660 and 1680 creations. The baronetcy was created with remainder to Baird's elder brother Robert Baird and the heirs male of his body. Baird died childless and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew David Baird, the second Baronet. As a descendant of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet, of Saughton Hall, the present Baronet of Newbyth is also in remainder to this title.
Hugh was the youngest son of Charles Evelyn, by Philippa Wright, the daughter of Fortunatus Wright, the privateer. Charles Evelyn was the only son of another Charles Evelyn, who was the brother of Sir John Evelyn, 2nd Baronet, and the second son of Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet of Wotton. The elder Charles, of Yarlington, Somerset, died aged 40 in January 1748, while the younger Charles died before 1781. As the third baronet, Sir Frederick Evelyn, had no children, Sir John Evelyn, 4th Baronet, his first cousin once removed, was his nearest male heir.
Four years later the baronetcy held by his father-in-law was revived in his favour. His grandson, the third Baronet (who succeeded his father), was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Conservative politician. His third and youngest son, the fifth Baronet (who succeeded his childless elder brother), was a Clerk in the Foreign Office from 1887 to 1895 and in the Privy Council Office from 1895 to 1928. On his death the line of the third Baronet failed and the title passed to the late Baronet's first cousin twice removed, the sixth Baronet.
The third Baronet who served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1844 was succeeded by his brother. The fifth Baronet was the nephew of both the 3rd and 4th Baronets, and the son of Rev Henry Charles Hawley, Rector of Leybourne. The sixth Baronet died without issue and was succeeded by his nephew who was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1962. The eighth Baronet, who did not use his title, had not attempted to prove his succession and was therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1988.
He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. In 1689 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Peterborough in Lincolnshire, a seat he held until 1698, and then represented Bishop's Castle from 1698 to 1700. In 1697 he succeeded his elder brother Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet (1659-1697), builder of the surviving Belton House, who committed suicide, as the 4th Baronet, and inherited his estates including Belton, which the 3rd Baronet had inherited from their childless great uncle Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1678) of Belton.
Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, the home of Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (24 June 1708England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 – 7 June 1748) was an English baronet and politician. He was the oldest son of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, of Calke Abbey, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. Harpur was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1744 to 1747, and for Tamworth from 1747 until his death in 1748, aged 40.
Sir James Dixon 2nd Bt. Dixon was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, to Baronet Sir James Dixon 2nd Baronet Hyewortone and Lady Catherine Fenwicke. His father James Dixon was a successful merchant and landowner of Scottish Border Reiver descent, who made his fortune trading in Ontario, Canada. His mother was the daughter of Sir William Fenwick, 2nd Baronet, and also a wealthy heiress following the death of her brother Sir John Fenwick 3rd Baronet 1701. He was sent to Magdalen College, Oxford to study for the priesthood age 14.
However, the costs of maintaining the estates and the burden of death duties became too great, and Sir Watkin, 8th Baronet, was forced to sell Bodelwyddan Castle and estate by 1925 and Wynnstay in 1948.Bodelwyddan Castle Llwydiarth estate in Montgomeryshire was also sold and the Glan-llyn estate in Merionethshire accepted by the government in lieu of death duties. The baronet retired to the Llangedwyn estate. The ninth Baronet was Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire, and the tenth Baronet served as Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire and of Clwyd.
A watercolour executed by Oglander's wife before their marriage Arms of Oglander: Azure, a stork between three cross-croslets fitchée or Chest tomb of Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet, St Mary's Church, Brading Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet (1811-1874) was the son of Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet and Maria Anne Fitzroy. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1852. In 1845 Oglander married Louisa Leeds,Charles Miller Ltd a daughter of Sir George Leeds, 1st Baronet. In 1854, he was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
He was the oldest son of Sir Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet and his second wife Lucy le Strange, youngest daughter of Sir Nicholas le Strange, 4th Baronet, and was baptised at Hindolveston in Norfolk three days after his birth. He was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1747. In 1760, Astley succeeded his father as baronet. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1763–64 and in 1768 stood successfully as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk, the same constituency his great-grandfather Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet had represented, too.
Sir Walter Wrottesley, 3rd Baronet (c.1659–1712), of Wrottesley Hall, then in Tettenhall, today Perton, in Staffordshire, England. Sir Walter Wrottesley was son to Sir Walter Wrottesley, 2nd Baronet (c.1632–c.1686), and Margaret Wollryche, daughter to Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet. Wrottesley matriculated for Magdalen College, Oxford in 1675. He became the 3rd Baronet on the death of his father in 1686.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, ed. Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, USABurke, John (1832), A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Vol.
The Bridges Baronetcy, of Goodnestone in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 19 April 1718 for Brook Bridges. His son the second Baronet, died in 1733 whilst in office as High Sheriff of Kent. His grandson, the third Baronet, represented Kent in the House of Commons. In 1842, the fifth Baronet (the grandson of the third Baronet), unsuccessfully claimed the ancient barony of FitzWalter (which had been in abeyance since 1756) as a descendant of Mary, sister of the seventeenth Baron FitzWalter.
In 1683 Frankland married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Sir John Russell, 4th Baronet, of Chippenham and his wife Frances Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell. His son, the third Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament for Harwich and Thirsk and served as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1730 to 1741. He was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet, who notably served as Consul- General in Lisbon. The fourth Baronet's younger brother, the fifth Baronet, was an Admiral of the White and also represented Thirsk in Parliament for over 30 years.
In February 1667, he had married Margaret Penn, daughter of Sir William Penn, and had one son, Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet (1670–1705), who was created a baronet in 1697 and became MP for Lancaster in 1702.
He was the son of Admiral William Dickson. The second Baronet was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Baronet. He was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.
The eighth Baronet represented Renfrewshire East in the House of Commons from 1886 to 1906 and was Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1922 to 1942. The ninth Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1950 to 1967.
Sir Thomas Musgrave, 7th Baronet (1737–1812) was the sixth son and only surviving heir of Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Baronet of Hayton Castle, Cumberland by his wife, the second daughter of John Hylton of Hylton Castle, Durham.
Sir John Milne Barbour, 1st Baronet JP, DL (1868 – 3 October 1951) was a Northern Irish politician and baronet. As a member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland he was styled The Right Honourable Sir Milne Barbour.
He was Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party at Westminster. In 1936, when appointed Sheriff of Down, he was created a Baronet, of Rademon. (Prior to his creation as a baronet, he was known as "D. D. Reid").
Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Baronet (1563 – 5 August 1627) of Braxtead Magna, in Essex, was knighted by James I in 1603, created a baronet in 1612 and sat as a Member of Parliament (M.P.) from 1621 to 1622.
Douglas was born in 1837, the eldest son of Sir Robert Andrews Douglas, 2nd Baronet of Douglas of Glenbervie. His grandfather, the 1st Baronet, was Kenneth Douglas, born Kenneth MacKenzie. The 3rd Baronet was educated at first in Jersey and completed his studies in Hampshire. He was gazetted into the 57th Regiment in 1854 and very quickly was on active service in the Crimean War.
The fifth Baronet represented Ipswich, Thetford and Suffolk in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1766. The Barker Baronetcy, of Hambleton in the County of Rutland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 9 September 1665 for Abel Barker, Member of Parliament for Rutland. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1707.
He served as Solicitor-General for Ireland between 1800 and 1801, and as Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) from 1801 to 1836. The fourth baronet published a work on warships. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1970. Thomas Cusack-Smith, younger son of the second Baronet, served Attorney-General for Ireland and as Master of the Rolls in Ireland.
Sir William Norwich, 4th Baronet The Norwich Baronetcy, of Brampton in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 24 July 1641 for John Norwich, Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire and Northampton. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Northampton. The title is presumed to have become extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1742.
He married as his second wife Alice Lady Barker, widow of Sir John Barker, 6th Baronet, of Sproughton, Suffolk, daughter of Sir Comport Fytche, 2nd Baronet of Eltham, Kent. Broke died on 21 September 1762 leaving one son by his first marriage, who was Philip Bowes Broke (1749–1801). the father of theRoyal Navy officer Rear Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet KCB (1776–1841).
Their daughter Penelope married Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament for . The third daughter Catherine married Sir Robert Bankes Jenkinson, 4th Baronet. The other daughters were Margaret (who died young), and Anne who married Anthony Cope (he was son of Jonathan Cope and brother of Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet, both MPs). Robert the son died in 1728, in Paris, before his father.
Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet, is the eldest son of Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott, the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch. HRH Princess Margaret was his sponsor at his christening. He became the 4th baronet on the death of his father in 2007. Gilmour was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.
Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet (c. 1694 – 6 March 1763) was an English landowner from Swillington, and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was the eldest son of Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet by his wife, Annabella Maynard. He was educated at schools in Wakefield and Leeds before being admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, as a fellow-commoner on 28 February 1713.
Sir John Barrington, 7th Baronet (c. 1707– 4 May 1776) of Barrington Hall, Essex was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for a total of 36 years between 1729 and 1775. Barrington Hall Barrington was the elder son of Sir John Barrington, 6th Baronet and his wife Susan Draper, daughter of George Draper. He succeeded his father as baronet in August 1717.
It was created on 28 February 1672 for William Lockhart. The fourth Baronet used the surname Ross-Lockhart, which was also borne by the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth Baronets. The sixth Baronet was an admiral in the Royal Navy and sat as Member of Parliament for Lanark and Lanarkshire. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Tain Burghs, Ross-shire and Linlithgow Burghs.
The sixth Baronet married Margaret Anne, daughter and heiress of Edward Paston. In 1830 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Paston. The eighth Baronet was a Major in the 3rd Battalion of the Liverpool Regiment, and served in the Second Boer War. The present Baronet is a co-heir to the ancient barony of Grandison, which has been in abeyance since 1375.
Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803 – 9 May 1874) was a distinguished soldier in the British Indian Army, who fought at the siege of Bharatpur in 1825-6, and was commended for his part in the capture of Delhi when that city staged a rebellion against British colonial government, being made K.C.B. 17 November 1853, and created a baronet 8 January 1858.
The Reade Baronetcy, of Barton in the County of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 March 1661 for Compton Reade. He was the nephew of the first Baronet of the 1642 creation. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Cricklade. Lieutenant-General George Reade, fourth son of the second Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury.
The Willoughby Baronetcy, of Baldon House in the County of Oxford, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 8 December 1794 for Christopher Willoughby. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Evesham. The fourth Baronet represented Leominster in the House of Commons. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1918.
The third Baronet was a noted eccentric. He assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Stewart in 1932 but discontinued it by deed poll in 1946. He also assumed the forename of Hugh in lieu of Herbert, but later changed it to Sammy Parks. The fourth Baronet is the nephew of the third baronet: his heir is his eldest son, Gavin Rankin (b.1962).
Other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Norwich Troubridge, second son of the second baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Laura, Lady Troubridge, wife of the fourth baronet, was a writer for Mills and Boon and author of The Book of Etiquette (1926). Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge (1862–1926), was a younger son of the third baronet and grandfather of the sixth.
His grandson, the sixth Baronet, was a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire and served as High Sheriff of the county from 1970 to 1971. As of 2007 the title is held by his nephew, the seventh Baronet, who succeeded in 1993. He is the son of Richard Heywood Pelly, second son of the fifth Baronet. Several other members of the Pelly family have also gained distinction.
In 1805, the 5th Baronet entertained the Prince Regent and the Duke of Clarence at Loton. Sir Baldwin Leighton, 6th Baronet was wounded in the American War of Independence, was a Brigadier in Portugal and Governor of Carrickfergus Castle. The house is currently the home of Sir Michael Leighton, 11th Baronet. The estate is also prominent in motorsport as the location of the Loton Park Hill Climb.
The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Midlothian. He assumed the additional surname of Ramsay. The fifth Baronet and his successors have used the surname of Maitland only. As of 13 June 2007 the presumed tenth and present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the baronetage, with the baronetcy dormant since 1994.
Frank Green was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in 1861. He was the second son of Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet, a Yorkshire industrialist and Mary Lycett. His elder brother Edward Lycett Green was born in 1860 and would become 2nd Baronet after his father died. The father, Sir Edward was created a baronet for services to politics and was at one time MP for Wakefield.
The fourth Baronet was Chairman of the Cunard Steam Ship Company and High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1920. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1969 and was decorated with an MC in 1942. As of 2014 the title is held by his great- grandson, the seventh Baronet, who succeeded his uncle in 2002. The family seat is Gyrn Castle, near Holywell, Clwyd.
Sir Henry Neville Dering, 9th Baronet, (21 September 1839 - 25 August 1906) was a British diplomat. Dering was the son of Sir Edward Dering, 8th Baronet, a Liberal Party politician. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1896. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Mexico 1894-1900, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil 1900-1906.
The fourth Baronet was missing for many years. On 11 March 1924 an order was issued in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, presuming his death to have occurred on 31 December 1909. James William Rivett-Carnac, a younger son of the sixth Baronet, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. Admiral John Rivett-Carnac was the younger brother of the first Baronet.
The second Baronet represented King's County in the House of Commons as a Liberal for over thirty years. The third Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of County Cork. As of 2007 the presumed seventh and present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant. For more information, follow this link.
The eighth Baronet was a colonel in the Royal Corps of Signals. Two other members of the family have also gained distinction. Philip Herbert Mackworth (1897–1958), great-grandson of Herbert Mackworth, second son of the third Baronet, was an air vice-marshal in the Royal Air Force. Geoffrey Mackworth, fifth son of the sixth Baronet, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.
On his death a legal dispute arose as to the succession, settled in favour of Captain John Twisden, son of the disinherited William. His son John Francis was reinstated as de jure seventh Baronet. The baronetcy was briefly in abeyance following the death in 1907 of the tenth Baronet without issue. The title was revived in 1909 for his uncle John Francis the eleventh Baronet.
Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet had married in July 1619 at Tongue, Sutherland, in Scotland. He married Mary Mackay, daughter of Hugh Mackay of Farr, Sutherland, chief of the Clan Mackay. Mary was also the sister of Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay. Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet and Mary Mackay had four children: #Sir Hector Munro, 2nd Baronet (successor as chief of the Clan Munro).
Leslie was born on 7 August 1857. He was the only son of Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer. His father was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Monaghan from 1871 to 1880 and was created a baronet in 1876. After his father's death in January 1916, Leslie succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Leslie, of Glaslough.
On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the 4th Baronet. His grandson, the 6th Baronet (who succeeded his father), was Administrator of St Kitts and Nevis from 1904 to 1906. He had no sons and on his early death the title passed to his younger brother, the 7th Baronet, High Sheriff of Westmorland in 1901 and also a Deputy Lieutenant of the county.
His elder son, the second Baronet, represented Warwick and Staffordshire in the House of Commons. His son, the third Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Baronet. On the latter's death in 1701 without surviving male issue the title became extinct. The Bowyer baronetcy, of Radley in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1794.
His elder son Richard, the second baronet, was also an MP, as was his younger son John Grobham Howe (died 1679). Sir Richard Grobham Howe, the third baronet, was MP for Tamworth, Cirencester and Wiltshire. Sir Emanuel Scrope Howe, 4th Baronet became the 2nd Viscount Howe on the death of his father in 1713 and the baronetcy which he inherited in 1730 was merged with his viscountcy.
Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet of Birr Castle (6 May 1731 – 1 May 1791) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the son of Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Baronet and Mary Sprigge. From 1757 until his death in 1797, Parsons served as Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish House of Commons for King's County. He was High Sheriff of King's County in 1779.
Combermere Abbey, the Cotton family seat in Cheshire Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, 4th Baronet (c. 1705 - 14 August 1775) was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Denbighshire. He was the son of Sir Thomas Cotton and his wife Philadelphia Lynch. He was the younger brother of the 3rd Baronet, Robert Salusbury Cotton who predeceased him without issue in 1748 and whom he thereby succeeded as 4th Baronet.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1728. The Morgan Baronetcy, of Llangattock (apparently either Llangattock Lingoed or Llangattock-Vibon-Avel) in the County of Monmouth, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 February 1661 for Thomas Morgan. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Radnor and Herefordshire. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Herefordshire.
The eighth Baronet was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1895. The tenth Baronet was a pioneer of the British documentary film industry. Frederick Coulthurst Elton, great-grandson of Isaac Elton, great-grandson of Jacob Elton, third son of the first Baronet, was a colonel in the British Army. His son Frederick Algernon George Young Elton (1867–1921), was a brigadier-general in the Royal Artillery.
Littleton's son and heir, Edward, a horseracing enthusiast but an unenthusiastic MP like his father, died in 1706, predeceasing his father, after a notable career as an administrator in India. However, this Edward had a son, also Edward. This grandson of the baronet was thus destined to become Sir Edward Littleton, 3rd Baronet. The 2nd Baronet died in 1709 and was buried at Tamworth on 31 July.
Sir John Leman Rogers, 6th Baronet (18 April 1780 – 10 December 1847) was a British politician and composer. Born in Plymouth in Devon, he was the eldest son of Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet and Jane Lillicrap, daughter of John Lillicrap. Baptised in Cornwood on 5 October 1780, Rogers was educated at Winchester College in 1795. Two years later, he succeeded his father as baronet.
He was the son of Thomas Warburton of Winnington Hall by his wife Anne, second daughter of Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Penrhyn.George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 (1819) p. 111. Thomas Warburton was the son of Sir George Warburton, 1st Baronet, of Arley, by his second wife Diana, daughter of Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet, of Parham.
Acland was born at Holnicote, near Porlock, Somerset, the second son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, and Mary, daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet, was his elder brother.thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, 9th/13th Bt. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1867.
Born in Chelsea, London,Wikitree Archibald Sinclair Sinclair was the son of a Scottish father and an American mother. He was the great-great-grandson of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet. In 1912, he succeeded his grandfather, Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet, as the fourth Baronet, of Ulbster. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1910.
On his death in 1930 the title passed to his son, the eleventh Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1936 and was a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. His son, the twelfth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1972. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's second but eldest surviving son, the thirteenth Baronet, who succeeded in 1985.
The third Baronet represented Chippenham and Glamorganshire in the House of Commons. The tenth Baronet was admitted to the Privy Council in 1958. The Thomas Baronetcy, of Yapton in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 6 September 1766 for George Thomas, Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1753 to 1766. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Arundel.
On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the seventh Baronet. As of 2008 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the ninth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2000. Other members of the family may also be mentioned. Nevill Coghill, eldest son of the fourth Baronet, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Anglo-Zulu War.
The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1738.George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900 George Stradling, younger son of the first Baronet, was Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1672. Edward Stradling, eldest son of the fifth Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Cardiff in 1722 but died during his father's lifetime. His younger brother Thomas succeeded in the baronetcy.
Robert was the second son of Sir Robert Douglas, 4th Baronet, of Glenbervie (1661–1748) by his second wife, Jane Paterson, Lady Dunmure (d. 1750), and succeeded his half-brother, Sir William Douglas, 5th Baronet, who died childless. He married, circa 1738, Margaret, daughter of Sir James Macdonald, 3rd Lord Sleat and 6th Baronet (d. 1723), by his spouse Janet, daughter of Alexander Macleod of Talisker & Greshornish.
He was the son of Nicholas Bacon, younger son of the eighth/ninth Baronet. Bacon was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1867. His elder son, Hickman, the eleventh/twelfth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1887 and a justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant of the county. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, Nicholas, the twelfth/thirteenth Baronet.
He was succeeded by his eldest son. The second Baronet, High Sheriff of Surrey in 1911, died childless and was succeeded by his nephew who was the son of George Ferguson Chance, (High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1910), second son of the first Baronet. As of December 2017 the title is held by his grandson, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2017.
Sir Charles Gerald Stewkley Shuckburgh, 12th Baronet (28 February 1911 – 4 May 1988) was the 12th baronet of the Shuckburgh baronets of Shuckburgh Hall, Warwickshire. He was a first-class cricketer who played in a single match for Warwickshire in 1930. He was born at Lower Shuckburgh, Warwickshire, the elder son of the 11th baronet. Shuckburgh was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Oxford.
Crisp was elected Member of Parliament for New Woodstock at a by-election on, 27 October 1721, with the backing of the Duchess of Marlborough. However he lost the seat, at the 1722 general election, to Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet whom he had defeated a year earlier. Crisp became a baronet on 1 June 1730, when his nephew Sir Nicholas Crispe, 4th Baronet died.
His grandson, the seventh Baronet, was High Sheriff in 1866 and Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1885–1892. His son, the eighth Baronet was High Sheriff in 1920. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1967. The Baronets were descended from the ancient Northumbrian family of Swinburne Castle which passed to the Heron family on the death of Sir Adam Swinburne.
On Sir 'Carne' Rasch's death the title passed to his nephew, Richard Guy Carne Rasch, the third Baronet. Richard was the son of Brigadier Guy Elland Carne Rasch, the younger son of the first Baronet who had been a gentleman usher to King George VI and afterwards Queen Elizabeth II. The fourth baronet, Sir Simon (Anthony Carne) Rasch, succeeded to the baronetcy in 1996.
Olson, p. 182. Lawton was tasked with assembling a group of Penn's supporters from his English network, and this involved contacting Robert Harley. Others to be brought in were Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet, and Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, of Whitehaven. Penn was concerned to have his reputation boosted by a pamphlet with a show of strength from the Tory ranks.
This line of the family failed on the death of the latter's son, the thirteenth Baronet, who died without male issue in 2001. The late Baronet was succeeded by his distant relative (his fourth cousin once removed), Jhr. Sir Stephan Gerard Boreel (born 1945), the fourteenth Baronet and (as of 2018) present holder of the title. He is the great-great-great- grandson of Jhr.
Sir Thomas Tyringham Bernard, 6th Baronet (15 September 1791 – 8 May 1883) was a British Liberal Party politician and baronet. Bernard was the son of Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Baronet and Hannah Morland and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1816 he served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. He was elected at 1857 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury.
The Boord Baronetcy, of Wakehurst Place in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 February 1896 for the Conservative politician Thomas Boord. His eldest son, the second Baronet, died unmarried in 1928 and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baronet. He was the son of Alexander Edgar Boord, third son of the first Baronet.
He was the son of Reverend Brook Henry Bridges, third son of the third Baronet. When he died this line of the family also failed and the title was passed on to his first cousin, the eighth Baronet. He was the son of Reverend Brook Edward Bridges, fourth son of the third Baronet. He never married and on his death in 1899 the baronetcy became extinct.
They left a large family. Of these Sir Bennet Hoskyns succeeded as 3rd baronet. His brother Sir Hungerford was the 4th baronet married to Mary, daughter of the Lord Chandos. Younger brother John was MA and Rector of Peterstow.
Michael Rhodes, with supplements by Brooke. " Sir Richard Antony Purbeck Temple, 4th Baronet, MC (1913–2007)". "Peerage_News" group on Google, 8 December 2007. The baronetcy was created 1876 for Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, a British India colonial administrator.
There have been two Hudson Baronetcies, both of which are now extinct. A third, which began with Sir Charles Hudson, 1st Baronet of Wanlip Hall on 21 June 1791, changed name with the second Baronet becoming the Palmer baronets.
He was succeeded by his elder son, the second Baronet. He was also Member of Parliament for Pontefract. On his death in 1763 the baronetcy became extinct. John Lowther, younger son of the first Baronet, was Governor of Surat.
He was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He was a colonel in the Bengal Army. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baronet. He was a captain in the Royal Navy.
Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Baronet, (23 June 1836 – 27 September 1898) was an English merchant, shipowner, and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1885 until his death, and in 1895 he was created a baronet.
Retrieved 2011-04-06. The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1728. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1832. The family seat was Sotterley Hall until its sale in 1744.
Williams-Wynn married his cousin Louise Alexandra Williams- Wynn (1864–1911), daughter of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet and the sole heiress of the Wynnstay estate. He was succeeded by his son, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet.
Sir John Davie, 7th Baronet (1734–1792), (eldest son). He married a certain Catherine (died 1776), by whom he had six daughters and four sons, including Sir John Davie, 8th Baronet (1772–1803), his second surviving son and heir.
By his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of John Markett of Meopham Court Lodge, co. Kent, he had three sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Sir John Bayley, 2nd Baronet, was a noted cricketer. The 3rd baronet, the Rev.
He succeeded his cousin, Sir Harry Freeling, as the 7th Baronet of the Freeling baronets in 1914. Freeling died at Brussels in October 1916 and upon his death, he was succeeded as the 8th Baronet by Sir Clayton Freeling.
He was president of the Imperial Tobacco Company. The second Baronet was a director of the Imperial Tobacco Company. The fourth Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Avon and Somerset and as Pro-Chancellor of the University of Bath.
Their eldest son was General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet GCB GCVO. Their second son, Frederick Clarke, was father of the 4th Baronet: Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Bt. He was a Justice of the Peace for Essex.
His eldest son, the second Baronet, was also a prominent soldier. The latter's two younger brothers, the third and fourth Baronets, both succeeded in the title. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1836.
The 1660 creation became extinct upon the death of Sir William Wray, 7th Baronet of Glentworth and 2nd Baronet of Ashby, in about 1687. The Wray family were descendants of Catherine Parr and her husband Lord LatimerSelwyn Family Tree.
Musgrave was the son of Sir George Musgrave, 10th Baronet and his wife Charlotte Graham, daughter of Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, of Netherby. Musgrave married Adora Frances Olga Wells, daughter of Peter Wells of Windsor Forest in 1867.
On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1789, the title became extinct.
The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1994.
The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1762.
The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1968.
The title became extinct in 1969 on the death of the fifth Baronet.
On the death of his father in 1852 he became the 3rd baronet.
Their son, also called Robert, born c. 1642, was raised to a baronet.
The title became extinct on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1872.
William Cann, father of the first Baronet, was Mayor of Bristol in 1648.
The title became extinct on the death of the thirteenth baronet in 2012.
John Dawnay, brother of the first Baronet, was created Viscount Downe in 1680.
The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1953.
His son Guy Campbell was created a Baronet in his honour in 1815.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1959.
The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 2004.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 2004.
The fifth Baronet served as a Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Devon.
He was made a baronet in 1800, which became extinct upon his death.
With her he had a son and heir, Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th Baronet.
He married Anne Bagenal, with issue: Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet of Cloughgrenan.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1929.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1739.
Hamon L'Estrange and Roger L'Estrange were the younger brothers of the first Baronet.
The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1837.
This title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1919.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1718.
The second Baronet represented Barnstaple in the House of Commons as a Liberal.
Pulteney was married in 1917 to Jessie, daughter of Sir John Arnott, Baronet.
His maternal grandfather was Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet, M.P., of Antony, Cornwall.
Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet (1647–1704) was a Scottish courtier and politician.
The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1796.
The title became extinct on the death of the thirteenth Baronet in 1966.
The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1970.
Thomas Birch, father of the first Baronet, was Mayor of Liverpool in 1777.
Octavius Vaughan Morgan was the younger brother of Sir Walter Morgan, 1st Baronet.
Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet (died 1652) was an Irish merchant and politician.
The sixth Baronet succeeded his kinsman as Chief of Clan Matheson in 1975.
Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (1822–1892), British Army officer, was his son.
Sir Thomas Bramhall, 1st Baronet was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament.
Person Page 51311 Sir Derek Milman, 9th Baronet died on 12 May 1999.
His eldest son was the Oxford chemist Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet (died 11 August 1676) was an English politician.
Admiral Sir Archibald Dickson, 1st Baronet (died 1803) was a Royal Navy officer.
The thirteenth Baronet served in the Cameron Highlanders and became a Russian interpreter.
The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1957.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1798.
This noble family became extinct with the 8th and last baronet in 2005.
Sir Henry Savile, 1st Baronet (1579 – 23 June 1632) was an English politician.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1707.
The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1999.
Sir Thomas Dereham, 4th Baronet (or Derham) (ca. 1678–1739) was an English baronet who spent most of his life in Italy, where he acted as an informal representative for the Old Pretender, known as James III to his supporters.
His son was the aforementioned third Baronet, who had already succeeded as ninth Baron Paget and was created Earl of Uxbridge in 1784. Note: The Baronetcy has remained unclaimed since the death, in 2013, of the 7th Marquess (16th Baronet).
They had four sons, Hildebrand Alfred Beresford Harmsworth, 2nd Baronet (1901–1977) Ronald Aubrey Leicester Harmsworth (1902 – 26 January 1946), Chamberlain Michael Hildebrand Harmsworth (b. 1903), and Perceval Anthony Thomas Harmsworth (b. 1907). His grandson was Hildebrand Harold Harmsworth, 3rd Baronet.
Allan Ramsay, 1745 Sir Lucius Christianus Lloyd, 3rd Baronet (c. 1710 – 17 January 1750) was a British aristocrat. He was the son of Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield and his second wife Frances Cornwallis.Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage.
Lieutenant Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1768 – 3 November 1852) was a British land-owner, baronet and Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1807 to 1820. He also served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 1823 to 1824.
Arms of Amyand: Vert, a chevron between three garbs or Organ donated by Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet, St Peter's Church, Barnstaple Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet (26 September 1720 – 16 August 1766) was a British Whig politician, physician and merchant.
John Trelawny, Charles Trelawny and Henry Trelawny, sons of the second Baronet and brothers of the third Baronet, all gained distinction in their own right. Edward Trelawny, younger son of Bishop Trelawny (3rd Bt), served as Governor of Jamaica 1738-52.
Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet by Jacob Huysmans Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet (c. 1600 – 13 July 1673) of Westminster was an English courtier and administrator who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1626 and 1673.
Sir Timothy John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 3rd Baronet (born 7 October 1958), known as Timothy Ackroyd, is an English actor. Ackroyd was born on 7 October 1958 to Sir John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 2nd Baronet, and Jennifer Eileen McLeod Bishop.
Bayly was the eldest son of Sir Edward Bayly, 1st Baronet, and Dorothy, daughter of the Hon. Oliver Lambart. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He succeeded his father as second Baronet in 1741, inheriting Plas Newydd near Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey.thepeerage.
She would not be "Lady Alice Bloggs", a style reserved for the daughters of dukes, marquesses and earls.Debrett's Correct Form. Addressing the family of a Baronet. The children of a baronet are not entitled to the use of any courtesy titles.
Photo of Major John Augustus Hope, 16th Baronet Hope of Craighall, The London Illustrated News, September 14, 1912 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Augustus Hope, 16th Baronet Hope, OBE (7 July 1869 - 17 April 1924) was a British soldier and politician.
In 1748 he was created a Baronet, of Leeds in the County of York in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He married Jane, daughter of John Caygill and his wife Jane Selwin.
He was hard pressed by his former allies, notably Glengarry who was a noted loyalist.Macdonald; Macdonald 1900, 3: pp. 58–69. The 2nd baronet died in 1678 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Donald Macdonald, 3rd Baronet of Sleat.
Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet Sir George Hilaro Barlow, 1st Baronet, GCB (20 January 1763 – 18 December 1846) served as Acting Governor-General of India from the death of Lord Cornwallis in 1805 until the arrival of Lord Minto in 1807.
Their descendant Sir Richard Wheeler, father of the first baronet, adopted the additional surname Cuffe on inheriting the estate of his maternal grandfather, Denny Cuffe. Charlotte, Lady Wheeler-Cuffe, wife of the third Baronet, was a botanic artist and collector.
He was the son and heir of Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet (c. 16671695) of Orchard Wyndham, three times Member of Parliament for Ilchester, Somerset, by his wife Katherine Leveson-Gower, eldest daughter of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet.
Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet (5 January 1771 – 30 May 1823) was an English politician. He represented the constituency of Warwickshire in 1804–1820. He was one of the Mordaunt Baronets, succeeding Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet to the title.
Archibald Hope was the second son of Sir John Hope, Lord Craighall, 2nd Baronet Hope of Craighall and Margaret Murray, daughter of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony. He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall.
The second, third and fifth Baronets also represented both Banbury and Oxfordshire. In 1699 The sixth Baronet purchased Bramshill House, Hampshire which became the family seat. He was member for Plymouth and Tavistock. The seventh Baronet represented Banbury and Newport, IOW.
The 6th baronet resides at MenabillyObituary of Lady Emma Rashleigh, wife of 6th Baronet, Cornish Guardian, 1 May 2013 near Fowey, Cornwall, formerly the seat of his cousins the senior line of the Rashleighs of Cornwall since the 16th century.
Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet of Morvern ( – 5 July 1847) 24th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1818 to 1847. He succeeded his half brother, Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet, when Hector died in 1818 without an heir.
'Delfico' in "Vanity Fair" magazine, 1872 Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet (25 July 1813 – 8 May 1900) was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885. He was created a baronet in May 1880.
Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet, , LL.D (1736–25 December 1809) was an English peer, churchman and scientist. He was Dean of Lincoln from 1783, and inherited the baronetcy from his elder brother Sir John Lister Kaye, 5th Baronet in 1789.
He established the family seat at Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was created a Baronet of Clea Hall in 1782. He was married to Catherine Lintot and they had two children, Catherine and Henry, who succeeded as baronet.
The second and third Baronets represented Yorkshire in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet represented York and served as Mayor of York. He was also a well-known Jacobite supporter. The fifth baronet was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1761.
Sir Roderic Victor Llewellyn, 5th Baronet (born 9 October 1947), is a British baronet, landscape gardener, journalist, author, and television presenter. He had an eight-year relationship with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
He was born the son of Sir Richard Hoare, 1st Baronet and Frances Anne Ackland. He was the younger brother of Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet. He became a Partner in the banking firm C. Hoare & Co in 1787.Hutchings, p.
The title became extinct on the death of Lord Astley of Reading's grandson, the third Baron, in 1688. The first Baron was the uncle of Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet, and the great-uncle of Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet.
He was the second, but oldest surviving son of Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet and his wife Catherine Annesley, daughter of Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia and his second wife Jane Stanhope. In 1681, he succeeded his father as baronet.
Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet PC (c. 1701 – 22 June 1764) was a Welsh Jacobite politician. Picton Castle Sir John was the son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, and went on to Lincoln's Inn.
Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet FRS (1627 – 18 October 1699) was an English merchant and MP, who rose from relatively humble beginnings to be one of the wealthiest merchants in London and owner of several properties.
Arthur Rumbold was born to Sir William Rumbold, 3rd Baronet (1787–1833) and his wife, Henrietta Elizabeth Parkyns. He was younger brother to Sir Cavendish Stuart Rumbold, 4th Baronet. He married twice. Firstly, to Antoinette de Kerven, in January 1846.
Sir Robert Charles Sinclair, 9th Baronet DL (1820–1899) was a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, the ninth of the Sinclair-Lockhart baronets of Murkle in the County of Caithness and of Stevenson in the County of Haddington.
His only son, the second Baronet, was a Major in the Coldstream Guards and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's only son, the third Baronet, who succeeded in 1971.
Sir Henry Hastings Goldney, 4th Baronet of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Abbey (3 July 1886 – 26 February 1974) was the only son of Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet. He inherited the title on 21 February 1940 on his father's death.
John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes and his wife and daughter Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, 8th Baronet, of Monymusk, of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, FRSE (1804–1866) was a Scottish baronet, landowner, advocate and agriculturalist. His name sometimes appears as Hepburn-Forbes.
Mackworth died on 20 August 1765, leaving a son and six daughters. His son, also Herbert, followed him as MP for Cardiff and was created a baronet in 1776. His daughter Susanna married Sir John Hotham, 9th Baronet, Bishop of Clogher.
He had married Frederica Louisa, the illegitimate daughter of Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet, with whom he had 5 sons and 3 daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy and family estates by his eldest son George Robert, the 6th baronet.
Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet (13 May 1797 – 17 June 1878), was an English politician, agriculturalist and landowner. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, and was created a baronet on 19 April 1859, of Leigh Court, Somerset.
Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet, of Lindertis There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Munro, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Munro Baronetcy, of Foulis in the County of Ross, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 7 June 1634 for Colonel Hector Monro, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. On the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1651, the male line of the first Baronet failed and the title was inherited by Robert Munro, grandson of George Munro, uncle of the first Baronet. The sixth Baronet represented Tain Burghs in the House of Commons and also fought at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.
Alexander Burnett was the second son of Catherine Ramsay, the granddaughter of Sir Charles Ramsay, 3rd Baronet of Balmain of the earlier creation (1625) in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, which was inherited by her brother, Sir Alexander Ramsay-Irvine, 6th Baronet. Catherine Ramsay married Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 6th Baronet, and their eldest son, Robert, inherited the Burnett baronetcy, while their second son, Alexander Burnett, was his maternal uncle's namesake and heir. Sir Alexander Ramsay, 6th Baronet bequeathed his estates to his nephew and the baronetcy was revived in favour of Burnett a few months after Sir Alexander's death, who changed his surname to Ramsay by royal licence. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for MP for Kincardineshire.
After the death of his twenty-year-old uncle, Sir Frederick Eden became 3rd Baronet, in 1814, his then eleven-year- old father (the second son of scholar and social justice advocate Sir Frederick Eden, 2nd Baronet) became the 4th Baronet of Maryland. The baronetcy of Maryland had been created in 1776 for his great-grandfather, Sir Robert Eden, the last Royal Governor of Maryland. In 1844, Sir William's father also succeeded as the 6th Baronet of West Auckland after the death of his first cousin once removed, Sir Robert Johnson-Eden, 5th Baronet. The baronetcy of West Auckland had been created in 1672 for Sir Robert Eden, MP for County Durham, whose father was a Royalist supporter during the English Civil War.
John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine (20 May 1726 – 7 June 1794), known as Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, from 1765 to 1789, was an Irish politician. Kilmaine was the younger son of Sir John Browne of The Neale, 5th Baronet, and Margaret Dodwell. His father was the de jure 5th Baronet, of The Neale, but like his predecessors had never assumed the title. His elder brother Sir George Browne, 6th Baronet, was the first to assume the title and in 1765 Kilmaine succeeded him as seventh Baronet. In 1776 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Newtownards, a seat he held until 1783, and then represented Carlow Borough as a Member of Parliament (MP) between 1783 and 1789.
The Stewart, later Shaw-Stewart Baronetcy, of Greenock and Blackhall in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 27 March 1667 for Archibald Stewart. In Scotland, the name is styled Shaw Stewart. This family is descended in the direct male line from Sir John Stewart, illegitimate son of Robert III of Scotland, who granted him the estate of Ardgowan in Renfrewshire. The third Baronet married Helen, sister and co-heir of Sir John Houston of that Ilk, 4th Baronet, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Shaw, of Greenock, 2nd Baronet (see Shaw baronets, of Greenock). The fourth Baronet succeeded to the Greenock estates on the death of his great-uncle Sir John Shaw of Greenock, 3rd and last Baronet, in 1752 and assumed the additional surname of Shaw. He later sat as Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1780 to 1783 and from 1786 to 1796 (see also Barony of Blackhall). The fifth Baronet served as Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire between 1822 and 1825. The sixth Baronet represented Lanarkshire in Parliament from 1827 to 1830 and Renfrewshire from 1830 to 1837. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1855 to 1865 and Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire between 1869 and 1903.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754.1970. On 27 November 1712, Bacon married Mary Kemp, daughter of Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet at Ubbeston in Suffolk. They had four daughters, but no sons and so with his death the baronetcy devolved to a descendant of Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Mildenhall, third son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave, thus uniting both creations.
Sir Charles Brune Graves-Sawle, 2nd Baronet (10 October 1816 – 20 April 1903) was a baronet and a member of the British House of Commons representing Bodmin. He was the son of Joseph Sawle Graves-Sawle who had been created Baronet Graves-Sawle of Penrice in 1836. Graves-Sawle was MP for Bodmin from 1852 to 1857. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1865.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 5th Lancers and served as High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1891. His eldest son, the third Baronet, was a Major in the 1st Life Guards and also served as High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1922 and as a Deputy Lieutenant of Berkshire in 1936. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baronet.
The second Baronet sat as a Member of Parliament for Beverley and Tewkesbury. He disinherited his son, Sir William, the third Baronet, and bequeathed his estates to his nephew Christopher Bethell-Codrington (1764–1843),He changed his name to Bethell-Codrington by Royal Licence in 1797. the eldest son of his brother Edward Codrington, fourth son of the first Baronet. Bethell-Codrington also became a Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury.
Sir Capel Molyneux. Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet PC (Ire) (1717 – August 1797) was an Irish politician. Capel was the son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet and Catherine Howard. In 1738 he succeeded his brother Daniel to the title of Baronet and to all the family estates except Castle Dillon, which he did not inherit until 1759, when the former wife of his late first cousin died.
In 1836 the 5th Baronet unsuccessfully claimed the barony of Braye, of which peerage he was a co-heir through the Hart family. The 7th Baronet was a successful Conservative politician. Percyvall Hart Dyke (1872–1952), grandson of Reverend Thomas Hart Dyke, second son of the 5th Baronet, was a Colonel in the Indian Army. His son Trevor Hart Dyke was a Brigadier in the Queen's Royal Regiment.
A baronet is referred to and addressed as, for example, "Sir Joseph" (using his forename). The correct style on an envelope for a baronet who has no other titles is "Sir Joseph Bloggs, Bt." or "Sir Joseph Bloggs, Bart." The letter would commence: "Dear Sir Joseph". The wife of a baronet is addressed and referred to as "Lady Bloggs"; at the head of a letter as "Dear Lady Bloggs".
Sir Charles Oakeley, 2nd Baronet (25 September 1778 – 30 June 1829) was the second Baronet in the Oakeley Baronetcy of Shrewsbury. He was the son of the first Baronet, also called Sir Charles Oakeley, and Helena Beatson (the niece of Scottish artist, Catherine Read). Oakeley was born in Madras, India where his father was governor. He was the eldest of fourteen children, the youngest of which was Frederick Oakeley.
The sixth Baronet was a man of letters and polymath who studied at Brasenose College, Oxford. The de Beaumont-Spain family do not use their seat in Willingale as their permanent home after the ninth Baronet pursued a career in local politics further north during the 20th century, using Spains Hall as a getaway. As of 2017, the baronetcy is held by the eleventh baronet, who succeeded in 2013.
Arms of the Pringles of Stichill: Azure, three escallops, or Sir Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle, 10th Baronet (born 3 August 1941) is a Scottish accountant. In 2016, he won a legal case establishing that he was the rightful heir to the Pringle baronetcy, using DNA evidence that proved his cousin, who had been accepted as the 9th Baronet in 1919, was not the biological son of the 8th Baronet.
Sir James Howe, 2nd Baronet (c. 1669 - 19 January 1736), of Berwick St Leonard, near Hindon, Wiltshre, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1709. Howe was the son of Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet of Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire and his wife Elizabeth Grimston, daughter of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet. His father had been MP for Hindon.
The fourth Baronet was a Captain in the Royal Navy. The fifth Baronet was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and served throughout the Peninsular War. As of 31 December 2013 the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession to the title, and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1997. The family surname is pronounced "FALL-kin- err".
Peel was second son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, by his wife Julia Floyd, daughter of General Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet. He was the brother of Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet, Sir William Peel and Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel.The Peerage He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister in 1849. At Cambridge he was a member of the Pitt Club.
It was created on 25 May 1674 for John Sherard, with remainder to his brothers and the male issue of their bodies. He died unmarried and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his younger brother, the second Baronet. The latter was also unmarried and was succeeded by another brother, the third Baronet. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet's son, the fourth Baronet, in 1748.
The Kemeys Baronetcy, of Kevanmabley (Cefn Mabley) in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 May 1642 for the Welsh landowner and politician Nicholas Kemeys. His son, the second Baronet, was knighted before succeeding in the title and fought in the Civil War. The latter's son, the third Baronet, and grandson, the fourth Baronet, were both Members of Parliament.
Like his father he was a Scottish judge styled Lord Newbyth. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He had already been created a baronet in his own right, of Newbyth in the County of Haddington, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, on 4 February 1680. His son, the second and third Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Midlothian. The title became extinct on his death in 1745.
Patrick Baird (died 1816), brother of the first Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. Wynn Baird (1799–1835), younger brother of the second Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy. Sir John Baird, second son of the second Baronet, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. The Baird Baronetcy, of Urie, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 March 1897.
He married secondly, Susan Alington, daughter of Sir Giles Alington of Horsebeath. They had four daughters - Mary who married Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet, Anne who married firstly Sir William Airmine, 2nd Baronet and secondly John Lord Belasyse, Susan who married Sir Edward Walpole, and Katherine who married Edmund Bacon, nephew of Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet. After Crane's death, Lady Crane married secondly, Isaac Appleton, esq. of Waldingfeld.
Sir Henry Cairnes, 2nd Baronet (1673 – 16 June 1743) was an Irish politician, a banker and merchant in London and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was the third and youngest son of John Cairnes and his wife Jane Miller, daughter of James Miller. On 30 October 1732, according to a special remainder, he succeeded his oldest brother Alexander as baronet. Another brother was William Cairnes.
The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers. The third, fourth and fifth Baronets all represented Leicestershire in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1782 and the eighth Baronet as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1871. The family seat for 500 years was East Carlton Hall, Northamptonshire until 1933 since when it has been Carlton Curlieu Hall, Leicestershire.
Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet (24 July 1801 – 31 January 1837) was a British baronet. He was born in Palermo where his father, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, a former Prime Minister of Naples, had been forced to flee in 1806. His mother was the eldest daughter of his father's brother, General Joseph Edward Acton. He succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father in 1811.
In 1826 he changed constituencies to become MP for Haddington Burghs, succeeding a relative, Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet. In 1830 his father, who had been created a baronet in 1815, died. Adolphus accordingly inherited the title to become the 2nd Baronet. In the same year he was promoted to colonel and appointed aide de camp to William IV. He lost his Commons seat at the 1832 general election.
Sir Brooke Boothby, 1781 by Joseph Wright of Derby Boothby was born in 1744. He inherited his unusual forename from Hill Brooke, the second wife of the fourth Baronet Boothby, of Broadlow Ash, Sir William. Brooke Boothby is sometimes referred to as the seventh Baronet as there was some confusion over the appointment of the first Baronet. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1761.
As of 2018 the title is held by his grandson, the seventeenth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2009. Several other members of this branch of the family gained distinction. Sir Wroth Palmer Acland, son of Arthur Palmer Acland, younger son of the sixth Baronet, was a lieutenant-general in the Army. John Acland, younger son of the sixth Baronet, was a clergyman and writer on social issues.
The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1891. Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Frederick Kenrick Colquhoun Gibbons (1865–1954), son of Captain Frederick Gibbons, brother of the fifth Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy. Sir William Kenrick Gibbons (1876–1957), son of Sir William Gibbons, grandson of Robert Gibbons, fourth son of the second Baronet, was Clerk of the House of Commons.
Sir John Shaw, 3rd Baronet (c. 1679–1752) of Greenock was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1734. He was instrumental in the construction of Greenock Harbour, and took part in actions against the Jacobite risings. Shaw was the eldest son of Sir John Shaw, 2nd Baronet and his wife Eleanor Nicolson, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicolson, 2nd Baronet, of Carnock.
The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland 1685 and Member of Parliament for Richmond. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Richmond. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for County Durham. He married Judith Noel and changed his surname in 1815, but he died leaving only a daughter Annabella who married the poet Lord Byron and so he was succeeded by his nephew.
Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet (baptised 9 May 1734 – 18 November 1806) was an English politician who represented the constituency of Warwickshire. Mordaunt was born the son of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet and educated at New College, Oxford. He succeeded his father as 7th Baronet in 1778. Mordaunt was a Captain in the Warwickshire militia from 1759 to 1763 and a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1763 to 1793.
Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, fourth son of the first Halsey Baronet The Halsey Baronetcy, of Gaddesden in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 June 1920 for the Conservative politician Frederick Halsey. The third Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy. The fourth Baronet is an Anglican priest and Brother of the Community of the Transfiguration, Midlothian.
He was a descendant of John Tyrwhitt, brother of the first Baronet of the 1808 creation. In 1934 Tyrwhitt was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. The second Baronet was an admiral in the Royal Navy and served as Second Sea Lord from 1959 to 1961. The third baronet served in the British Army as a Guardsman with Irish Guards, and as an officer in the Royal Artillery.
The Hope Baronetcy, of Kerse in the County of Stirling, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 May 1672 for Alexander Hope. The fourth baronet sold his noble inheritance to Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet. The Hope Baronetcy, of Kirkliston, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 1 March 1698 for William Hope. The title became dormant on the death of the third Baronet in 1763.
The title became dormant in 1955 on the death of the tenth Baronet. In 1998 Walter John Hugh St John-Mildmay successfully proved his right to the title and became the eleventh Baronet. Several other members of the family have also gained distinction. Hervey George St John-Mildmay (1817–1882), son of Paulet St John-Mildmay (1791–1845), second son of the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy.
George William St John-Mildmay (1792–1851), third son of the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. John Francis St John-Mildmay (1795–1823), fourth son of the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Humphrey St John- Mildmay, sixth son of the third Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Southampton. His son Humphrey St John-Mildmay was Member of Parliament for Herefordshire.
Sir James Smyth, 1st Baronet (c. 1686 – 28 February 1717) was a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was the only son of Alderman Sir James Smyth, a London draper and Lord Mayor of London, 1684–85, by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Arthur Shirley of Isfield, Sussex. Alderman Smyth was the second son of Sir Robert Smyth, 1st Baronet of Upton, Essex.
They were both killed on 12 August 1915 during an abortive advance. The seventh Baronet was a missionary in China and one of the Cambridge Seven. Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Beauchamp, second son of Reverend William Henry Beauchamp, second son of the third Baronet, was a Liberal politician and was created a Baronet in his own right in 1911 (see Beauchamp baronets).
The second Baronet was Receiver-General of Excise and High Sheriff of Yorkshire. The third and fifth Baronets both represented York in the House of Commons, while the fourth served as High Sheriff. The seventh Baronet succeeded his brother who died young: he was Member of Parliament for York and Bassetlaw and joined the Privy Council in 1900. The eighth baronet was an architect with Milner and Craze.
Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet (1 April 1790 – 6 January 1876) was an Irish baronet and Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim from 1847 to 1852. He was the son of Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 1st Baronet, and his wife Laetitia Dunkin, daughter of Sir William Dunkin. He was born in Dublin, and educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Dublin.
The Stronge baronetcy (Stronge of Tynan) was conferred in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 June 1803: #Rev. Sir James Stronge, 1st Baronet (1750 – 1 December 1804), born at Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, the country house built by his father. #Sir James Matthew Stronge, 2nd Baronet, DL, DCL (6 April 1786 – 2 December 1864), son of the first Baronet. Sir James served as a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
In 1810 he married Isabella Calvert, daughter of Nicolson Calvert, of Hunsdon House, Hertfordshire, and had four sons, including the third and fourth baronets. #Sir James Matthew Stronge, 3rd Baronet, DL, JP (25 November 1811 – 11 March 1885), was a military officer and landowner, eldest son of the second baronet. He was succeeded by his brother. #Sir John Calvert Stronge, 4th Baronet DL JP, BL (21 February 1813 – 29 December 1899).
The sixth Baronet was Lord Lieutenant of Fife. The seventh Baronet succeeded his kinsman as twelfth Baronet of Anstruther in 1980 (see below). The titles have remained united ever since. The Anstruther, later Anstruther-Paterson, later Carmichael-Anstruther, later Anstruther Baronetcy, of Anstruther in the County of Lanark, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 6 January 1700 for John Anstruther, Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs and Fifeshire.
Bunbury was the son of Sir Henry Bunbury, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Eyton, daughter of Sir Kenrick Eyton. In 1687, aged only eleven, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bunbury was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. On 15 May 1699, he married Susannah Hanmer, only surviving daughter of William Hanmer (the second son of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet), and had by her four sons and five daughters.
He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Innes, 5th Baronet (–1762), and Anne Drummonda Grant (1711–1771). His grandfathers were Sir Harry Innes, 4th Baronet, who represented the Parliament of Scotland constituency of Elginshire from 1704 to 1707, and Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet, a Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire and Elgin Burghs. Upon his father's death in 1762, he succeeded to the Innes Baronetcy.
Loyd-Lindsay was born in 1832, the second son of Lieutenant General Sir James Lindsay, 1st Baronet and Anne, daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Baronet. His elder brother Coutts Lindsay succeeded his maternal grandfather as second Baronet in 1837 (see Lindsay Baronets). In 1858, he married The Honorable Harriet Sarah Jones-Loyd, the only surviving child and heiress of Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st and last Baron Overstone,thepeerage.com Lt.-Col.
Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton (1 August 1806 – 17 December 1869), known as Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet, from 1816 to 1817, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician. Crofton was the son of the Hon. Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet, son of Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton. His mother was Lady Charlotte, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway.
Alfred Allen Booth was a director of Cunard Steamship Co, was made a baronet in 1916 and died in 1948. The baronetcy passed to his eldest son, the television director and producer Sir Philip Booth, 2nd Baronet. He died in 1960 and was succeeded by his son Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Baronet, a television producer and writer living in New York City. His heir presumptive is Derek Booth, a hydrogeologist.
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet (1623–1666) was an English lawyer, and one of the Bacon baronets. On 18 June 1639, he was admitted to Gray's Inn. On 7 February 1662, he was created 1st Baronet Bacon, of Gillingham in Norfolk, England.thepeerage.com His father, Nicholas Bacon of Gillingham, was the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave; his mother was Nicholas Bacon's second wife, Margaret D'Arcy.
1857), younger son of the fifth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. Robert Henley Rogers (1783–1857), younger son of the fifth Baronet, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. Wesley John Rogers South African Attorney(b. 1987) was created Baronet Clarinton in Westarctica and thereafter elevated as a hereditary peer as Baron of Inman of Westarctica in 2019 in recognition of his legal work.
Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet (2 April 1638 - 27 January 1689) was an English politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Trott, daughter of Sir Nicholas Trott, and was baptised at Stoughton Grange. Beaumont was educated at St John's College, Oxford and succeeded his father as baronet in 1676. He sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester between 1679 and 1689.
Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Baronet (14 September 1736 – February 1794) was an Irish politician and baronet. Aylmer was the son of Sir Gerald Aylmer, 5th Baronet and Lucy Norris. On 6 January 1737 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. He served as High Sheriff of Kildare in 1761. He entered the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Roscommon Borough in 1761, holding the seat until 1768.
Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet Bruce of Downhill, County Londonderry (1820-1909). (William Charles Ross, 1841) Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet (22 September 1820 – 8 December 1907) was an Irish Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Coleraine from 1862 to 1874, and from 1880 to 1885. In 1842 he married Marianne Margaret Clifton (d 1891), daughter of Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet of Clifton Hall, Nottingham.
The first Baronet was the grandson of John Buxton who designed and built Shadwell Lodge at Rushford, Norfolk. He was Member of Parliament for Thetford 1790–96 and for Great Bedwyn 1797–1806. His son, the second Baronet represented Great Bedwyn 1818–32 and served as High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1841. His son, the third Baronet, was member for South Norfolk 1871–85 and High Sheriff in 1870.
Baillie was born on 5 May 1898. He was the second son of Sir Robert Alexander Baillie, 4th Baronet (1859–1947) and Isabel, Lady Baillie. Upon the death of his elder brother, Sir Gawaine Baillie, 5th Baronet, in 1914 during World War I, he became the 6th Baronet while still at Eton. His maternal grandfather was David Elliot Wilkie and his paternal grandparents were Thomas Baillie and Elizabeth (née Ballingall) Baillie.
Sir William Ashburnham, 5th Baronet (5 March 1739 – 21 August 1823) was a British politician. Baptised at St Anne's Church, Soho on 29 March 1739, he was the eldest surviving son of the Rt Revd Sir William Ashburnham, 4th Baronet, Bishop of Chichester and his wife Margaret Pelham, daughter of Thomas Pelham. Ashburnham was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1797.
Sir De Villiers Graaff, 4th Baronet, is a South African businessman and owner of De Grendel Wine Estate. He is a noted restaurateur and vintner having won 24 awards for wines produced on the De Grendel estate. The eldest son of Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet becoming the 4th Graaff Baronet on 24 January 2015. Graaff obtained his undergraduate degree in agriculture at University of Stellenbosch in 1993.
The third Baronet was like his father a horticulturalist, a hospital administrator, and a collector. The fourth Baronet worked in industry in the Midlands. The fifth Baronet was a former chairman of Stratford-on-Avon council and former chairman of the Heart of England Tourist Board. The Lawrence Baronetcy, of Westbourne Terrace, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 December 1869 for James Lawrence.
Sir Robert Holt Leigh, 1st Baronet (1762–1843) was a British Member of Parliament.
Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet, also Gibbs (1731–1815) was a planter in Barbados.
The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the fourth Baronet.
Sir Robert Dashwood Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet (1662–1734) was an English politician.
Sir George Thomas, 3rd Baronet (c. 1740 – 6 May 1815), was a British politician.
Sir John Duck, 1st Baronet (c. 1632 – 26 August 1691) was mayor of Durham.
Sir John Evelyn, 4th Baronet (c. 1758 – 14 May 1833) was a British aristocrat.
He was made a baronet in June 1918, the first of the McAlpine baronets.
A younger son Robert Murray was the father of Sir Joseph Murray, 3rd Baronet.
Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet ( – 14 February 1773) was a British diplomat and antiquary.
Sir Eustace Gervais Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 2nd Baronet FRSA (19 January 1902 – 21 November 1971).
Ralph Wedgwood, younger brother of the first Baron, was created a baronet, in 1942.
Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Baronet (died 7 December 1680) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
His son Henry succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of the 5th Baronet.
In 1952 he was created a Baronet, of Shotton in the County of Flint.
Sir William, the first baronet, married three times and a large family survived him.
He was created a Baronet Lowson, of Westlaws, County Perth on 27 June 1951.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet (1779–1860) was a British Army officer.
Long married in 1786 Frances Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet.
Sir Robert's estate at Wanstead was sold later to Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet.
Octavius Morgan, fourth son of the second Baronet, was a politician, historian and antiquary.
Florence, Lady Norman, second wife of the first Baronet, was a socialite and activist.
He was succeeded by his son, Sir (Atwell) Graham Lake, 10th Baronet (1923–2013).
His son was Sir Christopher George Rhodes, 3rd Baronet, a film and television actor.
They had a son, William, who became third Baronet and died 7 April 1681.
Folk musician Laura Marling is the third and youngest daughter of the fifth Baronet.
After Albert Sassoon had settled in England he was created Baronet Sassoon in 1890.
Euthalia nais, the baronet, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.
Admiral Philip Affleck, brother of the first Baronet, was also a distinguished naval commander.
His second wife's sister, Mary Macleod, was married to Sir George Mackenzie, 7th Baronet.
Four years after their divorce, he succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Heygate.
Sir Robert Coke, 2nd Baronet (1645–1688), of Longford, Derbyshire, was an English politician.
The second Baronet represented Hyde in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1909.
His son Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy became Auditor General of Ceylon.
Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet, portrait at Belton House, surrounded by carving by Grinling Gibbons Arms of Brownlow: Or, an escutcheon within an orle of martlets sable Monument to Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet, with his wife Alice Poultney, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton. Above are shown the arms of Brownlow impaling Poultney Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (1590-24 Nov.1679) of Belton, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1640.Burke, regnal date 15 Charles I on 26 July 1641 was created a baronet "of Belton in the County of Lincoln".
The eleventh Baronet was an author and adventurer. Michael Bruce (1823–1883), grandson of Patrick Craufurd Bruce, fifth son of the sixth Baronet, was a general in the British Army. His grandson Ian Robert Craufurd George Mary Bruce (1890–1956) was a brigadier in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Michael Robert Bruce (1832–1893), second son of William Cunningham Bruce, second son of the seventh Baronet, was a major-general in the British Army. Alexander James Bruce (1828–1906), eldest son of Alexander Fairlie Bruce, third son of the seventh Baronet, was a major- general in the Madras Army.
In 1755 he succeeded to the vast estates of his cousin Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, of Whitehaven (see above). However, Lowther died unmarried at an early age the following year when the baronetcy became extinct. The Lowther baronetcy, of Swillington in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 6 January 1715 for William Lowther, Member of Parliament for Pontefract. He was the grandson of Sir William Lowther, brother of the first Baronet of Lowther and the first Baronet of Whitehaven (see above) and the uncle of the first Baronet of Little Preston (see below).
John Strachey, grandfather of the first Baronet, was a noted geologist, while his father, John Strachey (died 1674), was a friend of John Locke. Edward Strachey, second son of the first Baronet, was the father of 1) the civil servant John Strachey, and 2) Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Strachey, who was the father of Lytton Strachey, James Strachey, Oliver Strachey and Dorothy Bussy. The aforementioned John Strachey, second son of the third Baronet, was a noted journalist, while his son John Strachey was a Labour politician. Another son of the third Baronet, Henry Strachey, was a painter and art critic.
Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet (20 October 1674 – April 1714), of Langley, Buckinghamshire, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1699 to 1713. Seymour was the second son of Henry Seymour, of Langley, Buckinghamshire Groom of the Bedchamber, and his second wife Ursula Austen, daughter of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet, and widow of George Stawale. He was the paternal grandson of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet, and wife Dorothy Killegrew. He was created 1st Baronet Seymour, of Langley, at the age of seven on 4 July 1681.
Since the tenth Baronet succeeded to the title in 1938, the baronets have used the surname of Strickland-Constable, which his grandfather (third son of the seventh baronet) had adopted by royal licence in 1803 to succeed to his maternal grandfather's estates. The first baronet's grandfather, navigator William Strickland, acquired the manor of Boynton in 1549 and the quarries at Hildenley, where the family built a mansion. Walter Strickland, younger brother of the first baronet, was a politician and diplomat. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Henry Strickland (1873–1934), fourth son of the eighth baronet.
The property then passed down to John Parker Mosley, who was also created a baronet (the third creation of the title) in 1781. Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet During the ownership of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet in 1871 the hall was devastated by fire and subsequently rebuilt to a higher standard. The last Mosley to be connected with Rolleston Hall was Sir Oswald Mosley, the 6th Baronet and well-known founder of the British Union of Fascists (BUF). He was the Labour M.P. for Harrow from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931.
The twentieth chief of Clan Innes, Sir Robert, was a Member of Parliament for Moray and was made a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625. The third baronet, Sir James, married Lady Margaret Ker (whom through the sixth baronet inherited the Ker dukedom of Roxburghe. The twenty-fifth chief (and sixth baronet), Sir James Innes, claimed the dukedom of Roxburghe in 1805 when the previous duke died without a direct heir. Later, in 1812 the House of Lords ruled in favour of Sir James, rejecting claims by the heir female of the second earl and heir male whatsoever of the first earl.
His nephew and heir William was gaoled for five years in Newgate prison in London for the same reason. William's son Thomas was forced to pay an annual fine even though he had been made a baronet in 1628. The second Baronet was a Royalist during the Civil War and was obliged to flee to France, not returning until the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Under the 6th Baronet the house was substantially modernised. On the death of the unmarried 7th Baronet in 1826 the baronetcy was extinguished and the estate passed to Edward Stourton, a relative.
The third Baronet was an admiral in the Royal Navy. The fourth Baronet assumed by Royal licence the surname of Proctor- Beauchamp in lieu of Beauchamp-Proctor in 1852 and served as High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1869. He and his wife Catherine Waldegrave had nine children, including the fifth, sixth and seventh Baronets. The fifth Baronet was involved in a scandalous divorce case with his wife, Lady Violet Jocelyn, and Hugh Watt MP. The sixth Baronet, Horace George, was a lieutenant-colonel in the Norfolk Regiment and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, Turkey, during the First World War.
Sir Edward Derrick Wingfield Verner, 6th Baronet (28 May 1907 – 27 March 1975) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, usually known as Derrick Verner. The son of Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 5th Baronet, by his marriage to Agnes Dorothy Laming, Verner was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, in Norfolk, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1928.Sir Edward Derrick Wingfield Verner, 6th Baronet at thepeerage.com, accessed 3 July 2013 Unfortunately for Verner, the family estates in Ireland had been separated from the title in 1886, when the third baronet left them to an adopted son.
He represented County Carlow in the Irish Parliament and also briefly (see County Carlow (UK Parliament constituency)) in the British House of Commons from 1801 to 1802. His great- grandson, the tenth Baronet, was High Sheriff and Vice Lord-Lieutenant for County Carlow. His son, the eleventh Baronet, served as High Sheriff of County Carlow in 1905 and was also a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. His son, the twelfth Baronet, was a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's son, the thirteenth Baronet, who succeeded in 1994.
Born on 13 October 1855, the eldest son of Sir William Richard Crosbie, 7th Baronet (1820-1877) and Catherine Madden, Sir William Crosbie, 8th Baronet was educated at Bedford School. He was the eighth of the Crosbie baronets of Maryborough in Queen's County, created on 24 April 1630 for Sir Walter Crosbie, 1st Baronet (d. 1638), succeeding to the title upon the death of his father on 6 May 1877. He was the great-grandson of Sir Edward Crosbie, 5th Baronet, the first United Irishman to be executed for treason after the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
The third Baronet was Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Reginald Graham, 3rd Baronet VC OBE, brother of Glenda Spooner founder, Chairman and Organising Secretary of the Ponies of Britain Club. Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet was Ambassador to Iraq from 1974 to 1977 and Iran from 1979 to 1980. His son Sir Andrew Graham, 5th Baronet is a lieutenant general who was Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. The Graham Baronetcy, of Dromore in the County of Down, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 January 1964 for Clarence Graham.
The Cottesbrooke estate was purchased in 1635 by Sir John Langham, 1st Baronet, a rich London merchant and MP. It descended in the Langham family to the 4th Baronet, who in 1702 began the building of the present hall. Sir James Langham, 7th Baronet was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1767 and MP for Northamptonshire from 1784 to 1790. Sir James, the 11th baronet, had mental issues and the estate was managed by Sir Herbert Langham, his brother and eventual successor. In 1877 the Hall was let for several months to the Empress Elisabeth of Austria as a base for a hunting holiday.
Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1721 – 23 August 1778), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1747 and 1778. Sedley was the eldest son of Sir Charles Sedley, 1st Baronet, son of Sir Charles Sedley, illegitimate son of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet and was educated at Westminster School and University College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1739.. He succeeded his father in 1730, and sat as Member of Parliament for Nottingham from 1747 to 1754 and 1774 to 1778. Sedley died unmarried in August 1778, when the baronetcy became extinct.
Sir Victor Alexander Brooke, 3rd Baronet (5 January 1843 – 27 November 1891), was an Anglo-Irish naturalist and baronet. He was the father of Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, and grandfather of The 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
Her great-great-great-great grandfather was Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, who served as the Anglican Bishop of Derry. Sir Augustus Vere Foster, 4th Baronet, the last Baronet of that name, was a granduncle of Wintour's. She had four siblings.
The barony became extinct on his death in 1846 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He was also a colonial administrator. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1979.
The third Baronet assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Okeover in 1956. He served as Lord- Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1977. Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire, was acquired by the first Baronet in 1884. The house was demolished in 1964.
William divested the Dan y rallt estate to trustees for his kinsman Sir Thomas Stepney, 9th Baronet (d. 1825), the youngest son of Thomas Stepney of Llanelli, 7th baronet. He also left part of his estate to his godchild John William Lloyd.
After passing through several families, the manor was purchased by Sir Lewis Pollard (c. 1465-1526), in whose family it remained until Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet (c.1610-1666) sold the manor to his cousin Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688).
Portrait of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet, by Eugene Picou (1831- 1914) Sir Edmund John Monson, 1st Baronet, (6 October 1834 - 28 October 1909), misspelled in some sources as Edward Monson, was a British diplomat who was minister or ambassador to several countries.
Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford, 4th Baronet (30 November 1891 – 6 October 1971) was a prominent English racehorse owner, and the grandfather of Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles. He was the son of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 3rd Baronet, and Violet Alice Maud Franklin.
Sir Richard Musgrave, 3rd Baronet (c. 1675 – 11 October 1711) was an English baronet and politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cumberland in 1701, and from 1702 to 1708. He succeeded to the baronetcy, of Hayton Castle, in 1710.
The title was created with remainder to the heirs male of his body. Baird was an Edinburgh merchant. The fourth Baronet died from wounds received at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. The fifth Baronet was a Captain in the Royal Navy.
They were both sons of Sir Archibald Cockburn, 4th Baronet and his wife Marion Sinclair. Marion Sinclair was a daughter of John Sinclair and Isabel Boyd. Her paternal grandfather was Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet (d. 1649) and his wife Marion McCath.
William Gower, youngest son of Sir William the fourth Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Ludlow. The Hon. William Leveson-Gower, second son of John, first Baron Gower and grandson of the fourth Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Stafford. The Hon.
Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Sir Bache Edward Cunard, 3rd Baronet (1851–1925), who married the American heiress Maud Alice Burke, and Sir Gordon Cunard, 4th Baronet who married Edith Mary Howard (a daughter of Col. John Stanley Howard).
Sir Thomas Gower, 1st Baronet (1584-1651) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. He was an early member of the Leveson-Gower family. He was knighted by James I and was created a baronet on 2 June 1620.Collins (1812), p.
Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, DL (3 August 1879 – 16 November 1957) was a British baronet, the first of the Wells baronets of Felmersham, and a Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1922 to 1945.
Lyons, Samuel 1822, Magna Britannia p. 560. Online reference Sir Walter Roberts 2nd Baronet (1776-1828) was born in 1776. His father was Sir Thomas Roberts 1st Baronet of Glassenbury, Kent.The Peerage Website. Online reference He inherited his father’s property in 1817.
40 He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 26 January 1708, aged 18. His father died in a fall from his horse in 1691 and in 1692 he succeeded his grandfather Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet (c. 1633–1692) as 3rd baronet.
Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Bayley, 3rd Baronet (16 May 1823 – 4 December 1917), later Sir Emilius Laurie, was an English clergyman, baronet and amateur cricketer. He was generally known by his middle-name Emilius and changed his surname to Laurie in 1887.
The first Baronet had been knighted at the Coronation of Charles I in 1626. He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1646. On the death of the fifth Baronet in 1721 the English baronetcy became extinct while the Scottish baronetcy became dormant.
Sir Michael Newton, 4th Baronet. Mezzotint, after a portrait by an unknown artist, published in 1774. Sir Michael Newton, 4th Baronet, (ca. 1695 – 6 April 1743) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1743.
He was made a Baronet on 12 March 1766.It remains the seat of the Blunden baronets with the 8th Baronet Blunden taking over the title on 9 April 2007 though he had to wait until 2017 to take over the house itself.
Baronet ribbon Sir Colin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baronet, 4th Baron Moynihan (born 13 September 1955) is a British Olympic Silver Medalist, businessman, Conservative politician, and sports administrator. Lord Moynihan served as chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) from 2005 to 2012.
Yelverton married Anne Twysden, daughter of Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet. Their son Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet inherited the baronetcy and sat as a Royalist in the Convention Parliament, and their daughter Anne married Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester in 1665.
Tufton married Margaret Morley, daughter of Herbert Morley of Glynde Sussex. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1685. His daughter Olympia married Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet.
Sir John Davie, 8th Baronet (1772–1803) (second surviving son). In 1796 he married Anne Lemon (1766–1812), daughter of Sir William Lemon, 1st Baronet (1748–1824), of Carclew House, near Mylor, Cornwall. His hunting seat was Fernworthy, near Chagford, Dartmoor, Devon.Swete, vol.
He was a Captain in the Royal Navy. His son, the fifth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Plymouth. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Callington and was also a composer.
Sir Colin Campbell of Lundie, 1st Baronet (died c. 1650) was a Scottish noble. He was the son of Colin Campbell of Lundie, who was youngest son of Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll. Sir Colin was created a baronet in 1627.
Sir Francis Rodes built Barlborough Hall in 1583–4. The first Baronet was his grandson. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1743, when the estates passed to his sister's heirs, the Heathcotes and Heathcote-Rodes families.
Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet (1642–1705) was the son of Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet whom he succeeded in 1670. He inherited the family estate of Ribston Hall in North Yorkshire and in 1674 replaced the old house with a new mansion.
In 1694 Sir James Dunbar of Mochrum was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. The second baronet served in the cavalry of the Duke of Marlborough with great distinction. He was recognised as clan chief upon the death of Ludovic Dunbar in 1744.
The fifth Baronet was convicted of highway robbery. He managed to escape the death penalty but was deported to Jamaica. The 6th baronet owned slaves and a plantation in Jamaica. He sent 5-year-old Amelia Lewsham as a present to his son.
Clifton, Nottinghamshire (Clifton Baronets): Sable semée of cinquefoils and a lion rampant argent Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet (1769—1852) was 8th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire.The Baronetage of England. William Courthope 1839 and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820.
The second Baronet briefly represented Coventry in Parliament. The third Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. In 1886, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Mather. This surname was also used by the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Baronets.
Through his son, Sir Robert, has a grandfather of Sir Philip Williams, 2nd Baronet (1884–1958), who married Margaret Peek, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Peek, 2nd Baronet and the former Hon. Augusta Louisa Brodrick (a daughter of William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton).
18th century engraving of Sir John Wynn The coat of arms of the Wynn of Gwydir Family were: Vert, three eagles displayed in fess Or Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (1553 – 1 March 1627), was a Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary.
He married on 10 September 1925 Laetitia Florence Findlay (died 1978), daughter of Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet, of Aberlour; the couple had three children, Laetitia (born 1926), Jennifer (born 1929), and Hugh (born 1932). Hugh succeeded his father as Baronet.
The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1846. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1931. The Wilmot baronets of Chaddesden and Osmaston both share a common ancestry with the Eardley-Wilmot baronets of Berkswell Hall.
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820)Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet. Britannica.com. Retrieved on 22 June 2015. was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sir Richard Quain, 1st Baronet, (30 October 1816 – 13 March 1898) was an Irish physician.
Halkett married Emilia Charlotte, daughter of Sir James Lamb, 1st Baronet on 25 May 1810.
The title became extinct on the death of their son, the second Baronet, in 1825.
Lady Parmoor was the youngest daughter of Sir William Nelson, 1st Baronet and Margaret Hope.
Sir Richard Burbidge, 1st Baronet (2 March 1847 – 31 May 1917) was an English merchant.
Leedes married Anne Browne, daughter of Sir Ambrose Browne, 1st Baronet of Betchworth Castle, Sussex.
Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet (ca. 1671 – 29 January 1715) was an English Tory politician.
56 In 1945, Denman was created a Baronet, of Staffield in the County of Cumberland.
Sir Coles John Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet (born 20 September 1944) is an English actor.
One of his great-grandsons was Sir Nicholas Carew, 1st Baronet, another Member of Parliament.
Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland, 4th Baronet (born 1953) is a British aristocrat, landowner and hotelier.
He was succeeded by his son, William, who was made a baronet by Charles I.
He was succeeded as baronet by his eldest son from the second marriage, Francis Knowles.
He was the father of Henry Michael Goold and the grandfather of the first Baronet.
William Acland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Acland, 1st Baronet and Sarah Cotton.
He died in Edinburgh and was succeeded by his son Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet.
On 30 September 1831, he was created Rashleigh Baronet of Prideaux, by Lord Grey's government.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet.

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