BARONETAGE
Last updated 29/09/2018 (2 Apr 2024)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
DRAPER of Sunninghill, Berks
9 Jun 1660 to     Dec 1703	E	1	Thomas Draper Extinct on his death		Dec 1703
DRUGHORN of Ifield Hall, Sussex
29 Jun 1922 to     23 Feb 1943	UK	1	John Frederick Drughorn Extinct on his death	1 Aug 1862	23 Feb 1943	80
DRUMMOND of Hawthornden, Edinburgh
27 Feb 1828	UK		See "Williams-Drummond"
DRUMMOND of Lasswade, Midlothian
27 Jun 1922 to     1 Aug 1924	UK	1	Hugh Henry John Drummond Extinct on his death	29 Nov 1859	1 Aug 1924	64
DRUMMOND-STEWART of Blair, Fife
2 Jun 1683	NS	1	Thomas Stewart		by 1717
1717		2	George Stewart	12 Oct 1686	1 Nov 1759	73
1 Nov 1759		3	John Stewart	29 Sep 1687	14 Jun 1764	76
14 Jun 1764		4	John Stewart	c 1726	6 Oct 1797
6 Oct 1797		5	George Stewart	17 Oct 1750	9 Dec 1827	77
9 Dec 1827		6	John Archibald Drummond‑Stewart	26 Oct 1794	20 May 1838	43
20 May 1838		7	William George Drummond‑Stewart	26 Dec 1795	28 Apr 1871	75
28 Apr 1871 to     20 Sep 1890		8	Archibald Douglas Drummond‑Stewart Extinct on his death	29 Aug 1807	20 Sep 1890	83
DRURY of Riddlesworth, Norfolk
7 May 1627	E	1	Drue Drury MP for Norfolk 1621‑1622 and Thetford 1624‑1625	1588	23 Apr 1632	43
23 Apr 1632		2	Drue Drury	17 Jan 1611	13 Jul 1647	36
13 Jul 1647 to     27 Apr 1712		3	Robert Drury Extinct on his death	c 1633	27 Apr 1712
DRURY of Overstone, Northants
16 Feb 1739 to     19 Jan 1759	GB	1	Thomas Drury MP for Maldon 1741‑1747 Extinct on his death	12 Nov 1712	19 Jan 1759	46
DRYDEN of Canons Ashby, Northants
16 Nov 1619	E	1	Erasmus Dryden MP for Banbury 1624‑1625	29 Dec 1553	22 May 1632	78
22 May 1632		2	John Dryden MP for Northamptonshire 1640‑1653 and 1654‑1655	c 1580	c 1658
c 1658		3	Robert Dryden	c 1638	19 Aug 1708
19 Aug 1708		4	John Dryden	c 1635	23 May 1710
May 1710		5	Erasmus Henry Dryden	2 May 1669	4 Dec 1710	41
Dec 1710		6	Erasmus Dryden	1636	3 Nov 1718	82
3 Nov 1718 to     21 Mar 1770		7	John Dryden Extinct on his death	c 1704	21 Mar 1770
DRYDEN of Ambrosden, Oxon
24 Aug 1733	GB	1	Edward Turner	6 Oct 1691	15 Jul 1735	43
15 Jul 1735		2	Edward Turner MP for Great Bedwyn 1741‑1747, Oxfordshire 1754‑1761 and Penryn 1761‑1766	18 Apr 1719	31 Oct 1766	47
31 Oct 1766		3	Gregory Turner (Page-Turner from 15 Nov 1775) MP for Thirsk 1784‑1805	16 Feb 1748	4 Jan 1805	57
4 Jan 1805		4	Gregory Osborne Page‑Turner	28 Sep 1785	6 Mar 1843	57
6 Mar 1843		5	Edward George Thomas Page‑Turner	12 Sep 1789	10 Oct 1846	57
10 Oct 1846		6	Edward Henry Page‑Turner	3 Oct 1823	24 Mar 1874	50
24 Mar 1874		7	Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, 4th baronet He had previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Dryden of Canons Ashby, Northants (see below) in 1837. The two baronetcies continue to be merged	17 Aug 1818	24 Jul 1899	80
24 Jul 1899		8	Alfred Erasmus Dryden	14 Oct 1822	2 Apr 1912	89
2 Apr 1912		9	Arthur Dryden	12 Apr 1852	15 Mar 1938	85
15 Mar 1938		10	Noel Percy Hugh Dryden	24 Dec 1910	23 Mar 1970	59
23 Mar 1970		11	John Stephen Gyles Dryden	26 Sep 1943	29 Jun 2022	78
29 Jun 2022		12	John Frederick Simon ["Freddie"] Dryden	26 May 1976
DRYDEN of Canons Ashby, Northants
2 May 1795	GB	1	John Dryden	11 Nov 1752	14 Aug 1797	44
14 Aug 1797		2	John Edmund Dryden	17 Sep 1782	29 Sep 1818	36
29 Sep 1818		3	Henry Dryden	7 Jul 1787	17 Nov 1837	50
17 Nov 1837		4	Henry Edward Leigh Dryden He subsequently succeeded in 1874 to the baronetcy of Turner (see above) created in 1733 when the two baronetcies merged	17 Aug 1818	24 Jul 1899	80
DUCIE of London
28 Nov 1629	E	1	Robert Ducie	29 May 1575	12 Jul 1634	59
12 Jul 1634		2	Richard Ducie	c 1602	7 Mar 1657
7 Mar 1657		3	William Ducie, later [1675] 1st Viscount Downe	c 1612	9 Sep 1679
9 Sep 1679		4	William Ducie		c 1691
c 1691 to     May 1703		5	Robert Ducie Extinct on his death		May 1703
DUCK of Haswell-on-the-Hill, Durham
19 Mar 1687 to     26 Aug 1691	E	1	John Duck Extinct on his death	c 1632	26 Aug 1691
DUCKETT of Hartham House, Wilts
21 Jun 1791	GB	1	George Jackson (Duckett from 3 Feb 1797) MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1786‑1788 and Colchester 1788‑1789 and 1790‑1796	24 Oct 1725	15 Dec 1822	97
15 Dec 1822		2	George Duckett MP for Lymington 1807‑1812 and Plympton Erle 1812	17 Jul 1777	15 Jun 1856	78
15 Jun 1856 to     13 May 1902		3	George Floyd Duckett Extinct on his death	27 Mar 1811	13 May 1902	91
DUCKWORTH of Topsham, Devon
2 Nov 1813	UK	1	John Thomas Duckworth MP for New Romney 1812‑1817	28 Feb 1748	31 Aug 1817	69
31 Aug 1817 to     29 Nov 1887		2	John Thomas Buller Duckworth MP for Exeter 1845‑1857 Extinct on his death	17 Mar 1809	29 Nov 1887	78
DUCKWORTH of Grosvenor Place, Westminster
15 Jul 1909	UK	1	Dyce Duckworth	24 Nov 1840	20 Jan 1928	87
20 Jan 1928		2	Edward Dyce Duckworth	10 Jul 1875	5 Aug 1945	70
5 Aug 1945		3	Richard Dyce Duckworth	30 Sep 1918	28 Dec 1997	79
28 Dec 1997		4	Edward Richard Dyce Duckworth	13 Jul 1943	7 Oct 2005	62
7 Oct 2005		5	James Edward Dyce Duckworth	1984
DUCKWORTH-KING of Bellevue, Kent
18 Jul 1792	GB	1	Richard King MP for Rochester 1794‑1802	10 Aug 1730	27 Nov 1806	76
27 Nov 1806		2	Richard King	28 Nov 1774	5 Aug 1834	59
5 Aug 1834		3	Richard Duckworth King	12 Sep 1804	2 Nov 1887	83
2 Nov 1887		4	George St. Vincent King (Duckworth‑King from 13 Feb 1888)	15 Jul 1809	18 Aug 1891	82
18 Aug 1891		5	Dudley Gordon Alan Duckworth‑King	28 Nov 1851	14 Feb 1909	57
14 Feb 1909		6	George Henry James Duckworth‑King	8 Jun 1891	21 Feb 1952	60
21 Feb 1952 to     1 Apr 1972		7	John Richard Duckworth‑King Extinct on his death	11 Jun 1899	1 Apr 1972	72
DU CROS of Canons, Middlesex
5 Jul 1916	UK	1	Arthur Philip du Cros MP for Hastings 1908‑1918 and Clapham 1918‑1922	26 Jan 1871	28 Oct 1955	84
28 Oct 1955		2	Harvey Philip du Cros	19 Jun 1898	11 Oct 1975	77
11 Oct 1975		3	Claude Philip Arthur Mallet du Cros	22 Dec 1922	24 Jul 2014	91
24 Jul 2014		4	Julian Claude Arthur Mallet du Cros	23 Apr 1955
DUDDLESTONE of Bristol, Gloucs
11 Jan 1692	E	1	John Duddlestone		c 1716
c 1716 to     c 1750		2	John Duddlestone Extinct on his death		c 1750
DUDLEY of Clapton, Northants
1 Aug 1660	E	1	William Dudley		18 Sep 1670
18 Sep 1670		2	Matthew Dudley MP for Northampton 1702‑1705 and Huntingdonshire 1713‑1715	1 Oct 1661	14 Apr 1721	59
14 Apr 1721 to     15 Jun 1764		3	William Dudley Extinct on his death	2 Mar 1696	15 Jun 1764	68
DUDLEY of Kilscoran House, Ireland
17 Apr 1813 to     1 Feb 1824	UK	1	Henry Bate Dudley Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	25 Aug 1745	1 Feb 1824	78
DUDLEY-WILLIAMS of Exeter, Devon
2 Jul 1964	UK	1	Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams MP for Exeter 1951‑1966	17 Jun 1908	8 Oct 1987	79
8 Oct 1987		2	Alastair Edgcumbe James Dudley‑Williams	26 Nov 1943
DUFF of Vaynol Park, Carnarvon
1 Aug 1911	UK	1	Charles Garden Assheton-Smith	16 Apr 1851	24 Sep 1914	63
24 Sep 1914		2	Robert George Vivian Duff	14 Nov 1876	16 Oct 1914	37
16 Oct 1914 to     3 Mar 1980		3	Charles Michael Robert Vivian Duff Lord Lieutenant Caernarvon 1960‑1974 and Gwynedd 1974‑1980 Extinct on his death	3 May 1907	3 Mar 1980	72
DUFF of Hatton, Aberdeen
3 Jul 1952 to     6 Sep 1952	UK	1	Garden Beauchamp Duff Extinct on his death	6 Dec 1879	6 Sep 1952	72
DUFF-GORDON of Halkin, Ayr
12 Nov 1813	UK	1	James Duff		20 Nov 1815
20 Nov 1815		2	William Duff-Gordon MP for Worcester 1807‑1818	8 Apr 1772	8 Mar 1823	50
8 Mar 1823		3	Alexander Cornewall Duff‑Gordon	3 Feb 1811	27 Oct 1872	61
27 Oct 1872		4	Maurice Duff-Gordon	15 Mar 1849	5 May 1896	47
5 May 1896		5	Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon	22 Jul 1862	20 Apr 1931	68
20 Apr 1931		6	Henry William Duff-Gordon	12 Jan 1866	9 Jan 1953	86
9 Jan 1953		7	Douglas Frederick Duff-Gordon	12 Sep 1892	15 Mar 1964	71
15 Mar 1964		8	Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff‑Gordon	17 Oct 1933	24 Apr 2023	89
24 Apr 2023		9	Cosmo Henry Villiers Duff‑Gordon	18 Jun 1968
DUFF-SUTHERLAND-DUNBAR of Hempriggs, Caithness
21 Dec 1706	NS		See "Dunbar"
DUGDALE of Merevale and Blyth, Warwicks
17 Jul 1936	UK	1	William Francis Stratford Dugdale	20 Oct 1872	18 Apr 1965	92
18 Apr 1965		2	William Stratford Dugdale	29 Mar 1922	13 Nov 2014	92
13 Nov 2014		3	William Matthew Stratford Dugdale	22 Feb 1959
DUGDALE of Crathorne, Yorks
31 Jan 1945	UK	1	Thomas Lionel Dugdale He was subsequently created Baron Crathorne in 1959 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	20 Jul 1897	26 Mar 1977	79
DUKE of Benhall, Suffolk
16 Jul 1661	E	1	Edward Duke MP for Orford 1640	c 1604	1670
1670		2	John Duke MP for Orford 1679‑1685, 1689‑1690 and 1697‑1698	3 Jan 1633	24 Jul 1705	73
Jul 1705 to     25 Aug 1732		3	Edward Duke MP for Orford 1721‑1722 Extinct on his death	c 1694	25 Aug 1732
DUKE of London
5 Dec 1849	UK	1	James Duke MP for Boston 1837‑1849 and London 1849‑1865	31 Jan 1792	28 May 1873	81
28 May 1873 to     3 Jul 1935		2	James Duke Extinct on his death	25 Jun 1865	3 Jul 1935	70
DUKINFIELD of Dukinfield, Cheshire
16 Jun 1665	E	1	Robert Dukinfield	c 1642	6 Nov 1729
6 Nov 1729		2	Charles Dukinfield	18 Nov 1670	23 Feb 1742	71
23 Feb 1742		3	William Dukinfield (Dukinfield‑Daniell from 1746)	c 1725	12 Jan 1758
12 Jan 1758		4	Samuel Dukinfield	c 1716	15 May 1768
15 May 1768		5	Nathaniel Dukinfield	13 Jun 1746	20 Oct 1824	78
20 Oct 1824		6	John Lloyd Dukinfield	3 Feb 1785	7 Dec 1836	51
7 Dec 1836 to     24 Jan 1858		7	Henry Robert Dukinfield Extinct on his death	1 Jan 1791	24 Jan 1858	67
DUNBAR of Baldoon, Wigtown
13 Oct 1664	NS		See "Hope-Dunbar"
DUNBAR of Mochrum, Wigtown
29 Mar 1694	NS	1	James Dunbar		1718
1718		2	George Dunbar		Oct 1747
Oct 1747		3	James Dunbar		16 Apr 1782
16 Apr 1782		4	George Dunbar For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page		15 Oct 1799
15 Oct 1799		5	George Dunbar	c 1750	10 Oct 1811
10 Oct 1811		6	William Rowe Dunbar	19 Oct 1776	22 Jun 1841	64
22 Jun 1841		7	William Dunbar MP for Wigtown 1857‑1865	2 Mar 1812	19 Dec 1889	77
19 Dec 1889		8	Uthred James Hay Dunbar	26 Feb 1843	4 Sep 1904	61
4 Sep 1904		9	William Cospatrick Dunbar	20 Jul 1844	6 Feb 1931	86
6 Feb 1931		10	James George Hawker Roland Dunbar	6 Sep 1862	23 Jan 1953	90
23 Jan 1953		11	Richard Sutherland Dunbar	7 Jun 1873	25 Jan 1953	79
25 Jan 1953		12	Adrian Ivor Dunbar For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	11 Jun 1893	14 Jun 1977	84
14 Jun 1977		13	Jean Ivor Dunbar For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	4 Apr 1918	15 Aug 1993	75
15 Aug 1993		14	James Michael Dunbar	17 Jan 1950
DUNBAR of Durn, Banff
29 Jan 1698	NS	1	William Dunbar		c 1710
c 1710		2	James Dunbar	9 Jan 1668	Nov 1737	69
Nov 1737		3	William Dunbar		28 Jan 1786
28 Jan 1786		4	James Dunbar		20 Jan 1812
Jan 1812		5	Robert Dunbar	6 Jan 1780	11 Nov 1813	33
11 Nov 1813		6	William Dunbar	16 May 1804	27 Nov 1881	77
27 Nov 1881		7	Drummond Miles Dunbar	21 Nov 1845	4 Jan 1903	57
4 Jan 1903		8	George Alexander Drummond Dunbar	10 May 1879	25 Jun 1949	70
25 Jun 1949		9	Drummond Cospatrick Ninian Dunbar	9 May 1917	12 Jun 2000	83
12 Jun 2000		10	Robert Drummond Cospatrick Dunbar	17 Jun 1958
DUNBAR of Northfield, Moray
11 Apr 1700	NS	1	William Dunbar		1711
1711		2	Robert Dunbar		1742
1742		3	Patrick Dunbar MP for Caithness 1727‑1734	c 1676	5 Apr 1763
5 Apr 1763		4	Archibald Dunbar	c 1693	13 Jan 1769
13 Jan 1769		5	Alexander Dunbar	12 Jan 1742	20 Dec 1791	49
20 Dec 1791		6	Archibald Dunbar	30 Jun 1772	29 Mar 1847	74
29 Mar 1847		7	Archibald Dunbar	5 Jul 1803	6 Jan 1898	94
6 Jan 1898		8	Archibald Hamilton Dunbar	5 Apr 1828	6 Jun 1910	82
6 Jun 1910		9	Charles Gordon-Cumming Dunbar	14 Feb 1844	8 Jan 1916	71
8 Jan 1916		10	Archibald Edward Dunbar	17 Feb 1889	15 Jun 1969	80
15 Jun 1969		11	Archibald Ranulph Dunbar	8 Aug 1927	30 Nov 2015	88
30 Nov 2015		12	Edward Horace Dunbar	18 Mar 1977
DUNBAR of Hempriggs, Caithness
21 Dec 1706	NS	1	James Dunbar MP for Caithness 1710‑1713	after 1676	c Oct 1724
c Oct 1724		2	William Dunbar		12 Jun 1793
12 Jun 1793		3	Benjamin Dunbar, 6th Lord Duffus	28 Apr 1761	27 Jan 1843	81
27 Jan 1843		4	George Sutherland Dunbar, 7th Lord Duffus	6 Jan 1799	28 Aug 1875	76
28 Aug 1875		5	Benjamin Duff	1808	7 Dec 1897	89
7 Dec 1897		6	George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar	29 May 1878	8 Apr 1962	83
8 Apr 1962		7	George Cospatrick Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar	3 Aug 1906	4 Feb 1963	56
4 Feb 1963		8	Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar One of only five female baronets - see also Bolles created 1635, Dalyell created 1685, Maxwell created 1682 and Wishart created 1706 For further information on this baronetess, see the note at the foot of this page	19 Aug 1906	15 Feb 1997	90
15 Feb 1997		9	Richard Francis Dunbar	8 Jan 1945
DUNBAR of Boath, Nairn
19 Sep 1814	UK	1	James Dunbar	12 Feb 1770	Jan 1836	65
Jan 1836		2	Frederic William Dunbar	1819	29 Dec 1851	32
29 Dec 1851		3	James Alexander Dunbar	1821	7 Oct 1883	62
7 Oct 1883		4	Alexander James Dunbar For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Nov 1870	15 Nov 1900	29
15 Nov 1900 to     31 Dec 1937		5	Frederick George Dunbar Extinct on his death	27 Apr 1875	31 Dec 1937	62
DUNCAN of Marylebone, London
9 Aug 1764 to     1 Oct 1774	GB	1	William Duncan Extinct on his death	c 1715	1 Oct 1774
DUNCAN of Horsforth Hall, Yorks
9 Dec 1905	UK	1	Surr William Duncan	14 Jan 1834	3 Dec 1908	74
3 Dec 1908		2	Frederick William Duncan	12 Aug 1859	26 Feb 1929	69
26 Feb 1929 to     20 Sep 1964		3	Charles Edgar Oliver Duncan Extinct on his death	13 Aug 1892	20 Sep 1964	72
DUNCAN of Jordanstone, Perth
13 Jun 1957 to     30 Sep 1974	UK	1	James Alexander Lawson Duncan MP for Kensington North 1931‑1945 and Angus South 1950‑1964 Extinct on his death	1899	30 Sep 1974	75
DUNCOMBE of Tangley Park, Surrey
4 Feb 1662	E	1	Francis Duncombe		4 Nov 1670
4 Nov 1670 to     Jul 1706		2	William Duncombe Extinct on his death	1658	21 Jul 1706	48
DUNCOMBE of Great Brickhill, Bucks
25 May 1859	UK		See "Pauncefort-Duncombe"
DUNCOMBE of Wood Hall, Herts
16 May 1919 to     22 Nov 1933	UK	1	George Augustus Duncombe Extinct on his death	25 May 1848	22 Nov 1933	85
DUNDAS of Kerse, Linlithgow
16 Nov 1762	GB	1	Lawrence Dundas For details of the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page MP for Lanark Burghs 1747‑1748, Newcastle under Lyme 1762‑1768 and Edinburgh 1768‑1780 and 1781	c 1710	21 Sep 1781
21 Sep 1781		2	Thomas Dundas He was subsequently created Baron Dundas in 1794. Currently the baronetcy remains merged with the Marquessate of Zetland	16 Feb 1741	14 Jun 1820	79
DUNDAS of Richmond, Surrey
22 May 1815	UK	1	David Dundas		10 Jan 1826
10 Jan 1826		2	William Dundas	10 Dec 1777	Nov 1840	62
Nov 1840		3	James Fullerton Dundas		16 Jun 1848
16 Jun 1848 to     2 Sep 1868		4	John Burnet Dundas Extinct on his death	17 Nov 1794	2 Sep 1868	73
DUNDAS of Beechwood, Midlothian
24 Aug 1821	UK	1	Robert Dundas	30 Jul 1761	28 Dec 1835	74
28 Dec 1835		2	David Dundas	23 Aug 1803	22 Mar 1877	73
22 Mar 1877		3	Sydney James Dundas	3 Jun 1849	24 Sep 1904	55
24 Sep 1904		4	Charles Henry Dundas	1 Jan 1851	22 Nov 1908	57
22 Nov 1908		5	George Whyte Melville Dundas	16 Apr 1856	23 Oct 1934	78
23 Oct 1934 to     10 Oct 1981		6	Robert Whyte-Melville Dundas Extinct on his death	31 Oct 1881	10 Oct 1981	99
DUNDAS of Arniston, Midlothian
18 Jun 1898	UK	1	Robert Dundas	23 Mar 1823	11 Nov 1909	86
11 Nov 1909		2	Robert Dundas	28 Jul 1857	12 Dec 1910	53
12 Dec 1910		3	Henry Herbert Philip Dundas	4 Sep 1866	5 Feb 1930	63
5 Feb 1930		4	Philip Dundas	8 Nov 1899	23 Feb 1952	52
23 Feb 1952		5	Henry Matthew Dundas	17 May 1937	24 Jun 1963	26
24 Jun 1963		6	James Durham Dundas	31 Aug 1905	18 Jun 1967	61
18 Jun 1967 to     2 Dec 1970		7	Thomas Calderwood Dundas Extinct on his death	27 Nov 1906	2 Dec 1970	64
DUNGAN of Castletown, Kildare
23 Oct 1623	I	1	Walter Dungan		21 Dec 1626
21 Dec 1626		2	John Dungan	c 1603	c 1650
c 1650		3	Walter Dungan	c 1625	c 1686
c 1686		4	William Dungan He was subsequently created Earl of Limerick in 1686 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1715	c 1630	Dec 1698
DUNLOP of Dunlop, Ayr
28 Jul 1838	UK	1	John Dunlop MP for Ayrshire 1835‑1839	1806	3 Apr 1839	36
3 Apr 1839 to     10 Feb 1858		2	James Dunlop Extinct on his death	27 Aug 1830	10 Feb 1858	27
DUNLOP of Woodbourne, Renfrew
6 Jul 1916	UK	1	Sir Thomas Dunlop	2 Aug 1855	29 Jan 1938	82
29 Jan 1938		2	Thomas Dunlop	17 Nov 1881	8 Mar 1963	81
8 Mar 1963		3	Thomas Dunlop	11 Apr 1912	18 Aug 1999	87
18 Aug 1999		4	Thomas Dunlop	22 Apr 1951
DUNN of Lakenheath, Suffolk
29 Jul 1895 to     31 Mar 1912	UK	1	William Dunn MP for Paisley 1891‑1906 Extinct on his death	22 Sep 1833	31 Mar 1912	78
DUNN of Clitheroe, Lancs
25 Jun 1917	UK	1	Sir William Henry Dunn MP for Southwark West 1910	8 Oct 1856	12 Jun 1926	69
12 Jun 1926 to     3 Oct 1971		2	John Henry Dunn Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	12 Dec 1890	3 Oct 1971	80
DUNN of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
13 Jan 1921	UK	1	James Hamet Dunn	29 Oct 1875	1 Jan 1956	80
1 Jan 1956 to     20 Jun 1976		2	Philip Gordon Dunn Extinct on his death	26 Oct 1905	20 Jun 1976	70
DUNNELL of York, Yorks
11 Jan 1922 to     16 Jul 1960	UK	1	Sir Robert Francis Dunnell Extinct on his death	26 Jul 1868	16 Jul 1960	91
DUNNING of Beedinglee, Sussex
24 Jun 1930	UK	1	Sir Leonard Dunning	17 Jun 1860	8 Feb 1941	80
8 Feb 1941		2	William Leonard Dunning	13 Nov 1903	10 Sep 1961	57
10 Sep 1961		3	Simon William Patrick Dunning	14 Dec 1939
DUNNINGTON-JEFFERSON of Thorganby Hall, Yorks
7 Jul 1958	UK	1	Sir John Alexander Dunnington‑Jefferson	10 Apr 1884	12 Apr 1979	95
12 Apr 1979		2	Mervyn Stewart Dunnington‑Jefferson	5 Aug 1943	9 Jan 2014	70
9 Jan 2014		3	John Alexander Dunnington‑Jefferson	23 Mar 1980
DUNTZE of Tiverton, Devon
8 Nov 1774	GB	1	John Duntze MP for Tiverton 1768‑1795	c 1735	5 Feb 1795
5 Feb 1795		2	John Duntze	c 1765	21 Jun 1830
21 Jun 1830		3	John Lewis Duntze	16 Aug 1809	7 Sep 1884	75
7 Sep 1884		4	George Alexander Duntze	27 Jan 1839	2 May 1922	83
2 May 1922		5	George Puxley Duntze	6 Dec 1873	20 May 1947	73
20 May 1947		6	George Edwin Douglas Duntze	1 Jun 1913	20 May 1985	71
20 May 1985		7	John Alexander Duntze	13 Nov 1909	23 Aug 1987	77
23 Aug 1987		8	Daniel Evans Duntze	4 Apr 1926
DUPREE of Craneswater, Hants
24 Jan 1921	UK	1	Sir William Thomas Dupree	4 Sep 1856	2 Mar 1933	76
2 Mar 1933		2	William Dupree	5 Mar 1882	30 Jan 1953	70
30 Jan 1953		3	Vernon Dupree	23 Dec 1884	4 Sep 1971	86
4 Sep 1971		4	Victor Dupree	19 Dec 1887	11 Aug 1976	88
11 Aug 1976		5	Peter Dupree	20 Feb 1924	12 Sep 2006	82
12 Sep 2006 to     29 Jun 2013		6	Thomas William James David Dupree Extinct on his death	5 Feb 1930	29 Jun 2013	83
DURAND of Ruckley Grange, Salop
8 Apr 1892	UK	1	Edward Law Durand	5 Jun 1845	1 Jul 1920	75
1 Jul 1920		2	Edward Percy Marion Durand	11 Jul 1884	4 Mar 1955	70
4 Mar 1955		3	Alan Algernon Marion Durand	14 Oct 1893	16 Feb 1971	77
16 Feb 1971		4	Henry Mortimer Dickon Marion St. George Durand	19 Jun 1934	24 Oct 1992	58
24 Oct 1992		5	Edward Alan Christopher David Percy Durand	21 Feb 1974
DURNING-LAWRENCE of King's Ride, Berks
10 Mar 1898 to     21 Apr 1914	UK	1	Edward Durning-Lawrence MP for Truro 1895‑1906 Extinct on his death	2 Feb 1837	21 Apr 1914	77
DURRANT of Scottow, Norfolk
22 Jan 1784	GB	1	Thomas Durrant	c 1722	6 Sep 1790
6 Sep 1790		2	Thomas Durrant	1775	22 May 1829	53
22 May 1829		3	Henry Thomas Estridge Durrant	4 May 1807	16 May 1861	54
16 May 1861		4	Henry Josias Durrant	2 Sep 1838	6 Apr 1875	36
6 Apr 1875		5	William Robert Estridge Durrant	19 Aug 1840	17 Dec 1912	72
17 Dec 1912		6	William Henry Estridge Durrant	23 Dec 1872	22 Jul 1953	80
22 Jul 1953		7	William Henry Estridge Durrant	1 Apr 1901	13 Jul 1994	93
13 Jul 1994		8	William Alexander Estridge Durrant	26 Nov 1929	26 Aug 2018	88
26 Aug 2018		9	David Alexander Durrant	1 Jul 1960
DUTRY of London
19 Jun 1716 to     20 Oct 1728	GB	1	Dennis Dutry Extinct on his death		20 Oct 1728
DUTTON of Sherborne, Dorset
22 Jun 1678	E	1	Ralph Dutton MP for Gloucestershire 1679‑1685 and 1689‑1698	c 1645	by Mar 1721
by Mar 1721 to     1 Feb 1743		2	John Dutton MP for Gloucestershire 1727‑1734 Extinct on his death	2 Jan 1684	1 Feb 1743	59
DUVEEN of Milbank, Westminster
15 Feb 1927 to     25 May 1939	UK	1	Sir Joseph Duveen He was subsequently created Baron Duveen in 1933 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1939	14 Oct 1869	25 May 1939	69
DYCER of Uphall, Herts
18 Mar 1661	E	1	Robert Dycer	c 1595	26 Aug 1667
26 Aug 1667		2	Robert Dycer	c 1644	c 1675
c 1675 to     1676		3	Robert Dycer Extinct on his death	1667	1676	9
DYER of Staughton, Hunts
8 Jun 1627 to     Nov 1669	E	1	Lodowick Dyer Extinct on his death	c 1605	15 Nov 1669
DYER of Tottenham, Middlesex
6 Jul 1678	E	1	William Dyer		27 Jan 1681
27 Jan 1681		2	John Swinnerton Dyer	c 1656	17 May 1701
17 May 1701		3	Swinnerton Dyer	15 Feb 1688	4 Mar 1736	48
4 Mar 1736		4	John Swinnerton Dyer	c 1692	3 Feb 1754
3 Feb 1754		5	Thomas Dyer	12 Mar 1694	1780	86
1780		6	John Swinnerton Dyer	20 Nov 1738	21 Mar 1801	62
21 Mar 1801		7	Thomas Richard Swinnerton Dyer	c 1770	12 Apr 1838
12 Apr 1838		8	Thomas Swinnerton Dyer	6 Oct 1770	27 Nov 1854	84
27 Nov 1854		9	Thomas Dyer	10 Dec 1799	31 Oct 1878	78
31 Oct 1878		10	Swinnerton Halliday Dyer	4 Jun 1833	16 Mar 1882	48
16 Mar 1882		11	Thomas Swinnerton Dyer	3 Oct 1859	23 Aug 1907	47
23 Aug 1907		12	John Swinnerton Dyer	27 May 1891	31 Jul 1917	26
31 Jul 1917		13	John Lodovick Swinnerton Dyer	20 Jan 1914	2 Aug 1940	26
2 Aug 1940		14	Leonard Whitworth Swinnerton Dyer	30 Oct 1875	19 Aug 1947	71
19 Aug 1947		15	Leonard Schroeder Swinnerton Dyer	30 Mar 1898	10 Jun 1975	77
10 Jun 1975		16	(Henry) Peter Francis Swinnerton Dyer	2 Aug 1927	26 Dec 2018	91
26 Dec 2018		17	David Dyer-Bennett	1954
DYKE of Horsham, Sussex
3 Mar 1677	E	1	Thomas Dyke MP for Sussex 1685‑1687 and East Grinstead 1689‑1698	c 1650	31 Oct 1706
31 Oct 1706		2	Thomas Dyke	c 1700	20 Aug 1756
20 Aug 1756		3	John Dixon Dyke	23 Nov 1732	6 Sep 1810	77
6 Sep 1810		4	Thomas Dyke	29 Dec 1763	22 Nov 1831	67
22 Nov 1831		5	Percival Hart Dyke	27 Dec 1767	4 Aug 1846	78
4 Aug 1846		6	Percival Hart Dyke	9 Jun 1799	12 Nov 1875	76
12 Nov 1875		7	William Hart Dyke MP for Kent West 1865‑1868, Kent Mid 1868‑1885 and Dartford 1885‑1906; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1885‑1886; Vice President of the Council on Education 1887‑1892; PC 1880; PC [I] 1885	7 Aug 1837	3 Jul 1931	93
3 Jul 1931		8	Oliver Hamilton Augustus Hart Dyke	4 Sep 1885	9 Jul 1969	83
9 Jul 1969		9	Derek William Hart Dyke	4 Dec 1924	14 Sep 1987	62
14 Sep 1987		10	David William Hart Dyke	5 Jan 1955
DYKE-ACLAND of Columb John, Devon
			See "Acland"
DYMOKE of Scrivelsby, Lincs
Apr 1841 to     28 Apr 1865	UK	1	Henry Dymoke Extinct on his death For information regarding his family's hereditary role as King's/Queen's Champion, see the note below	1801	28 Apr 1865	63

	Sir Henry Bate Dudley, 1st and only baronet
	The following biography of Sir Henry Bate Dudley appeared in the January 1974 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade. The article uses the surname of "Bate" throughout, but it should be noted that he changed his name to "Dudley" in 1784 in compliance with the will of a relative.
	It was not unusual in the 18th century for a parson to edit a newspaper, but it was most uncommon for a man of Rev. Henry Bate's background to control a sheet as shameless and vice-ridden as the London Morning Post. Apparently he could see nothing wrong in a man of his station presiding over a newspaper that carried advertisements giving the addresses of all the "Ladies of Piccadilly". As the editor, the Rev. Bate had several failings - a vituperative pen combined with a penchant for character assassination that landed him in one libel suit after another, as well as gaol. Then there was the matter of his brawling. Henry Bate could not resist a good fight - with pistols, swords or bare knuckles. And to prove his versatility the clergyman-editor also wrote several bawdy plays, "produced," said one of his critics, "in the intervals of his gallantries and debaucheries."
	Nevertheless, Henry Bate, born on August 25, 1745, the son of a country clergyman, was nothing more than a typical product of an age of licence and tyranny, of the subjugation of an old culture and the flowering of a new. It was an era that saw the emergence of great figures of art and literature like Garrick, Sheridan, Gainsborough, and Mrs. Sarah Siddons, the actress. Co-existing with this artistic revolution was the vicious social licentiousness in the courts of the Georges, the blatant immorality of the upper classes, the gambling dens, the bare-knuckle pugilists. Then there were the macaronis (high‑born hoodlums) whose chief recreation was brawling with pistols, swords, and bare fists.
	The Rev. Henry Bate involved himself in all phases of this new age, giving his friendship and aid to celebrities in all walks of life and fighting the macaronis with his invincible brawling technique. He went to gaol for libel but ended his career in triumph - a magistrate in seven English counties and four in Ireland, a baronet and a prebendary of Ely Cathedral.
	After passing through Queen's College, Oxford, Henry Bate took orders and later succeeded to his father's country vicarage. It did not take the young parson long to discover that preaching the Word in the country made no appeal to his effervescent nature. City life seemed more alluring so he packed his bags and set out for London - and his fortune.
	When Henry Bate became editor of the newly-launched Morning Post he quickly turned it into one of London's less reputable journals. He accepted advertisements from street women and filled the rest of the paper with scandalous attacks on prominent personalities.
	Bate's first brawl concerned a paragraph he had published discrediting the good name of Lady Strathmore, betrothed of Captain Stoney. Stoney demanded satisfaction, and behind locked doors in a tavern the clergyman gave it to him in the form of a sword blade that actually bent on the captain's breast bone. Still, it was not until Bate had his first clash with the macaronis that London dubbed him with the title, The Fighting Parson. Bate was sitting in Vauxhall Gardens (then the beat of prostitutes) with a relative and actress, Mrs. Hartley, when a mob of macaronis began staring at the lady and making lewd remarks. Bate's temper flared and his loudly-expressed opinion of the larrikins drew a duel challenge from the macaronis' leader, Captain Croftes.
	At once another macaroni, Fighting Fitzgerald (whose career ended in a hangman's noose), claimed that his friend, "Captain" Miles, should have the honour of putting the parson in his place. At any rate, the parson and Miles retired to the Spread Eagle tavern where a room was cleared and the combatants fell to. Soon after, Miles was carried out, his face pulped by Bate's hammering fists. Later, the Morning Post carried a story revealing that Miles, far from being a captain, was actually a pug hired by Fitzgerald to beat up the parson. The fact that Bate was much smaller than the hired pugilist proved that the clergyman was no mean exponent of the manly art.
	After that set-to a pamphleteer offered the macaronis this advice:-
	"If I can see clear, you get nothing by writing.
	And I'm sure, my dear boys, you've got nothing by fighting.
	By St. Patrick you may faith, as well fight a host,
	As attack this black priest and his scandalous Post."
	The Fighting Parson did not have to wait long for his next brawl which began when the Morning Post described a Frenchman, de Morande, as a spy. In retaliation, de Morande suggested that Mrs. Bate was a prostitute. Swords were chosen this time and within ten minutes Bate, inflamed with rage, was roaring his threats to slice to pieces the already badly cut de Morande. Finally de Morande, lying on the floor, swore that Mrs. Bate had the virtue of an angel and the clergyman's honour was satisfied.
	Bate's next duel was with pistols. And his opponent was not a macaroni or an insulted Frenchman but a law student employed by the Morning Post. While the cause of the dispute is not clear the Press gave an excellent coverage of the event. One reporter wrote: "The chance of the first shot falling to Mr. Bate (he was always lucky) he discharged his pistol and hit his opponent in the fleshy part of the right arm. The student thus handicapped returned the fire without effect and the seconds intervened."
	Meanwhile, although he was busy perpetrating libels in the Morning Post and then duelling his way out of them, the Rev. Bate found time to write six comic operas and a number of bawdy plays, his best known being 'High Life Below Stairs' and 'The Blackamoor Washed White'. The star of the Blackamoor was his protégé, the inimitable, talented Mrs. Sarah Siddons. Yet even her brilliance could not save the play. It ran for only one night and then ended in a rip-roaring riot. The trouble was that the play was laden with libels against prominent citizens and Bate used the Morning Post to let them know before the play opened that they would be receiving dishonourable mention.
	The butts of the play's heavy satire turned up in force but Bate, supported by specially-hired pugilists stationed at strategic points, was ready for them. Half-way through the play the booing began and the pugilists moved in. The curtain came down as one of the finest theatrical brawls in London's history got into full swing. And that unfinished performance of 'The Blackamoor Washed White' was the only airing the play ever got.
	The Rev. Bate continued feeding his readers with scurrilous gossip and the addresses of Piccadilly's ladies until one day he got his teeth into an unusually juicy rumour. England, at the time, was full of stories that the French intended launching an invasion. In the midst of national panic Bate published a story alleging that the Duke of Richmond was in treasonable correspondence with the enemy. There was no duel this time. Instead, the editor was brought before a court, found guilty of criminal libel and sentenced to 12 months' gaol. Not that the parson was imprisoned immediately for the Gordon rioters had burned down the King's Bench Prison and Bate had to wait until it was again habitable.
	At any rate, after serving his term, Bate was set free to find that he had been replaced in the Morning Post's editorial chair by another, and even more dishonourable parson, William Jackson. [c 1737‑1795. An interesting character, he was charged with high treason in 1795. After being found guilty, he collapsed and died in the dock, probably from poison brought to him by his wife with whom he had breakfasted in his cell.] When Jackson set himself to the task of beating the former editor's libel record, Bate founded the Morning Herald.
	No one was going to out-libel the Rev. Henry Bate and no one was going to write more vicious editorials. At least that seemed to be the Morning Herald's policy. Another of the new paper's policies was support for the aristocratic Whigs. And it played this role with all the gusto of a Sheridan play. In fact one of the Herald's writers was Bate's friend, the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author of 'School for Scandal'.
	But if Bate had some notable friends he had a whole army of equally famous enemies including the celebrated critic and wit, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Discussing Bate, Johnson said to his biographer James Boswell: "I will not allow this man to have merit … I will allow him courage. We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway than for a fellow who jumps out of a ditch and knocks you down behind you[r] back."
	It was about this time that Bate inherited a large sum of money and once again his thoughts turned to the peace he felt existed only within the church. He decided to return to the active ministry and after buying a living (a parish with an income) at Bradwell in Essex he spent $60,000 of his own money rebuilding the church and reclaiming land. Promptly the Crown claimed the land (with the Rev. Bate's improvement) and handed it over lock, stock and barrel to the chaplain-general.
	After that Bate bought another in Ireland before becoming rector of Willingham in Cambridgeshire. Soon after he was created a baronet. When the Rev. Henry Bate, Bart., Justice of the Peace, Rector Prebendary of Ely Cathedral died, England had forgotten his scurrilous scandal sheets, Only his amazing ability with fists, swords and pistols remained in memory.
	Sir George Dunbar, 4th baronet [NS 1694]
	Sir George committed suicide in October 1799, as reported in the Courier and Evening Gazette of 29 October 1799:-
	Sir George was Major in the 14th regiment of dragoons now quartered there [Norwich], and as unhappily involved in a dispute at mess with his brother officers. Into the merits of that dispute, considering the melancholy consequence that has ensued, it would be highly indelicate to enter. Sir George was, certainly, a man of quick sensibility, which may have betrayed him into error on the occasion; but whichever party was to blame, the quarrel was most violent; the business made a most deep impression on his mind. For the two successive days he neither took food or slept, and his melancholy appearance filled his family with the most lively apprehensions. Lady Dunbar locked up his razors, pistols, etc. and watched him with unceasing vigilance. Her distress at seeing him so wretched was very great, and on Monday night she moaned very much, and was quite restless. Sir George said, "Maria, you disturb me, I will get up," which he immediately did, put on his watch-coat, and lay down on the floor. Lady Dunbar then endeavoured to conceal the anguish of her mind, in hopes to pacify him, and being overcome with watching, fell asleep. Sir George, as soon as he perceived it, left the room, and at about five or six in the morning of Tuesday walked out. Her Ladyship, when she awoke, being much alarmed by his absence, eagerly inquired for him, and was told, he had taken a morning's walk, having a violent head-ache, and thinking the air would do him good. This, however, proved only a pretence, for he gone to purchase a case of pistols, and stood by while the bullets were casting, which, with the pistols, he brought home concealed under his watch-coat. On his return he went to Lady Dunbar, who took hold of his hand, observing at the time, "How cold you are!" To which he answered "Yes, I shall be better presently." She then proposed to make breakfast; but he declined it, saying, that he had a letter to write first, and that he would ring to let her know when he should have it finished. He then parted from her, after pressing her hand very hard, went to his study, wrote his will, and instantly after blew out his brains. Lady Dunbar, who heard the report of the pistol, ran down into the room, and fell insensible on his body, which lay extended on the floor, from which she was taken up all covered with his blood. On Wednesday night his remains were interred with military honours at St. Peter's church; the Dean having refused leave, which was applied for, to have him buried in the Cathedral.
	Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, 12th baronet and Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, 13th baronet [NS 1694]
	Within the space of three days in January 1953, there were three holders of this baronetcy. The 10th baronet died on 23 January 1953, following which the 11th baronet enjoyed the title for only 2 days before dying on 25 January 1953. He was succeeded by his cousin, Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, to whom the following article from the Canberra Times of 10 November 1953 relates:-
	A baronet, who was until recently an odd-job man in a small American town, arrived at Southampton yesterday [8 November 1953] to claim his ancestral home.
	The ancestral home is a derelict 40-room mansion, overrun with weeds, in south-west Scotland.
	The baronet, Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, became the twelfth baronet of Dunbar through the death of two former baronets within 48 hours last January.
	To get from Upper Fairmont, Maryland, to England, the 60-year old baronet had to auction his small farm.
	As well as the mansion, he gets 15 tenanted farms, a 3,000-odd acre estate and an undisclosed sum of money.
	Sir Adrian must pay about £300 annually in rates for his derelict mansion, but he will receive about £2,000 annually, less tax, in rents from farms.
	The 12th baronet died in 1977, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, 13th baronet. In late 1983, however, the half-brother of the 11th baronet (the one who had been baronet for two days in 1953) challenged the right of Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar to the title. The following edited report appeared in The Times on 19 December 1983:-
	Lord Lyon King of Arms, who rules on matters of nobility in Scotland, holds public court today for only the third time this century. The court will hear the claim by a colonel, aged 90, that he is the rightful baronet, Dunbar of Mochrum. If the colonel succeeds, his French-born cousin, Sir Jean Dunbar, aged 65, son of an Anzac soldier and a Belgian mother - who moved from poverty in New York to live in Florida on the family trust's income when he inherited in 1977 - will lose the title.
	Matters of bigamy and bastardy under ancient Scottish marriage laws and customs will be argued by experts showing their dual role as heralds and lawyers by wearing heralds' tabards but discarding heralds' hats for legal wigs. They will discuss such matters as the "handfast" marriage - by which a couple could marry by clasping hands and swearing their vows before witnesses - which was the basis of the old Gretna Green ceremony, by which illegitimate children became legitimized by appearing from underneath their mother's cloak when her marriage was solemnized in church.
	The claimant is Colonel William Dunbar, now living in Herne Bay, Kent, half-brother of the eleventh baronet, Sir Richard Dunbar. Their father caused the complication by marrying twice and marrying his second wife, Grace, William's mother, during the lifetime of his first wife, Helen, Richard's mother. He and Grace went through a second marriage ceremony in 1912, after Helen's death.
	Sir Richard was baronet for only two days, succeeding his and William's cousin, Sir James Dunbar, in 1953. When he died the title went to another cousin, Sir Jean's father Adrian, a colourful character who was brought up in Canada, went to Australia, joined the Australian army and fathered Jean in France. Doubts were cast on Jean's legitimacy by his half-brothers when his father died, but it was proved by Mr. Hugh Peskett, now research director of Burke's Peerage, who travelled the world to rediscover the marriage lines of Jean's parents.
	Jean, who had been a sergeant in the US army in the Second World War, [and who] then became a jockey, had fallen on hard times and was working in a New York factory when he inherited.
	On 26 June 1984, The Times reported on the outcome of the Colonel's claim:-
	Colonel William Dunbar, aged 90, a retired British Army officer, yesterday failed in his petition to succeed to the ancient Scottish baronetcy of Dunbar of Mochrum. Lord Lyon King of Arms, who rules on matters of nobility in Scotland, dismissed the petition in which Colonel Dunbar, of Herne Bay, Kent, challenged the right of his second cousin, Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, a former American jockey, to the title of thirteenth baronet. With the right to the 289-year old title, inherited by Sir Jean in 1977, goes a family trust fund reputedly valued at £1m.
	Colonel Dunbar told The Times last night: "As a soldier I expect to be wounded or killed. I did not contest the title for myself but for my son and grandson and, of course, I am disappointed. These have been three years of great anxiety for me which have given me many a sleepless night. I have never met my cousin but there will be no hard feelings in the family. That would not be right."
	Sir Jean, aged 66, the French-born son of an Anzac soldier and a Belgian mother who lived in poverty in a New York rooming house until he inherited the title from his father, was not available last night at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. But his American lawyer … told The Times: "I am absolutely delighted with the outcome. Sir Jean will be glad to have won. It has been a long case."
	In his judgment the Lord Lyon … said the right to succeed to the title passed irrevocably to Sir Jean on 25 November 1954 [the significance of this particular date escapes me]. He is the second son and heir to the late Sir Adrian Dunbar, the twelfth baronet, who succeeded to the title on January 25, 1953. That was in succession to Sir Richard, the Colonel's half-brother, who was baronet for only two days before he died.
	Complications in the succession arose because the Colonel's father, also Richard, was married twice. Colonel Dunbar was the son of the second marriage in 1890. But his parents had to go through a second marriage ceremony in 1912 after it was discovered that the first wife had not died until 1910 and therefore Colonel Dunbar was illegitimate when born. In his petition to the Lyon Court he [the Colonel] claimed that he was legitimated in England in 1959 and in Scotland from 1968 at the latest [under the Legitimation (Scotland) Act 1968]. When Jean's father succeeded, he argued, his succession was subject to the possibility that a nearer born heir might emerge to deprive him of the title.
	Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar, baronetess of Hempriggs (eighth in line) [NS 1706]
	The following article appeared in The Times on 6 August 1965:-
	A petition by a woman who sought official recognition as a baronetess has been granted by the Lyon Court in Edinburgh.
	The court, in a judgment issued today [5 August], granted a petition brought by Mrs. Maureen Daisy Helen Moore or Blake, of The Lees, Malvern, Worcestershire, and recognized her as Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar of Hempriggs, Baronetess.
	Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, ruled that there was no reason why a woman could not inherit a baronetcy. The court held that the petitioner had the right to the arms of Dunbar of Hempriggs which were matriculated by Sir George Duff Sutherland Dunbar of Hempriggs, sixth baronet, and that she is Baronetess of Hempriggs.
	The Lord Lyon has instructed the Lyon Clerk to matriculate anew, in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland, the name of the petitioner as Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar of Hempriggs, Baronetess (Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs). Her husband is Mr. Leonard Blake.
	One of the principal legal points argued before the Lyon Court was whether a female could succeed to a baronetcy. In his judgment the Lord Lyon said: "I cannot myself see any reason why a woman cannot inherit a baronetcy, just as she would any other hereditary dignity, and accordingly I find the petitioner is heir of line, next of blood and representer of the line of Dunbar of Hempriggs."
	He added that the petitioner would be officially recognized in the surname of Dunbar of Hempriggs and her son would be recognized as Richard Francis Dunbar of Hempriggs, younger. She and her husband, the Lord Lyon added, would doubtless be known as Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs and Mr. Blake.
	Counsel for the petitioner had argued that if a woman could be created a baronetess then logically a woman could succeed as a baronetess. The title of baronet is usually limited to heirs male of the original holder, but the Dunbar baronetcy of Nova Scotia, which was created in 1706, is one of the few with the remainder "to heirs whomsoever". Other Nova Scotia baronetcies have in the past been transmitted through females.
	Sir Alexander James Dunbar, 4th baronet [UK 1814]
	From The Irish Times of 19 November 1900:-
	Sir Alexander Dunbar, Bart., of Boath House, near Auldearn, co. Nairn, was found drowned in the harbour at Nairn on Saturday afternoon. Sir Alexander, who was 29 years of age, was last seen alive on Thursday night in Nairn, when it supposed he left for Boath about 6 o'clock. The night was very wild and pitch dark, and it would appear that he attempted to cross the river by the lower footbridge, and in the darkness missed his footing. The River Nairn was at high flood at the time, and by the direction of the currents his body would have been swept down to the harbour. It was found in the lee of a boat which had been shifted on Saturday morning.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Dundas created in 1762
	From the London Gazette of 13 November 1762 (issue 10261, page 2):-
	The King has been pleased to grant unto Lawrence Dundas, of Upleatham Hall, in Cleveland in the County of York, Esq; and to his Issue Male, and in Default of such Issue, to Thomas Dundas, Esq; Brother to the said Lawrence Dundas, and his Issue Male, the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
	Sir John Henry Dunn, 2nd baronet
	From the Manchester Guardian of 13 May 1949:-
	"John", the checkweigher at Horse Wood opencast coal site, Keresforth Hill, near Barnsley, is one of thirteen baronets listed by Burke's Peerage as untraced, it has been discovered. He is Sir John Henry Dunn, 58-year-old son of the late Sir William Dunn, of Clitheroe and Regent's Park, London, whom he succeeded in July [actually June], 1926. Sir William had been Mayor of London [1916‑1917] and was M.P. for Southwark [West] in 1910.
	After being a City of London policeman, a sailor in an Australian ship, an actor in America and England, and a journalist, Sir John went to the coal site about four years ago, and there he works in a little office issuing load tickets to lorry-drivers, to whom he is just "John".
	The Dymoke family and their hereditary office as King's/Queen's Champion
	The following note is largely derived from two books:-
	A History of the Coronation by William John Passingham [Low Marston, London, 1940] and Scrivelsby; the home of the Champions, with some account of the Marmion and Dymoke families by the Rev. Samuel Lodge [Elliot Stock, London, 1893]
	The service of King's Champion has been for centuries the right of the Lords of the Manor of Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire. Notwithstanding the great antiquity of the office of King's Champion, the first historical record of the official performance of his duties does not occur until the Coronation of King Richard II. Yet for 800 years the King's Champion rendered his feudal service for the Manor of Scrivelsby, and in most picturesque and romantic fashion at every coronation in the Great Hall of Westminster.
	The office has its origins in the ancient feudal law of trial by combat. His duty was to present himself at a certain moment during the second course of the Coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, fully armed and mounted on the "second best charger from the King's stables", accompanied by two squires carrying his lance and shield.
	During the years of the Norman and Angevin kings, the King's Champion was numbered amongst the most powerful nobles in the kingdom, and the office was regarded with increasing respect and significance. At that time the Champion did not wait to make his first dramatic appearance in Westminster Hall, but rode in the Coronation procession and proclaimed his challenge during the journey as well as at the banquet, but this eventually changed such that the challenge was delayed until the banquet in order to emphasize that the challenge was an act of pageantry.
	A loud knocking on the great doors of Westminster Hall, and a fanfare of trumpets announced the arrival of the Champion. Immediately the Earl Marshal, who was followed to the entrance by the Lord High Constable, answered the summons. The doors were then flung wide open and through them came the picturesque cavalcade. Eyewitnesses have described this incident in the ceremony as the most striking and colourful spectacle in the whole Coronation proceedings. The Heralds came first, followed by the two squires carrying the Champion's arms, and then riding between the Earl Marshal and the Lord High Constable, came the King's Champion himself. Both horse and rider were fully clad in the finest armour. Usually, an Officer of the Royal Household inquired in a loud voice as to the meaning of the intrusion into the King's presence and, at a sign from the Champion, one of the Heralds proceeded to read out the Challenge at the conclusion of which the Champion flung down his gauntlet to invite any challengers.
	The King's Champion was entitled to receive fees for his service. These fees included the horse, saddle and armour and furniture used by him during the ceremony and there was later added a gold cup and cover weighing 36 ounces together with 20 yards of crimson satin for his mantle. Naturally, there was a catch - the Champion could not claim all of these perquisites if he was not challenged and no actual combat took place. Since no challenge has ever been made, the Champion's fee came to be recognised as a gold cup and cover.
	Before the Dymokes became the hereditary King's Champions, the office was held by the Marmion family. The Marmions were a Norman family living at Fontenay-le Marmion near Caen in Normandy. The Marmions acted as hereditary Champions to the Dukes of Normandy. William I brought his current Champion, Sir Robert Marmion to England and after the Norman victory at Hastings, Sir Robert was granted estates at Tamworth Castle in Warwickshire and the Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire on the same tenure - i.e. to act as King's Champion. He died after 1086 (he was in possession of the estates at the time of the Domesday Book) and was succeeded by his son:-
	Roger Marmion - he held Scrivelsby at the time of the Lindsey Survey (c 1115‑1118) and was succeeded by his son:-
	Robert Marmion, who was killed in battle in September 1144. He fought for Stephen in the civil war against Matilda when he was thrown from his horse and, after landing in a ditch with a broken thigh, a common soldier cut off his head. He left by his wife Millicent a son:-
	Robert Marmion, said to have married Elizabeth, daughter of Gervase and who died c 1181 leaving a son:-
	Robert Marmion, who married Maud de Beauchamp. He was Justice of Assize in Normandy in 1177, Sheriff of Worcester 1185‑1189 and Justice of the King's Court in England 1184‑1205. He died in early 1218, and was succeeded by his son:-
	Robert Marmion (usually referred to as 'the elder'), who in 1221 had livery of Tamworth Castle and his father's other lands. He married Juliana, daughter of Philip de  Vesey and died in 1241, leaving a son:-
	Philip Marmion, Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1249, received grant of mark et at Scrivelsby from Henry III in 1259, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1261‑1262 and Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1263. He married twice, and by his first wife, he had daughters named Mazera, Joan and Maud. By his second wife he had another daughter, also, somewhat confusingly, named Joan. Philip was the last direct descendant of the Lords of Fontenay, and on his death in late 1291, Tamworth Castle passed eventually to Joan, daughter of Mazera. This Joan married Alexander de Freville, whose descendants later claimed the role of Champion (see below). The other Joan, his daughter by his second wife, inherited the Manor of Scrivelsby. She married Thomas de Ludlow, and had a daughter, Margaret Ludlow who married, c 1350, Sir John Dymoke.
	The Dymoke Champions:-
	Sir John Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Richard II (16 July 1377)]. He was born c 1325, was MP for Lincolnshire in the Parliaments of October 1372, November 1373 and October 1377 and died 16 Apr 1381.
	Before the coronation had taken place, Sir Baldwin de Freville, Lord of Tamworth Castle and son of Mazera Marmion and uncle of Margaret Ludlow (see above) laid claim to the role of Champion in right of his mother. He claimed that the role of Champion went with the ownership of Tamworth Castle. The Lord Steward temporarily ruled in Dymoke's favour while allowing time for de Freville to produce documents to prove his claim. The Court of Claims set up to deal with this matter upheld Dymoke's petition over that of de Freville. De Freville's claim as a descendant of the elder Joan Marmion was disallowed because Tamworth Castle was held by "Knight Service" [a form of feudal land tenure under which a knight held an estate from an overlord conditional upon him as tenant performing military service for his overlord] whereas the Manor of Scrivelsby was held in "Grand Sergeanty" [a form of tenure in return for some specified non-standard service - in this instance acting as King's Champion]. Although Sir Baldwin did not pursue his claim any further, one of his sons again raised the issue, but failed to provide sufficient evidence in support of his claim. Since his death in October 1400, the claim of the Dymokes to be hereditary King's Champions has not been disputed.
	Sir Thomas Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Henry IV (13 October 1399) and Henry V (9 April 1413)]. He was born c 1355 and died in 1422. At the time of the coronation of Henry IV, Richard II was still alive as a prisoner in the Tower. Everyone at the coronation waited to see who, if anyone, would challenge him. Froissart, in his Chronicles [Book 4, Chapter 116] says "when dinner was half over, a knight of the name of Dymock entered the hall completely armed, and mounted on a handsome steed, richly barbed with crimson housings. The knight was armed for wager of battle, and was preceded by another knight bearing his lance: he himself had his drawn sword in one hand, and his naked dagger by his side. The knight presented the king with a written paper, the contents of which were, that if any knight or gentleman should dare to maintain that king Henry was not a lawful sovereign, he was ready to offer him combat in the presence of the king, when and where he should be pleased to appoint. The king ordered this challenge to be proclaimed by herald in six different parts of the town and the hall, to which no answer was made."
	Sir Philip Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Henry VI (6 November 1429)]. He was born about 1399/1400 (he was aged 22 at his father's death). He died 23 September 1455, leaving:-
	Sir Thomas Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Edward IV (28 June 1461)]. Sir Thomas was the King's Champion during the War of the Roses. Because his father had served as Champion to Henry VI, Sir Thomas, as his son, felt it his duty to support the Lancastrian cause. He and his brother-in-law, Richard, 7th Baron Welles, were beheaded at Stamford, Lincolnshire by order of King Edward IV after they had been lured out of the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey by false promises of royal pardons.
	Sir Robert Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Richard III (6 July 1483), Henry VII (30 October 1485) and Henry VIII (24 June 1509)]. He was born c 1461 and died 13 April 1544. The following extract from Union of the Two Noble and Illiustre Families of Lancastre and York written by Edward Hall [1497‑1547] and published the year after his death gives a good eye-witness description of events at the coronation of Henry VIII:-
	The second course beyng served: in at the Haule Doore entered a knight, armed at all poyntes, his bases rich tissue embrouded, a great plume & a supteous of Oistriche fethers on his helmet, sittyng on a great courser trapped in tissue, and embroudered with the armes of England, and of Fraunce, and an herald of armes before hym. And passyng through the Haule, presented hymself with humble reverence before the Kynge's Majestie, to whom Garter King-of-Heralds cried, and said in a loude voice 'Sir Knight! From whence came you, and what is your pretence?' This knight's name was Sir Robert Dimmocke, Champion to the Kyng by tenure of his inheritance, who answered the saied Kyng-of-Armes in effecte, after this manner: "Sir, the place I come from is not material, nor the cause of my repaire hither is not concerning any matter of any place or countrey, but only this. And therewithal commaunded his Heralds to make an 'Oyez'. Then saied the knight to the Kyng-at-Armes 'now shall ye hear the cause of my commyng and pretence'. Then he commanded his Heraulde by proclamacion to saie: 'If there be any persone, of what estate or degree soever he be, that will saie or prove that Kyng Henry the Eight is not the rightful inheritor and Kyng of this Realme, I, Sir Thomas Dimmocke, here his champion, offer my glove, to fight in his querell, with any persone to the utteraunce.
	Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Edward VI (20 February 1547), Mary I (1 October 1553) and Elizabeth I (15 January 1559)]. He was born by 1508 and died in September 1567, having been MP for Lincolnshire in 1547, April 1554 and 1558. His son:-
	Robert Dymoke, who, though never a Champion at a coronation, is somewhat of a Catholic hero. He was born in 1537 and died 11 September 1580. He suffered greatly in the anti-Catholic reaction which followed the persecution of Protestants under Queen Mary. According to The Catholic Encyclopaedia he was:-
	Confessor of the Faith … son of Sir Edward Dymoke (d. 1566) of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, hereditary King's Champion. In 1579 Dymoke received the martyr-priest, blessed Richard Kirkman, at Scrivelsby, and maintained him as schoolmaster to his sons. He was himself, at the time, an occasional conformist to the State religion but was reconciled in 1580 either by Kirkman or by blessed Edmund Campion. [Campion (1540‑1581) was canonized in 1970.] In July 1580 Dymoke and his wife, the Lady  Bridget, eldest daughter and coheiress of Edward Clinton, [1st] Earl of Lincoln, were indicted for hearing Mass and for recusancy. Though he was quite helpless owing to paralysis, Dymoke was ordered by Bishop [Thomas] Cooper [c 1517‑1594, Bishop of Lincoln 1571‑1584] to be carried off to gaol, where he died faithful to the end. He was much tormented in his last hours by the Protestant ministers who endeavoured to pervert him, and who, even when the dying man was half-unconscious, refused to leave him in peace. He left several children, his eldest son, Edward [see below], being more than twenty-one years of age at the time of his father's death.
	Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of James I (25 July 1603)]. He was born about 1557 and died 1 August 1624. James' coronation ceremony was meagre and much mutilated when compared to previous ceremonies due to a fresh outbreak of the plague in London at the time of the coronation. His grandson:-
	Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Charles I (2 February 1626)]. He was the first Champion to appear at a coronation without the knightly spurs. He was a leading Cavalier. Up until his death in 1644, the Dymokes had always been a wealthy and influential family, but following a break in the direct line of succession, the family fortunes entered a steady decline. He was succeeded by his nephew:-
	Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Charles II (23 April 1661)]. After the death of Charles I in 1649, Sir Edward was singled out for special attention by the regicides. Crippling confiscation of property and monetary fines (one of nearly £5000) impoverished the family. Sir Edward died in 1664 and was succeeded by his son:-
	Sir Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of James II (23 April 1685)]. During his performance as Champion at the coronation of James II, he met with an unfortunate accident. Having made his challenge, he knelt to kiss the King's hand but stumbled and fell heavily to the floor. The weight of his armour made it difficult for him to rise. "See you, love" said the Queen [Mary of Modena] derisively. "What a weak Champion you have!" Dymoke died about 1686, leaving a son:-
	Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of William III and Mary II (11 April 1689) and Anne (23 April 1702)]. He was born in 1667 and was MP for Lincolnshire from August 1698 until his death, aged only 35, on 17 January 1703. His younger brother:-
	Lewis Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of George I (20 October 1714) and George II (11 October 1727)]. Born on 14 February 1669, he succeeded his brother as MP for Lincolnshire in Feb 1703. He sat until 1705 and was again MP for Lincolnshire 1710‑1713. He died in February 1760. The office of Champion descended to his cousin Edward Dymoke, who died a short time later [17 September 1760] without ever being Champion at a coronation. He was a hatter with a shop in Fenchurch Street, London. His son:-
	John Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of George III (22 September 1761)]. Since this was the first coronation to take place after the defeat of the Young Pretender, fears were expressed that at the coronation of George III, the Champion's formal challenge would be accepted by a Jacobite. When Dymoke flung down his gauntlet there came over Westminster Hall a tense silence and an atmosphere of acute expectation. It was rumoured that none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie himself intended to accept the Champion's challenge to mortal combat. Instead, an elderly matron stooped down and picked up the gauntlet. "Be careful with your fine gloves, young man," she said, reprovingly, and tossing Dymoke his gauntlet, she disappeared among the throng amid gales of suppressed laughter. He died 6 March 1784 and was succeeded by his son:-
	Lewis Dymoke, born c 1752 and died 12 May 1820. He never acted as Champion, since there were no coronations between 1784 when he inherited, and his death. His younger brother:-
	The Rev. John Dymoke, who deemed the office as being incompatible with his functions as a clergyman and therefore deputised his son, Henry Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of George IV (19 July 1821)] to act in his place. This was the last occasion at which the Champion went through his coronation role. William IV held no coronation banquet in 1831, and at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, it was decided not to include the traditional ride and challenge of the Champion, and it has never been revived since that time. The Rev. John died 3 December 1828 and Henry, who was created a baronet in 1841, supposedly as recompense for losing his role at the coronation of Victoria, died 28 April 1865, when the baronetcy became extinct. Although no longer required to make the challenge, the office still lives on. The descent of the title of King's Champion has been as follows. The Rev. John Dymoke's younger son:-
	John Dymoke, rector of Scrivelsby (1804 - November 1873). His son:-
	Henry Lionel Dymoke (1832 - December 1875). His kinsman:-
	Francis Seaman Dymoke (c 1827 - 2 June 1893) His son:-
	Francis Seaman Dymoke (24 July 1862 - 28 August 1946). At the coronation of Edward VII on 9 August 1902, he bore the Standard of England in Westminster Abbey. His grandson:-
	John Lindley Marmion Dymoke (1 September 1926 - 21 March 2015). He carried the Union Standard at the coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. His son:-
	Francis John Fane Marmion Dymoke (19 January 1955 - 18 December 2023). He carried the Union Standard at the coronation of Charles III on 6 May 2023.
	Henry Francis Marmion Dymoke (1984-) is the current Champion (35th in line).

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