BARONETAGE
Last updated 01/10/2018 (28 Sep 2025)
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.
HOME-PURVES-HUME-CAMPBELL of Purves Hall, Berwick
25 Jul 1665	NS	1	William Purves		c 1685
c 1685		2	Alexander Purves		1701
1701		3	William Purves		1730
1730		4	William Purves	14 Jan 1701	18 Jun 1762	61
18 Jun 1762		5	Alexander Purves	15 Jan 1739	13 Nov 1812	73
13 Nov 1812		6	William Purves-Hume-Campbell	4 Oct 1767	9 Apr 1833	65
9 Apr 1833		7	Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell MP for Berwickshire 1834‑1847	15 Dec 1812	30 Jan 1894	81
30 Jan 1894 to     25 Feb 1960		8	John Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell Dormant on his death	9 Aug 1879	25 Feb 1960	80
HONYMAN of Armadale, Sutherland
19 May 1804	UK	1	William Honyman		5 Jan 1825
5 Jan 1825		2	Richard Bempde Johnstone Honyman MP for Orkney & Shetland 1812‑1818	4 May 1787	23 Feb 1842	54
23 Feb 1842		3	Ord John Honyman	25 Mar 1794	27 Jan 1863	68
27 Jan 1863		4	George Essex Honyman	22 Jan 1819	16 Aug 1875	56
16 Aug 1875 to     5 Dec 1911		5	William Macdonald Honyman Extinct on his death	31 Aug 1820	5 Dec 1911	91
HONYWOOD of Evington, Kent
19 Jul 1660	E	1	Edward Honywood	c 1628	1670
1670		2	William Honywood MP for Canterbury 1685‑1698	c 1654	8 Jun 1748
8 Jun 1748		3	John Honywood	c 1710	26 Jun 1781
26 Jun 1781		4	John Honywood MP for Steyning 1784‑1785 and 1788‑1790, Canterbury 1790‑1796 and 1797‑1802, and Honiton 1802‑1806	c 1757	29 Mar 1806
29 Mar 1806		5	John Courtenay Honywood	1787	12 Sep 1832	45
12 Sep 1832		6	John Edward Honywood	16 Mar 1812	17 Jul 1845	33
17 Jul 1845		7	Courtenay Honywood	5 Mar 1835	17 Apr 1873	38
17 Apr 1873		8	John William Honywood	15 Apr 1857	17 Jun 1907	50
1907		9	Courtenay John Honywood	29 May 1880	4 Jul 1944	64
4 Jul 1944		10	William Wynne Honywood	7 Apr 1891	10 Aug 1982	91
10 Aug 1982		11	Filmer Courtenay William Honywood	20 May 1930	18 Sep 2025	95
18 Sep 2025		12	Rupert Anthony Honywood	2 Mar 1957
HOOD of Catherington, Ireland
20 May 1778	GB	1	Samuel Hood He was subsequently created Baron Hood in 1782 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	12 Dec 1724	27 Jan 1816	91
HOOD of St. Audries, Somerset
13 Apr 1809	UK		See "Fuller-Acland-Hood"
HOOD of Wimbledon, Surrey
16 Jan 1922	UK	1	Joseph Hood MP for Wimbledon 1918‑1924	31 Mar 1863	10 Jan 1931	67
10 Jan 1931		2	Harold Joseph Hood	23 Jan 1916	5 Sep 2005	89
5 Sep 2005		3	John Joseph Harold Hood	27 Aug 1952
HOOKE of Flanchford, Surrey
22 Jul 1662	E	1	Thomas Hooke	8 Jul 1641	1678	36
1678 to     Jul 1712		2	Hele Hooke Extinct on his death	c 1665	Jul 1712
HOOPER of Tenterden, Kent
11 Jul 1962	UK	1	Sir Frederic Collins Hooper	19 Jul 1892	4 Oct 1963	71
4 Oct 1963 to     25 May 1987		2	Anthony Robin Maurice Hooper Extinct on his death	26 Oct 1918	25 May 1987	68
HOPE of Craighall, Fife
19 Feb 1628	NS	1	Thomas Hope		1 Oct 1646
1 Oct 1646		2	John Hope	c 1605	28 Apr 1654
28 Apr 1654		3	Thomas Hope	11 Feb 1633	c 1660
c 1660		4	Thomas Hope		c 1686
c 1686		5	William Hope		c 1707
c 1707		6	William Hope (later Bruce-Hope)		5 Apr 1729
5 Apr 1729		7	John Bruce-Hope MP for Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire 1727‑1734 and 1741‑1747	c 1684	5 Jun 1766
5 Jun 1766		8	Thomas Hope		17 Apr 1771
17 Apr 1771		9	Archibald Hope	1735	10 Jun 1794	58
10 Jun 1794		10	Thomas Hope	1768	1801	33
1801		11	John Hope MP for Midlothian 1845‑1853	13 Apr 1781	5 Jun 1853	72
5 Jun 1853		12	Archibald Hope	28 Feb 1808	24 Jan 1883	74
24 Jan 1883		13	John David Hope	27 Apr 1809	14 Jul 1892	83
14 Jul 1892		14	William Hope	12 Jul 1819	5 Apr 1898	78
5 Apr 1898		15	Alexander Hope	22 Oct 1824	7 Mar 1918	93
7 Mar 1918		16	John Augustus Hope MP for Midlothian 1912‑1918 and Midlothian & Peebles North 1918‑1922	7 Jul 1869	17 Apr 1924	54
17 Apr 1924		17	Archibald Philip Hope	27 Mar 1912	27 Jul 1987	75
27 Jul 1987		18	John Carl Alexander Hope	10 Jun 1939	30 Oct 2007	68
30 Oct 2007		19	Alexander Archibald Douglas Hope	16 Mar 1969
HOPE of Kerse, Stirling
30 May 1672	NS	1	Alexander Hope	12 Dec 1637	Dec 1673	36
Dec 1673		2	Alexander Hope	13 Aug 1663	10 Feb 1719	55
10 Feb 1719		3	Alexander Hope	3 Jan 1697	24 Feb 1749	52
24 Feb 1749 to     c 1794		4	Alexander Hope Extinct on his death		c 1794
HOPE of Kirkliston
1 Mar 1698	NS	1	William Hope	15 Apr 1660	1 Feb 1724	63
1 Feb 1724		2	George Hope	c 1685	20 Nov 1729
20 Nov 1729 to     1763		3	William Hope On his death the baronetcy became dormant. In September 1989, the 4th Marquess of Linlithgow proved his right to this baronetcy and as a result the baronetcy is now merged with that peerage	c 1726	1763
HOPE of Kinnettles, Angus
13 Jan 1932	UK	1	Sir Harry Hope MP for Buteshire 1910‑1918, Stirling & Clackmannan West 1918‑1922 and Forfarshire 1924‑1931	24 Sep 1865	29 Dec 1959	94
29 Dec 1959		2	James Hope	2 May 1898	8 Oct 1979	81
8 Oct 1979 to     8 Apr 1993		3	Robert Holms-Kerr Hope Extinct on his death	12 Apr 1900	8 Apr 1993	92
HOPE-DUNBAR of Baldoon, Wigtown
13 Oct 1664 to     12 Dec 1686	NS	1	David Dunbar The baronetcy became dormant on his death	c 1610	12 Dec 1686
1 Jun 1916		6	Charles Dunbar Hope-Dunbar His claim to the title was allowed on 1 June 1916 For further information on his claim, see the note at the foot of this page	12 Jul 1873	6 Jan 1958	84
6 Jan 1958		7	Basil Douglas Hope-Dunbar	16 Feb 1907	21 Jul 1961	54
21 Jul 1961		8	David Hope-Dunbar	13 Jul 1941
HOPKINS of Athboy, Meath
25 Jul 1795	I	1	Francis Hopkins MP [I] for Kilbeggan 1798‑1800	2 Aug 1756	19 Sep 1814	58
19 Sep 1814 to     11 May 1860		2	Francis Hopkins Extinct on his death	28 May 1813	11 May 1860	46
HOPKINS of St. Pancras, London
3 Jul 1929 to     16 Feb 1946	UK	1	John Wells Wainwright Hopkins MP for St. Pancras South East 1918‑1923 and 1924‑1929 Extinct on his death	16 Feb 1863	16 Feb 1946	83
HORDER of Shaston, Dorset
14 Jul 1923	UK	1	Sir Thomas Jeeves Horder He was subsequently created Baron Horder in 1933 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1997	7 Jan 1871	13 Aug 1955	84
HORLICK of Cowley Manor, Gloucs
18 Jul 1914	UK	1	James Horlick	30 Apr 1844	7 May 1921	77
7 May 1921		2	Ernest Burford Horlick	29 Feb 1880	7 Oct 1934	54
7 Oct 1934		3	Peter James Cunliffe Horlick	4 Mar 1908	29 Jan 1958	49
29 Jan 1958		4	James Nockells Horlick MP for Gloucester 1923‑1929	22 Mar 1886	31 Dec 1972	86
31 Dec 1972		5	John James Macdonald Horlick	9 Apr 1922	20 Feb 1995	72
20 Feb 1995		6	James Cunliffe William Horlick	19 Nov 1956
HORNBY of Brookhouse, Lancs
21 Feb 1899	UK	1	William Henry Hornby MP for Blackburn 1886‑1910	29 Aug 1841	22 Oct 1928	87
22 Oct 1928 to     3 Jan 1971		2	Henry Russell Hornby Extinct on his death	12 Sep 1888	3 Jan 1971	82
HORNE of Shackleford, Surrey
25 Mar 1929	UK	1	William Edgar Horne MP for Guildford 1910‑1922	21 Jan 1856	26 Sep 1941	85
26 Sep 1941		2	Alan Edgar Horne	19 Sep 1889	4 Feb 1984	94
4 Feb 1984		3	Alan Gray Antony Horne	11 Jul 1948
HORSBRUGH-PORTER of Merrion Square, co. Dublin
22 Jul 1902	UK	1	Andrew Marshall Porter MP for co. Londonderry 1881‑1883; Solicitor General [I] 1881‑1882; Attorney General [I] 1882‑1883; Master of the Rolls [I] 1883‑1906; PC [I] 1883	27 Jun 1837	9 Jan 1919	81
9 Jan 1919		2	John Scott Horsbrugh-Porter	18 Jul 1871	7 Mar 1953	81
7 Mar 1953		3	Andrew Marshall Horsbrugh-Porter	1 Jun 1907	5 Feb 1986	78
5 Feb 1986		4	John Simon Horsbrugh-Porter	18 Dec 1938	10 Mar 2013	74
10 Mar 2013		5	Andrew Alexander Marshall Horsbrugh-Porter	19 Jan 1971
HORSFALL of Kilkenny
1642 to     c 1693	I	1	Ciprian Horsfall Extinct on his death		c 1693
HORSFALL of Hayfield, Yorks
27 Nov 1909	UK	1	John Cousin Horsfall	8 Dec 1846	18 Oct 1920	73
18 Oct 1920		2	John Donald Horsfall	1 Jun 1891	25 Mar 1975	83
25 Mar 1975		3	John Musgrave Horsfall	26 Aug 1915	12 Jan 2005	89
12 Jan 2005		4	Edward John Wright Horsfall	17 Dec 1940
HORT of Castle Strange, Middlesex
8 Sep 1767	GB	1	John Hort	8 Aug 1735	23 Oct 1807	72
23 Oct 1807		2	Josiah William Hort MP for Kildare 1831‑1832	6 Jul 1791	24 Aug 1876	85
24 Aug 1876		3	John Josiah Hort	14 Jan 1824	5 Jan 1882	57
5 Jan 1882		4	William Fitzmaurice Hort	20 Jan 1827	18 Sep 1887	60
18 Sep 1887		5	Fenton Josiah Hort	29 Mar 1836	4 Feb 1902	65
4 Feb 1902		6	Arthur Fenton Hort	15 Jan 1864	7 Mar 1935	71
7 Mar 1935		7	Fenton George Hort	1 May 1896	5 Mar 1960	63
5 Mar 1960		8	James Fenton Hort	6 Sep 1926	19 Jul 1995	68
19 Jul 1995		9	Andrew Edwin Fenton Hort	15 Nov 1954
HORTON of Chadderton, Lancs
22 Jan 1764	GB	1	William Horton	c 1715	25 Feb 1774
25 Feb 1774		2	Watts Horton	17 Nov 1753	13 Nov 1811	57
13 Nov 1811 to     2 Mar 1821		3	Thomas Horton Extinct on his death	21 Jul 1758	2 Mar 1821	62
HOSKYNS of Harewood, Hereford
18 Dec 1676	E	1	Bennet Hoskyns Wendover 1640, Hereford 1640‑1648 and Herefordshire 1656‑1658 and 1659	1609	10 Feb 1680	70
10 Feb 1680		2	John Hoskyns MP for Herefordshire 1685‑1689	23 Jul 1634	12 Sep 1705	71
12 Sep 1705		3	Bennet Hoskyns	28 Jan 1675	17 Dec 1711	36
17 Dec 1711		4	Hungerford Hoskyns MP for Herefordshire 1717‑1722	c 1677	21 Dec 1767
21 Dec 1767		5	Chandos Hoskyns	22 Apr 1720	29 May 1773	53
29 May 1773		6	Hungerford Hoskyns	c 1753	10 Jul 1802
10 Jul 1802		7	Hungerford Hoskyns	12 Jun 1776	27 Feb 1862	85
27 Feb 1862		8	Hungerford Hoskyns	19 Sep 1804	21 Nov 1877	73
21 Nov 1877		9	John Leigh Hoskyns	4 Feb 1817	7 Dec 1911	94
7 Dec 1911		10	Chandos Hoskyns	28 Apr 1848	22 Jul 1914	66
22 Jul 1914		11	Leigh Hoskyns	14 Feb 1850	12 Sep 1923	73
12 Sep 1923		12	Edwyn Hoskyns	22 May 1851	2 Dec 1925	74
2 Dec 1925		13	Edwyn Clement Hoskyns	9 Aug 1884	28 Jun 1937	52
28 Jun 1937		14	Chandos Wren Hoskyns	14 Dec 1923	3 Apr 1945	21
3 Apr 1945		15	John Chevallier Hoskyns	23 May 1926	12 Apr 1956	29
12 Apr 1956		16	Benedict Leigh Hoskyns	27 May 1928	2 Jun 2010	82
2 Jun 2010		17	Edwyn Wren Hoskyns	4 Feb 1956	19 Feb 2015	59
19 Feb 2015		18	Robin Chevallier Hoskyns	5 Jul 1989
HOSTE of the Navy
21 Sep 1814	UK	1	William Hoste	30 Aug 1780	6 Dec 1828	48
6 Dec 1828		2	William Legge George Hoste	19 Mar 1818	10 Sep 1868	50
10 Sep 1868		3	William Henry Charles Hoste	19 Nov 1860	11 Jun 1902	41
11 Jun 1902 to     9 May 1915		4	William Graham Hoste Extinct on his death	12 Aug 1895	9 May 1915	19
HOTHAM of Scarborough, Yorks
4 Jan 1622	E	1	John Hotham MP for Beverley 1625, 1626, 1628‑1629, 1640 and 1640‑1643		2 Jan 1645
2 Jan 1645		2	John Hotham MP for Beverley 1660‑1685 and 1689	21 Mar 1632	29 Mar 1689	57
29 Dec 1689		3	John Hotham MP for Beverley 1689‑1690	2 Aug 1655	25 Aug 1691	36
25 Aug 1691		4	Charles Hotham MP for Scarborough 1695‑1702 and Beverley 1702‑1723	c 1663	8 Jan 1723
8 Jan 1723		5	Charles Hotham MP for Beverley 1723‑1727 and 1729‑1738	27 Apr 1693	25 Jan 1738	44
25 Jan 1738		6	Charles Hotham		Oct 1767
Oct 1767		7	Beaumont Hotham		9 Sep 1771
Sep 1771		8	Charles Hotham-Thompson MP for St. Ives 1761‑1768	May 1729	25 Jan 1794	64
25 Jan 1794		9	John Hotham	16 Mar 1734	3 Nov 1795	61
3 Nov 1795		10	Charles Hotham	25 May 1766	18 Jul 1811	45
18 Jul 1811		11	William Hotham He had previously been created Baron Hotham in 1797 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	8 Apr 1736	7 May 1813	77
HOULDSWORTH of Reddish, Lancs and Coodham, Ayr
20 Jul 1887	UK	1	William Henry Houldsworth MP for Manchester 1883‑1885 and Manchester North West 1885‑1906	20 Aug 1834	18 Apr 1917	82
18 Apr 1917		2	Henry Hamilton Houldsworth	17 Sep 1867	18 Dec 1947	80
18 Dec 1947		3	William Thomas Reginald Houldsworth	24 Aug 1874	31 Dec 1960	86
31 Dec 1960		4	Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth	9 Jul 1903	19 Jan 1989	85
19 Jan 1989		5	Richard Thomas Reginald Houldsworth	2 Aug 1947	13 Sep 2023	76
13 Sep 2023		6	Simon Richard Henry Houldsworth	6 Oct 1971
HOULDSWORTH of Heckmondwicke, Yorks
25 Jan 1956	UK	1	Sir Hubert Stanley Houldsworth	20 Apr 1889	1 Feb 1956	66
1 Feb 1956 to     24 Mar 1990		2	Harold Basil Houldsworth Extinct on his death	21 Jul 1922	24 Mar 1990	67
HOUSTON of Houston, Renfrew
29 Feb 1668	NS	1	Patrick Houston		1696
1696		2	John Houston		Dec 1717
Dec 1717		3	John Houston MP for Linlithgowshire 1708‑1713 and 1714‑1715		27 Jan 1722
27 Jan 1722		4	John Houston		27 Jul 1751
27 Jul 1751		5	Patrick Houston	c 1698	5 Feb 1762
5 Feb 1762		6	Patrick Houston	c 1743	24 Mar 1785
24 Mar 1785		7	George Houston	c 1745	1795
1795		8	Patrick Houston On his death the baronetcy remained in existence, but no descendants assumed the title		c 1835
HOUSTON of West Toxteth, Lancs
17 Jan 1922 to     14 Apr 1926	UK	1	Robert Paterson Houston MP for West Toxteth 1892‑1924 Extinct on his death For information of this baronet's widow, see the note at the foot of this page	31 May 1853	14 Apr 1926	72
HOUSTOUN-BOSWALL of Houstoun
19 Jul 1836	UK	1	William Houstoun	10 Aug 1766	8 Apr 1842	75
8 Apr 1842		2	George Augustus Frederick Houstoun (Houstoun‑Boswall from 1847)	4 Oct 1809	8 Jan 1886	76
8 Jan 1886		3	George Lauderdale Houstoun-Boswall	11 Dec 1847	8 Feb 1908	60
8 Feb 1908		4	George Reginald Houstoun-Boswall	6 Dec 1877	27 Sep 1915	37
27 Sep 1915		5	Thomas Randolph Houstoun-Boswall	5 Feb 1882	4 Dec 1953	71
4 Dec 1953		6	Gordon Houstoun-Boswall	15 Mar 1887	28 Feb 1961	73
28 Feb 1961		7	Thomas Houstoun-Boswall	13 Feb 1919	16 May 1982	63
16 May 1982		8	Thomas Alford Houstoun-Boswall	23 May 1947
HOWARD of Bushey Park, Wicklow
26 Jul 1838 to     15 Aug 1873	UK	1	Ralph Howard MP for Wicklow 1829‑1847 and 1848‑1852 Extinct on his death	c 1802	15 Aug 1873
HOWARD of Great Rissington, Gloucs
1 Dec 1955	UK	1	Sir (Harold Walter) Seymour Howard	Apr 1888	15 Apr 1967	79
15 Apr 1967		2	(Hamilton) Edward de Courcy Howard	29 Oct 1915	16 Mar 2001	85
16 Mar 2001		3	David Howarth Seymour Howard	29 Dec 1945
HOWARD-LAWSON of Brough Hall, Yorks
8 Sep 1841	UK	1	William Lawson	8 May 1796	22 Jun 1865	69
22 Jun 1865		2	John Lawson	17 Dec 1829	10 Dec 1910	80
10 Dec 1910		3	Henry Joseph Lawson	25 Dec 1877	21 Oct 1947	69
21 Oct 1947		4	Ralph Henry Lawson	27 Sep 1905	13 Feb 1975	69
13 Feb 1975		5	William Howard Lawson	15 Jul 1907	3 Jun 1990	82
3 Jun 1990		6	John Philip Howard (Howard-Lawson from 1992)	6 Jun 1934
HOWE of Cold Barwick, Wilts
20 Jun 1660	E	1	George Grobham Howe MP for Hindon 1660‑1677		26 Sep 1676
26 Sep 1676 to     19 Jan 1736		2	James Howe MP for Hindon 1698‑1701, 1702‑1705 and 1708‑1709 Extinct on his death	c 1669	19 Jan 1736
HOWE of Compton, Gloucs
22 Sep 1660	E	1	John Howe MP for Gloucestershire 1654‑1655 and 1656‑1658		c 1671
c 1671		2	Richard Grobham Howe MP for Wiltshire 1656‑1658 and 1675‑1679, Wilton 1659 and 1660, and Hindon 1679‑1685	28 Aug 1621	3 May 1703	81
3 May 1703		3	Richard Grobham Howe MP for Tamworth 1685‑1689, Cirencester 1690‑1698 and Wiltshire 1701 and 1702‑1727	c 1651	3 Jul 1730
3 Jul 1730		4	Emanuel Scrope Howe He had previously succeeded to the Viscountcy of Howe in 1713 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1814	c 1700	29 Mar 1735
HOYLE of Banney Royd, Yorks
30 Jun 1922 to     9 May 1939	UK	1	Emmanuel Hoyle Extinct on his death	23 Sep 1866	9 May 1939	72
HOZIER of Newlands, Glasgow
12 Jun 1890	UK	1	William Wallace Hozier He was subsequently created Baron Newlands in 1898 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1929	24 Feb 1825	30 Jan 1906	80
HUBAND of Ipsley, Warwicks
2 Feb 1661	E	1	John Huband	c 1649	1710
1710		2	John Huband		24 Jan 1717
24 Jan 1717 to     10 Nov 1730		3	John Huband Extinct on his death	c 1713	10 Nov 1730
HUDSON of Melton Mowbray, Leics
3 Jul 1660	E	1	Henry Hudson	c 1609	27 Aug 1690
Aug 1690		2	Edward Hudson	c 1637	9 Jun 1702
Jun 1702		3	Benjamin Hudson	c 1665	c 1730
c 1730		4	Charles Hudson		1 Apr 1752
1 Apr 1752		5	Skeffington Hudson	11 May 1683	26 Feb 1760	76
26 Feb 1760		6	Charles Hudson		18 Oct 1773
18 Oct 1773 to     c 1781		7	Charles Vallavine Hudson Extinct on his death	14 Sep 1755	c 1781
HUDSON of North Hackney, Middlesex
9 Jul 1942 to     29 Nov 1956	UK	1	Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson MP for Islington East 1922‑1923, Hackney North 1924‑1945 and Lewisham North 1950‑1956 Extinct on his death	6 Feb 1897	29 Nov 1956	59
HUDSON-KINAHAN of Glenville, Cork
26 Sep 1887	UK	1	Edward Hudson Hudson-Kinahan	27 Nov 1828	8 Mar 1892	63
8 Mar 1892		2	Edward Hudson Hudson-Kinahan	3 Nov 1865	17 May 1938	72
17 May 1938 to     26 Dec 1949		3	Robert Henry Hudson-Kinahan Extinct on his death	13 Sep 1872	26 Dec 1949	77
HUGHES of East Bergholt, Suffolk
17 Jul 1773	GB	1	Richard Hughes	c 1708	23 Sep 1779
23 Sep 1779		2	Richard Hughes	c 1729	5 Jan 1812
5 Jan 1812		3	Robert Hughes	17 Sep 1739	4 Jun 1814	74
4 Jun 1814		4	Richard Hughes	2 Jun 1768	3 Jan 1833	64
3 Jan 1833		5	Richard Hughes	10 Oct 1803	16 May 1863	59
16 May 1863		6	Edward Hughes	31 Mar 1807	8 Aug 1871	64
8 Aug 1871		7	Frederick Hughes	1816	1 Feb 1889	72
1 Feb 1889		8	Thomas Collingwood Hughes	12 Aug 1800	22 May 1889	88
22 May 1889		9	Alfred Hughes	3 Jan 1825	1 Apr 1898	73
1 Apr 1898		10	Alfred Collingwood Hughes	12 May 1854	9 Dec 1932	78
9 Dec 1932		11	Reginald Johnasson Hughes	22 Jun 1882	6 May 1945	62
6 May 1945		12	Robert Heywood Hughes	2 Nov 1865	3 Jan 1951	85
3 Jan 1951		13	Richard Edgar Hughes	8 Jun 1897	29 Aug 1970	73
29 Aug 1970		14	David Collingwood Hughes	29 Dec 1936	13 May 2003	66
13 May 2003		15	Thomas Collingwood Hughes	16 Feb 1966
HUGHES of Denford, Berks
10 Jul 1942 to     31 Oct 1958	UK	1	Thomas Harrison Hughes Extinct on his death	13 Apr 1881	31 Oct 1958	77
HUGHES-HUNTER of Plas Goch, Anglesey
5 Dec 1906	UK	1	Charles Hughes-Hunter	27 Jul 1844	2 Feb 1907	62
2 Feb 1907 to     17 Jun 1951		2	William Bulkeley Hughes Hughes‑Hunter Extinct on his death	20 Apr 1880	17 Jun 1951	71
HUGHES-MORGAN of Manascin, Pencelly, Brecon
27 Jun 1925	UK	1	Sir David Hughes-Morgan	16 Aug 1871	16 Mar 1941	69
16 Mar 1941		2	John Vernon Hughes-Morgan	12 Aug 1900	13 Jan 1969	68
13 Jan 1969		3	David John Hughes-Morgan	11 Oct 1925	15 Jul 2006	80
15 Jul 2006		4	Ian Parry David Hughes-Morgan	22 Feb 1960
HULSE of Lincoln's Inn Fields
7 Feb 1739	GB	1	Edward Hulse	c 1682	10 Apr 1759
10 Apr 1759		2	Edward Hulse	1714	1 Dec 1800	86
1 Dec 1800		3	Edward Hulse	17 Aug 1744	30 Sep 1816	72
30 Sep 1816		4	Charles Hulse MP for West Looe 1816‑1826 and 1827‑1832	12 Oct 1771	25 Oct 1854	83
25 Oct 1854		5	Edward Hulse	2 Apr 1809	11 Jun 1899	90
11 Jun 1899		6	Edward Henry Hulse MP for Salisbury 1886‑1897 For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	25 Aug 1859	29 May 1903	43
29 May 1903		7	Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse	31 Aug 1889	16 Mar 1915	25
16 Mar 1915		8	Hamilton John Hulse	21 Feb 1864	5 Dec 1931	67
5 Dec 1931		9	Hamilton Westrow Hulse For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	20 Jun 1909	10 Apr 1996	86
10 Apr 1996		10	Edward Jeremy Westrow Hulse	22 Nov 1932	5 Aug 2022 - HB	89
5 Aug 2022		11	(Edward) Michael Westrow Hulse	10 Sep 1959
HULTON of Hulton Park, Lancs
23 Dec 1905	UK	1	William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton	31 Jul 1844	3 Apr 1907	62
3 Apr 1907		2	William Rothwell Hulton	16 Feb 1868	27 Jun 1943	75
27 Jun 1943		3	Roger Bradyll Hulton For information on this baronet's death, see the note at the foot of this page	30 Mar 1891	23 Apr 1956	65
23 Apr 1956 to     20 Nov 1993		4	Geoffrey Alan Hulton Extinct on his death	21 Jan 1920	20 Nov 1993	73
HULTON of Downside, Leatherhead, Surrey
25 Jun 1921 to     23 May 1925	UK	1	Edward Hulton Extinct on his death	1860	23 May 1925	64
HUMBLE of London
21 Jun 1660	E	1	William Humble	1612	26 Dec 1686	74
26 Dec 1686		2	William Humble	c 1667	Feb 1687
Feb 1687		3	George Humble	c 1670	Mar 1703
Mar 1703		4	John Humble	1680	7 Feb 1724
7 Feb 1724		5	William Humble		Oct 1742
Oct 1742 to     6 Feb 1745		6	John Humble Extinct on his death	c 1739	6 Feb 1745
HUMBLE of Kensington, Middlesex
16 Mar 1687 to     12 Aug 1709	E	1	William Humble Extinct on his death	c 1650	12 Aug 1709
HUMBLE of Cloncoskoran, Waterford
30 Sep 1831	UK		See "Nugent"
HUME of Polwarth
19 Dec 1637	NS	1	Patrick Hume		Apr 1648
Apr 1648		2	Patrick Hume He was subsequently created Earl of Marchmont in 1697 with which title the baronetcy then merged until it became dormant in 1794	13 Jan 1641	2 Aug 1724	83
HUME of Wormleybury, Herts
4 Apr 1769	GB	1	Abraham Hume MP for Steyning 1747‑1754 and Tregony 1761‑1768	c 1703	10 Oct 1772
10 Oct 1772 to     24 Mar 1838		2	Abraham Hume MP for Petersfield 1774‑1780 and Hastings 1807‑1818 Extinct on his death	20 Feb 1749	24 Mar 1838	89
HUME-WILLIAMS of Ewhurst, Surrey
28 Nov 1922	UK	1	Sir William Ellis Hume-Williams MP for Bassetlaw 1910‑1929; PC 1929	19 Aug 1863	4 Feb 1947	83
4 Feb 1947 to     30 Aug 1980		2	Roy Ellis Hume-Williams Extinct on his death	31 Jul 1887	30 Aug 1980	93
HUMPHERY of Penton Lodge, Hants
10 Dec 1868 to     31 Mar 1909	UK	1	Sir William Henry Humphery MP for Andover 1863‑1867 Extinct on his death	25 Mar 1827	31 Mar 1909	82
HUMPHREYS of London
30 Nov 1714	GB	1	William Humphreys MP for Marlborough 1715‑1722	c 1651	26 Oct 1735
26 Oct 1735 to     14 Jun 1737		2	Orlando Humphreys Extinct on his death		14 Jun 1737
HUNGATE of Saxton, Yorks
15 Aug 1642	E	1	Philip Hungate		20 Dec 1655
Dec 1655		2	Francis Hungate	1643	c 1682
c 1682		3	Philip Hungate	1661	10 Apr 1690	28
10 Apr 1690		4	Francis Hungate	1683	26 Jul 1710	27
26 Jul 1710		5	Philip Hungate	c 1685	c 1740
c 1740 to     3 Nov 1749		6	Charles Carrington Hungate Extinct on his death	1686	3 Nov 1749	63
HUNLOKE of Wingerworth, Derby
28 Feb 1643	E	1	Henry Hunloke	28 Oct 1618	13 Jan 1648	29
13 Jan 1648		2	Henry Hunloke	20 Nov 1645	3 Jan 1715	69
3 Jan 1715		3	Thomas Windsor Hunloke	10 Nov 1684	30 Jan 1752	67
30 Jan 1752		4	Henry Hunloke	25 Mar 1724	15 Nov 1804	80
15 Nov 1804		5	Thomas Windsor Hunloke	2 Mar 1773	19 Jan 1816	42
19 Jan 1816		6	Henry John Joseph Hunloke	29 Sep 1812	8 Feb 1856	43
8 Feb 1856 to     22 Jun 1856		7	James Hunloke Extinct on his death	5 Jul 1784	22 Jun 1856	71
HUNT of Curragh, Limerick
4 Dec 1784	I		See "De Vere"
HUNT of Kensington, Middlesex
13 Oct 1892 to     21 Jan 1904	UK	1	Frederick Seager Hunt MP for Marylebone West 1885‑1895 and Maidstone 1895‑1898 Extinct on his death	27 Apr 1838	21 Jan 1904	65
HUNTER of London
15 Dec 1812	UK	1	Claudius Stephen Hunter	24 Feb 1775	20 Apr 1851	76
20 Apr 1851		2	Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter	21 Sep 1825	7 Jan 1890	64
7 Jan 1890 to     24 Jun 1924		3	Charles Roderick Hunter MP for Bath 1910‑1918 Extinct on his death	6 Jul 1858	24 Jun 1924	65
HUNTER of Plas Goch, Anglesey
5 Dec 1906	UK		See "Hughes-Hunter"
HUNTER-BLAIR of Dunskey, Wigtown
27 Jun 1786	GB	1	James Hunter-Blair MP for Edinburgh 1781‑1784	21 Feb 1741	1 Jul 1787	46
1 Jul 1787		2	John Hunter-Blair	19 Feb 1773	24 May 1800	27
24 May 1800		3	David Hunter-Blair	3 Oct 1778	26 Dec 1857	79
26 Dec 1857		4	Edward Hunter-Blair	24 Mar 1818	7 Oct 1896	78
7 Oct 1896		5	David Oswald Hunter-Blair	30 Sep 1853	12 Sep 1939	85
12 Sep 1939		6	Edward Hunter-Blair	14 Mar 1858	11 Apr 1945	87
11 Apr 1945		7	James Hunter-Blair	7 May 1889	29 Nov 1985	96
29 Nov 1985		8	Edward Thomas Hunter-Blair	15 Dec 1920	21 Oct 2006	85
21 Oct 2006		9	Patrick David Hunter-Blair	12 May 1958
HUNTINGTON of the Clock House, Chelsea
20 Jul 1906	UK	1	Charles Philip Huntington MP for Darwen 1892‑1895	1833	23 Dec 1906	73
23 Dec 1906		2	Henry Leslie Huntington	5 Jul 1885	24 Apr 1907	21
24 Apr 1907 to     28 Jan 1928		3	Charles Philip Huntington Extinct on his death	17 Jan 1888	28 Jan 1928	40
HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY of Grimley, Worcs
8 Feb 1918	UK	1	Herbert James Huntington-Whiteley MP for Ashton under Lyne 1895‑1906 and Droitwich 1916‑1918	8 Dec 1857	22 Jan 1936	78
22 Jan 1936		2	Herbert Maurice Huntington-Whiteley	25 Jul 1896	18 May 1975	78
18 May 1975		3	Hugo Baldwin Huntington-Whiteley	31 Mar 1924	17 Jun 2014	90
17 Jun 2014		4	John Miles Huntington-Whiteley	18 Jul 1929	19 Feb 2019	89
19 Feb 2019		5	Leopold Maurice Huntington-Whiteley	15 Jul 1965
HURLY of Knockalong, Limerick
c 1645	I	1	Thomas Hurly		c 1647
c 1647		2	Maurice Hurly		c 1684
c 1684 to     1691		3	William Hurly He was attainted and the baronetcy forfeited		1691
HUSSEY of Honington, Hunts
29 Jun 1611	E	1	Edward Hussey MP for Lincolnshire 1640	10 Oct 1585	22 Mar 1648	62
22 Mar 1648		2	Thomas Hussey MP for Lincoln 1681‑1685 and Lincolnshire 1685‑1698	14 Jan 1639	19 Dec 1706	67
19 Dec 1706		3	Edward Hussey MP for Lincoln 1689‑1695, 1698‑1700 and 1701‑1705 He had previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Hussey created in 1661 in 1680 when the two baronetcies then merged	c 1661	19 Feb 1725
19 Feb 1725		4	Henry Hussey	c 1702	14 Feb 1730
14 Feb 1730 to     1 Apr 1734		5	Edward Hussey Extinct on his death		1 Apr 1734
HUSSEY of Caythorpe, Lincs
21 Jul 1661	E	1	Charles Hussey MP for Lincolnshire 1656‑1658 and 1661‑1664	30 Oct 1626	2 Dec 1664
2 Dec 1664		2	Charles Hussey		Apr 1680
Apr 1680		3	Edward Hussey He subsequently succeeded to the baronetcy of Hussey created in 1611 in 1706 when the two baronetcies then merged until their extinction in 1734	c 1661	19 Feb 1725
HUTCHINSON of Castlesallagh, Wicklow
11 Dec 1782	I		See "Synge-Hutchinson"
HUTCHISON of Hardiston, Kinross
23 Jul 1923	UK	1	Thomas Hutchison	16 Dec 1866	12 Apr 1925	58
12 Apr 1925 to     7 Feb 1972		2	Eric Alexander Ogilvy Hutchison Extinct on his death	28 Feb 1897	7 Feb 1972	74
HUTCHISON of Thurle, Berks
6 Jul 1939	UK	1	Robert Hutchison	28 Oct 1871	12 Feb 1960	88
12 Feb 1960		2	Peter Hutchison	27 Sep 1907	16 Jan 1998	90
16 Jan 1998		3	Robert Hutchison	25 May 1954
HUTCHISON of Rossie, Perth
26 Jan 1956	UK	1	James Riley Holt Hutchison MP for Glasgow Central 1945‑1950 and Scotstoun 1950‑1959	10 Apr 1893	24 Feb 1979	85
24 Feb 1979		2	Peter Craft Hutchison	5 Jun 1935	20 Jan 2019	83
20 Jan 2019		3	James Colville Hutchison	7 Oct 1967
HYDE of Albury, Herts
8 Nov 1621	E	1	Nicholas Hyde	c 1561	c 1625
c 1625 to     18 May 1665		2	Thomas Hyde Extinct on his death		18 May 1665
HYDE of Birmingham, Warwicks
19 Jan 1922 to     26 Nov 1942	UK	1	Charles Hyde Extinct on his death	23 Oct 1876	26 Nov 1942	66

	Sir Charles Dunbar Hope‑Dunbar, 6th baronet
	The baronetcy of Dunbar of Baldoon was created in 1664, but on the death of the first baronet in 1686, it became dormant until successfully claimed by Captain Charles Dunbar Hope in 1916. Once he had proved his right to the baronetcy, he changed his surname to Hope-Dunbar.
	The following (edited) report of the claim appeared in The Times on 30 May 1916:-
	The Baronetage Committee of the Privy Council sat in the Council Chamber in Downing-street yesterday to hear a petition by Captain Charles Dunbar Hope to be placed on the official roll of baronets in respect of the Baronetcy of Dunbar of Baldoon.
	Captain Hope's claim was successful.
	Mr. Macphail [counsel for Captain Hope] said that from early times various lands were acquired by the lairds of Baldoon, and these, in 1655, were possessed by David Dunbar of Baldoon. In 1664 Charles II conferred on David Dunbar the dignity of knight baronet. In 1641 he had married married Elizabeth, daughter of John M'Culloch, of Myretown, by whom he had one son (David) and three daughters. On his wife's death Sir David, in 1666, married Anna Sydserf, daughter of Sir Archibald Sydserf, of Lowden, but from that marriage there was no surviving issue.
	In 1669, David the younger married Janet Dalrymple, daughter of the first Viscount of Stair and the original, it is believed, of Scott's "Bride of Lammermoor". She died soon after her marriage, without issue, and in 1674 he married Helenor Montgomery, daughter of Howard, seventh Earl of Eglinton. It was from that second marriage that the present claim arose. On the marriage contract life-rent provisions were made for certain lands in favour of Lady Helenor. The original settlement could not be found, but Sir David Dunbar of Baldoon settled the whole of his estates on his son, David, and his heirs male.
	In 1682 Lady Helenor was left a widow with two children - David and Mary. David died in 1685. Mary thus became the heir female, and she was also the person to whom the estates were destined by marriage settlement. She married Basil, sixth son of the Duke of Hamilton. Lord Basil lost his life in 1701 while rescuing a servant from drowning. He was succeeded by his son William, who died in the next year, and he in turn was succeeded by his brother Basil. Basil the younger took part in the Rising of 1715, and was sentenced to death, and his estates were forfeited. Ultimately he received a pardon. In connexion with the forfeiture a question arose whether the Baldoon estates belonged to Basil or to his mother. Both the Court of Session and the Commissioners and Trustees for forfeited estates decided that they belonged to Mary Dunbar, and were not affected by the forfeiture pronounced on her son.
	In 1742 Basil died, his son Dunbar succeeding his great-uncle as Earl of Selkirk. Lady Mary Hamilton lived till 1760, when, under her will, she was succeeded by her grandson Dunbar. In later years the heirs male of Mary Dunbar became extinct.
	Isabella Helen, wife of the Hon. Charles Hope, succeeded to the family estates in 1885, and died in 1893. She was succeeded by her eldest son, a captain in the Royal Navy; he died in 1915, and was succeeded by the present claimant.
	The Lord Advocate did not contest the claim, but he reserved for their Lordships' consideration certain points of law.
	After consultation in private, the Lord President announced that their Lordships would humbly advise his Majesty that the name of Charles Dunbar Hope ought to be placed on the official roll of baronets in respect of the baronetcy of Dunbar of Baldoon.
	Fanny Lucy Houston, wife of Sir Robert Paterson Houston, 1st and only baronet
	The following biography of Lady Houston appeared in the Australian monthly magazine Parade in its issue for July 1950:-
	It is an intriguing thought, and not an over-fanciful one, that had it not been for a woman the Battle of Britain, and the world today might have been divided between the Nazis and the Nipponese. For the speedy Spitfire that clawed the Huns from the clouds in 1940 was an adaption of a plane developed in 1931 to win the international air race, the Schneider Trophy; and had it not been for the generosity and patriotism of an extraordinary woman, Britain would not have had an entry that year in that famous race. The British Government of the time, enmeshed in the toils of world depression, had decided funds were too low to foot the bill that an entry in the race entailed, when Dame Fanny Lucy Houston, D.B.E., came forward with the £100,000 required, motivated by a queer mixture of earnest patriotism and desire to shame a government she detested.
	It was not the first, nor the last, time that this capricious woman philanthropist came forward to finance a project she conceived to be of importance to the upholding of Britain's name and fame. Yet, with more millions than she could ever spend, she hated paying income tax. With every wile the law allowed she dodged liability for this impost. Then, when she had "done the government in the eye" she made a free gift to the country of much more than the taxation she had legally evaded. Her overwhelming patriotism and eccentric behaviour made her a national "character". As hard as a diamond in many ways, she was also as many-sided.
	Her origins were obscure. On occasions she would display a coyish ignorance of world affairs fitting to a nit-witted social butterfly; at other times, and mostly, she displayed the shrewd hard-bargaining abilities of a Billingsgate porter - and her language, too, savoured more of Billingsgate than Mayfair when she was aroused to violent argument. Once, after signing a cheque for £70,000 for one of her many philanthropies with the regal air of a duchess she wandered around decked in a queen's ransom in furs eating thick slabs of bread and treacle with all too obvious gusto.
	In these and other ways she showed that she had not always been decked in ermine and reared to the purple. Her favourite quotation, which she frequently repeated, was Kipling's assertion that "The female of the species is more deadly than the male", and she would shout these words with particular emphasis after winning a verbal battle with a cabinet minister or roundly abusing a traffic policeman for delaying her car. It would have been appropriate had the name "Spitfire" for the famous plane originated in the mind of some official at the Air Ministry who had suffered the lash of her tongue.
	Britain's victory in the Schneider Trophy Contest of 1931 and the triumph of the Spitfire was, at all events, due in a measure to this unconventional woman. In 1930 the Socialist Government under Ramsay Macdonald resolved that entry in the Schneider Trophy race was an unwarranted expense. Great Britain had won the race in 1927 and 1929 and needed only one more victory to win the Trophy outright, but it was decided that the country could not afford to compete, though it was obvious to any thinking person that the next war would be decided in the air and that the department of aircraft was of paramount importance to Britain's future defence.
	Lady Houston determined that Britain should compete, and in January, 1931, she sent one of her typical telegrams to Ramsay Macdonald announcing that "to prevent the Socialist Government being spoil-sports" she would meet all expenses involved in Great Britain's entry for the Schneider Trophy.
	It was only natural that Lady Houston, being the kind of woman she was, also followed up her telegram by telling the Government in her own way, what she thought of their niggardly policy. The Government hit back by refusing to accept her offer unless accompanied by a banker's guarantee. "This," cried Lady Houston, when she read the letter, "is the sort of insult only a Socialist Government could be guilty of": but she immediately instructed her bankers to provide the necessary guarantee.
	In spite of a churlish attitude displayed by the Government, England won the Schneider Trophy. Nine years later Great Britain also won the immortal Battle of Britain with a plane evolved from the type designed to win the famous Trophy.
	Lady Houston was always reticent concerning her early years. Should anyone mention her infancy she would always steer the conversation into other channels. Later, when she became proprietor of the Saturday Review, she would tour London and its suburbs in an open Rolls-Royce to see if the bill-posters had placed her posters where she wanted them. Sometimes she would stop the car outside a small pub and send for a glass of stout. Perched on the high back seat she would enjoy her drink while urchins clustered round and gawked at the funny-looking old lady dressed in sables and drinking stout, at the same time declaring that "Guinness" was losing its kick. In an unguarded moment she once confessed that as a child she used to run wild through the City's streets.
	She was born Fanny Lucy Radmall in 1857 in the time Florence Nightingale became a national heroine. The influence of this remarkable character upon the future Lady Houston was later reflected in her lavish donations to hospitals and her interest in the welfare of nurses. She boasted that she had left school at twelve years of age and had not been "handicapped" by a university education. When she was eighteen she decided to make the stage her career and obtained a small part in a West-End production. At that time she was a very beautiful woman, and as "Poppy" Radmall she became one of the toasts of London Town, among such notable charmers as Lili Langtry, Mabel Love and Edna May. She became the leader of an artistic circle whose support was always sought to sponsor any charitable cause.
	In 1883 she married Theodore Brin[c]kman. This marriage was dissolved on her petition in 1895. [For information on Brinckman's second marriage, see the note under that baronetcy.] Then in 1901 she married the ninth Lord Byron. She was forty-four, but still beautiful and vivacious. When "Poppy" Radmall was called to play the role of Lady Byron she carried the part with the verve and aplomb of one born into the peerage. Her home, Byron Cottage, near Hampstead Heath, became the rendezvous of leading artists, actors and musicians of the day. Anna Pavlova, one of her neighbours, was a frequent visitor. At the outbreak of war in 1914 she established and controlled a Home for Tired Nurses, and in recognition of her numerous other patriotic works she was created, in 1917, a Dame Commander of the British Empire. At the close of that year [actually March 1917] Lord Byron died.
	Now a widow of sixty, she still retained much of her beauty and charm, and instead of closing her book of activities she merely turned over another leaf and started another chapter. The opportunity now came for this coy little lady to justify her faith in her favourite maxim concerning the female of the species. Across her orbit, flashing like a comet, came Robert Paterson Houston, nicknamed the Robber Baron. He was one of those tough business bullies who took a keen delight in riding roughshod over all who opposed him.
	Houston was ruthless and shrewd. He had founded a line of steamers bearing his name, and during the war of 1914‑18 his wealth had multiplied so hugely that he settled in the Channel Islands to avoid taxation. This rapacious, bewhiskered tax-dodger was a hard nut to crack, but when Lady Byron met him she plied her feminine wiles so skilfully that his hard heart burst open like a ripe acorn and he laid the kernel of his riches at her feet. As a birthday gift to his future bride Robert Houston gave her a string of black pearls for which he paid £100,000. She always wore this magnificent necklace above a large brooch which she confessed came from Woolworths.
	In 1924 Lady Byron, formerly Mrs. Brinkman, nee "Poppy" Radmall, was married to Robert Houston. When he died two years later in Jersey aboard his palatial steam yacht "Liberty" he left the bulk of his fortune to her.
	She now had five millions sterling to play with, and it was at this period of her life that Lady Houston became deeply religious. Like Joan of Arc, she declared she had had a vision in which she was ordained to serve her country and the British Empire. Her patriotism was the contradiction of Dr. Johnson's familiar definition. To her the British Empire was sacrosanct, and with fanatical zeal she attacked any politician who failed in her opinion to uphold its greatness. She acquired the Saturday Review to use its columns to criticise the government and to proclaim her political philosophy, which future events proved to be fundamentally sound. This hobby cost her £60,000 a year.
	As Robert Houston was domiciled in Jersey, the death duties arising from his estate were beyond the reach of the Treasury. Questions were asked in the House of Commons concerning the Houston millions, and the best legal minds tried to devise some means whereby the exchequer could grasp some of this cash; but they found it was beyond its reach. But Lady Houston quickly solved the riddle of the death duties. She made an appointment with Winston Churchill, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and in her pungent style soon settled the argument by handing over a cheque for £1,500,000. Churchill acknowledged that legally the Treasury had no claim and accepted it as a gift by Lady Houston to her country.
	After the death of Robert Houston, his palatial yacht, Liberty, was laid up most of the year. When in commission it was anchored in Poole Harbour or in the Solent, and at night, by means of illuminated signs slung between the masts, Lady Houston would tell the world what she thought of Britain's Prime Ministers, Ramsay Macdonald and Stanley Baldwin. At certain hours the main deck of the "Liberty" was closed to officers and men to allow the owner to take her daily exercise in the nude. Even in advanced age she continued the practice, claiming that the chill sea air striking her naked body was responsible for her unusual vitality.
	In the Spring of 1932 certain firms interested in the development of aviation proposed a flight over Mount Everest. Arrangements were almost complete when the financial crisis of the world depression intensified and many who had promised support found themselves unable to contribute. Lord Clydesdale [later the 14th Duke of Hamilton and the 11th Duke of Brandon], one of the originators of the scheme and chief pilot of the expedition, approached Lady Houston and she made the project possible with a donation of £15,000. The Houston Mount Everest Flight was an outstanding success.
	Following the Schneider Trophy success Lady Houston turned her attention to the air defence of London. In 1932 she learned that London was practically without air defence of any kind. She immediately offered £200,000 to provide 40 planes for the city's protection. This offer was bluntly refused by the Government. In December, 1933, she repeated the offer. Twelve days later she announced that her offer had not been accepted, refused or even acknowledged, so she wrote "An Open Letter to Ye Citizens of London, by Lady Houston, D.B.E.", in the following strain:
	"Londoners. You are citizens of no mean city, and yet the London we love and are proud of is the only capital without any defence against any invasion from the air. Do you realise what this means? It means that your homes and your children could be destroyed in a few hours. I am told it will cost £200,000 and I will gladly give this sum to save London and its inhabitants from the terrible danger. The Government will do nothing unless you tell them they must accept my offer. Your true friend, Lucy Houston."
	Blatant, popularity-seeking the government said - all poppycock and nonsense; the government was quite capable able of doing what was necessary for the air defence of London - and it did exactly nothing. Alas! Within a decade, Londoners were to know, as they hurried to the undergrounds for shelter from the hail of Nazi bombs, just how right the irascible old lady was, and how wrong was the government she despised. Her 40 planes would have been welcome then.
	But she was no longer there to shout: "I ruddy well told you so". Approaching 80 and ailing, she was profoundly shocked by the abdication of King Edward VIII to marry Mrs. Simpson in 1936 and exhausted much of her failing strength abusing the politicians she blamed for "King Eddie's" decision. She refused to eat and was obliged to take to her bed. One day [29 Dec 1936] one of her doctors told her it was time for her to go to sleep. Her reply was typical: "Yes," she answered, "and a damned long sleep it's going to be". She was right, for she never woke again.
	Sir Edward Henry Hulse, 6th baronet
	After Sir Edward's suicide, the report below was published in The New Zealand Herald on 18 July 1903:-
	Sir Edward Hulse, who was Press Censor during the latter part of the [Boer] war, has been found dead by a servant in his bedroom at his house in Johannesburg, shot through the head, having evidently committed suicide.
	Sir Edward Henry Hulse, who was the sixth baronet, was born in 1859, and succeeded to the title in 1899, on the death of his father. He was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford, and represented Salisbury in Parliament from 1886 to 1896‑7 in the Conservative interest, being succeeded in the representation on his resignation by Mr. A.H. Allhusen. He was a J.P. for Hampshire, and a J.P. and D.L. [Deputy Lieutenant] for Wiltshire. For a short time he was a captain of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, and, during the South African war, saw service as captain of the 15th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, being mentioned in despatches. He afterwards, as stated, filled the post of Assistant Press Censor. He married, in 1885, Edith Maud Webster, daughter of Sir Edward Lawson [later 1st Baron Burnham], and is succeeded by his son, Edward Hamilton Westrow, who was born in 1889.
	Sir Edward had for some time lately been much worried over financial difficulties, and, further, had suffered much pain as the result of an injury caused by a fall from his horse during the war. At the races just held at Johannesburg he lost a considerable sum of money, and this, added to the fact that recent losses on the Exchange have been heavy owing to the financial depression, must have affected his mind. Nevertheless, he preserved a cheerful demeanour.
	The night before his suicide he gave a small dinner party, after which he asked a lady who was present to play the "Dead March" on the piano, and, as he was well known for his love of music, she saw nothing remarkable in the request, and played the piece three times. Afterwards he sat talking with his friends till twelve o'clock, when, apparently, he retired. The same night, however, there was a ball at the Wanderers', and Sir Edward Hulse appeared there in the early hours of the morning, leaving about three. Then he went home, but his arrival was not noticed, and no noise was subsequently heard in his room.
	But in the morning, when a servant went up, he found his master dead. The deceased, immediately prior to his death, wrote a great many notes cancelling social appointments for next week, and in one of them he said,"I am going on a long journey". He also scratched the horses he had running in the races which took place on the day of his suicide, and paid a number of small accounts.
	Sir Edward Hulse was universally regretted in Johannesburg, for he the most charming manners, and was a polished English gentleman. A Reuter's telegram from Johannesburg says that Sir Edward had been suffering considerably for some time from a fracture of the thigh, which he sustained several years ago. A post-mortem examination showed that the fracture had never healed, but this had nevertheless not prevented him from attending to his business affairs.
	Sir Hamilton Westrow Hulse, 9th baronet
	From The Times of 24 December 1994:-
	An 85-year-old war hero faced one of the greatest dramas of his life early yesterday when he and his wife evacuated the bedroom of their blazing home by using knotted sheets.
	Sir Westrow Hulse, a war-time fighter pilot twice mentioned in dispatches, and his wife Elizabeth, 83, both slithered 20ft to safety by tying their bed-linen together and hanging it from an upstairs window. Both were unhurt. Their 17th century New Forest cottage in the village of Breamore, near Fordingbridge, Hampshire, was destroyed.
	Forty firefighters from Hampshire and Dorset tackled the blaze, which began at about 3am and quickly engulfed the two-storey thatched cottage. Police said that they were not aware of any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire. Sir Westrow, a wing commander in the war-time RAF Volunteer Reserve who trained as a barrister before turning his hand to farming, was woken up by the smell of burning and found the house ablaze. Police said that the fire tore up the stairs, cutting off the couple's only means of escape. Sir Westrow quickly tied the bedsheets into a rope, and sent his wife down first from the bedroom window.
	Yesterday the house was still smouldering, and the bedsheets still dangled from the window as firefighters doused the last smoking embers of the blaze. Sir Westrow and Lady Hulse were recovering at the nearby home of Sir Westrow's son by his first wife.
	Edward Hulse said of his parents yesterday: "They are both remarkable people. He is 85. Who would have thought someone of that age could act like that?"
	Mr. Hulse's wife Verity added: "They are remarkably well considering everything. They had a very lucky escape. My mother-in-law came out first and went to look for help. She had only her nightdress on but she went off down the road to a neighbour's house to get help. Everything happened so quickly; they smelled burning and found the rest of the house on fire."
	Sub-officer Steve Collins, of the Hampshire fire brigade, one of the first on the scene, said: "When we arrived, Sir Westrow was standing outside with an eiderdown wrapped round him, and she had a nightgown on. There was a big white sheet hanging out of the bedroom window, and the rest of the house was completely ablaze. They are both very lucky people; it is a long way down and, for people of their age, it is remarkable."
	Derek Budd, a near neighbour, was woken by his eight-year-old grandson, who said: "There's a woman at the gate, grandad." Mr. Budd went downstairs and found Lady Westrow shouting: "Budd, Budd, ring 999; the cottage is on fire."
	Mr. Budd, a retired butler, said: "She was still in her nightclothes. I went to let her in but she said: 'Don't bother about me, just ring the fire brigade.' I made her come in or she would have frozen to death. She rang the fire brigade herself. The pair of them seemed remarkably calm given the circumstances; they are typical aristocracy and typically resilient. All they have now is what they stand up in, and that is just a pair of pyjamas and a dressing gown."
	Sir Westrow and his wife had lived in the cottage for 22 years, after vacating the nearby manor house now occupied by Sir Westrow's son and taking with them a large collection of antique furniture and jewellery, all of which is likely to have been lost.
	Sir Westrow, a baronet educated at Eton College and Christ Church, married for the fourth time in 1954.
	Sir Roger Bradyll Hulton, 3rd baronet
	From the London Daily Mail of 25 April 1956:-
	A fall at the age of five made Sir Roger Hulton a cripple, but it did not take away his zest for life. Friends at Cheltenham, where he lived in retirement, knew him as a jovial, energetic man, independent despite his crutches - until a month ago. Then he suddenly became depressed. He cancelled a sea trip to Canada and complained that he was unwell.
	On Monday morning he drove his Daimler - adapted for a disabled driver - to a gunsmith's in the High-street. He left with a 30-guinea shotgun and a box of cartridges.
	In the evening a woodman found Sir Roger dead, shot through the head, in his car among the beech trees of Withington Woods, [a] Cotswold beauty spot 12 miles from his home. The gun was by his side.
	Sir Roger, aged 65, was for 30 years senior solicitor to Lancashire County Council. He was married in 1918, and his wife became a cripple too - from poliomyelitis - a few years later.
	From the Daily Telegraph of 2 May 1956:-
	A verdict that Sir Roger Hulton, the third baronet, took his life while the balance of his mind was disturbed, was recorded at an inquest at his home, in Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, last night. Sir Roger, who was 65, was found shot in his car in Withington Woods, near Cheltenham, a week ago last Monday.

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