BARONETAGE
Last updated 13/08/2017
Names of baronets shown in blue 
have not yet proved succession and, as a
result, their name has not yet been placed on
the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
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
POLLOCK of Pollock
30 Nov 1703 NS 1 Robert Pollock c 1665 22 Aug 1735
MP for Scotland 1707-1708 and Renfrewshire
1710-1722
22 Aug 1735 2 Robert Pollock 26 Oct 1783
to     Extinct on his death
26 Oct 1783
POLLOCK of Hatton,Middlesex
2 Aug 1866 UK 1 Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock 23 Sep 1783 28 Aug 1870 86
Attorney General 1834-1835 and 1841-1844
PC 1844
28 Aug 1870 2 William Frederick Pollock 3 Apr 1815 24 Dec 1888 73
24 Dec 1888 3 Frederick Pollock 10 Dec 1845 18 Jan 1937 91
PC 1911
18 Jan 1937 4 Frederick John Pollock 26 Dec 1878 22 Jul 1963 84
22 Jul 1963 5 George Frederick Pollock 13 Aug 1928 30 May 2016 87
30 May 2016 6 David Frederick Pollock 13 Apr 1959
POLLOCK of Khyber Pass,India
26 Mar 1872 UK See "Montagu-Pollock"
POLLOCK of Hanworth,Middlesex
27 Nov 1922 UK 1 Ernest Murray Pollock 25 Nov 1861 22 Oct 1936 74
He was subsequently created Baron
Hanworth (qv) in 1926 with which title the
baronetcy remains merged,although as at
30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear
on the Official Roll of the Baronetage
POLLOCK of Edinburgh,Midlothian
2 Feb 1939 UK 1 John Donald Pollock 23 Nov 1868 4 Jun 1962 93
to     Extinct on his death
4 Jun 1962
POLLOK of Kilbirney,Ayr
14 May 1628 NS See "Crawford"
PONSONBY of Wootton,Oxon
27 Jan 1956 UK 1 Charles Edward Ponsonby 2 Sep 1879 28 Jan 1976 96
MP for Sevenoaks 1935-1950
28 Jan 1976 2 Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby 21 Feb 1921 15 Jun 2010 89
Lord Lieutenant Oxford 1980-1996
15 Jun 2010 3 Charles Ashley Ponsonby 10 Jun 1951
  POOLE of Poole,Cheshire
25 Oct 1677 E 1 James Poole c 1640 c 1710
c 1710 2 Francis Poole c 1682 15 Feb 1763
15 Feb 1763 3 Henry Poole 8 Jul 1767
8 Jul 1767 4 Ferdinando Poole 8 Jun 1804
8 Jun 1804 5 Henry Poole 29 Feb 1744 25 May 1821 77
to     Extinct on his death
25 May 1821
POOLEY of Westbrook House,Sussex
26 Jan 1953 UK 1 Sir Ernest Henry Pooley 20 Nov 1876 13 Feb 1966 89
to     Extinct on his death
13 Feb 1966
POORE of Rushall,Wilts
8 Jul 1795 GB 1 John Methuen Poore 8 Jun 1745 1 Jun 1820 74
1 Jun 1820 2 Edward Poore 4 Dec 1795 13 Oct 1838 42
13 Oct 1838 3 Edward Poore 6 Mar 1826 23 Nov 1893 67
For further information on this baronet,see
the note at the foot of this page
23 Nov 1893 4 Richard Poore 7 Jul 1853 8 Dec 1930 77
8 Dec 1930 5 Edward Poore 1894 Feb 1938 43
Feb 1938 6 Herbert Edward Poore Apr 1930 2004 74
2004 7 Roger Ricardo Poore 21 Oct 1930
POPE of Wilcote,Oxon
29 Jun 1611 E 1 William Pope 15 Oct 1573 2 Jun 1631 57
He was subsequently created Earl of 
Downe (qv) in 1628 with which title the
baronetcy then merged until its extinction
in 1668
PORRITT of Hampstead,London
25 Jan 1963 UK 1 Arthur Espie Porritt, later [1973] Baron Porritt [L] 10 Aug 1900 1 Jan 1994 93
1 Jan 1994 2 Jonathan Espie Porritt 6 Jul 1950
PORTAL of Malshanger,Hants
11 Mar 1901 UK 1 Wyndham Spencer Portal 22 Jul 1822 14 Sep 1905 83
14 Sep 1905 2 William Wyndham Portal 12 Apr 1850 30 Sep 1931 81
30 Sep 1931 3 William Raymond Portal,Viscount Portal 9 Apr 1885 6 May 1949 64
6 May 1949 4 Spencer John Portal 14 May 1864 25 Nov 1955 91
25 Nov 1955 5 Francis Spencer Portal 27 Jun 1903 11 Nov 1984 81
11 Nov 1984 6 Jonathan Francis Portal 13 Jan 1953
PORTER of Frimley,Surrey
27 Jun 1889 UK 1 George Hornidge Porter 1822 16 Jun 1895 72
16 Jun 1895 2 William Henry Porter 23 Aug 1862 27 Jun 1935 72
27 Jun 1935 3 George Swinburne Porter 14 Dec 1908 8 Feb 1974 65
to     Extinct on his death
8 Feb 1974
PORTER of Keytes,Gloucs
22 Jul 1902 UK See "Horsburgh-Porter"
PORTMAN of Orchard,Somerset
25 Nov 1611 E 1 John Portman 4 Dec 1612
4 Dec 1612 2 Henry Portman c 1595 Feb 1624
MP for Somerset 1621-1622
Feb 1624 3 John Portman c 1605 12 Dec 1624
12 Dec 1624 4 Hugh Portman c 1608 1632
MP for Taunton 1625 and 1628-1629
1632 5 William Portman c 1610 10 Aug 1645
MP for Taunton 1640 and 1640-1644
10 Aug 1645 6 William Portman 5 Sep 1643 18 Mar 1690 46
to     MP for Taunton 1661-1679 and 1685-1690
18 Mar 1690 and Somerset 1679-1681
Extinct on his death
POTTINGER of Richmond,Surrey
27 Apr 1840 UK 1 Henry Pottinger 3 Oct 1789 18 Mar 1856 66
Governor of Hong Kong 1843-1844,Cape of Good
Hope 1847 and Madras 1848-1854. PC 1844
18 Mar 1856 2 Frederick William Pottinger 27 Apr 1831 9 Apr 1865 33
For further information on this baronet, see the
note at the foot of this page.
9 Apr 1865 3 Henry Pottinger 10 Jun 1834 18 Oct 1909 75
to     Extinct on his death
18 Oct 1909
POTTS of Mannington,Norfolk
14 Aug 1641 E 1 John Potts 1673
MP for Norfolk 1640-1648 and Great
Yarmouth 1660
1673 2 John Potts c 1690
c 1690 3 Roger Potts c 1641 14 Oct 1711
14 Oct 1711 4 Algernon Potts c 1675 17 Sep 1716
17 Sep 1716 5 Charles Potts 1676 14 Jan 1732
to     Extinct on his death
14 Jan 1732
POUND of Stanmore,Middlesex
3 Aug 1905 UK 1 John Pound 27 Jun 1829 18 Sep 1915 86
18 Sep 1915 2 John Lulham Pound 2 Mar 1862 7 Sep 1937 75
7 Sep 1937 3 Allen Leslie Pound 31 Oct 1888 15 Nov 1952 64
15 Nov 1952 4 Derek Allen Pound 7 Apr 1920 23 Dec 1980 60
23 Dec 1980 5 John David Pound 1 Nov 1946
POWELL of Pengethly,Hereford
18 Jan 1622 E 1 Edward Powell c 1580 1653
to     Extinct on his death
1653
POWELL of Birkenhead,Cheshire
29 Jan 1629 E 1 Thomas Powell c Sep 1647
c Sep 1647 2 Thomas Powell 1631 c 1700
to     Extinct on his death
c 1700
POWELL of Pengethly,Hereford
23 Jan 1661 E 1 William Powell c 1620 11 Dec 1680
to     MP for Herefordshire 1660-1661
11 Dec 1680 Extinct on his death
POWELL of Ewhurst,Sussex
10 May 1661 E 1 Nathaniel Powell Mar 1675
Mar 1675 2 Nathaniel Powell c 1640 c 1707
c 1707 3 Nathaniel Powell c 1688 1708
1708 4 Christopher Powell c 1690 5 Jul 1742
to     MP for Kent 1735-1741
5 Jul 1742 Extinct on his death
  POWELL of Broadway,Carmarthen
19 Jul 1698 E 1 Thomas Powell c 1665 22 Aug 1720
MP for Monmouth 1705-1708 and 
Carmarthenshire 1710-1715
22 Aug 1720 2 Herbert Powell c 1700 21 Mar 1721
to     Extinct on his death
21 Mar 1721
POWELL of Horton Old Hall,Yorks
15 Jun 1892 UK 1 Francis Sharp Powell 29 Jun 1827 24 Dec 1911 84
to     MP for Cambridge 1863-1868, Yorkshire
24 Dec 1911 West Riding North 1872-1874 and Wigan
1885-1910
Extinct on his death
POWELL of Wimpole Street,London
5 Mar 1897 UK 1 Richard Douglas Powell 25 Sep 1842 15 Dec 1925 83
15 Dec 1925 2 Douglas Powell 8 Jul 1874 28 Feb 1932 57
28 Feb 1932 3 Richard George Douglas Powell 14 Nov 1909 16 Jul 1980 70
16 Jul 1980 4 Nicholas Folliott Douglas Powell 17 Jul 1935
POWELL of Gilwell,Essex
4 Dec 1922 UK See "Baden-Powell"
POWER of Kilfane,Tipperary
15 Jul 1836 UK 1 John Power c 1769 2 Feb 1844
2 Feb 1844 2 John Power May 1798 8 Aug 1873 75
8 Aug 1873 3 Richard Champion Power Oct 1843 24 May 1892 48
24 May 1892 4 John Elliott Cecil Power 1 Dec 1870 7 Jun 1900 29
7 Jun 1900 5 Elliott Derrick le Poer Power 21 Apr 1872 20 Jan 1902 29
20 Jan 1902 6 Adam Clayton Power 1844 5 Mar 1903 58
5 Mar 1903 7 George Power 24 Dec 1846 17 Oct 1928 81
to     On his death the baronetcy became dormant
17 Oct 1928    
POWER of Edermine,Wexford
18 Oct 1841 UK 1 John Power 1771 25 Jun 1855 83
25 Jun 1855 2 James Power 6 Dec 1800 30 Sep 1877 76
MP for co.Wexford 1835-1847 and 1865-1868
30 Sep 1877 3 John Talbot Power 2 May 1845 4 Dec 1901 56
MP for co.Wexford 1868-1874
4 Dec 1901 4 James Douglas Talbot Power 6 Oct 1884 4 Dec 1914 30
4 Dec 1914 5 James Talbot Power 23 Jun 1851 4 Jul 1916 65
4 Jul 1916 6 Thomas Talbot Power 3 May 1863 6 Jul 1930 67
to     Extinct on his death
6 Jul 1930
POWER of Newlands Manor,Hants
1 Feb 1924 UK 1 John Cecil Power 21 Dec 1870 5 Jun 1950 79
MP for Wimbledon 1924-1945
5 Jun 1950 2 Ivan McLannahan Power 29 Nov 1903 13 Feb 1954 50
13 Feb 1954 3 John Patrick McLannahan Power 16 Mar 1928 17 Nov 1984 56
17 Nov 1984 4 Alastair John Cecil Power 15 Aug 1958
POYNTER of Kensington,London
2 Aug 1902 UK 1 Sir Edward John Poynter 20 Mar 1836 26 Jul 1919 83
26 Jul 1919 2 Ambrose Macdonald Poynter 26 Sep 1867 31 May 1923 55
31 May 1923 3 Hugh Edward Poynter 28 Jan 1882 28 Jun 1968 86
to     Extinct on his death
28 Jun 1968
PRAED of Owsden Hall,Suffolk
28 Dec 1905 UK See "Mackworth-Praed"
PRATT of Coleshill,Berks
28 Jul 1641 E 1 Henry Pratt c 1573 6 Apr 1647
6 Apr 1647 2 George Pratt c 1605 11 May 1673
11 May 1673 3 Henry Pratt c 1650 17 Jan 1674
to     Extinct on his death
17 Jan 1674
PRENDERGAST of Gort,Galway
15 Jul 1699 I 1 Thomas Prendergast c 1660 11 Sep 1709
11 Sep 1709 2 Thomas Prendergast c 1700 23 Sep 1760
to     Postmaster General [I] 1733. PC [I] 1733
23 Sep 1760 MP for Chichester 1733-1734
Extinct on his death
  PRESCOTT of Theobalds Park,Herts
9 Dec 1794 GB 1 George William Prescott 17 Nov 1748 22 Jul 1801 52
22 Jul 1801 2 George Beeston Prescott 11 Feb 1775 25 Oct 1840 65
25 Oct 1840 3 George William Prescott 14 Nov 1800 27 Apr 1850 49
27 Apr 1850 4 George Rendlesham Prescott 27 Sep 1846 29 Jul 1894 47
29 Jul 1894 5 George Lionel Lawson Bagot Prescott 5 Oct 1875 20 Jun 1942 66
20 Jun 1942 6 Charles William Prescott 8 Apr 1877 27 Sep 1955 78
27 Sep 1955 7 William Villiers Leonard Prescott-Westcar 18 Sep 1882 3 Feb 1959 76
to     Extinct on his death
3 Feb 1959
PRESCOTT of Godmanchester,Hunts
30 Jun 1938 UK 1 Sir William Henry Prescott 26 Mar 1874 15 Jun 1945 71
MP for Tottenham North 1918-1922
15 Jun 1945 2 Richard Stanley Prescott 26 Jan 1899 21 Jan 1965 65
21 Jan 1965 3 Mark Prescott 3 Mar 1948
PRESTON of Airdrie,Fife
22 Feb 1628 NS 1 John Preston c 1655
c 1655 2 John Preston 10 Jun 1660
10 Jun 1660 3 John Preston Mar 1675
Mar 1675 4 John Preston after 1701
Between the death of the 4th baronet and
1784 the descent is uncertain
1784 ? Robert Preston c 1706 c 1792
to     On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1792
PRESTON of Valleyfield,Perth
13 Mar 1637 NS 1 George Preston 26 Nov 1679
26 Nov 1679 2 William Preston c 1703
c 1703 3 George Preston c 1670 Sep 1741
Sep 1741 4 George Preston 2 Mar 1779
2 Mar 1779 5 Charles Preston c 1735 23 Mar 1800
MP for Dysart Burghs 1784-1790
23 Mar 1800 6 Robert Preston 21 Apr 1740 7 May 1834 94
MP for Dover 1784-1790 and Cirencester
1792-1806
7 May 1834 7 Robert Preston 3 Jan 1757 30 Aug 1846 89
30 Aug 1846 8 Robert Preston c 1780 23 Oct 1858
23 Oct 1858 9 Henry Lindsay Preston 18 Feb 1789 25 Nov 1873 84
to     On his death the baronetcy became dormant
25 Nov 1873
PRESTON of Furness,Lancs
1 Apr 1644 E 1 John Preston 1617 1645 28
1645 2 John Preston Apr 1663
Apr 1663 3 Thomas Preston c 1643 27 May 1709
to     Extinct on his death
27 May 1709
PRESTON of Beeston St Lawrence,Norfolk
30 May 1815 UK 1 Thomas Hulton Preston 29 Aug 1767 21 Apr 1823 55
21 Apr 1823 2 Jacob Henry Preston 25 Jan 1812 19 Oct 1891 79
19 Oct 1891 3 Henry Jacob Preston 15 Sep 1851 9 Jan 1897 45
9 Jan 1897 4 Jacob Preston 6 May 1887 12 Feb 1918 30
12 Feb 1918 5 Edward Hulton Preston 17 Sep 1888 7 Dec 1963 75
7 Dec 1963 6 Thomas Hildebrand Preston 2 Jun 1886 30 Dec 1976 90
30 Dec 1976 7 Ronald Douglas Hildebrand Preston 9 Oct 1916 4 Apr 1999 82
4 Apr 1999 8 Philip Charles Henry Hulton Preston 31 Aug 1946
PRESTWICH of Hulme,Lancs
25 Apr 1644 E 1 Thomas Prestwich 6 Dec 1604 3 Jan 1674 69
Jan 1674 2 Thomas Prestwich c 1625 20 Sep 1676
to     Extinct on his death
Sep 1676
PRETYMAN of Lodington
c 1660 NS 1 John Pretyman c 1612 22 Dec 1676
MP for Leicester 1661-1676
Dec 1676 2 George Pretyman 17 Dec 1638 14 Apr 1715 76
Apr 1715 3 William Pretyman 3 Feb 1641 8 Nov 1719 78
Nov 1719 4 Thomas Pretyman c 1670 c 1749
to     On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1749
PREVOST of Belmont,Hants
6 Dec 1805 UK 1 George Prevost 19 May 1767 5 Jan 1816 48
5 Jan 1816 2 George Prevost 20 Aug 1804 18 Mar 1893 88
18 Mar 1893 3 Charles Prevost 15 Dec 1831 24 Nov 1902 70
24 Nov 1902 4 Charles Thomas Keble Prevost 19 Jul 1866 6 Apr 1939 72
6 Apr 1939 5 George James Augustine Prevost 16 Jan 1910 18 Nov 1985 75
18 Nov 1985 6 Christopher Gerald Prevost 25 Jul 1935
PREVOST of Westbourne Terrace,London
8 Jan 1903 UK 1 Augustus Prevost 21 May 1837 6 Dec 1913 76
to     Extinct on his death
6 Dec 1913
PRICE of the Priory,Brecon
c Oct 1657 E 1 Herbert Price     c 1605  3 Feb 1678
MP for Brecon 1661-1678
Feb 1678 2 Thomas Arden Price 13 Mar 1642 c 1689
to     Extinct on his death
c 1689
PRICE of Jamaica,West Indies
13 Aug 1768 GB 1 Charles Price 20 Aug 1708 26 Jul 1772 63
26 Jul 1772 2 Charles Price c 1733 18 Oct 1788
to     Extinct on his death
18 Oct 1788
PRICE of Spring Grove,Surrey
2 Feb 1804 UK See "Rugge-Price"
PRICE of Trenwainton,Cornwall
30 May 1815 UK 1 Rose Price  21 Nov 1768 29 Sep 1834 65
29 Sep 1834 2 Charles Dutton Price 7 Dec 1800 18 May 1872 71
18 May 1872 3 Rose Lambart Price 28 Jul 1837 17 Apr 1899 61
17 Apr 1899 4 Rose Price 26 Jul 1878 9 Jun 1901 22
9 Jun 1901 5 Francis Caradoc Rose Price 29 Jun 1880 24 Feb 1949 68
24 Feb 1949 6 Rose Francis Price 15 Mar 1910 21 Sep 1979 69
21 Sep 1979 7 Francis Caradoc Rose Price 9 Sep 1950
PRICE of Foxley,Hereford
12 Feb 1828 UK 1 Uvedale Price 1747 14 Sep 1829 82
14 Sep 1829 2 Robert Price 3 Aug 1786 5 Nov 1857 71
to     MP for Herefordshire 1818-1841 and Hereford 
5 Nov 1857 1845-1857
Extinct on his death
PRICE of Norton Manor,Radnor
23 Mar 1874 UK See "Green-Price"
PRICE of Ardingley,Sussex
2 Jul 1953 UK 1 Sir Henry Philip Price 17 Feb 1877 12 Dec 1963 86
to     Extinct on his death
12 Dec 1963
PRICHARD-JONES of Bron Menai,Anglesey
15 Jul 1910 UK 1 John Prichard-Jones 31 May 1845 17 Oct 1917 72
17 Oct 1917 2 John Prichard-Jones 20 Jan 1913 2 Jul 2007 94
2 Jul 2007 3 David John Walter Prichard-Jones 14 Mar 1943
PRIDEAUX of Netherton,Devon
17 Jul 1622 E 1 Edmund Prideaux c 1555 28 Feb 1629
28 Feb 1629 2 Peter Prideaux 1596 3 Feb 1682
Feb 1682 3 Peter Prideaux 13 Jul 1626 22 Nov 1705 79
MP for Honiton 1661-1679 and St.Mawes
1685-1689
22 Nov 1705 4 Edmund Prideaux 4 Apr 1647 6 Feb 1720 72
MP for Tregony 1713-1720
6 Feb 1720 5 Edmund Prideaux 13 Nov 1675 26 Feb 1729 53
26 Feb 1729 6 John Prideaux 17 Jun 1695 29 Aug 1766 71
Aug 1766 7 John Wilmot Prideaux 13 Feb 1748 4 Mar 1826 78
4 Mar 1826 8 John Wilmot Prideaux 29 Sep 1791 13 May 1833 41
13 May 1833 9 Edmund Saunderson Prideaux 17 Jan 1793 11 Feb 1875 82
to     Extinct on his death
11 Feb 1875
PRIESTMAN of Monkwearmouth,Durham
25 Jun 1934 UK 1 Sir John Priestman 22 Mar 1855 5 Aug 1941 86
to     Extinct on his death
5 Aug 1941
PRIMROSE of Carrington,Selkirk
1 Aug 1651 NS 1 Archibald Primrose 16 May 1616 27 Nov 1679 63
27 Nov 1679 2 William Primrose 14 Jan 1649 23 Sep 1687 38
23 Sep 1687 3 James Primrose c 1680 13 Jun 1706
He was subsequently created Viscount
Primrose (qv) in 1703 with which title the
baronetcy then merged until 1741 when the
baronetcy merged into the Earldom of 
Rosebery
PRIMROSE of Ravelstoun
15 Sep 1661 NS 1 John Foulis 20 Feb 1638 5 Aug 1707 69
5 Aug 1707 2 Archibald Primrose c 1692 15 Nov 1746
to     He was executed for high treason and the
15 Nov 1746 baronetcy forfeited
PRIMROSE of Redholme,Lanark
7 Jul 1903 UK 1 John Ure Primrose 16 Oct 1847 29 Jun 1924 76
29 Jun 1924 2 William Louis Primrose 1 Jun 1880 23 Dec 1953 73
23 Dec 1953 3 John Ure Primrose 15 Apr 1908 1985 77
1985 4 Alasdair Neil Primrose 11 Dec 1935 15 Jun 1986 50
15 Jun 1986 5 John Ure Primrose 28 May 1960
PRINCE-SMITH of Hillbrook,Yorks
11 Feb 1911 UK 1 Prince Smith 3 Sep 1840 20 Oct 1922 82
20 Oct 1922 2 Prince Prince-Smith 13 Oct 1869 2 Jul 1940 70
2 Jul 1940 3 William Prince-Smith 10 Aug 1898 10 Jul 1964 65
10 Jul 1964 4 William Richard Prince-Smith 27 Dec 1928 28 Jun 2007 78
to     Extinct on his death
28 Jun 2007      
PRINGLE of Stichill,Roxburgh
5 Jan 1683 NS 1 Robert Pringle c 1700
c 1700 2 John Pringle 2 Jul 1662 Apr 1721 58
Apr 1721 3 Robert Pringle 6 Oct 1690 14 Dec 1779 89
14 Dec 1779 4 James Pringle 6 Nov 1726 7 Apr 1809 82
MP for Berwickshire 1761-1779
7 Apr 1809 5 John Pringle 20 Jan 1784 15 Jun 1869 85
15 Jun 1869 6 Norman Pringle 22 Jul 1787 17 Apr 1870 82
17 Apr 1870 7 Norman William Pringle 16 Apr 1836 21 Jul 1897 61
21 Jul 1897 8 Norman Robert Pringle 18 Oct 1871 18 Apr 1919 47
18 Apr 1919 9 Ronald Steuart Pringle 26 Apr 1905 24 Jul 1968 63
24 Jul 1968 10 Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle 3 Aug 1941
His right to the baronetcy was proved before
the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on
20 June 2016. For a summary of proceedings,
see the note at the foot of this page
PRINGLE of Pall Mall,London
5 Jun 1766 GB 1 John Pringle 10 Apr 1707 18 Jan 1782 74
to     Extinct on his death
18 Jan 1782
PROBY of Elton,Hunts
7 Mar 1662 E 1 Thomas Proby 18 Oct 1632 22 Apr 1689 56
to     MP for Amersham 1660-1679 and
22 Apr 1689 Huntingdonshire 1679-1685
Extinct on his death
PROBY of Elton Hall,Hunts
30 Jan 1952 UK 1 Richard George Proby 21 Jul 1886 15 Jan 1979 92
15 Jan 1979 2 Peter Proby 4 Dec 1911 18 Apr 2002 90
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1981-1985
18 Apr 2002 3 William Henry Proby 13 Jun 1949
PROBYN-JONES of Rhyll,Flint
28 Jan 1926 UK 1 Sir Robert Jones 26 Jun 1858 14 Jan 1933 74
14 Jan 1933 2 Arthur Probyn Probyn-Jones 28 Jul 1892 17 Oct 1951 59
to     Extinct on his death
17 Oct 1951
PROCTOR-BEAUCHAMP
  of Langley Park,Norfolk
20 Feb 1745 GB 1 William Beauchamp-Proctor 11 May 1722 13 Sep 1773 51
MP for Middlesex 1747-1768
13 Sep 1773 2 Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 29 Sep 1756 29 Jun 1827 70
29 Jun 1827 3 William Beauchamp-Proctor 14 Oct 1781 14 Mar 1861 79
14 Mar 1861 4 Thomas William Brograve Beauchamp-Proctor
(Proctor-Beauchamp from 9 Jul 1862) 2 Jul 1815 7 Oct 1874 59
7 Oct 1874 5 Reginald William Proctor-Beauchamp 23 Apr 1853 10 Nov 1912 59
10 Nov 1912 6 Horace George Proctor-Beauchamp 3 Nov 1856 12 Aug 1915 58
12 Aug 1915 7 Montagu Harry Proctor-Beauchamp 19 Apr 1860 26 Oct 1939 79
26 Oct 1939 8 Ivor Cuthbert Proctor-Beauchamp 19 Aug 1900 8 Aug 1971 70
8 Aug 1971 9 Christopher Radstock Proctor-Beauchamp 30 Jan 1935
PRYCE of Newton,Montgomery
15 Aug 1628 E 1 John Pryce c 1657
MP for Montgomeryshire 1640-1645 
and 1654-1655
c 1657 2 Matthew Pryce c 1674
c 1674 3 John Pryce c 1662 1699
1699 4 Vaughan Pryce c 1720
c 1720 5 John Pryce 1761
1761 6 John Powell Pryce 4 Jul 1776
4 Jul 1776 7 Edward Mamley Pryce 28 Jun 1791
to     Extinct on his death
28 Jun 1791
PRYCE-JONES of Dolerw,Montgomery
4 Jul 1918 UK 1 Edward Pryce-Jones 6 Feb 1861 22 May 1926 65
MP for Montgomery 1895-1906 and
1910-1918
22 May 1926 2 Pryce Victor Pryce-Jones 10 Jun 1887 27 Feb 1963 75
to     Extinct on his death
27 Feb 1963
PRYKE of Wanstead,Essex
3 Nov 1926 UK 1 Sir William Robert Pryke 15 Mar 1847 30 Mar 1932 85
30 Mar 1932 2 William Robert Dudley Pryke 5 Mar 1882 23 Mar 1959 77
23 Mar 1959 3 David Dudley Pryke 16 Jul 1912 20 Jul 1998 86
20 Jul 1998 4 Christopher Dudley Pryke 17 Apr 1946
PRYSE of Gogarthen,Cardigan
9 Aug 1641 E 1 Richard Pryse 21 Oct 1651
MP for Cardiganshire 1646-1648
Oct 1651 2 Richard Pryse     c 1630     c 1675
MP for Cardiganshire 1660-1661
c 1675 3 Thomas Pryse May 1682
May 1682 4 Carbery Pryse 20 May 1694
to     MP for Cardiganshire 1690-1694
20 May 1694 Extinct on his death
PRYSE of Gogerddan,Cardigan
28 Jul 1866 UK 1 Pryse Pryse 15 Jan 1838 21 Apr 1906 68
21 Apr 1906 2 Edward John Webley-Parry-Pryse 10 Jul 1862 20 Oct 1918 56
20 Oct 1918 3 Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse 5 Feb 1864 23 May 1946 82
23 May 1946 4 George Rice Pryse-Saunders 19 Feb 1870 9 Sep 1948 78
9 Sep 1948 5 Pryse Loveden Pryse-Saunders (Saunders-
to     Pryse from 1949) 12 Nov 1896 5 Jan 1962 65
5 Jan 1962 Extinct on his death
PUCKERING of Weston,Herts
25 Nov 1611 E 1 Thomas Puckering 20 Mar 1636
to     MP for Tamworth 1621-1622,1625,1626
20 Mar 1636 and 1628-1629
Extinct on his death
PUCKERING of Charlton,Kent
2 Apr 1620 E   See "Newton"  
         
PULESTON of Emral,Flint
2 Nov 1813 UK 1 Richard Price Puleston 3 Sep 1765 20 May 1840 74
20 May 1840 2 Richard Puleston 20 Jun 1789 19 Dec 1860 71
19 Dec 1860 3 Richard Price Puleston 27 Dec 1813 14 Aug 1893 79
14 Aug 1893 4 Theophilus Gresley Henry Puleston 26 Oct 1821 20 May 1896 74
to     Extinct on his death
20 May 1896
PULLEY of Lower Eaton,Hereford
4 Jul 1893 UK 1 Joseph Pulley 8 Sep 1822 25 Aug 1901 78
to     MP for Hereford 1880-1886
25 Aug 1901 Extinct on his death
PUREFOY of Wadley,Berks
4 Dec 1662 E 1 Henry Purefoy 14 Aug 1656 19 Aug 1686 30
to     Extinct on his death
19 Aug 1686
PURVES-HUME-CAMPBELL 
of Purves Hall,Berwick
25 Jul 1665 NS see "Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell"
PURVIS-RUSSELL-HAMILTON-MONTGOMERY
of Stanhope,Peebles
16 Jul 1801 UK See "Montgomery"
  PUTT of Combe,Devon
20 Jul 1666 E 1 Thomas Putt 19 Jul 1644 25 Jun 1686 41
MP for Honiton 1679-1686
25 Jun 1686 2 Thomas Putt c 1675 5 May 1721
to     Extinct on his death
5 May 1721
PYBUS of Harwick,Suffolk
20 Jan 1934 UK 1 Percy John Pybus 25 Jan 1880 23 Oct 1935 55
to     MP for Harwich 1929-1935. Minister of
23 Oct 1935 Transport 1931-1933
Extinct on his death
PYE of Lekhampstead,Bucks
27 Apr 1641 E 1 Edmund Pye c 1607 28 Apr 1673
to     MP for Wycombe 1661-1673
Apr 1673 Extinct on his death
  PYE of Hone,Derby
13 Jan 1665 E 1 John Pye c 1626 c 1697
c 1697 2 Charles Pye 20 Dec 1651 12 Feb 1721 69
MP for Derby 1701
12 Feb 1721 3 Richard Pye 2 Feb 1689 22 Nov 1724 35
MP for Derby 1710
22 Nov 1724 4 Robert Pye c 1696 23 May 1734
to     Extinct on his death
23 May 1734
PYM of Brymore,Somerset
14 Jul 1663 E 1 Charles Pym c 1620 1671
MP for Beeralston 1642-1648
1671 2 Charles Pym 12 Feb 1664 4 May 1688 24
to     Extinct on his death
4 May 1688 For further information on the death of this
baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
  PYNSENT of Erthfont,Wilts
13 Sep 1687 E 1 William Pynsent 10 Aug 1642 1719
MP for Devizes 1689-1690
1719 2 William Pynsent c 1679 8 Jan 1765
to     MP for Taunton 1715-1722
8 Jan 1765 Extinct on his death
Sir Edward Poore, 3rd baronet
Sir Edward died in November 1893. On 4 January 1894, the following article was published in 
'The West Australian,' under the heading "Extraordinary Career of a Baronet":-
'A recent issue of the [Melbourne] Age gives the following account of a miner who died on 
board the steamer Adelaide at Fremantle, recently, and whose papers and effects showed
him to be Sir Edward Poore, Bart.
'When the steamer Adelaide on her last trip to West Australia reached Fremantle, one of the
saloon passengers, a miner, who gave the name of Edward Poore, died in his cabin suddenly
of heart disease. He had sufficient warning of his approaching end to call the steward to bring
him pen, ink and paper, and to write down an address in Victoria to which the news of his 
death should be sent, but he had barely finished when he fell back dead. No one knew the 
man, and the authorities buried him in Fremantle.
'When the news of Poore's death reached his friends in Melbourne his papers and effects
were examined, and they showed beyond all doubt that the deceased was Sir Edward Poore,
baronet, of Rushall, in the county of Wiltshire, England. He was the third baronet, and
succeeded his father on the 13th of October, 1838, being then only 12˝ years of age, as
he was born on 6th March, 1826. When he was 18 years of age he was appointed an ensign 
in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, a crack regiment, but he retired four years later. Shortly before
he attained his 25th year he married Miss Frances Elizabeth Moody, daughter of the Rev. 
Henry Riddell Moody, rector of Chatham [sic for Chartham], Kent. In the following year he
made a voyage to Canada, and a son [who later became the 4th baronet] was born to him
there. In 1860 he was in France, as is shown by a passport which bears his signature, a
singularly striking one, and showing little or no alteration from autographs which he executed
not many weeks ago. In 1863 a son, Herbert, was born to him, and subsequently there were
two daughters, Elsie and Catherine; but since then Burke's Peerage is silent to the family
history - chiefly, it may be presumed, because Poore exiled himself from England about that
period. Some time in the early part of the seventies he appeared in Australia. As he admitted
afterwards to others with whom he had become confidential, but never to the extent of
disclosing his real identity, he had left England because he had abandoned his wife and
children, and thrown in his lot with a woman with whom he was infatuated.
'His early days in Australia were devoted to a lavish expenditure of money, no luxury being too
gross for him. Thousands of pounds were squandered in jewellery, especially diamonds, for 
which, right through his colonial career, he manifested an insatiable passion. One single 
diamond that he carried in a ring was of such value that a pawnbroker in the city readily
advanced Ł100 upon it. This sort of life soon exhausted his supply of ready cash, so he 
embraced the contracting business. His early military training had imbued him with a certain
amount of knowledge of the business of bridge building, son in his contracting efforts he
confined himself almost entirely to that class of work. He threw off entirely the grandiose air
of an English aristocrat, and assimilated himself to the conditions of his new life. A photograph
of himself, taken on one the bridges he was erecting, shows him with a slouched hat and
moleskin trousers, and under the picture, in his own handwriting, is written, "Ned, the Pile
Driver."  There appears to have been a stress in his money matters which stopped his
contracting career and he became an ordinary day labourer, but he again emerged from that
state into affluence. Money flowed in plentifully, and he then sought out as a confidential man,
Mr. Adolphus Dunn, of Malvern, and through him the greater part of his future business was
contracted. Hotel keeping was his next hobby, and he took the Armadale Hotel, at Armadale 
[Malvern and Armadale are both suburbs of Melbourne], but the venture cost him about  
Ł5,000. Better luck attended him whilst he had the Grace Darling Hotel, in Elizabeth-street
[Melbourne], which he bought into after leaving Armadale; but he only made both ends meet,
so he gave it up and took the New Brighton Hotel, at Lady Robinson's Beach, Sydney, and in 
six months, by dint of terrible bad management and extravagance, he lost Ł2,000. That was
his last venture as a publican. For all his 68 years he was very energetic, and the news of the
gold finds at Coolgardie allured him to West Australia. As usual, he adapted himself with great
facility to the circumstances in which he found himself, and was soon as much a miner as the
hundreds that surrounded him. He went out to the gold-fields and prospected. He discovered
a reef, hastened to Perth, took up a mineral lease, and then left for Melbourne to form a
company which would supply machinery and work the claim. All the speculators to whom he
put the matter required too large a share in the mine for Poore's tastes, so he bought
machinery himself, and left by the Adelaide for Perth on the 14th November, taking the
machinery with him, but he died as already stated on the 23rd November, just as the Adelaide
reached Fremantle.
'In all his dealings with people in the colonies Poore never disclosed his rank, except to one
person, his medical adviser, Mr. Fitzgerald; but of late years he had taken to impressing his
crest, a cubit arm, grasping in the hand an arrow, upon all cheques which he signed. One
occasion on which Poore was recognised is mentioned by a friend of his, who was with him
one day in Collins-street [Melbourne]. The friend whilst talking to Poore met a third party,
whom he introduced to Mr. Poore. The stranger looked straight at the man to whom he was
presented, and said, "Ha, Mr. Poore ! Only Mr. Poore?" The latter replied, "Yes; isn't that
enough? What more would you want?" Then in reply to questions by the stranger Poore said
that he had never been in England, and that he did not know Chartham in Kent - the town,
it will be remembered, of which his father-in-law was rector. 
'Among the papers of the deceased is a diary of his life, which has not yet been looked into,
but there are evidences among the collections of articles in his trunks that he had given
unbridled scope to his passions, and to that alone he owed his many reverses. It is not at 
present clear how Poore raised the money of which he got possession from time to time, but
it is believed by Mr. Dunn, his confidential man, that he disposed of some of his estates. It 
is not known whether Lady Poore is living [she was, and lived on until 1926], or whether she
obtained a divorce when her husband left her. The deceased made a[n incorrect] statement
on one occasion that his eldest son Richard, who would have been his heir, died some years 
ago, but there is no certainty about it. Should it prove correct, the heir, according to Burke's
Peerage, would be his son Herbert who was born in 1863, and he will succeed to the title and
and what is left of the estates [but Richard, being still alive, became the 4th baronet]. If the
mine in West Australia proves of any value then the new baronet may be able to rehabilitate
the estates.'
Sir Frederick William Pottinger, 2nd baronet
Frederick was the son of Sir Henry Pottinger, who had received a baronetcy as a reward
for a distinguished career as a colonial governor. His son, however, did not follow in his
father's footsteps and, by 1856, was in deep financial straits. His income did not allow him
to keep pace with his free-spending brother officers in the Grenadier Guards; bookmakers 
and tradesmen were plaguing him for payment of his debts. His fortunes changed somewhat
when he won Ł500 on a lucky bet on a horse and, determined that his bothersome creditors
were not going to share a penny of his good fortune, he packed his bags, resigned his
commission and caught the next ship from England to Australia.
Because the social circles of Sydney were now closed to him, he set off for the goldfields,
where he had no luck. Tiring of digging for gold, he joined the New South Wales police
as a mounted trooper. Not long after, he heard that his father had died but, since there
was little in the way of money or estates to inherit, and enjoying the open-air life of a 
trooper, he decided to remain where he was, without telling anyone that he was now a 
baronet.
In May 1861, a letter arrived in Sydney addressed to Sir Frederick Pottinger, care of the
Police Department. No one had heard of a Sir Frederick Pottinger, but when the Department's
records were checked, a Trooper Fred Pottinger stationed at the Lambing Flat (now Young) 
goldfield was discovered. He was immediately ordered to Sydney, where he admitted that he
was a baronet. Since it was unseemly that a baronet was a lowly trooper, he was immediately
promoted to Inspector and placed in charge of the whole southern district of New South Wales,
with headquarters at Young and with 100 men under his command.
Meanwhile, the country around the goldfields was the natural habitat of bushrangers (roughly
analogous to British 'highwaymen' or American 'western outlaws'), of whom the most prominent
was Frank Gardiner. Pottinger received urgent orders to clean them out of the area. He 
immediately arrested a squatter named Ben Hall, who was to later become somewhat of a
folk hero in Australia, in the same manner as, say, Dick Turpin or Butch Cassidy. Pottinger
ridiculed Hall's protestations of innocence and threw him into gaol, where he was held for
months before being tried and acquitted. By the time he was released, Hall's wife had deserted
him and his property was ruined through neglect. Thereafter Hall nursed an implacable hatred
of the police in general and Pottinger in particular, and he became a member of Gardiner's gang
of bushrangers. 
On 13 June 1862, Gardiner and eight men, including Hall, held up, at Eugowra Rocks, a stage 
coach laden with gold from the diggings bound for Sydney. Several policemen were wounded in
the hold-up and around Ł14,000 in gold and banknotes were stolen. Pottinger quickly organised
a posse to give chase. He split his forces into two, commanded by himself and Sergeant 
Sanderson. Sanderson's force, while losing their quarry, recovered half of the loot. Pottinger's
party caught up with three of Gardiner's gang and captured two of them, but the third, Johnny
Gilbert, escaped, but not before Pottinger had recovered Ł1000 of the amount stolen. With his
two prisoners, Pottinger set out for Forbes, 150 miles away. 
Meanwhile, Gilbert had galloped to Gardiner's hideout and, once there, a rescue party was
organised. Gardiner's men ambushed Pottinger's party the next morning and rescued their
comrades. Pottinger got away into the surrounding bushland, where, realising he still had the
Ł1000, he decided his duty was to save it, so he galloped away, leaving his men to their fate.
His men, however, were not harmed by the bushrangers who, having achieved their aim, fled
into the surrounding scrub.
In order to regain his lost prestige, Pottinger began an all-out war against the bushrangers. He
led strong parties into the surrounding ranges and tracked down their hideouts. He bullied 
farmers into acting as spies and burned Ben Hall's old homestead to the ground. From an 
informer, he discovered that Frank Gardiner paid regular visits to his mistress, Kitty Brown, at 
her cottage near Wheogo. One night, after dark, Pottinger and eight men quietly surrounded 
the house. A horse was heard approaching and when only about five yards from him, Pottinger 
fired a shot at the rider but missed. It was, indeed, Gardiner, who immediately fled. Pottinger 
then entered Kitty Brown's cottage, where he ordered his men to arrest Kitty's 15-year-old 
brother.
Two contemporary ballads commemorate this event…
     Up started then Sir Fred and his men,
     With cocked carbine in hand,
     And called aloud on the 'ranger proud
     On pain of death to stand.
     But the 'ranger proud he laughed aloud.
     And bounding rode away,
     While Sir Frederick Pott shut his eye for a shot,
     And missed in the usual way.
     In slumber sound a boy they found,
     And brave Sir Frederick said,
     'By a flash in the pan we missed the man
     So we'll take the boy instead!'
Smarting under such attacks, Pottinger redoubled his efforts to break the Gardiner gang. He
arrested a young stockman , 'Flash Dan' Charters who admitted to being present at the
Eugowra Rocks robbery and implicated nine other local men, who were quickly rounded up
and sent to Sydney for trial at which six of the prisoners were acquitted, two given life
sentences and the remaining man was hanged.
Although these arrests did not stop the outlaws, the country became a little quieter, but
Ben Hall and Johnny Gilbert were still around to plague Pottinger. In January 1865, Pottinger
arranged to ride a friend's horse at a race meeting to be held at Wowingragong, near Forbes.
Hearing of this, Hall and Gilbert vowed to attend the meeting and shoot Pottinger as he rode
in the race. Pottinger was warned of their presence but made excuses to do nothing to
capture them. Pottinger was branded a coward by a local settler, who wrote a lengthy
complaint to Police headquarters in Sydney.
As a result of this complaint, Pottinger was suspended from duty and called to Sydney to face
an inquiry. Crossing the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, the coach in which Pottinger was
travelling stopped for refreshments at Wascoe's Inn, near Springwood. Pottinger volunteered
to get the lady passengers some peaches from an adjacent orchard. When the coachman 
called out 'All aboard!', Pottinger came running with his bag of fruit. To save time, and no doubt
to also impress the ladies, he tried to vault the fence but fell and crashed heavily to the 
ground. An elaborate silver-mounted pistol he carried in his breast pocket exploded and a bullet 
ploughed into his chest. He was rushed to Sydney where he died on 9 April 1865.
What of the other main characters in this story?
Ben Hall was betrayed, ambushed and shot and killed by police on 5 May 1865. Johnny Gilbert
suffered a similar fate on 13 May 1865. Frank Gardiner was luckier - he had been captured in
1864 and sentenced to 32 years' in prison. After serving ten years, he was granted an early
release provided he left the country. He went to the US where he is believed to have died in
Colorado around 1904, the only Australian, as far as I know, to ever be exiled from his own 
country.
The recent claim to the Pringle baronetcy
A Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council recently heard a claim to this baronetcy,
judgment being handed down on 20 June 2016. My summary of this case is as follows:-
The 8th baronet, Sir Norman Robert Pringle, married Florence Madge Vaughan on 16 October
1902. She gave birth to a son, Norman Hamilton Pringle, on 13 May 1903, and later gave birth
to two further sons, the elder of whom was Ronald Steuart Pringle, born 26 April 1905. Ronald
Steuart Pringle, who died 24 July 1968, later married and had a son, Norman Murray Archibald
MacGregor Pringle ["Murray"].
On the death of the 8th baronet in 1919, his widow, Florence Madge Pringle, signed a statutory
declaration in support of her son, Norman Hamilton Pringle, to be enrolled as the 9th baronet in
which she stated that he was the son of the 8th baronet. Norman Hamilton Pringle was enrolled
as the 9th baronet without any opposition. On his death in 1961, his son, Steuart Robert Pringle,
was enrolled as the 10th baronet, again without any opposition. The 10th baronet had a 
distinguished military career, being created a KCB in 1982. On his death in 2013, his son, Simon
Robert Pringle ["Simon"] would, in the normal course of events, have succeeded as 11th baronet.
In about 2009, Murray established the "Pringle Surname Project" which sought to determine who
was the current chief of the clan Pringle, whose last clan chief had died without a male heir in 
1737 or 1738. In October 2009, Murray wrote to Sir Steuart Pringle, explaining the purpose of 
the project and requesting a mouth swab from him for a DNA test.
Subsequently, in July 2010, Murray wrote to Sir Steuart Pringle advising him of the results of
the DNA testing results. These results showed that there were 12 differences between the 
results for the 10th baronet and Murray, and that, as a result, the 10th baronet and Simon were
not related to the 8th baronet through the male line. He further pointed out that these results 
raised the question of who was the rightful baronet, and that, as a result, he had lodged a 
caveat with the Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage giving notice that he [Murray] had a claim
on the baronetcy, and requesting that notice be given to him of any future claim lodged in 
respect of the baronetcy.
In the meantime, Murray had obtained advice from a number of DNA-testing agencies, each of
which reported that the 10th baronet and Murray were not related through any male line. One
report stated that the two DNA profiles differed from each other to the extent that there was
no support for the view that they had a common male origin in the last 1,000 years. The report
concluded that the DNA tests provided very strong support for the view that the 8th baronet
was Murray's grandfather, but was not the grandfather of Sir Steuart Pringle, the 10th baronet.
The matter was heard by a Board the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, commencing in 
November 2015 and culminating in the Board's judgment on 20 June 2016. At the hearings,
Simon did not dispute the DNA results, but argued that such evidence should not be admitted
on the grounds of public policy. Although the courts have accepted DNA evidence in both civil
and criminal cases, four arguments were advanced for its exclusion in this case. Each of these
arguments is discussed below:-
(1) It was submitted that under the Scottish law of prescription (the baronetcy is Scottish),
Murray's claim had been extinguished by the passage of time. Time limits for the making of
claims in Scotland are governed by the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973. The
Board held that the right to succeed to a title of honour must survive the passage of time,
and was therefore not able to be prescribed under the Act.
(2) The defence of mora [undue delay], taciturnity [a failure to speak out in assertion of one's 
right or claim] and acquiescence [silent or passive assent to what has taken place] was also
advanced. The board held that, since Murray did not know that he had a claim until he
received the DNA results, this argument was excluded.
(3) It was submitted that Sir Steuart's DNA had been obtained on a false premise, since Sir
Steuart had consented to Murray's use of the DNA only for establishing who was the chief of
the clan Pringle, and that to use the DNA for any other purpose was a breach of 
confidentiality. The Board held that Sir Steuart Pringle must have been aware that details of
his DNA might be submitted to the Lord Lyon and that if his DNA were to exclude him from a 
claim to be the clan chief, it might also form the basis of a challenge to his entitlement to
the baronetcy. As a result, the Board was not persuaded that Murray had breached a 
confidence or misused private information.
(4) It was claimed that Murray's use of Sir Steuart's DNA involved a breach of the Data
Protection Act. The Board decided that, even if Murray had breached this Act, that would 
not be sufficient to render the DNA evidence as inadmissible.
On 20 June 2016, the Board, in its judgment, found that there was no legal ground for the
exclusion of the DNA evidence, which demonstrated to a high degree of probability that
Norman Hamilton Pringle was not the son of the 8th baronet. The Board therefore concluded
that 
(i) Simon is not the grand grandson of the 8th baronet and is not the heir male of the 1st
baronet; and
(ii) Murray is the grandson of the 8th baronet and is, as the heir male of the 1st baronet,
entitled to succeed to the baronetcy.
Sir Charles Pym, 2nd baronet
Sir Charles died as a result of being run through by a rapier following an argument in a tavern
on 4 May 1688. A contemporary pamphlet, published on 1 June 1688, gives the following
details of the indictment and the facts of Sir Charles's death:-
'[The] Clerk [read the indictment]: You Gentlemen of the Jury, look upon the Prisoners at the
Bar, and hearken to their Charge, they stand Indicted by the names of Rowland Walters,
Dearing Bradshaw and Ambrose Cave, Gent. for that they, not having the fear of God before
their eyes, but being instigated and seduced by the Devil and their own wicked hearts, on the
fourth day of May, in the Fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James the
Second, in the Parish of St. Nicholas Cole-Abby, in and upon Sir Charles Pymm, Bar., 
Feloniously, willfully, and of their malice before thought, did make an Assault; and that he,
the said Rowland Walters, having then and there in his right hand, a certain Rapier made of
Iron and Steel, of the value of about 5 s[hillings] and thrust him the said Sir Charles Pymm in
and upon the right side of him the said Sir Charles Pymm, a little above the right Pap, did
strike and thrust as aforesaid, giving him the said Sir Charles Pymm, a little above the right 
Pap, one mortal Wound of the breadth of one Inch, of the depth of ten Inches; and that they
the said Dearing Bradshaw and Ambrose Cave, were present, aiding, abetting, and assisting
him the said Rowland Walters in the perpetration of the said wilful Murther of him the said Sir
Charles Pymm; so that they three, the Prisoners at the Bar, with malice fore-thought, did 
intentionally Kill and Destroy, and Murther him the said Sir Charles Pymm…………'
The actual details of the killing were outlined to the Court as follows:-
'My Lords, this Murther fell out on the fourth day of May last after this manner, viz. The said
Sir Charles Pymm, one Mr. Mirriday and Mr. Neale, and Sir Thomas Middleton and others
dined at the Swan Tavern upon Fish-street-hill; after they were come into the House, they
went up stairs, after which the Prisoners at the Bar came into the House, and took another
Room to Dine of Beef and other things. But one of Sir Charles's Company desired to have a 
Plate of it; upon which Mr. Clowdsley told them some Gentlemen had bespoke it for Dinner,
but he said he would get them a Plate of it, which was sent up, and ordered to be reckoned
into Mr. Walters the Prisoners Bill; after Dinner they drank their Healths, and returned them
thanks for their Beef; and towards the Evening Sir Charles Pymm and his Friends came down
stairs and met the Prisoners at the bottom, and Mr. Cave asked them how they liked the 
Beef that was sent up; upon which one in the company answered , and told them, they did
not send it, for they had paid for it; upon which farther words arose, and Mr. Bradshaw drew
his Sword and fell upon Sir Charles Pymm, but he got out into the Streets, after which Mr.
Walters came forth, and plucked Sir Charles Pymm by the arms, and forced him to fight with
him, saying, here is my hand, and here is my Sword; and as soon as he was in the Street,
he received this mortal Wound, and so fell down dead; and after this Mr. Walters took him
by the nape of the neck, and dashed his head upon the ground and cried out, God Damn you,
you are dead; and said farther, let the Sword alone in his body. My Lords, this shall be
proved to be done, without any manner of provocation; and if so, I hope your Lordships
will find him guilty of willful Murther.'
Because the prosecution were unable to satisfy the Court that the prisoners had acted
with premeditation (the Judge described the incident as a "hot and sudden Frolick"), Walters
was found guilty of manslaughter only, and the other two prisoners were acquitted.
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