BARONETAGE
Last updated 05/12/2017 (22 Mar 2025)
Date Type Order Name Born Died Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
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.
RIVETT-CARNAC of Derby
12 Mar 1836 UK 1 James Rivett-Carnac
MP for Sandwich 1837‑1839; Governor of Bombay 1838‑1841
11 Nov 1784 28 Jan 1846 61
28 Jan 1846 2 John Rivett-Carnac
MP for Lymington 1852‑1860
10 Aug 1818 4 Aug 1883 64
4 Aug 1883 3 James Henry Sproule Rivett-Carnac 27 Jun 1846 4 Jun 1909 63
4 Jun 1909 4 Claud James Rivett-Carnac
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
21 Dec 1877 31 Dec 1909 32
31 Dec 1909 5 William Percival Rivett-Carnac 1847 21 Mar 1924 76
21 Mar 1924 6 George Rivett-Carnac 1850 13 Mar 1932 81
13 Mar 1932 7 Henry George Crabbe Rivett-Carnac 18 Jan 1889 25 Dec 1972 83
25 Dec 1972 8 Thomas Nicholas Rivett-Carnac 3 Jun 1927 4 May 2004 76
4 May 2004 9 Miles James Rivett-Carnac 7 Feb 1933 15 Sep 2009 76
15 Sep 2009 10 Jonathan James Rivett-Carnac 14 Jun 1962
ROBARTES of Truro, Cornwall
3 Jul 1621 E 1 Richard Robartes
He was subsequently created Baron Robartes in 1625 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1757
19 Apr 1634
ROBERTS of Glassenbury, Kent
3 Jul 1620 E 1 Thomas Roberts c 1561 21 Feb 1628
21 Feb 1628 2 Walter Roberts c 1655
c 1655 3 Howland Roberts c 1634 30 Nov 1661
30 Nov 1661 4 Thomas Roberts
MP for Kent 1691‑1698 and Maidstone 1702‑1704
2 Dec 1658 20 Nov 1706 47
20 Nov 1706 5 Thomas Roberts 27 Jun 1689 5 Jan 1730 40
5 Jan 1730
to    
7 Jul 1745
6 Walter Roberts
Extinct on his death
Mar 1691 7 Jul 1745 54
ROBERTS of Willesdon, Middlesex
4 Oct 1661 E 1 William Roberts 21 Jun 1638 14 Mar 1688 49
14 Mar 1688
to    
May 1698
2 William Roberts
Extinct on his death
17 Jan 1659 18 May 1698 39
ROBERTS of Bow, Essex
2 Feb 1681
to    
14 Dec 1692
E 1 John Roberts
Extinct on his death
c 1620 14 Dec 1692
ROBERTS of Glassenbury, Kent, and Brightfields Tower, co. Cork
20 Sep 1809 UK 1 Thomas Roberts 27 May 1738 1817 79
1817 2 Walter Roberts 13 Nov 1770 9 Dec 1828 58
9 Dec 1828 3 Thomas Howland Roberts 4 Nov 1804 1 Mar 1864 59
1 Mar 1864 4 Randal Howland Roberts 28 Mar 1837 10 Oct 1899 62
10 Oct 1899 5 Howland Roberts 2 Sep 1845 19 Dec 1917 72
19 Dec 1917 6 Thomas Langdon Howland Roberts 18 Jun 1898 8 Jun 1979 80
8 Jun 1979 7 Gilbert Howland Rookehurst Roberts 31 May 1934
ROBERTS of the Army
15 Jun 1881 UK 1 Frederick Sleigh Roberts
He was subsequently created Baron Roberts in 1892 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1914
30 Sep 1832 14 Nov 1914 82
ROBERTS of Bryngwenallt, Denbigh
25 Jul 1908 UK 1 John Herbert Roberts
He was subsequently created Baron Clwyd in 1919 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
8 Aug 1863 19 Dec 1955 92
ROBERTS of Milner Field, Yorks
30 Nov 1909 UK 1 James Roberts 30 Sep 1848 31 Dec 1935 87
31 Dec 1935 2 James Denby Roberts 3 Jun 1904 10 Jul 1973 69
10 Jul 1973 3 William James Denby Roberts 10 Aug 1936 23 Nov 2012 76
23 Nov 2012 4 James Elton Denby Roberts 12 Jul 1966
ROBERTS of Eccleshall and Queen's Tower, Yorks
9 Sep 1919 UK 1 Sir Samuel Roberts
MP for Ecclesall 1902‑1923; PC 1922
30 Apr 1852 19 Jun 1926 74
19 Jun 1926 2 Samuel Roberts
MP for Hereford 1921‑1929 and Ecclesall 1929‑1935
2 Sep 1882 13 Dec 1955 73
13 Dec 1955 3 Peter Geoffrey Roberts
MP for Ecclesall 1945‑1950 and Heeley 1950‑1966
23 Jun 1912 22 Jul 1985 73
22 Jul 1985 4 Samuel Roberts 16 Apr 1948
ROBERTS of Martholme, Surrey
29 Jan 1931
to    
27 Sep 1950
UK 1 George Roberts
Extinct on his death
20 Oct 1859 27 Sep 1950 90
ROBERTSON of Welbourne, Lincs
4 Oct 1919 UK 1 Sir William Robert Robertson
Field Marshal 1920
29 Jan 1860 12 Feb 1933 73
12 Feb 1933 2 Brian Hubert Robertson
He was subsequently created Baron Robertson of Oakridge in 1961 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
22 Jul 1896 29 Apr 1974 77
ROBINSON of London
22 Jun 1660 E 1 John Robinson
MP for London 1660 and Rye 1661‑1679
10 Jan 1615 Feb 1680 65
Feb 1680 2 John Robinson c 1660 c 1693
c 1693 3 James Robinson c 1669 28 Aug 1731
28 Aug 1731 4 John Robinson c 1705 31 Aug 1765
31 Aug 1765 5 George Robinson
MP for Northampton 1774‑1780
27 May 1730 10 Oct 1815 85
10 Oct 1815 6 George Robinson
MP for Northampton 1820‑1832
12 Jan 1766 23 Nov 1833 67
23 Nov 1833 7 George Stamp Robinson 29 Aug 1797 9 Oct 1873 76
9 Oct 1873 8 John Blencowe Robinson 20 May 1830 10 Aug 1877 47
10 Aug 1877 9 Frederick Laud Robinson 28 Jun 1843 6 Feb 1893 49
6 Feb 1893 10 Frederick Villiers Laud Robinson 4 Dec 1880 19 Mar 1975 94
19 Mar 1975 11 John James Michael Laud Robinson 19 Jan 1943
ROBINSON of Newby, Yorks
30 Jul 1660
to    
6 Feb 1689
E 1 Metcalfe Robinson
MP for York 1660‑1679 and 1685‑1689
Extinct on his death
10 Mar 1629 6 Feb 1689 59
ROBINSON of Long Melford, Suffolk
26 Jan 1682 E 1 Thomas Robinson
He was killed when he leapt from a window of his burning house
c 1618 2 Aug 1683
2 Aug 1683 2 Lumley Robinson c 1649 6 Jun 1684
6 Jun 1684
to    
21 Apr 1743
3 Thomas Robinson
Extinct on his death
14 Jul 1681 21 Apr 1743 61
ROBINSON of Newby, Yorks
13 Feb 1690 E 1 William Robinson
MP for Northallerton 1689‑1695 and York 1698‑1722
19 Nov 1655 22 Dec 1736 81
22 Dec 1736 2 Metcalfe Robinson c 1683 26 Dec 1736
26 Dec 1736 3 Tancred Robinson c 1685 3 Sep 1754
3 Sep 1754 4 William Robinson 1713 4 Mar 1770 56
4 Mar 1770 5 Norton Robinson c 1715 Feb 1792
Feb 1792 6 Thomas Philip Robinson (later de Grey)
He had previously succeeded to the Barony of Grantham in 1786 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1923
8 Dec 1781 14 Nov 1859 77
ROBINSON of Rookby Park, Yorks
10 Mar 1731 GB 1 Thomas Robinson
MP for Morpeth 1727‑1734
c 1703 3 Mar 1777
3 Mar 1777 2 William Robinson c 1705 18 Sep 1785
18 Sep 1785 3 Richard Robinson
He had previously been created Baron Rokeby in 1777 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1883
c 1708 10 Oct 1794
ROBINSON of Rokeby Hall, co. Louth
14 Dec 1819 UK 1 John Friend Robinson 15 Feb 1754 16 Apr 1832 78
16 Apr 1832 2 Richard Robinson 4 Mar 1787 2 Oct 1847 60
2 Oct 1847 3 John Stephen Robinson 27 Sep 1816 21 May 1895 78
21 May 1895 4 Gerald William Collingwood Robinson 11 Feb 1857 3 May 1903 46
3 May 1903
to    
26 Feb 1910
5 Richard Harcourt Robinson
Extinct on his death
4 Feb 1828 26 Feb 1910 82
ROBINSON of Batts House, Somerset
11 Nov 1823 UK 1 George Abercrombie Robinson
MP for Honiton 1812‑1818
29 Mar 1758 13 Feb 1832 73
13 Feb 1832 2 George Best Robinson 14 Nov 1797 28 Jan 1855 57
28 Jan 1855 3 George Abercrombie Robinson 23 Sep 1826 9 Sep 1891 64
9 Sep 1891 4 William Le Fleming Robinson 4 Apr 1830 29 Oct 1895 65
29 Oct 1895 5 Ernest William Robinson 22 May 1862 21 Dec 1924 62
21 Dec 1924
to    
7 Nov 1944
6 Douglas Innes Robinson
Extinct on his death
24 Sep 1863 7 Nov 1944 81
ROBINSON of Toronto, Canada
21 Sep 1854 UK 1 John Beverley Robinson 26 Jul 1791 30 Jan 1863 71
30 Jan 1863 2 James Lukin Robinson 27 Mar 1818 21 Aug 1894 76
21 Aug 1894 3 Frederick Arnold Robinson 9 Nov 1855 25 Aug 1901 45
25 Aug 1901 4 John Beverley Robinson
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
2 Jun 1848 13 Nov 1933 85
13 Nov 1933 5 John Beverley Robinson 12 Feb 1895 6 Nov 1948 53
6 Nov 1948 6 John Beverley Robinson 13 Jan 1885 8 Jun 1954 69
8 Jun 1954 7 John Beverley Robinson 3 Oct 1913 1988 74
1988 8 Christopher Philipse Robinson 10 Nov 1938
ROBINSON of Ennismore Gardens, Westminster
6 Feb 1891 UK 1 Hercules George Robert Robinson
He was subsequently created Baron Rosmead in 1896 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1933
19 Dec 1824 28 Oct 1897 72
ROBINSON of Hawthornden, South Africa and Dudley House, Westminster
27 Jul 1908 UK 1 Joseph Benjamin Robinson 3 Aug 1840 30 Oct 1929 89
30 Oct 1929 2 Joseph Benjamin Robinson
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
11 Mar 1887 16 Nov 1954 67
16 Nov 1954 3 Wilfred Henry Frederick Robinson 24 Dec 1917 3 Dec 2012 94
3 Dec 2012 4 Peter Frank Robinson 23 Jun 1949
ROBINSON of Lisnacarrig, Dublin
30 Jan 1920 UK See "Lynch-Robinson"
ROCHE of Fermoy, Cork
30 Nov 1782
to    
5 Jun 1807
I 1 Boyle Roche
MP [I] for Tralee 1775‑1776 and 1790‑1797, Gowran 1777‑1783, Portarlington 1784‑1790 and Old Leighlin 1798‑1800
Extinct on his death
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
Oct 1736 5 Jun 1807 70
ROCHE of Carass, co. Limerick
8 Aug 1838 UK 1 David Roche
MP for Limerick 1832‑1844
19 Jan 1791 8 Apr 1865 74
8 Apr 1865 2 David Vandeleur Roche 24 Jun 1833 19 Apr 1908 74
19 Apr 1908 3 Standish Deane O'Grady Roche 20 Jul 1845 9 Dec 1914 69
9 Dec 1914 4 Standish O'Grady Roche 13 Mar 1911 2 Apr 1977 66
2 Apr 1977 5 David O'Grady Roche 21 Sep 1947
ROCHEAD of Innerleith, Edinburgh
4 Jun 1704 NS 1 James Rochead 31 May 1667 1 May 1737 69
1 May 1737
to    
Feb 1743
2 John Rochead
On his death the baronetcy became dormant
Feb 1743
RODES of Marlborough, Derby
14 Aug 1641 E 1 Francis Rodes c 1595 8 Feb 1646
8 Feb 1646 2 Francis Rodes 3 May 1651
3 May 1651 3 Francis Rodes c 1648 14 Mar 1675
14 Mar 1675
to    
Oct 1743
4 John Rodes
Extinct on his death
c 1670 Oct 1743
RODGERS of Groombridge, Kent
29 Jun 1964 UK 1 John Charles Rodgers
MP for Sevenoaks 1950‑1979
5 Oct 1906 29 Mar 1993 86
29 Mar 1993 2 John Fairlie Tobias Rodgers 2 Jul 1940 19 Jan 1997 56
19 Jan 1997 3 Andrew Piers Wingate Rodgers 24 Oct 1944
RODNEY of Alresford, Hants
22 Jan 1764 GB 1 George Brydges Rodney
He was subsequently created Baron Rodney in 1782 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
13 Feb 1718 24 May 1792 74
ROE of Brundish, Suffolk
19 Mar 1836
to    
20 Apr 1866
UK 1 Frederick Adair Roe
Extinct on his death
19 Mar 1789 20 Apr 1866 77
ROGERS of Wisdome, Devon
21 Feb 1699 E 1 John Rogers
MP for Plymouth 1698‑1700
c 1649 23 Apr 1710
23 Apr 1710 2 John Rogers
MP for Plymouth 1713‑1722
14 Jun 1676 21 Jan 1744 67
21 Jan 1744 3 John Rogers 31 Aug 1708 20 Dec 1773 65
20 Dec 1773 4 Frederick Rogers 24 Oct 1716 7 Jun 1777 60
7 Jun 1777 5 Frederick Leman Rogers
MP for Plymouth 1780‑1784 and 1790‑1797
23 Jul 1746 21 Jun 1797 50
21 Jun 1797 6 John Leman Rogers
MP for Callington 1812‑1813
18 Apr 1780 10 Dec 1847 67
10 Dec 1847 7 Frederick Leman Rogers 11 Feb 1782 13 Dec 1851 69
13 Dec 1851 8 Frederick Rogers, later [1871] 1st Baron Blachford 31 Jan 1811 21 Nov 1889 78
21 Nov 1889 9 John Charles Rogers
For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
10 Apr 1818 25 Mar 1894 75
25 Mar 1894
to    
9 Mar 1895
10 Edward Rogers
Extinct on his death
5 Sep 1819 9 Mar 1895 75
ROKEBY of Skiers, Yorks
29 Jan 1661 E 1 William Rokeby c 1601 c 1676
c 1676 2 William Rokeby c 1656 Apr 1678
Apr 1678
to    
6 Jul 1678
3 Willoughby Rokeby
Extinct on his death
c 1632 6 Jul 1678
ROKEWODE-GAGE of Hengrave, Suffolk
15 Jul 1662 E See "Gage"
ROLL of Wanstead, Essex
4 Nov 1921 UK 1 James Roll 9 Dec 1846 30 Jan 1927 80
30 Jan 1927 2 Frederick James Roll 20 Sep 1873 17 Apr 1933 59
17 Apr 1933 3 Cecil Ernest Roll 3 Oct 1878 21 Apr 1938 59
21 Apr 1938
to    
13 Feb 1998
4 James William Cecil Roll
Extinct on his death
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
1 Jun 1912 13 Feb 1998 85
ROLLESTON of Upper Brook Street, London
24 Jun 1924
to    
23 Sep 1944
UK 1 Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston
Extinct on his death
For information on the death of this baronet's son and heir, see the note at the foot of this page
21 Jun 1862 23 Sep 1944 82
ROLT of Spye Park, Wilts
7 Jul 1762 GB See "Bayntun-Rolt"
ROPNER of Preston Hall, Durham
20 Aug 1904 UK 1 Sir Emil Hugh Oscar Robert Ropner
MP for Stockton 1900‑1910
16 Dec 1838 26 Feb 1924 85
26 Feb 1924 2 John Henry Ropner 7 Sep 1860 13 Jul 1936 75
13 Jul 1936 3 Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner 8 Oct 1893 5 May 1962 68
5 May 1962 4 Robert Douglas Ropner 1 Dec 1921 12 Jan 2004 82
12 Jan 2004 5 Robert Clinton Ropner 6 Feb 1949
ROPNER of Thorp Perrow, Yorks
31 Jan 1952 UK 1 Leonard Ropner
MP for Sedgefield 1923‑1929 and Barkston Ash 1931‑1964
26 Feb 1895 12 Oct 1977 82
12 Oct 1977 2 John Bruce Woollacott Ropner 16 Apr 1937 13 Feb 2016 78
13 Feb 2016 3 Henry John William Ropner 24 Oct 1981
ROSE of Montreal, Canada and Queen's Gate, Kensington
9 Sep 1872 UK 1 Sir John Rose
PC 1886
2 Aug 1820 24 Aug 1888 68
24 Aug 1888 2 William Rose 1 Apr 1846 4 Oct 1902 56
4 Oct 1902 3 Cyril Stanley Rose 13 Jul 1874 11 Jul 1915 40
11 Jul 1915 4 Francis Cyril Rose 18 Sep 1909 19 Nov 1979 70
19 Nov 1979 5 Sir Julian Day Rose, 4th baronet
He had previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Rose of Hardwick House, Oxon in 1966. The two baronetcies remain merged
3 Mar 1947
ROSE of Rayners, Bucks
14 May 1874 UK 1 Philip Rose 12 Apr 1816 17 Apr 1883 67
17 Apr 1883 2 Philip Frederick Rose 4 Nov 1843 23 Oct 1919 75
23 Oct 1919 3 Philip Humphrey Vivian Rose 16 Mar 1903 14 Mar 1982 78
14 Mar 1982 4 David Lancaster Rose 17 Feb 1934 6 Dec 2020 86
6 Dec 2020 5 Christopher David Rose 1968
ROSE of Hardwick House, Oxon
19 Jul 1909 UK 1 Charles Day Rose
MP for Newmarket 1903‑1910 and 1910‑1913
23 Aug 1847 20 Apr 1913 65
20 Apr 1913 2 Frank Stanley Rose 27 Apr 1877 26 Oct 1914 37
26 Oct 1914 3 Charles Henry Rose 13 Oct 1912 8 Apr 1966 53
8 Apr 1966 4 Julian Day Rose
He subsequently succeeded to the baronetcy of Rose (1872 creation) in 1979 when the baronetcies merged
3 Mar 1947
ROSE of Leith, Edinburgh
2 Jul 1935 UK 1 Sir Hugh Arthur Rose 8 Sep 1875 14 Aug 1937 61
14 Aug 1937
to    
28 Sep 1976
2 Hugh Rose
Extinct on his death
16 Dec 1907 28 Sep 1976 68
ROSS of Carstairs, Lanark
28 Feb 1672 NS See "Lockhart-Ross"
ROSS of Dunmoyle, Tyrone
15 Feb 1919 UK 1 John Ross
MP for Londonderry 1892‑1895; Lord Chancellor [I] 1921‑1922; PC [I] 1902
11 Dec 1854 17 Aug 1935 80
17 Aug 1935
to    
31 Jan 1958
2 Ronald Deane Ross
MP for Londonderry 1929‑1951
Extinct on his death
13 Jul 1888 31 Jan 1958 69
ROSS of Whetstone, Middlesex
26 Jan 1960 UK 1 Sir James Paterson Ross 26 May 1895 5 Jul 1980 85
5 Jul 1980 2 James Keith Ross 9 May 1927 18 Feb 2003 75
18 Feb 2003 3 Andrew Charles Paterson Ross 18 Jun 1966
ROTHBAND of Higher Broughton, Lancs
20 Jul 1923
to    
1 Nov 1940
UK 1 Henry Lesser Rothband
Extinct on his death
For information on the death of this baronet's son and heir, see the note at the foot of this page
1 Nov 1940
ROTHSCHILD of Grosvenor Place
12 Jan 1847 UK 1 Anthony de Rothschild
For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page
May 1810 4 Jan 1876 65
4 Jan 1876 2 Nathan Meyer Rothschild
He was subsequently created Baron Rothschild in 1885 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
8 Nov 1840 31 Mar 1915 74
ROTHWELL of Ewerby, Lincs
16 Aug 1661
to    
early 1694
E 1 Richard Rothwell
MP for Newark 1677‑1679 and 1679‑1685
Extinct on his death
c 1628 early 1694
ROUS of Henham, Suffolk
17 Aug 1660 E 1 John Rous
MP for Dunwich 1660‑1671
c 1608 27 Nov 1670
27 Nov 1670 2 John Rous
MP for Eye 1685‑1687 and Suffolk 1689‑1690
c 1656 8 Apr 1730
8 Apr 1730 3 John Rous
MP for Dunwich 1705‑1708
c 1676 1 Feb 1731
1 Feb 1731 4 Robert Rous c 1687 8 Jun 1735
8 Jun 1735 5 John Rous
MP for Suffolk 1768‑1771
c 1727 31 Oct 1771
31 Oct 1771 6 John Rous
He was subsequently created Earl of Stradbroke in 1821 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
30 May 1750 27 Aug 1827 77
ROUSE of Rouse Lench, Worcs
23 Jul 1641 E 1 Thomas Rouse
MP for Worcestershire 1654‑1655 and 1656‑1658, and Evesham 1660
27 Mar 1608 27 May 1676 68
27 May 1676 2 Edward Rouse 5 Nov 1677
5 Nov 1677 3 Francis Rouse 31 Jul 1687
31 Jul 1687
to    
29 Dec 1721
4 Thomas Rouse
Extinct on his death
1664 29 Dec 1721 57
ROUSE-BOUGHTON of Lawford, Warwicks
4 Aug 1641 E See "Boughton"
ROWLAND of Taunton, Somerset
20 Nov 1950 UK 1 Sir Frederick Rowland 25 Dec 1874 13 Nov 1959 84
13 Nov 1959
to    
19 Sep 1970
2 Wentworth Lowe Rowland
Extinct on his death
7 Nov 1909 19 Sep 1970 60
ROWLEY of Tendring Hall, Suffolk
27 Jun 1786 GB 1 Joshua Rowley 1 May 1734 26 Feb 1790 55
26 Feb 1790 2 William Rowley
MP for Suffolk 1812‑1830
10 Feb 1761 20 Oct 1832 71
20 Oct 1832 3 Joshua Ricketts Rowley c 1790 18 Mar 1857
18 Mar 1857 4 Charles Robert Rowley 5 May 1800 8 Sep 1888 88
8 Sep 1888 5 Joshua Thellusson Rowley 8 Feb 1838 23 Apr 1931 93
23 Apr 1931 6 Charles Samuel Rowley 23 Dec 1891 19 Jan 1962 70
19 Jan 1962 7 Joshua Francis Rowley
Lord Lieutenant Suffolk 1978‑1994
On his death, the baronetcy merged with that of Rowley of Hill House
31 Dec 1920 21 Feb 1997 76
ROWLEY of the Navy
2 Nov 1813
to    
10 Jan 1842
UK 1 Josias Rowley
MP [I] for Downpatrick 1798‑1800; MP for Kinsale 1821‑1826
Extinct on his death
c 1765 10 Jan 1842
ROWLEY of Hill House, Suffolk
21 Mar 1836 UK 1 Charles Rowley 16 Dec 1770 13 Oct 1845 74
13 Oct 1845 2 Charles Rowley 16 Feb 1801 23 Nov 1884 83
23 Nov 1884 3 George Charles Erskine Rowley 26 Sep 1844 15 Jan 1922 77
15 Jan 1922 4 George Charles Augustus Rowley 18 Mar 1869 7 Sep 1924 55
7 Sep 1924 5 George William Rowley 10 May 1896 8 Aug 1953 57
8 Aug 1953 6 William Joshua Rowley 15 Apr 1891 11 Nov 1971 80
11 Nov 1971 7 Charles Robert Rowley
He succeeded to the baronetcy of Rowley of Tendring Hall in 1997
15 Mar 1926 11 May 2008 82
11 May 2008 8 Richard Charles Rowley 14 Aug 1959
ROYCE of Seaton, Rutland
26 Jun 1930
to    
22 Apr 1933
UK 1 Frederick Henry Royce
Extinct on his death
27 Mar 1863 22 Apr 1933 70
ROYDEN of Frankby Hall, Cheshire
29 Jul 1905 UK 1 Thomas Bland Royden
MP for West Toxteth 1885‑1892
20 Feb 1831 29 Aug 1917 86
29 Aug 1917 2 Thomas Royden, later [1944] 1st Baron Royden
MP for Bootle 1918‑1922
22 May 1871 6 Nov 1950 79
6 Nov 1950 3 Ernest Bland Royden 30 Jan 1873 13 Oct 1960 87
13 Oct 1960 4 John Ledward Royden 31 Dec 1907 30 Apr 1976 68
30 Apr 1976 5 Christopher John Royden 26 Feb 1937 11 Sep 2017 80
11 Sep 2017 6 John Michael Joseph Royden 17 Mar 1965
RUDD of Aberglassney, Carmarthen
8 Dec 1628 E 1 Richard Rudd May 1664
May 1664 2 Rice Rudd
MP for Higham Ferrers 1679‑1681 and 1689, and Carmarthenshire 1689‑1701
c 1643 Jul 1701
Jul 1701 3 Anthony Rudd 25 Dec 1725
25 Dec 1725
to    
15 Jul 1739
4 John Rudd
Extinct on his death
15 Jul 1739
RUDSTON of Hayton, Yorks
29 Aug 1642 E 1 Walter Rudston c 1597 c 1650
c 1650 2 Thomas Rudston 8 Aug 1639 c 1690
c 1690
to    
c 1700
3 Thomas Rudston
Extinct on his death
c 1700
RUGGE-PRICE of Spring Grove, Surrey
2 Feb 1804 UK 1 Charles Price
MP for London 1802‑1812
25 Jan 1748 19 Jul 1818 70
19 Jul 1818 2 Charles Price 3 Sep 1776 26 Apr 1847 70
26 Apr 1847 3 Charles Rugge Price 28 Sep 1801 3 Jul 1866 64
3 Jul 1866 4 Frederick Pott Price 5 Sep 1806 15 Nov 1873 67
15 Nov 1873 5 Arthur James Price (Rugge-Price from 7 Mar 1874) 22 Sep 1808 5 Jan 1892 83
5 Jan 1892 6 Charles Rugge-Price 26 May 1841 4 May 1927 85
4 May 1927 7 Charles Frederick Rugge-Price 5 Feb 1868 13 Feb 1953 85
13 Feb 1953 8 Charles James Napier Rugge-Price 4 Sep 1902 7 Nov 1966 64
7 Nov 1966 9 Charles Keith Napier Rugge-Price 7 Aug 1936 22 Jul 2000 63
22 Jul 2000 10 James Keith Peter Rugge-Price 8 Apr 1967
RUGGLES-BRISE of Spains Hall, Essex
31 Jan 1935 UK 1 Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise
MP for Maldon 1922‑1923 and 1924‑1942
9 Sep 1882 12 May 1942 59
12 May 1942 2 John Archibald Ruggles-Brise
Lord Lieutenant Essex 1958‑1978
13 Jun 1908 20 Feb 2007 98
20 Feb 2007 3 Timothy Edward Ruggles-Brise 11 Apr 1945
RUMBOLD of Woodhall, Herts
27 Mar 1779 GB 1 Thomas Rumbold
MP for New Shoreham 1770‑1774, Shaftesbury 1774‑1775 and 1780‑1781, Yarmouth (IOW) 1781‑1784 and Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1784‑1790
15 Jan 1736 11 Nov 1791 55
11 Nov 1791 2 George Berriman Rumbold 17 Aug 1764 15 Dec 1807 43
15 Dec 1807 3 William Rumbold 22 May 1787 24 Aug 1833 46
24 Aug 1833 4 Cavendish Stuart Rumbold 26 Aug 1815 27 Mar 1853 37
27 Mar 1853 5 Arthur Carlos Henry Rumbold 25 Sep 1820 12 Jun 1869 48
24 Jul 1869 6 Arthur Victor Raoul Anduze Rumbold 24 Jul 1869 16 Jun 1877 7
16 Jun 1877 7 Charles Hale Rumbold 12 Oct 1822 28 Aug 1877 54
28 Aug 1877 8 Horace Rumbold
PC 1896
2 Jul 1829 3 Nov 1913 84
3 Nov 1913 9 Horace George Montagu Rumbold
PC 1920
5 Feb 1869 24 May 1941 72
24 May 1941 10 (Horace) Anthony Claude Rumbold 7 Mar 1911 4 Dec 1983 72
4 Dec 1983 11 Henry John Sebastian Rumbold 24 Dec 1947
RUNCIMAN of Jesmond, Northumberland
23 Jul 1906 UK 1 Walter Runciman
He was subsequently created Baron Runciman in 1933 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
6 Jul 1847 13 Aug 1937 90
RUSHOUT of Milnst, Essex
17 Jun 1661 E 1 James Rushout
MP for Evesham 1670‑1681 and 1690‑1698 and Worcestershire 1689‑1690
22 Mar 1644 16 Feb 1698 53
16 Feb 1698 2 James Rushout
MP for Evesham 1701‑1702
c 1676 11 Dec 1705
11 Dec 1705 3 James Rushout 1701 21 Sep 1711 10
21 Sep 1711 4 John Rushout
MP for Malmesbury 1713‑1722 and Evesham 1722‑1768; Treasurer of the Navy 1743‑1744; PC 1744
6 Feb 1685 2 Feb 1775 89
2 Feb 1775 5 John Rushout
He was subsequently created Baron Northwick in 1797 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1887
23 Jul 1738 20 Oct 1800 62
RUSHOUT of Sezincote, Gloucs
25 Sep 1809 UK 1 Charles Cockerell
MP for Tregony 1802‑1806, Lostwithiel 1807, Bletchingley 1809‑1812, Seaford 1816‑1818 and Evesham 1819‑1830 and 1831‑1837
18 Feb 1755 6 Jan 1837 81
6 Jan 1837 2 Charles Cockerell (Rushout from 1849) 14 Jun 1809 19 Sep 1869 60
19 Sep 1869 3 Charles Fitzgerald Rushout 13 Jul 1840 25 May 1879 38
25 May 1879
to    
24 May 1931
4 Charles Hamilton Rushout
Extinct on his death
21 Jun 1868 24 May 1931 62
RUSSELL of Wytley, Worcs
12 Mar 1627 E 1 William Russell
MP for Worcestershire 1625
c 1602 30 Nov 1669
30 Nov 1669
to    
24 Jan 1705
2 Francis Russell
MP for Tewkesbury 1673‑1690
Extinct on his death
c 1638 24 Jan 1705
RUSSELL of Chippenham, Cambs
19 Jan 1629 E 1 William Russell
MP for Windsor 1626
3 Feb 1654
Feb 1654 2 Francis Russell
MP for Cambridgeshire 1645‑1653, 1654‑1655 and 1656‑1658
c 1616 30 Apr 1664
Apr 1664 3 John Russell 6 Oct 1640 24 Mar 1669 28
Mar 1669 4 William Russell
MP [I] for Carlow Borough 1692‑1693
by 1669 16 Sep 1707
Sep 1707 5 William Russell May 1738
May 1738 6 Francis Russell c 1750
c 1750 7 William Russell 1757
1757 8 John Russell 31 Oct 1741 7 Aug 1783 41
7 Aug 1783 9 John Russell 6 May 1777 11 Jun 1802 25
11 Jun 1802
to    
25 Apr 1804
10 George Russell
On his death the baronetcy is presumed to have become extinct
15 Apr 1780 25 Apr 1804 24
RUSSELL of Langherne, Carmarthen
8 Nov 1660
to    
c 1714
E 1 William Russell
Extinct on his death
c 1714
RUSSELL of Swallowfield, Berks
10 Dec 1812 UK 1 Henry Russell
PC 1816
19 Aug 1751 18 Jan 1836 84
18 Jan 1836 2 Henry Russell 27 May 1783 19 Apr 1852 68
19 Apr 1852 3 Charles Russell VC
MP for Berkshire 1865‑1868 and Westminster 1874‑1882
For further information on this baronet and VC winner, see the note at the foot of this page
22 Jun 1826 14 Apr 1883 56
14 Apr 1883 4 George Russell
MP for Wokingham 1885‑1898
23 Aug 1828 7 Mar 1898 69
7 Mar 1898 5 George Arthur Charles Russell 28 Jun 1868 14 Jan 1944 75
14 Jan 1944 6 Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell 30 Nov 1878 23 Feb 1964 85
23 Feb 1964 7 George Michael Russell 30 Sep 1908 Mar 1993 84
Mar 1993 8 Arthur Mervyn Russell 7 Feb 1923
RUSSELL of Chequers Court, Bucks
15 Sep 1831 UK See "Greenhill-Russell"
RUSSELL of Charlton Park, Gloucs
9 Apr 1832 UK 1 William Russell 29 May 1773 26 Sep 1839 66
26 Sep 1839 2 William Russell
MP for Dover 1857‑1859 and Norwich 1860‑1874
5 Apr 1822 19 Mar 1892 69
19 Mar 1892
to    
25 Nov 1915
3 William Russell
Extinct on his death
28 Sep 1865 25 Nov 1915 50
RUSSELL of Littleworth Corner, Bucks
18 Jan 1916 UK 1 Charles Russell
For information on the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page
8 Jul 1863 27 Mar 1928 64
27 Mar 1928 2 Alec Charles Russell 18 Dec 1894 8 Jul 1938 43
8 Jul 1938 3 Charles Ian Russell 13 Mar 1918 26 Sep 1997 79
26 Sep 1997 4 Charles Dominic Russell 28 May 1956
RUSSELL of Olney, Durham
20 Jun 1917
to    
2 May 1920
UK 1 Thomas Wallace Russell
MP for Tyrone South 1886‑1910 and Tyrone North 1911‑1918; PC [I] 1908
Extinct on his death
28 Feb 1841 2 May 1920 79
RUTHERFORD of Beardwood, Lancs
27 Jan 1916
to    
26 Feb 1932
UK 1 John Rutherford
MP for Darwen 1895‑1910 and 1910‑1922
Extinct on his death
16 Sep 1854 26 Feb 1932 77
RUTHERFORD of Liverpool, Lincs
24 Jul 1923 UK 1 Sir William Watson Rutherford
MP for West Derby 1903‑1918 and Edge Hill 1918‑1923
1853 3 Dec 1927 74
3 Dec 1927
to    
28 Dec 1942
2 John Hugo Rutherford
MP for Edge Hill 1931‑1935
Extinct on his death
31 Oct 1887 28 Dec 1942 55
RUTHVEN of Redcastle, Forfar
11 Jul 1666
to    
c 1700
NS 1 Francis Ruthven
Extinct on his death
c 1700
RYAN of Hintlesham, Suffolk
8 Sep 1919 UK 1 Sir Gerald Hemmington Ryan 25 Jan 1861 27 May 1937 76
27 May 1937 2 Gerald Ellis Ryan 17 Aug 1888 1 Sep 1947 59
1 Sep 1947 3 Derek Gerald Ryan 9 Jul 1922 1 Mar 1990 67
1 Mar 1990 4 Derek Gerald Ryan 25 Mar 1954
RYCROFT of Calton, Yorks
22 Jan 1784 GB 1 Richard Rycroft Nov 1736 5 Jul 1786 49
5 Jul 1786 2 Nelson Rycroft 15 Feb 1761 1 Oct 1827 66
1 Oct 1827 3 Richard Henry Charles Rycroft 21 Dec 1793 21 Oct 1864 70
21 Oct 1864 4 Nelson Rycroft 11 Mar 1831 30 Mar 1894 63
30 Mar 1894 5 Richard Nelson Rycroft 12 Dec 1859 25 Oct 1925 65
25 Oct 1925 6 Nelson Edward Oliver Rycroft 19 Dec 1886 30 Aug 1958 71
30 Aug 1958 7 Richard Newton Rycroft 23 Jan 1918 12 Jan 1999 80
12 Jan 1999 8 Richard John Rycroft 15 Jun 1946
RYLANDS of Thelwall, Cheshire
1 Feb 1939
to    
22 Oct 1948
UK 1 Sir William Peter Rylands
Extinct on his death
23 Oct 1868 22 Oct 1948 79
 

Sir Claud James Rivett-Carnac, 4th baronet
No definite news of Sir Claud appears to have been received after 1908, the year before the death of his father and his presumed succession to the baronetcy.
His family made strenuous efforts to locate him during the years that followed, and their quest was noticed in the newspapers. The following article appeared in the Melbourne Argus on 15 July 1922, apparently reprinted from the London Daily Chronicle:-
Where is Sir Claude James Rivett-Carnac? Residence "[ ]" in Debrett's Peerage indicates that nobody knows. And a fortune awaits him if he can be found. His sister, Mrs. Foulerton, wife of Dr. H. P. Foulerton, M.D., of His Majesty's Prison Service, is trying to get into touch with her baronet brother, who has been "lost" to the family for 14 years. She last heard of him indirectly three years ago. "I am most anxious that my brother should communicate with me at once," said Mrs. Foulerton to a "Daily Chronicle" representative. "He is the fourth baronet, and yet it is not even certain whether he knows that he has succeeded to the title. We last saw him at home in England in 1908, which was the year before his father's death. Sir Claude went abroad again in 1908, leaving no address. From time to time, through various channels, we have heard of him as being in the South Sea Isles and in Canada, on the Pacific coast of America, and in South Africa. The latest news he have of him is that he was seen in South Africa about three years ago. He is believed to be married. The only evidence, however, we have of this is a report which appeared in a Sunday newspaper in 1915 that he had married an actress in San Francisco. Otherwise, his heir is a cousin, William Percival Rivett Carnac. It is possible - and from my knowledge of him probable - that Sir Claude has known about his succession to the title and never bothered to take up the legal claim. But whether he knows or does not know as to his succession to the title, there is a monetary side to the matter. I have reason to believe he is unaware of the extent of the money to which he is duly entitled. It amounts to many thousands of pounds. For nearly 14 years the Baronetcy fund has been accumulating, with interest, and it is only fit and proper that he should take some action to clear up the financial position. For my own sake I would be delighted to hear from my brother. I have no quarrel with him, and if his eye should catch these words, I appeal to him to write to me without delay …"
On 11 March 1924, an order was issued in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in London which gave leave to presume the death of Sir Claude Rivett-Carnac as having occurred on 31 December 1909. As far as I can tell, this case was never reported in the usual fashion of law reports. The Chancery Reports of 1924 include no reference to the case, nor can I find any reference to it in any other legal reports. The order issued by the Chancery Division could surely only have been based on evidence that Sir Claud was in fact dead, but I have been unable to ascertain, thus far, the nature of this evidence.
The following brief history of the family was published in the Brisbane Telegraph of 4 June 1924:-
Sir William Percival Rivett-Carnac, Bt., died in a nursing home at Bognor on March 21, at the age of 76. His kinsman, Sir Claude James Rivett-Carnac, had been missing for many years and it was only on March 11 last that an order was issued in the Chancery Division giving leave to assume his death, unmarried, on December 31, 1909.
The Rivetts, says the London "Times", are an ancient Norman family descended in unbroken male line from Thomas Ryvet, of Fritton, Norfolk, in 1272. Elizabeth Rivett, whose portrait by Reynolds is in the Wallace collection, married, in 1769, as his second wife, General John Carnac, Commander in Chief in Bengal, who directed in his will that his brother-in-law James Rivett, Governor of Bombay in the Honourable East India Company's service, should take the additional name of Carnac. Thereafter many Rivett‑Carnacs distinguished themselves in the service of the Crown, especially in India. They are indeed one of the four families (the other three being the Plowdens, the Trevors, and the Beadons) who are mentioned by Kipling in "The Day's Work" to show 'that certain families serve India generation after generation as dolphins follow in line across the open sea.' Last May we had to record the death of Colonel J.H. Rivett-Carnac, C.I.E., a brilliant administrator, who was a grandson of the Rivett who first took the name of Carnac.
Mr James Rivett-Carnac, who was the Chairman of the East India Company and Governor of Bombay, was created a baronet in 1836. Sir Claude was his great-grandson, the only son of Sir James Henry Sproule Rivett-Carnac, the third baronet, by his marriage to Mary Jeannie, daughter of Ambrose Henderson, of Bodmin. He was born on December 21, 1877, and early showed a preference for an adventurous life. He first went abroad in his 'teens and joined the Cape Mounted Rifles. In the South African War he served throughout, and received the medal with five clasps. Then he resumed his wanderings, and at intervals his family heard of him in the South Sea Islands, in Canada, on the Pacific Coast, and in South Africa. He came back to England in 1903, but soon went abroad again. The death of his father on June 4, 1909, did not bring him back, if he ever heard of it. Years elapsed before the fact of his death on December 31, 1909, was established, and meanwhile his inheritance accumulated. Sir Claude had two sisters, Mrs. H.P. Foulerton and Mrs. F.C. Van Cordlandt.
On Sir Claude's death, Mr. William Percival Rivett-Carnac, who has just died, became the fifth baronet, but did not assume the title until the order of the Court was obtained. He had therefore held it only for 10 days. Sir William was a grandson of the first baronet, and the eldest son of William John Rivett-Carnac, of the East India Company's service, who died in 1874. He was born in 1847, and married in 1885 Frances Maria, daughter of the late Francis Charles Forbes of the Bengal Civil Service. He had, with two daughters, an only son, James Frank, a Captain in the Bengal Service, who died without issue.
The title now devolves on Sir William's next brother, the Rev. George Rivett-Carnac, who was born in 1850, was sent to Harrow, and went up to Trinity, Cambridge. After preparation at Chichester, he was ordained to the curacy of Caston, Norfolk. For some years he was curate at Kew, and then in succession vicar of Tong, Shropshire, vicar of Thrope, Surrey, rector of Graveley, Herts and rector of Swefling [?], Suffolk. In 1913 the Bishop of Southwark [Hubert Burge] collated him to the rectory of Woldingham, Surrey. He married first, in 1885, Emily Louisa (who died in 1894) daughter of the Rev. George Crabbe, rector of Merton, Norfolk, and had two sons, Henry George Crabbe Rivett-Carnac, late Indian Police, born 1889, and Lieutenant-Commander J.W. Rivett-Carnac, D.S.O., born in 1891, and one daughter, Mrs. B.S. Wilmot. He married secondly, in 1901, Eva Mary Bernard, daughter of James Orr, and by her has a son and a daughter. The new baronet has four brothers, including Colonel P.T. Rivett-Carnac and Colonel E.H. Rivett-Carnac.
Sir John Beverley Robinson, 4th baronet [UK 1854]
The article below was published in the Sydney Sun of 14 April 1913, reprinted from an American paper, almost certainly the New York World.
There's a modest little middle-aged gentleman in a modest little old-fashioned office in a rather obscure building at No. 16, Exchange-place, New York, who has something that many a millionaire would give over at least one or two of his millions for. An invention? - No. A secret of perpetual youth? A cure for baldness? A remedy for dyspepsia or gout? - No. Simply a perfectly good, properly old and eminently desirous title. Sir John Beverley Robinson, Baronet.
He thinks so little of his rank that he doesn't bother about the title. Instead of lording it in England or Canada - which he might - he engages in the paving stone business in New York, and instead of inhabiting some ancient and gloomy castle, he lives in a comfortable modern cottage in the none-too-fashionable suburb of Edgewater, New Jersey. Instead of styling himself Sir John, he insists on being plain "Mister". And to those in the paving stone line who know him he is even plain "Robinson" or "Beverley".
"Mister" Robinson's rank, which he has succeeded in keeping very much to the background for a long time, came to light the other day when he arrived from England on the Minnehaha, returning from a short visit. The British booking office, learning exactly who he was on the other side, plastered his name on the passenger list in big, black type as "Sir J. Beverley Robinson, Bart." and the ship-news reporters who met the vessel immediately began to ask him about the suffragettes, the old age pension system, and other things Britannic.
For answer, he gave them a long and hearty laugh. "Why, I've lived in New York City since before most of you youngsters were born," he said. "And I don't want to be 'Sir John', but plain 'Robinson'. Come down to my office in Exchange Place some day and pay me a visit."
A "World" reporter accepted the invitation and dropped in next afternoon. The baronet, who was conducting some correspondence, after the English fashion, in long hand, at once dropped business and became a host. "I wish you'd forgot about this affair of the title," he laughed. "I almost forget it myself at times. Of course, I'm a British subject, and I am proud of my ancestry and all that. But a title doesn't amount to anything here. A man in America is what he makes himself - and anywhere else in the world, for that matter. I've been here for more that thirty years and I suppose I will spend the rest of my life right about New York. And I can get along very comfortably just as 'Robinson' or 'Beverley'. Please don't write anything about me."
It took a lot of pressing to get the baronet to tell about his family - the records of which are duly spread forth over a full page of the "Who's Who" of the British nobility: "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage".
His earliest American ancestor was Christopher Robinson, who was sent there in the middle of the seventeenth century as the first Colonial Secretary of Virginia, and married Catherine Beverley. His son, Christopher II, was an officer of the Queen's Rangers during the Revolution, and after the defeat of the British forces was given a grant of land in the Canadian wilds, which has since become Toronto. The third in the line was the first to hold the title. This was the first John Beverley Robinson, [grand]father of the present baronet. He was a barrister and Attorney-General of Upper Canada. He was created a baronet in 1854 and died in 1863. His eldest son, James Lukin Robinson, succeeded to the title. He likewise was a barrister. Upon his death, in August, 1894, the baronetage passed to a cousin, Sir Frederick Arnold Robinson, who died in Toronto in 1901.
Thereupon the rank fell upon the present Sir John, who is the fourth baronet. In 1901 he had been in New York about two score years, and was, in all outward appearances, a thorough-going American. He simply accepted the baronetage because there wasn't anything else he could do, and made no fuss about it. As a matter of fact, he didn't even let news of it get into the papers.
There is another John Beverley Robinson, his son, who is eighteen years old, and going to college, and he will be the fifth baronet, but, his father says, he won't make any fuss over the title, either.
The Robinsons have never gone in for society, outside that of a small circle of friends and fellow church members in the little Jersey town. "I'd really much rather talk about paving blocks," said Sir John to the "World" man, as he displayed a sample of the material he deals in. "This is a block made of blast furnace slag in northern England." It is shapelier and more durable than granite, he says, and has been used to pave several avenues in Washington. The Long Island approach to the Queensborough Bridge is also paved with the blocks. Sir John has made a bid for several large contracts to pave streets in Manilla for the government.
Despite his long residence here, he has kept closely in touch with affairs in England through his many visits, and when there, of course, is hailed by his title and receives the precedence due to his rank. But so modest has he been about being a baronet while in America that scarcely any of his business friends and only a few of the residents of Edgewater ever heard of Sir John Beverley Robinson.
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After his death, the following [edited] obituary was published in the New York Times on 13 November 1933:-
Sir John Beverley Robinson died today at Burk's Falls, Ont., in his eighty-sixth year. Born in Toronto, Sir John was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto. He founded the firm of Robinson & Heath in 1874, which he later sold to his cousin, after which he made his home at Glenwood in Edgewater, N.J. Returning to Canada, he settled on the 500-acre farm which had been his reward for services during the Fenian raids in 1866.
Despite his 85 years, Sir John was quite active. His greatest interest was developing the mining claim on his farm at Burk's Falls, with the aid of his wife, Lady Eleanor, and a neighbor's boy, Kelly Sinclair. Sir John's hunt for gold on his property was the result of a prophecy made by a friend of his wife who had never been in Canada, but who professed to describe the location of the mineralized vein on the farm.
Sir John once was in the paving stone business in New York and had a modest home in Edgewater, N.J. He had been residing and earning his living here for several years prior to the death of the third baronet, Sir Frederick Arnold Robinson, in Toronto in 1901. Sir John accepted the title, but preferred not to use it. As late as 1913 he continued in business and was proud of the fact that his paving blocks formed the Long Island approaches to the Queensboro Bridge. His Edgewater neighbors knew nothing about his title.
Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, 2nd baronet [UK 1908]
Sir Joseph was the victim of a blackmail conspiracy which was widely reported in the Press in the first half of 1930. The first report below appeared in The Observer on 27 April 1930. In subsequent reports, rather than repeating previous events, I have omitted any summary of what had gone before.
Seldom in the history of the criminal courts of South Africa has a case produced such revolting evidence as that now occupying the attention of Mr. M. W. Bovill, the magistrate at Caledon-square Police Court.
The persons in this remarkable case are: Arthur Wolstenholme, accountant, and Mrs. Gesuna Salmond, who are charged with attempted extortion and subornation to perjury in that they persuaded certain girls to make false statements against Sir J. B. Robinson, son of the late Sir Joseph Robinson, the South African millionaire, in order to bring a case against him demanding £10,000 damages for the alleged seduction of Mrs. Salmond's youngest daughter, [16-year-old] Hester Steenkamp [although she becomes Mrs. Salmond's sister in later reports]. The girls, it is alleged, were told that it would enable Mrs. Salmond to get half of Robinson's money.
Remarkable evidence of "Adam and Eve" parties was given by Hester Steenkamp, who testified that three naked dances had been held at which Sir J. B. Robinson had been present. The witness showed signs of distress while relating how Sir J. B. Robinson, according to her account, had criminally assaulted her on two occasions.
Further allegations against Sir J. B. Robinson were made by Irene Delaporte, aged nineteen, who described herself as a friend of Robinson. Both the accused had asked her to sign a statement which she said was a "pack of lies".
The accused were remanded till April 30, and an application for a reduction in the amount of the bail from £1,000 was refused.
London Daily Mail 12 May 1930:-
Owing to the inability of Sir J. B. Robinson to attend in court, his evidence was taken in the ballroom at Hawthornden, the baronet's home a[t] Wynberg, a suburb of Capetown.
Sir Joseph admitted that he had had relations with Mrs. Salmond. He said that he was "hazy" about the dances without clothing, of which evidence had been given at a previous hearing by Hester Steenkamp. The women, he said, were in their underclothing. He emphatically denied that he had ever misbehaved with Hester Steenkamp. He said he had lent Mrs. Salmond a motor-car and had had it registered in her name so that "in the event of an accident the name of Robinson should not get into the Press."
Sir Joseph Robinson accused Mrs. Salmond of suggesting that he should have relations with Hester Steenkamp. She told him that "nobody would know." He added that the suggestions were made so that Mrs. Salmond "could get money from me for the rest of her life." He admitted attending dances at Mrs. Salmond's house, Paradise Villa, but said that he drank and slept and did not take much notice of what went on there. Mrs. Salmond, he said, was a married woman whose husband was a railwayman in the Belgian Congo. He admitted that he had given £250 to get Mr. Salmond out of the country. He did this because Mrs. Salmond had told him that she felt like driving a knife into her husband's throat.
London Daily Mail 21 June 1930:-
Arthur Wolstenholme, an accountant, and Mrs. Salmond have each been sentenced to one years' hard labour on charges of attempting to extort £10,000 from the millionaire baronet, Sir Joseph Robinson, for an alleged assault on Hester Steenkamp, Mrs. Salmond's schoolgirl sister. Notice of appeal has been given.
In giving his verdict, behind closed doors, Mr. Bovill, the magistrate, said that he disagreed with the defending attorney's suggestion that Sir Joseph Robinson induced Mrs. Salmond to lead an immoral life and that he was entirely responsible for taking away a young woman who had previously led a respectable and innocent life.
"She had already been divorced for adultery," said Mr. Bovill, "and it appears that she lured Sir Joseph away." He went on: "Sir Joseph has been very severely criticised by the defence, but the Crown placed no halo round his head. What has he done? He has admitted to the whole world that he has led a life of immorality, but he is very definite that he did not commit the immorality of which the young country girl Hester Steenkamp accused him. Mrs. Salmond says that Hester was only with Sir Joseph for ten minutes. It would need at least ten months to learn all the immorality contained in the girl's evidence. The one witness who impressed me is Sir Joseph Robinson. 'I am immoral, but not so bad as they want to make me out to be,' he says.
Mr. Bovill said he did not think that Sir Joseph had committed the alleged offence on Hester Steenkamp, and he believed that the baronet was the only person who had told the truth. In his summing-up, Mr. Bovill said that Mrs. Salmond surrounded herself with cousins, sisters, and brothers-in-law, who seemed like vultures ready to drop on this unfortunate Robinson to tear him to pieces.
Sir Boyle Roche, 1st and only baronet
The following is extracted from An Anecdotal History of the British Parliament by George Henry Jennings [London 1880]:-
Sir Boyle Roche, who was a member of the Irish Parliament in the period preceding the Union [Tralee 1775‑1776 and 1790‑1797, Gowran 1777‑1783, Portarlington 1784‑1790 and Old Leighlin 1798‑1800], achieved renown by the remark that he could not be, "like a bird, in two places at once." Some other sayings imputed to him are scarcely less celebrated. "I would gladly, Mr. Speaker, sacrifice not only a part of the constitution, but the whole of it, to preserve the remainder." And again, speaking of what might be expected if the leaders of the rebellion gained sway, "Our heads will be thrown upon that table to stare us in the face!" To him also is ascribed that example of mixed metaphor, "I smell a rat, Mr. Speaker; I see him floating in the air; but I will yet nip him in the bud." But on one occasion Sir Boyle gained the victory over [John Philpot] Curran in a contest in the Irish House. "Do not speak of my honour," said Curran; "I am the guardian of my own honour." "Faith," replied Sir Boyle, "I knew that at some time or other you would accept a sinecure."
Sir John Charles Rogers, 9th baronet
The following report on the inquest held after the death of Sir John appeared in Berrow's Worcester Journal on 31 March 1894:-
An inquest was held on Tuesday at Blachford, Cornwood, near Plymouth, on the body of Sir John Charles Rogers, Bart., brother of the late Lord Blachford, who was found drowned in an ornamental lake in the grounds of his residence on Tuesday. In accordance with his custom, the deceased, who was 75 years of age, started for a walk shortly before his dinner hour. As he failed to return, the butler and Colonel Lindsay, a guest, went in search of him, and late in the evening his body and walking stick were found in the lake. Dr. Rundle stated that he had attended deceased for some years for heart disease, and conjectured that he must have slipped into the pond, and that the shock caused instant death. A verdict of "Found drowned" was returned.
Sir James William Cecil Roll, 4th baronet
From the Townsville Daily Bulletin of 3 April 1939:-
"This is Jimmy Roll," the young Anglo-Catholic priest was saying, calling up a friend on the telephone, as I came into the room at St. James-the-Great Vicarage, Bethnal Green, writes a "London Evening Standard" reporter.
Actually he is the Rev. Sir James W.C. Roll, Bart., curate of that church and grandson of a Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frederick Roll. He inherited the baronetcy last April on the death of his father, Sir Cecil, who left a fortune of £460,000 net.
"But they call me Father Roll in Bethnal Green," he told me, "this being an Anglo-Catholic church. A lucky way out," he added, laughing. "It would have been very awkward in this parish being called 'Sir James'."
Two younger brothers shared with him their father's large fortune. They held different views on the best way to spend it.
John and Gordon have each bought a racehorse, for 650 guineas and 50 guineas respectively, to run in the Grand National. The Rev. Sir James is giving £1,500 to start a new hostel for London's "dead end kids".
"I was already a clergyman when I succeeded to the baronetcy," he said, "and I intend to remain in the church. The money and title were both rather embarrassing to my career; but so far," he added, smiling, "I have not had a single begging letter. As for my brothers, their racing interests are their own affair."
He is 26, an energetic, fresh-faced young man who bounds up the vicarage stairs three steps at a time.
"The new hostel," he said, "is the joint project of my friend Father Bright of St. John's, Limehouse, and me. We tried to raise the money by public donations, but that failed, so I am giving the £1,500 for the house and the first year's running myself."
Father Bright told me that the hostel will be a probation home for 12 boys, provided from the police courts.
Ian Humphrey Davy Rolleston, son and heir of Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston, 1st and only baronet
In the normal course of events, this baronetcy would not have become extinct on the death of the first baronet in 1944. The reason it did so was that Sir Humphrey's son and heir, Ian Humphrey Davy Rolleston, was killed by rioters in Zanzibar in February 1936, as is reported in the following newspaper accounts:-
The Times 8 February 1936:-
There was serious rioting in Zanzibar this morning by a mob of Arabs, who for several days have been incensed by the Government's strict application of the recent legislation to prevent the adulteration of copra.
The scanty details received state that European officers were attacked with double-edged swords and several, including the Commissioner of Police, the Assistant District Commissioner, and the Produce Inspector, were severely injured. They attempted to deal with the mob, but were cut down. One Indian police inspector is reported to have died from his wounds. The Government immediately applied what is virtually martial law, and the streets were heavily patrolled by armed native police. The Post Office is reported to have been wrecked and its documents strewn in the roadway.
Government Headquarters are barricaded to prevent the entry of the mob, but the commercial quarter has hitherto been untouched. It is stated that a large section of the rioters contemplated attacking the offices of a German shipping line, but that they desisted. Comparative quiet had been restored by the afternoon.
The Times 10 February 1936:-
Mr Ian Humphrey David Rolleston, an assistant District Commissioner in the Colonial Civil Service, and only son of Sir Humphrey Rolleston, Physician Extraordinary to the late King, has died from injuries received during the rioting in Zanzibar on Friday. The Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr Leslie Skinner, and the Produce Inspector, Mr R. Donkin, are still in a serious condition. The Acting Provincial Commissioner, Mr J.P. Jones, is also hurt. In each case the injuries were inflicted with swords. The death of an Indian police inspector is confirmed, and it is also believed that a number of native police and rioters are dead, although no figures have been announced.
In accordance with the request of the Government, 100 armed native police with European officers have been sent from Dar-es-Salaam to help patrol the town and countryside. The Commissioner of the Tanganyika Police flew to Zanzibar yesterday morning to take charge in view of Mr Skinner's injuries and special police have been enrolled, including most of the small European community, who have been supplied with rifles.
The prompt action of the officials has prevented the trouble from spreading, a particularly difficult task, as Zanzibar is a warren of narrow and tortuous streets. The situation is now under complete control. At no time did the police have to fire on the mob. Seventy-five rioters are imprisoned in the hold of a Government steamer.
The disturbance is believed to have no political significance. The Arabs resented the action of the Government produce inspectors in repeatedly rejecting copra because it failed to conform with the standards of quality established by a recent decree, which is intended ultimately to benefit Arab plantation owners through the realization of better prices.
Percy Lionel Rothband, son of Sir Henry Lesser Rothband, 1st and only baronet
Sir Henry Lesser Rothband was created a baronet in 1923 "for public services" in relation to his role in obtaining employment for disabled soldiers and sailors. On his death in 1940 the baronetcy became extinct, since his only son had died in 1926, the inquest into his death being reported in The Manchester Guardian of 23 November 1926 [edited]:-
An inquiry was held yesterday, by the Manchester City Coroner into the death of Percy Lionel Rothband, Wyelands, St. John's Road, Buxton, whose body was found in the corridor of a train from Buxton on Saturday morning last, on its arrival at London Road Station, Manchester. The dead man had a bullet wound in his head, and an empty revolver was lying by his side.
Leonard Mandelberg said he was a cousin of the late Mr. Rothband, and last saw him alive about 6.20 on Friday night last. His health appeared just as usual. In reply to the Coroner, the witness said he had never heard Mr. Rothband complain of loss of sleep or threaten to take his life. He further stated … that there were neither business nor domestic affairs which in the least degree had any connection with the affair.
The Coroner then read a letter which Mr. Rothband had directed to his father (Sir Henry Lesser Rothband): "Forgive me dearest and best of friends. I can't stand not sleeping any more. Something inside me has gone smash, and I cannot stand it any longer." There was, added the Coroner, some sort of legal will which bears out the relationship in the home such as the last witness has described. Had the deceased not been on the best of terms in his home life he would hardly have been so anxious to make that provision for his wife, in which he nominated her and his father as executors. The will was written in pencil and signed.
A railway porter at London Road Station described the finding of the body on the floor of the corridor. All the other passengers had left by the door at the other end of the coach. None of them could have seen Mr. Rothband, who was obscured by the corridor door.
Wilfred Dakin, an engine driver's fireman, stated that he came by the Buxton train and was walking along the platform at London Road Station when he saw something inside a corridor. Looking again he observed a prone body, and thinking someone might have fainted he opened the door and found the body. Turning the head he saw a revolver.
Police Constable Barker stated that he was summoned to No. 6 platform, and on arriving at Roby Street infirmary Mr. Rothband was found to be dead. A bullet was discovered in the trousers pocket, together with letters addressed to Sir Henry Rothband.
The Coroner, in returning a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane, said it was the kind of case where a person's health, probably only temporarily, had affected the mind.
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Rothschild created in 1847
From the London Gazette of 18 December 1846 (issue 20684, page 5885):-
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Anthony Rothschild, of Grosvenor-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. with remainder, in default of issue male, to his nephews, Nathan Meyer Rothschild, Charles Alfred Rothschild, and Leopold Rothschild, Esqrs. sons of Lionel Rothschild, Esq. brother of the said Anthony Rothschild.
Sir Charles Russell VC, 3rd baronet
Russell was a Brevet Major in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards in the Crimean War, where he was awarded the Victoria Cross due to his bravery in the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854. The award, which was gazetted on 24 February 1857, states that Russell "offered to dislodge a party of Russians from the Sand-bag Battery, if anyone would follow him; Sergeant Norman, Privates Anthony Palmer and Bailey (who was killed), volunteered the first. The attack succeeded."
During this action Sir Charles was about to be bayoneted by a Russian soldier, but the assailant was shot down by Private Anthony Palmer, thus saving Russell's life. Palmer also received the Victoria Cross.
Between 1865 and 1868, Russell was MP for Berkshire, which at that time returned three members to Parliament. Since one of the other members was Robert Loyd-Lindsay (later Baron Wantage), two out of the three members were winners of the Victoria Cross.
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Russell created in 1916
From the London Gazette of 26 May 1916 (issue 29596, page 5201):-
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon the Honourable Charles Russell, of Littleworth Corner, in the parish of Burnham, in the County of Buckingham, second son of Charles, Baron Russell of Killowen, Deceased, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue to the heirs male of the body of the said Charles, Baron Russell of Killowen, lawfully begotten.