BARONETAGE
Last updated 10/10/2018 (12 Jan 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.
SABINE of Ion House, Beds
22 Mar 1671
to    
Nov 1704
E 1 John Sabine
Extinct on his death
c 1639 26 Nov 1704
SABINE-PASLEY of Craig, Dumfries
1 Sep 1794 GB See "Pasley"
SADLIER of Temple Dinsley, Herts
3 Dec 1661 E 1 Edwyn Sadlier c 1620 Jul 1672
Jul 1672
to    
14 Jul 1719
2 Edwin Sadlier
Extinct on his death
c 1656 14 Jul 1719
ST. AUBYN of Clowance, Cornwall
11 Dec 1671 E 1 John St. Aubyn
MP for Mitchell 1679‑1681
6 Apr 1645 24 Jun 1687 42
Jun 1687 2 John St. Aubyn
MP for Helston 1689‑1695
13 Jan 1670 20 Jun 1714 44
20 Jun 1714 3 John St. Aubyn
MP for Cornwall 1722‑1744
c 1702 15 Aug 1744
15 Aug 1744 4 John St. Aubyn
MP for Launceston 1747‑1754 and 1758‑1759, and Cornwall 1761‑1772
12 Nov 1726 12 Oct 1772 45
12 Oct 1772
to    
10 Aug 1839
5 John St. Aubyn
MP for Truro 1784, Penryn 1784‑1790 and Helston 1807‑1812
Extinct on his death
17 May 1758 10 Aug 1839 81
ST. AUBYN of Pencarrow, Cornwall
19 Jul 1689 E See "Molesworth-St. Aubyn"
ST. AUBYN of St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
31 Jul 1866 UK 1 Edward St. Aubyn 6 Nov 1799 30 Nov 1872 73
30 Nov 1872 2 John St. Aubyn
He was subsequently created Baron Saint Levan in 1887 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
23 Oct 1829 14 May 1908 78
ST. BARBE of Broadlands, Hants
30 Dec 1663
to    
7 Sep 1723
E 1 John St. Barbe
MP for Ilchester 1681‑1685
Extinct on his death
c 1655 7 Sep 1723
ST. CLAIR-FORD of Ember Court, Surrey
22 Feb 1793 GB 1 Francis Ford
MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1793‑1796
15 Nov 1758 17 Jun 1801 42
17 Jun 1801 2 Francis Ford 15 Jan 1787 13 Apr 1839 52
13 Apr 1839 3 Francis John Ford 14 Aug 1818 26 Nov 1850 32
26 Nov 1850 4 Francis Colville Ford 11 Jun 1850 16 Nov 1890 40
16 Nov 1890 5 Francis Charles Rupert Ford 5 Apr 1877 28 Feb 1948 70
28 Feb 1948 6 Aubrey St. Clair-Ford 29 Feb 1904 8 Apr 1991 87
8 Apr 1991 7 James Anson St. Clair-Ford 16 Mar 1952 3 Aug 2009 57
3 Aug 2009 8 Colin Anson St. Clair-Ford 19 Apr 1939 3 Dec 2012 73
3 Dec 2012 9 Robin Sam St. Clair-Ford 6 Jun 1941 12 May 2016 74
12 May 2016 10 William Sam St. Clair-Ford 24 Jan 1982
ST. ETIENNE of France
30 Nov 1629 NS 1 Claude St. Etienne c 1645
c 1645
to    
c 1660
2 Charles St. Etienne
On his death the baronetcy is presumed to have become extinct
c 1660
ST. GEORGE of Carrickdrumrusk, Leitrim
5 Sep 1660 I 1 Oliver St. George
MP [I] for Galway County 1692‑1693
by 1640 Oct 1695
Oct 1695 2 George St. George
He was subsequently created Baron Saint George in 1715 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1735
c 1658 18 Aug 1735
ST. GEORGE of Athlone, co. Westmeath
12 Mar 1766 I 1 Richard St. George
MP [I] for Athlone 1763‑1789
1718 25 Feb 1789 70
25 feb 1789 2 Richard Bligh St. George
MP [I] for Athlone 1789‑1800
5 Jun 1765 29 Dec 1851 86
29 Dec 1851 3 Theophilus John St. George 5 Oct 1816 27 Jul 1857 40
27 Jul 1857 4 Richard de Latour St. George 2 Apr 1837 14 Oct 1861 24
14 Oct 1861 5 John St. George 3 Apr 1851 21 Dec 1938 87
21 Dec 1938 6 Theophilus John St. George 25 Feb 1856 19 Aug 1943 87
19 Aug 1943 7 Robert Alan St. George 20 Mar 1900 21 Apr 1983 83
21 Apr 1983 8 Denis Howard St. George Sep 1902 25 Apr 1989 86
25 Apr 1989 9 George Bligh St.George 23 Sep 1908 19 Apr 1995 86
19 Apr 1995 10 John Avenel Bligh St. George 18 Mar 1940
ST. JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts
22 May 1611 E 1 John St. John
MP for Wiltshire 1624‑1625
1648
1648 2 John St. John c 1637 13 Apr 1656
13 Apr 1656 3 Walter St. John
MP for Wiltshire 1656‑1658, 1679‑1685 and 1690‑1695, and Wootton Bassett 1661‑1679
May 1622 3 Jul 1708 86
3 Jul 1708 4 Henry St. John
He was subsequently created Viscount St. John in 1716 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
17 Oct 1652 8 Apr 1742 89
ST. JOHN of Woodford, Northants
28 Jun 1660 E 1 Oliver St. John c 1624 3 Jan 1662
3 Jan 1662 2 St. Andrew St. John
MP for Northamptonshire 1690‑1698
16 Oct 1658 10 Feb 1709 50
10 Feb 1709 3 Oliver St. John c 1683 c 1710
c 1710 4 St. Andrew St. John c 1685 early 1711
early 1711 5 Paulet St. Andrew St. John
He subsequently succeeded to the Barony of St. John of Bletso in 1711 with which title the baronetcy then merged
10 May 1714
ST. JOHN of Longthorpe, Northants
10 Sep 1715
to    
Sep 1756
GB 1 Francis St. John
Extinct on his death
c 1680 Sep 1756
ST. JOHN-MILDMAY of Farley
9 Oct 1772 GB 1 Paulet St. John
MP for Winchester 1734‑1741 and 1751‑1754, and Hampshire 1741‑1747
7 Apr 1704 8 Jun 1780 76
8 Jun 1780 2 Henry Paulet St. John
MP for Hampshire 1772‑1780
Jul 1737 8 Aug 1784 47
8 Aug 1784 3 Henry Paulet St. John (St. John-Mildmay from 8 Dec 1790)
MP for Westbury 1796‑1802, Winchester 1802‑1807 and Hampshire 1807‑1808
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
30 Sep 1764 11 Nov 1808 44
11 Nov 1808 4 Henry St. John Carew St. John-Mildmay
MP for Winchester 1807‑1818
For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
15 Apr 1787 7 Jan 1848 60
7 Jan 1848 5 Henry Bouverie Paulet St. John-Mildmay 31 Jul 1810 16 Jul 1902 91
16 Jul 1902 6 Henry Paulet St. John-Mildmay 28 Apr 1853 24 Apr 1916 62
24 Apr 1916 7 Gerald Anthony Shaw-Lefevre St. John-Mildmay 30 Oct 1860 22 Feb 1929 68
22 Feb 1929 8 Anthony St. John-Mildmay 13 Aug 1894 3 Oct 1947 53
3 Oct 1947 9 Henry Gerald St. John-Mildmay
For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
17 Apr 1926 4 Nov 1949 23
4 Nov 1949
to    
30 Mar 1955
10 Aubrey Neville St. John-Mildmay
On his death the baronetcy became dormant
14 Feb 1865 30 Mar 1955 90
1998 11 Walter John Hugh St. John-Mildmay
Proved his right to the title in 1998
3 Sep 1935 1 Oct 2022 87
1 Oct 2022 12 Michael Hugh Paulet St. John-Mildmay 28 Sep 1937
ST. PAUL of Snarford, Lincs
29 Jun 1611
to    
28 Oct 1613
E 1 George St. Paul
MP for Lincolnshire 1588‑1589 and 1593, and Grimsby 1604‑1611
Extinct on his death
c 1562 28 Oct 1613
ST. PAUL of Ewart Park, Northumberland
17 Nov 1813 UK 1 Horace David Cholwell St. Paul
MP for Bridport 1812‑1820 and 1820‑1832
6 Jan 1775 10 Oct 1840 65
10 Oct 1840
to    
28 May 1891
2 Horace St. Paul
MP for Worcestershire East 1837‑1841
Extinct on his death
29 Dec 1812 28 May 1891 78
ST. QUINTIN of Harpham, Yorks
8 Mar 1642 E 1 William St. Quintin 1579 8 Oct 1649 70
Oct 1649 2 Henry St. Quintin c 1605 Nov 1695
Nov 1695 3 William St. Quintin
MP for Hull 1695‑1723
c 1662 30 Jun 1723
30 Jun 1723 4 William St. Quintin
MP for Thirsk 1722‑1727
c 1700 9 May 1770
9 May 1770
to    
22 Jul 1795
5 William St. Quintin
Extinct on his death
4 Jul 1729 22 Jul 1795 66
SALOMONS of Broomhill, Kent
26 Oct 1869 UK See "Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons"
SALT of Saltaire and Crow Nest, Yorks
30 Oct 1869 UK 1 Titus Salt
MP for Bradford 1859‑1861
20 Sep 1803 29 Dec 1876 73
29 Dec 1873 2 William Henry Salt 5 Dec 1831 7 Jul 1892 60
7 Jul 1892 3 Shirley Harris Salt 4 May 1857 11 Feb 1920 62
11 Feb 1920 4 John William Titus Salt 30 Nov 1884 22 Jan 1953 68
22 Jan 1953 5 David Shirley Salt 14 Jun 1930 3 Dec 1978 48
3 Dec 1978 6 Anthony Houlton Salt 15 Sep 1931 16 Jan 1991 59
16 Jan 1991 7 Patrick MacDonnell Salt 25 Sep 1932 12 Jun 2024 91
12 Jun 2024 8 Daniel Alexander Salt 15 Aug 1943
SALT of Standon and Weeping Cross, Staffs
8 Aug 1899 UK 1 Thomas Salt
MP for Stafford 1859‑1865, 1869‑1880, and 1881‑1892
12 May 1830 8 Apr 1904 73
8 Apr 1904 2 Thomas Anderson Salt 8 Jan 1863 22 Jun 1940 77
22 Jun 1940 3 Thomas Henry Salt 26 Nov 1905 15 Aug 1965 59
15 Aug 1965 4 Thomas Michael John Salt 7 Nov 1946
SALUSBURY of Llewenny, Denbigh
10 Nov 1619 E 1 Henry Salusbury 2 Aug 1632
2 Aug 1632 2 Thomas Salusbury
MP for Denbighshire 1640
Aug 1643
Aug 1643 3 Thomas Salusbury 8 Jun 1634 1658 24
1658
to    
23 May 1684
4 John Salusbury
MP for Denbigh 1661‑1684
Extinct on his death
23 May 1684
SALUSBURY of Llanwern, Monmouth
4 May 1795 GB 1 Robert Salusbury
MP for Monmouthshire 1792‑1796 and Brecon 1796‑1812
10 Sep 1756 17 Nov 1817 61
17 Nov 1817 2 Thomas Robert Salusbury 18 May 1783 14 Feb 1835 51
14 Feb 1835
to    
30 Mar 1868
3 Charles John Salusbury
Extinct on his death
7 Feb 1792 30 Mar 1868 76
SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY of Trelawney, Cornwall
1 Jul 1628 E 1 John Trelawny 24 Apr 1592 16 Feb 1664 71
Feb 1664 2 Jonathan Trelawny
MP for East Looe 1660‑1661 and 1679‑1681, Cornwall 1661‑1679 and Liskeard 1679‑1681
c 1623 5 Mar 1681
Mar 1681 3 Jonathan Trelawny 24 Mar 1650 19 Jul 1721 71
19 Jul 1721 4 John Trelawny
MP for West Looe 1713‑1715 and 1722‑1727, Liskeard 1715‑1722 and East Looe 1727‑1734
26 Jul 1691 2 Feb 1756 64
2 Feb 1756 5 Harry Trelawny
MP for East Looe 1708‑1710
15 Feb 1687 7 Apr 1762 75
7 Apr 1762 6 William Trelawny
MP for West Looe 1757‑1767; Governor of Jamaica 1767
c 1722 11 Dec 1772
11 Dec 1772 7 Harry Trelawny 26 Jun 1756 24 Feb 1834 77
24 Feb 1834 8 William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny
MP for Cornwall East 1832‑1837; Lord Lieutenant Cornwall 1839‑1856
4 Jul 1781 15 Nov 1856 75
15 Nov 1856 9 John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny
MP for Tavistock 1843‑1852 and 1857‑1865, and Cornwall East 1868‑1874
2 Jun 1816 4 Aug 1885 69
4 Aug 1885 10 William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 26 Aug 1844 30 Nov 1917 73
30 Nov 1917 11 John William Salusbury-Trelawny 6 May 1869 7 Feb 1944 74
7 Feb 1944 12 John William Robin Maurice Salusbury‑Trelawny 16 Jan 1908 28 Nov 1956 48
28 Nov 1956 13 John Barry Salusbury-Trelawny 4 Sep 1934 29 Jul 2009 75
29 Jul 2009 14 John William Richard Salusbury-Trelawny 30 Mar 1960
SAMBROOKE of London
31 Jan 1701 E 1 Nicholas Vanacker c 1651 19 Feb 1702
19 Feb 1702 2 John Vanacker 24 Mar 1711
Mar 1711 3 Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke
MP for Bramber 1704‑1705 and Great Bedwyn 1708‑1710
c 1677 27 Dec 1714
27 Dec 1714 4 Jeremy Vanacker Sambrooke
MP for Bedford 1731‑1740
c 1703 5 Jul 1740
5 Jul 1740
to    
4 Oct 1754
5 Jeremy Sambrooke
Extinct on his death
4 Oct 1754
SAMMAN of Routh, Yorks
19 Jan 1921 UK 1 Henry Samman 14 Jul 1849 7 Mar 1928 78
7 Mar 1928
to    
1 Dec 1960
2 Henry Samman
Extinct on his death
18 Feb 1881 1 Dec 1960 79
SAMUEL of Nevern Square, London
8 Mar 1898 UK 1 Sir Saul Samuel 2 Nov 1820 29 Aug 1900 79
29 Aug 1900 2 Edward Levien Samuel 28 Apr 1868 24 Nov 1937 69
24 Nov 1937 3 Edward Louis Samuel 6 Nov 1896 25 Apr 1961 64
25 Apr 1961 4 John Oliver Cecil Samuel 24 Jun 1916 24 Oct 1962 46
24 Oct 1962 5 John Michael Glen Samuel 25 Jan 1944
SAMUEL of the Mote and Portland Place
26 Aug 1903 UK 1 Marcus Samuel
He was subsequently created Viscount Bearsted in 1925 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
5 Nov 1853 17 Jan 1927 73
SAMUEL of Chelwood Vetchery, Sussex
8 Jul 1912
to    
13 May 1926
UK 1 Stuart Montagu Samuel
MP for Whitechapel 1900‑1916
Extinct on his death
24 Oct 1856 13 May 1926 69
SAMUEL of Mancroft, Norfolk
15 Jan 1932 UK 1 Arthur Michael Samuel
He was subsequently created Baron Mancroft in 1937 with which title the baronetcy remains merged. The 2nd baronet had previously changed his surname to Mancroft by deed poll in 1925
6 Dec 1872 17 Aug 1942 69
SAMUELSON of Bodicote Grange, Oxon and Prince's Gate, Westminster
29 Jul 1884 UK 1 Bernhard Samuelson
MP for Banbury 1859 and 1865‑1895; PC 1895
22 Nov 1820 10 May 1905 84
10 May 1905 2 Henry Bernhard Samuelson
MP for Cheltenham 1868‑1874 and Frome 1876‑1885
30 Sep 1845 14 Mar 1937 91
14 Mar 1937 3 Francis Samuelson 26 Feb 1861 3 Jan 1946 84
3 Jan 1946 4 Francis Henry Bernard Samuelson 22 Feb 1890 8 Jan 1981 90
8 Jan 1981 5 Bernard Michael Francis Samuelson 17 Jan 1917 21 Nov 2008 91
21 Nov 2008 6 James Francis Samuelson 20 Dec 1956
SAMWELL of Upton, Northants
22 Dec 1675 E 1 Thomas Samwell
MP for Northamptonshire 1689‑1690 and Northampton 1690‑1694
c 1654 23 Feb 1694
23 Feb 1694 2 Thomas Samwell
MP for Coventry 1715‑1722
14 Apr 1687 16 Nov 1757 70
16 Nov 1757 3 Thomas Samwell 28 Feb 1711 3 Dec 1779 68
3 Dec 1779
to    
18 Oct 1789
4 Wenman Samwell
Extinct on his death
24 Oct 1728 18 Oct 1789 60
SANDEMAN of Kenlygreen, St. Andrews, Fife
5 Jul 1929
to    
23 Apr 1940
UK 1 Nairne Stewart Sandeman
MP for Middleton & Prestwich 1923‑1940
Extinct on his death
12 Oct 1876 23 Apr 1940 63
SANDERS of Bayford, Somerset
28 Jan 1920 UK 1 Robert Arthur Sanders
He was subsequently created Baron Bayford in 1929 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1940
20 Jun 1867 24 Feb 1940 72
SANDERSON of Greenwich, Kent
19 Jul 1720 GB 1 William Sanderson 17 May 1727
17 May 1727 2 William Sanderson 20 Sep 1692 16 Jan 1754 61
16 Jan 1754
to    
30 Oct 1760
3 William Sanderson
Extinct on his death
30 Mar 1746 30 Oct 1760 14
SANDERSON of London
6 Dec 1794
to    
21 Jun 1798
GB 1 James Sanderson
MP for Malmesbury 1792‑1796 and Hastings 1796‑1798
Extinct on his death
30 Dec 1741 21 Jun 1798 56
SANDERSON of Banbury Road
10 Aug 1899 UK See "Burdon-Sanderson"
SANDERSON of Malling Deanery, Sussex
26 Jun 1920 UK 1 Frank Bernard Sanderson
MP for Darwen 1922‑1923 and 1924‑1929, Ealing 1931‑1945 and Ealing East 1945‑1950
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
4 Oct 1880 18 Jul 1965 84
18 Jul 1965 2 Frank Philip Bryan Sanderson 18 Feb 1910 4 Dec 1992 82
4 Dec 1992 3 Frank Linton Sanderson 21 Nov 1933 9 Nov 2023 89
9 Nov 2023 4 David Frank Sanderson 26 Feb 1962
SANDFORD of Howgill, Westmorland
11 Aug 1641 E 1 Thomas Sandford
Cockermouth 1642‑1644
c 1655
c 1655 2 Richard Sandford 8 Sep 1675
8 Sep 1675
to    
2 Apr 1723
3 Richard Sandford
MP for Westmorland 1695‑1700 and 1701‑1702, Morpeth 1701 and 1705‑1713, and Appleby 1713‑1723
Extinct on his death
For further information on the coincidence of the date of death of the 2nd baronet and the date of birth of the 3rd baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
8 Sep 1675 2 Apr 1723 47
SANDS of Dublin
21 Dec 1676 I 1 William Sands 14 Aug 1687
14 Aug 1687
to    
c 1704
2 John Sands
Extinct on his death
c 1704
SANDYS of Wilberton, Cambs
25 Nov 1611 E 1 Miles Sandys
MP for Cambridge University 1614, Huntingdon 1621‑1622 and Cambridgeshire 1628‑1629
29 Mar 1563 1645 82
1645
to    
Feb 1654
2 Miles Sandys
Extinct on his death
23 Feb 1654
SANDYS of Northborne, Kent
15 Dec 1684
to    
5 May 1726
E 1 Richard Sandys
Extinct on his death
6 Jan 1670 5 May 1726 56
SANDYS of Missenden, Gloucs
26 Sep 1809 UK See "Bayntun-Sandys"
SARSFIELD of Carrickleamlery, Cork
30 Sep 1619 I 1 Dominick Sarsfield
He was subsequently created Viscount Sarsfield in 1627 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its forfeiture in 1691
Dec 1636
SASSOON of Kensington Gore, London
22 Mar 1890 UK 1 Albert Abdullah David Sassoon
For information on this baronet (and his father), see the note at the foot of this page
25 Jul 1818 24 Oct 1896 78
24 Oct 1896 2 Edward Albert Sassoon
MP for Hythe 1899‑1912
20 Jun 1856 24 May 1912 55
24 May 1912
to    
3 Jun 1939
3 Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon
MP for Hythe 1912‑1939; First Commissioner of Works 1937‑1939; PC 1929
Extinct on his death
4 Dec 1888 3 Jun 1939 50
SASSOON of Bombay, India
9 Feb 1909 UK 1 Jacob Elias Sassoon
For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page
1843 22 Oct 1916 73
23 Oct 1916 2 Edward Elias Sassoon 6 Jan 1853 2 Dec 1924 71
2 Dec 1924
to    
12 Aug 1961
3 Ellice Victor Sassoon
Extinct on his death
30 Dec 1881 12 Aug 1961 79
SAS VAN BOSCH of Holland
22 Oct 1680
to    
c 1720
E 1 Gelebrand Sas van Bosch
Presumed extinct on his death
c 1720
SAUMEREZ of Guernsey
13 Jun 1801 UK 1 James Saumerez
He was subsequently created Baron de Saumerez in 1831 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
11 Mar 1757 9 Oct 1836 79
SAUNDERS-PRYSE of Gogerddan, Cardigan
28 Jul 1866 UK See "Pryse"
SAUNDERSON of Saxby, Lincs
25 Nov 1611 E 1 Nicholas Saunderson
He was subsequently created Viscount Castleton in 1627 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1723
c 1561 17 May 1630
SAVAGE of Rocksavage, Cheshire
29 Jun 1611 E 1 John Savage 14 Jul 1615
Jul 1615 2 Thomas Savage
He was subsequently created Viscount Savage in 1626 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1735
c 1586 20 Nov 1635
SAVILE of Thornhill, Yorks
29 Jun 1611 E 1 George Savile
MP for Boroughbridge 1586‑1587 and Yorkshire 1592
c 1550 12 Nov 1622
12 Nov 1622 2 George Savile c 1611 19 Dec 1626
19 Dec 1626 3 William Savile
MP for Yorkshire 1640 and Old Sarum 1641‑1642
c 1612 24 Jan 1644
24 Jan 1644 4 George Savile, Marquess of Halifax 11 Nov 1633 5 Apr 1695 61
5 Apr 1695 5 William Savile, Marquess of Halifax 1665 31 Aug 1700 35
31 Aug 1700 6 John Savile 15 Feb 1651 c 1704
c 1704 7 George Savile
MP for Yorkshire 1728‑1734
18 Feb 1678 16 Sep 1743 65
16 Sep 1743
to    
10 Jan 1784
8 George Savile
MP for Yorkshire 1759‑1784
Extinct on his death
18 Jul 1726 10 Jan 1784 57
SAVILE of Methley, Yorks
29 Jun 1611
to    
23 Jun 1632
E 1 Henry Savile
MP for Aldborough 1604 and 1614, and Yorkshire 1629
Extinct on his death
6 Oct 1579 23 Jun 1632 52
SAVILE of Copley, Yorks
24 Jul 1662
to    
1689
E 1 John Savile
Extinct on his death
c 1640 1689
SAVORY of The Woodlands, Bucks
24 Mar 1890 UK 1 William Scovell Savory 30 Nov 1826 4 Mar 1895 68
4 Mar 1895 2 Borradaile Savory 5 Oct 1855 12 Sep 1906 50
12 Sep 1906
to    
16 Sep 1961
3 William Borradaile Savory
Extinct on his death
14 May 1882 16 Sep 1961 79
SAVORY of Buckhurst Park, Berks
14 Sep 1891
to    
1 Oct 1921
UK 1 Joseph Savory
MP for Appleby 1892‑1900
Extinct on his death
23 Jul 1843 1 Oct 1921 78
SAWLE of Penrice, Cornwall
22 Mar 1836 UK See "Graves-Sawle"
SAXTON of Circourt, Berks
26 Jul 1794 GB 1 Charles Saxton c 1730 11 Nov 1808
11 Nov 1808
to    
25 Jan 1838
2 Charles Saxton
MP for Cashel 1812‑1818
Extinct on his death
2 Oct 1773 25 Jan 1838 64
SCARISBRICK of Greaves Hall, Lancs
17 Jul 1909 UK 1 Thomas Talbot Leyland Scarisbrick
MP for Dorset South 1906‑1910
28 Apr 1874 18 May 1933 59
18 May 1933
to    
29 Aug 1955
2 Everard Talbot Scarisbrick
Extinct on his death
10 Dec 1896 29 Aug 1955 58
SCHRODER of The Dell, Berks
13 Dec 1892
to    
20 Apr 1910
UK 1 John Henry William Schroder
Extinct on his death
13 Feb 1825 20 Apr 1910 85
SCHUSTER of Collingham Road, London
24 Jul 1906 UK 1 Felix Schuster 21 Apr 1854 13 May 1936 82
13 May 1936 2 Felix Victor Schuster 26 May 1885 22 Dec 1962 77
22 Dec 1962
to    
12 Mar 1996
3 Felix James Moncrieff Schuster
Extinct on his death
8 Jan 1913 12 Mar 1996 83
SCLATER of Cambridge, Cambs
25 Jul 1660
to    
10 Dec 1684
E 1 Thomas Sclater
Extinct on his death
9 Jul 1615 10 Dec 1684 69
SCOTT of Kew Green, Middlesex
9 Aug 1653 E 1 William Scott 1681
1681 2 William Scott c 1700
c 1700 3 William Scott 1723
1723
to    
c 1775
4 William Scott
On his death the baronetcy became either dormant or extinct
c 1775
SCOTT of Thirlstane, Selkirk
22 Aug 1666 NS 1 Francis Scott 11 May 1645 7 Mar 1712 66
7 Mar 1712 2 William Scott c 1680 8 Oct 1725
8 Oct 1725 3 Francis Napier
He had previously succeeded to the Barony of Napier of Merchistoun in 1706 with which title the baronetcy then merged, although, as at 30/06/2014, the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage
c 1702 11 Apr 1773
SCOTT of Ancrum, Roxburgh
27 Oct 1671 NS 1 John Scott 1712
1712 2 Patrick Scott 1734
1734 3 John Scott 21 Feb 1746
21 Feb 1746 4 William Scott 16 Jun 1769
16 Jun 1769 5 John Scott 24 Dec 1812
24 Dec 1812 6 William Scott
MP for Carlisle 1829‑1830 and Roxburghshire 1859‑1870
26 Jul 1803 12 Oct 1871 68
12 Oct 1871
to    
21 May 1902
7 William Monteath Douglas Scott
Extinct on his death
1829 21 May 1902 72
SCOTT of Great Barr, Staffs
30 Apr 1806 UK 1 Joseph Scott
MP for Worcester 1802‑1806
31 Mar 1752 17 Jun 1828 76
17 Jun 1828 2 Edward Dolman Scott
MP for Lichfield 1831‑1837
22 Oct 1793 27 Dec 1851 58
27 Dec 1851 3 Sir Francis Edward Scott, 2nd baronet
He had previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Bateman of Hartington Hall, Derby in 1824 when the baronetcies merged until 1905
25 Feb 1824 21 Nov 1863 39
21 Nov 1863 4 Edward William Dolman Scott 23 Dec 1854 1 Apr 1871 16
1 Apr 1871 5 Arthur Douglas Bateman Scott 3 Sep 1860 18 Mar 1884 23
18 Mar 1884 6 Edward Dolman Scott 12 Feb 1826 8 Mar 1905 79
8 Mar 1905 7 Douglas Edward Scott
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
2 Feb 1863 22 Aug 1951 88
22 Aug 1951 8 Edward Arthur Dolman Scott
For further information on this baronet and his wife, see the notes at the foot of this page
14 Dec 1905 Jan 1980 74
Jan 1980 9 Douglas Francis Scott
Extinct on his death
26 Aug 1908 c Nov 1986 78
SCOTT of Dunninald, Forfar
13 Dec 1806 UK 1 James Sibbald
For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page
17 Sep 1819
17 Sep 1819 2 David Scott
MP for Yarmouth (IOW) 1806
25 Jul 1782 18 Jun 1851 68
18 Jun 1851 3 James Sibbald David Scott 14 Jun 1814 26 Jun 1885 71
26 Jun 1885 4 Francis David Sibbald Scott
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
30 Mar 1851 11 Aug 1906 55
11 Aug 1906
to    
10 Aug 1945
5 Francis Montagu Sibbald Scott
Extinct on his death
23 Jul 1885 10 Aug 1945 60
SCOTT of Hartington Hall, Derby
15 Dec 1806 UK See "Bateman"
SCOTT of Abbotsford, Roxburgh
22 Apr 1820 UK 1 Walter Scott 15 Aug 1771 21 Sep 1832 61
21 Sep 1832
to    
8 Feb 1847
2 Walter Scott
Extinct on his death
28 Oct 1801 8 Feb 1847 45
SCOTT of Lytchet Minster, Dorset
8 Sep 1821 UK 1 Claude Scott 11 May 1742 27 Mar 1830 87
27 Mar 1830 2 Samuel Scott
MP for Malmesbury 1802‑1806, Camelford 1812‑1818 and Whitchurch 1818‑1832
29 Apr 1772 30 Sep 1849 77
30 Sep 1849 3 Claude Edward Scott 15 Apr 1804 27 Jul 1874 70
27 Jul 1874 4 Claude Edward Scott 11 Jul 1840 28 Jun 1880 39
28 Jun 1880 5 Edward Henry Scott 19 Feb 1842 1 Aug 1883 41
1 Aug 1883 6 Samuel Edward Scott
MP for Marylebone West 1898‑1918 and St. Marylebone 1918‑1922
For further information on this baronet's wife and the scandal in which she was involved, see the note at the foot of this page
25 Oct 1873 21 Feb 1943 69
21 Feb 1943
to    
21 Dec 1961
7 Robert Claude Scott
Extinct on his death
25 Oct 1886 21 Dec 1961 75
SCOTT of Connaught Place, London
23 Feb 1899
to    
17 Jan 1912
UK 1 John Edward Arthur Murray Scott
Extinct on his death
For further information on this baronet, see the notes at the foot of the pages containing details of the baronetcy of Wallace, created in 1871 and the barony of Sackville
23 Feb 1847 17 Jan 1912 64
SCOTT of Beauclerc, Northumberland
27 Jul 1907 UK 1 Walter Scott 17 Aug 1826 8 Apr 1910 83
8 Apr 1910 2 John Scott 23 Aug 1854 29 Apr 1922 67
29 Apr 1922 3 Walter Scott 31 Mar 1895 8 Jun 1967 72
8 Jun 1967 4 Walter Scott 29 Jul 1918 29 Nov 1992 74
29 Nov 1992 5 Walter John Scott 24 Feb 1948
SCOTT of The Yews, Westmorland
27 Jul 1909 UK 1 James William Scott 23 Jun 1844 4 Aug 1913 69
4 Aug 1913 2 Samuel Haslam Scott 7 Aug 1875 23 Jun 1960 84
23 Jun 1960 3 Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott 6 Nov 1922 4 Nov 2016 93
4 Nov 2016 4 Christopher James Scott 16 Jan 1955
SCOTT of Witley, Surrey
3 Feb 1913 UK 1 Sir Percy Moreton Scott 10 Jul 1853 18 Oct 1924 71
18 Oct 1924 2 Douglas Winchester Scott 4 Feb 1907 10 Apr 1984 77
10 Apr 1984 3 Anthony Percy Scott 1 May 1937 27 Feb 2019 81
27 Feb 2019 4 Henry Douglas Edward Scott 26 Mar 1964
SCOTT of Abbotsford, Roxburgh
23 Jun 1932 UK See "Maxwell-Scott"
SCOTT of Rotherfield, Hants
16 Feb 1962 UK 1 Jervoise Bolitho Scott 3 Feb 1892 21 Jun 1965 73
21 Jun 1965 2 James Walter Scott
Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1982‑1993
26 Oct 1924 2 Nov 1993 69
2 Nov 1993 3 James Jervoise Scott 12 Oct 1952
SCOTT-DOUGLAS of Maxwell, Roxburgh
27 Jun 1786 GB See "Douglas"
SCOTTER of Eastbourne, Sussex
16 Jul 1907 UK 1 Sir Charles Scotter 22 Oct 1835 13 Dec 1910 75
13 Dec 1910
to    
26 Nov 1911
2 Frederick Charles Scotter
Extinct on his death
29 Jun 1868 26 Nov 1911 43
SCOURFIELD of Williamston, Pembroke
18 Feb 1876 UK 1 John Henry Scourfield
MP for Haverfordwest Boroughs 1852‑1868 and Pembrokeshire 1868‑1876; Lord Lieutenant Haverfordwest 1857‑1876
30 Jan 1808 3 Jun 1876 68
3 Jun 1876
to    
5 Feb 1921
2 Owen Henry Philipps Scourfield
Extinct on his death
10 Oct 1847 5 Feb 1921 73
SCROPE of Cockerington, Lincs
16 Jan 1667
to    
1680
E 1 Carr Scrope
Extinct on his death
20 Sep 1649 1680 30
SCUDAMORE of Holme Lacy, Hereford
1 Jun 1620 1 John Scudamore
He was subsequently created Viscount Scudamore in 1628 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1716
22 Mar 1601 19 May 1671 70
SCUDAMORE of Ballingham, Hereford
23 Jun 1644 E 1 John Scudamore 2 Aug 1600 c 1649
c 1649 2 John Scudamore 30 Jul 1630 22 Aug 1684 54
Aug 1684
to    
c 1720
3 Barnaby Scudamore
Extinct on his death
c 1720
SEAGER of St. Mellons, Monmouth
1 Jul 1952 UK 1 George Leighton Seager
He was subsequently created Baron Leighton of St. Mellons in 1962 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
11 Jan 1896 17 Oct 1963 67
SEALE of Mount Boone, Devon
31 Jul 1838 UK 1 John Henry Seale
MP for Dartmouth 1832‑1844
25 Dec 1780 29 Nov 1844 63
29 Nov 1844 2 Henry Paul Seale 17 Feb 1806 17 Dec 1897 91
17 Dec 1897 3 John Henry Seale 14 Nov 1843 29 Jul 1914 70
29 Jul 1914 4 John Carteret Hyde Seale 23 Jul 1881 22 May 1964 82
22 May 1964 5 John Henry Seale 3 Mar 1921 26 Jan 2017 95
26 Jan 2017 6 John Robert Charters Seale 17 Aug 1954
SEAMAN of Bouverie Street, London
17 Mar 1933
to    
2 Feb 1936
UK 1 Sir Owen Seaman
Extinct on his death
18 Sep 1861 2 Feb 1936 74
SEBRIGHT of Besford, Worcs
20 Dec 1626 E 1 Edward Sebright c 1585 c 1658
c 1658 2 Edward Sebright c 1645 11 Sep 1679
11 Sep 1679 3 Edward Sebright 1668 15 Dec 1702 34
15 Dec 1702 4 Thomas Saunders Sebright
MP for Hertfordshire 1715‑1736
11 May 1692 12 Apr 1736 43
12 Apr 1736 5 Thomas Saunders Sebright 21 Dec 1723 30 Oct 1761 37
30 Oct 1761 6 John Sebright
MP for Bath 1763‑1774 and 1775‑1780
19 Oct 1725 23 Feb 1794 68
23 Feb 1794 7 John Saunders Sebright
MP for Hertfordshire 1807‑1835
23 May 1767 15 Apr 1846 78
15 Apr 1846 8 Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright 1802 29 Aug 1864 62
29 Aug 1864 9 John Gage Saunders Sebright 20 Aug 1843 15 Nov 1890 47
15 Nov 1890 10 Egbert Cecil Saunders Sebright 12 Jun 1871 1 Apr 1897 25
1 Apr 1897 11 Edgar Reginald Saunders Sebright 27 May 1854 25 Dec 1917 63
25 Dec 1917 12 Guy Thomas Saunders Sebright
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
19 Aug 1856 11 Sep 1933 77
11 Sep 1933 13 Giles Edward Sebright 12 Nov 1896 9 Dec 1954 58
9 Dec 1954 14 Hugo Giles Edmund Sebright 2 Mar 1931 16 Apr 1985 54
16 Apr 1985 15 Peter Giles Vivian Sebright 2 Aug 1953 25 Oct 2003 50
25 Oct 2003 16 Rufus Hugo Giles Sebright 31 Jul 1978
SEDLEY of Ailesford, Kent
29 Jun 1611 E 1 William Sedley c 1558 27 Feb 1618
27 Feb 1618 2 John Sedley c 1597 13 Aug 1638
13 Aug 1638 3 Henry Sedley c 1623 1641
1641 4 William Sedley 1656
1656
to    
20 Aug 1701
5 Charles Sedley
MP for New Romney 1668‑1681, 1690‑1695 and 1696‑1701
Extinct on his death
30 Mar 1639 20 Aug 1701 62
SEDLEY of Great Chart, Kent
24 Sep 1621 E 1 Isaack Sedley 1627
1627 2 John Sedley c 1600 21 Nov 1673
Nov 1673 3 Isaac Sedley by 1695
by 1695 4 Charles Sedley Oct 1702
Oct 1702 5 John Sedley c 1710
c 1710 6 George Sedley 27 Feb 1665 by 1722
by 1722 7 George Sedley 5 Aug 1737
Aug 1737
to    
c 1770
8 Charles Sedley
Extinct on his death
c 1770
SEDLEY of Southfleet, Kent
10 Jul 1702 E 1 Charles Sedley c 1695 18 Feb 1730
18 Feb 1730 2 Charles Sedley
MP for Nottingham 1747‑1754 and 1774‑1778
Extinct on his death
c 1721 23 Aug 1778
SEELY of Sherwood Lodge, Notts and Brooke House, Isle of Wight
19 Feb 1896 UK 1 Charles Seely
MP for Nottingham 1869‑1874 and 1880‑1885, and Nottingham West 1885‑1886 and 1892‑1895
11 Aug 1833 16 Apr 1915 81
16 Apr 1915 2 Charles Hilton Seely
MP for Lincoln 1895‑1906 and Mansfield 1916‑1918
7 Jul 1859 26 Feb 1926 66
26 Feb 1926 3 Hugh Michael Seely, later [1941] 1st Baron Sherwood 2 Oct 1898 1 Apr 1970 71
1 Apr 1970 4 Victor Basil John Seely 18 May 1900 10 May 1980 79
10 May 1980 5 Nigel Edward Seely 28 Jul 1923 25 Apr 2019 95
25 Apr 2019 6 William Victor Conway Seely 16 Sep 1983
SELBY of Whitehouse, Durham
3 Mar 1664 E 1 George Selby Sep 1668
Sep 1668
to    
Sep 1668
2 George Selby
Extinct on his death - he held the baronetcy for only one hour
Sep 1668
SELBY-BIGGE of Kings Sutton, Northants
14 Feb 1919 UK 1 Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge 3 Apr 1860 24 May 1951 91
24 May 1951
to    
3 Oct 1973
2 John Amherst Selby-Bigge
Extinct on his death
20 Jun 1892 3 Oct 1973 81
 

Sir Henry Paulet St. John-Mildmay, 3rd baronet [GB 1772]
From The Times of 16 December 1797:-
Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart, a few days since, met with the following extraordinary accident at his seat in Hampshire: returning from a hard chace [sic] with his horse, Telegraph, (which he bought of Lord Villiers for 600 guineas) he dismounted, and told his groom he thought he might venture to pat him, and accordingly put his right hand towards his neck, when the horse seized it in his mouth, and held it there for more than a minute, in despite of all the endeavours of two grooms to disengage it. The consequence was, that Sir Henry was compelled to suffer an amputation of all of his fingers from that hand in the course of the day.
Sir Henry St. John Carew St. John-Mildmay, 4th baronet [GB 1772]
Sir Henry committed suicide in January 1848. The following report on the subsequent inquest appeared in The Morning Chronicle of 19 January 1848:-
An inquest was held this morning by Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Bedford Arms, Pont-street, Cadogan-place, Chelsea, on the body of Sir Henry St.John Mildmay, Bart., aged 62 [sic], who committed suicide on Monday morning last, under the following circumstances:-
Thomas Tremier, valet to deceased, proved finding him dead in bed at 1/4 to six on Monday morning last, having called him at 5 by his own request. Witness put out deceased's clothes for him, as they were about going into the country. At half-past 5, witness returned to deceased's bed-room, when he asked for his box, which witness gave him, and then left the room. At twenty minutes to 6, witness went to see if deceased was up, when he looked very strangely at him, and said something witness could not understand. He did not speak in his usual way. Witness was about to take the box away, but at deceased's request he left [it] on the bed, and went down stairs; and in about three minutes heard a noise in the room, like that caused by the falling of table. In two minutes he returned to deceased's room, and found him still in bed, with a pistol in both hands. He was quite dead. Witness called the landlord, and then went for a surgeon, Mr. Tirann, who came immediately. His services were useless.
By the Coroner: I do not know where the deceased had obtained the pistol. He had no pistol case, and did not keep powder or bullets. Lived with deceased for seven years, and noticed a strange alteration in his manner for three days previously to his death. He gave his orders in a strange way. On Saturday evening he appeared very low, and said he had met with an accident - broken the shaft of his brougham. He said he wished particularly to go into Hampshire on the following day to join his brother on a shooting excursion. Six weeks ago he was seriously indisposed, complained of his head, and passed sleepless nights. Knew of nothing to annoy him particularly. No letter or scrap of paper had been found addressed by Sir Henry to anybody.
Deceased's coachman and landlord were examined, and merely said that they had observed lately a slight change in his manner.
Mr. Augustus Warren, solicitor to deceased, said he saw him on Sunday evening, when he appeared in a most undetermined state relative to pecuniary embarrassments, which, he said, he was quite sure he could not face. He feared being arrested, or taken in execution on Monday, and said he had better be out of the world. Witness believed he hardly knew what he was doing. His judgment was not in a sound state.
Mr. Thorne, deceased's medical adviser, said that about a month ago he was labouring under great depression of mind.
Verdict, "Temporary Insanity."
Sir Henry Gerald St. John-Mildmay, 9th baronet [GB 1772]
The Times of 10 November 1949:-
Sir Henry St. John-Mildmay, 9th baronet, was killed in a motor car accident near Kampala, Uganda, on Friday [4 November] at the age of 23, according to a message from our Kampala Correspondent. He was the only son of Captain Sir Anthony St.John-Mildmay, the eighth baronet, and was educated at Eton. He was gazetted a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards in 1945 and served with them in the occupation forces in Germany. About a year ago he went to Uganda, where he was employed by a firm of estate agents. The heir to the baronetcy is his kinsman the Rev. Aubrey Neville St. John-Mildmay, a descendant of the second son of the third baronet.
Sir Frank Bernard Sanderson, 1st baronet
Sir Frank made a valiant, but ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to rescue a child who had fallen into a stream, as described in an article in The Irish Times of 11 October 1927:-
Alfred Reginald Tillstone, of Spring Gardens, Lewes, was drowned in a stream at Lewes yesterday afternoon. Sir Frank Sanderson, Bart., M.P., who lives at Lewes, was attracted by the cries of the mother, and dived, fully dressed, into the water and brought the boy to land. While artificial respiration was being applied he ran to telephone for the police and a doctor, and afterwards lent his car to take the boy to hospital, but all efforts at revival were unavailing.
"The spot where the child fell in," said Sir Frank Sanderson, "was near to some fields which adjoin my estate. I was out walking when I saw a woman on the bank of the stream waving frantically and pointing to something floating on the water. I ran towards her, and she cried: "My child, my child!" I then saw the poor little child floating downstream. I immediately plunged in and brought him to the bankside.
"I left the boy with his mother and gave her instructions how to try and revive him, while I dashed for the police and a doctor, whom I summoned by telephone. I then had my car brought out and took the child to hospital. All efforts to revive him were in vain.
"He had been playing with a little friend by the side of the stream and had accidentally fallen in. His little friend, frightened by what had happened, ran to Tillstone's mother, who lives nearby, and told her of the accident. She immediately ran to the bankside, and that was where I saw her when she attracted my attention."
Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd baronet
At first glance, the date of birth of the 3rd baronet, when considered in conjunction with the date of death of his father, the 2nd baronet, might seem to be incorrect. The natural inference would be that I have incorrectly copied the date of death of the father as being the date of of birth of the son. However, the dates as they stand are correct. The reason for these dates is simply that the 2nd baronet was murdered in Whitefriars, London, on the same day (some sources say the same hour) as his son was born. The 3rd baronet therefore inherited the baronetcy on the day he was born. The murderers of the 2nd baronet, two men named Henry Symbal and William Jones, were both executed shortly afterwards.
Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st baronet, and his father, David Sassoon (1792‑1864)
The following article, which traces the rise of the Sassoon family, appeared in the Australian monthly magazine Parade in its issue for February 1954:-
The crowd at famous Epsom racecourse went wild with delight as the winner, Pinza, passed the finishing post in the greatest race of the century - last year's [i.e. 1953] Coronation Derby. They would have liked the Queen's horse, Aureole, to win, but not even that disappointment could dampen the general delight that Gordon Richards, the champion jockey, had at last won the greatest race in the world and become Sir Gordon in the same week. It is not surprising, therefore, that, in the ovation given to Sir Gordon, only the discriminating had a thought for the immaculate, quietly-dignified owner who walked to the enclosure beside the winner. To Sir Victor Sassoon, the victory crowned a record of family achievement which reads like a chapter from the Arabian Nights.
The rise of the Sassoon family is one of the great romances of modern times. Their ancestors, driven from Bagdad by the strangling mutes of the Sultan, had in two generations built an industrial and trading empire which girdled the world. They were the intimates of the tolerant, pleasure-loving Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). In their mansions in London and Brighton they entertained the Prince and the sparkling bare-shouldered beauties of his "Marlborough House Set", which included the glamorous Lily Langtry.
It was a far cry from the Royal enclosure at Epsom to the teeming, colourful streets of old Bagdad, where the ancestors of the Sassoon dynasty lived for centuries in the small Jewish settlement of traders and money-changers. They had a proud heritage, claiming descent from a famous family of Spanish Jews in Toledo which produced scholars, merchants and physicians until the Jews were driven from Spain in 1492. According to family tradition, the Sassoons fled from Spain eastward to Salonika, then to Constantinople and finally to Bagdad.
Mesopotamia (now Iraq) was part of the Turkish empire. Bagdad was ruled for the Sultans by a series of corrupt, bloody and licentious pashas. By the end of the 18th century the Sassoons had become the acknowledged leaders of the colony of 5000 Jews clustered on the northern bank of the historic River Tigris. Head of the family was Sason ben Sakeh. He was Treasurer to the Pasha, and had been granted the ancient Jewish title of "Prince of the Nativity". This gave him great power over the Jewish colony, including the right to punish criminals by flogging on the soles of their feet with bastinadoes or by death.
His son David, founder of the modern family fortune, was born in 1792. By the time he reached manhood the Jewish settlement was threatened with extermination from an attack of plague and the persecutions of Daoud, the most savage pasha of all. Four-fifths of the colony had been wiped out. Several leading merchants had been strangled with the bowstring by Daoud's officers. Sason ben Saleh himself had been threatened with hanging. It was then that the aged patriarch and his son decided to fly for their lives. Heaping as much gold as they could into two small chests, father and son fled the city one moonless night in 1829 and bribed an Arab boatman to take them down river to Basra. The threats of the infuriated Pasha still pursued them, so they escaped again across the Persian Gulf to the little port of Bushire. The hardship of the journey killed the 80-years-old Sason ben Saleh.
Alone in the world, his son David set painfully to work rebuilding the family fortunes from what remained of the two small chests of gold. British officials at Bushire advised him not to waste time on the trumpery bazaars of Persia, but go to India, where vast opportunities were waiting under the peaceful rule of the British Raj. Their stories of the splendour of the princes' courts dazzled him. The thought of the millions of Indian customers waiting to buy his goods appealed to his shrewd business instincts.
Accordingly, in 1833, he transferred his business to Bombay - the gateway to western India. The decision was momentous for the Sassoon dynasty. Bombay in the early 19th century was a raw, bustling, rapidly-growing city where a handful of British, Parsee, Arab and Jewish traders were making fortunes. Into this scramble for power and riches David Sassoon flung himself with energy. He sold Lancashire textiles to Persia and Mesopotamia, importing in return Oriental cloths and carpets which he sold to traders in India for re-export to Britain. By 1845 he was the largest merchant in the Persian Gulf trade and was reaching out for more. He scattered his eight sons over all the strategic trading centres of the East. His chartered ships carried opium and Indian cotton yarn to China and Japan, and brought back silk and lacquer ware. Sheffield cutlery, Birmingham pots and pans, and Manchester cotton goods from the Sassoon warehouses in Bombay poured into every bazaar in the East.
He was already a millionaire when the American Civil War of 1861‑65 doubled his fortune. The war cut American supplies of cotton from the voracious mills of Lancashire. The price of Indian cotton rocketed from 6d to 24d a pound, and Sassoon was the biggest exporter. Despite his fabulous wealth, David Sassoon remained to the end a simple, dignified patriarch. He lived mostly in a few rooms above his Bombay counting-house. He always wore the turban, robes and slippers of his ancestors, and preferred learned discussions on the Talmud to the ostentatious splendour of other merchant princes. He gave vast sums to charity. A poor native of Bombay could be educated in a Sassoon school, improve his mind in a Sassoon library or museum, be nursed in a Sassoon hospital, be taken in hand by a Sassoon model reformatory, and, finally, be buried in a Sassoon-financed cemetery.
When David died of fever at Poona in 1864 his rocketing trade empire was taken over by his eldest son Albert Abdullah. Albert inherited all his father's business acumen, but none of his taste for the simple, austere life. His display of wealth dazzled the snobbish European official caste. He abandoned his father's antique Oriental dress and customs and built himself a huge mansion in Bombay, modelled on an Italian Renaissance palace and named Sans Souci [Without Care], after the Kaiser's palace at Potsdam. For summer retreats he had two sumptuous villas in the hills above Poona.
Albert's hospitality was on an equally fabulous scale. When the Prince of Wales visited Bombay in 1875 the 1400 guests in the glittering Sassoon ballroom included the Prince himself, the Viceroy of India, and many Indian princes and rajahs. His social ambitions did not prevent Albert Sassoon from greatly extending the family's trading and industrial empire. With his brothers he built up a huge cotton clothing industry in Bombay. His factories played a major part in turning the city from an exotic Eastern metropolis into a smoke-grimed, sprawling industrial giant. His most spectacular feat was the Sassoon Dock, It enabled the biggest cargo steamers to reach Bombay, and swept the picturesque Arab and Indian sailing ships out of the Indian Ocean for ever.
The Sassoon star was now racing in the ascendant. In 1872 Albert was knighted. The following year he went to live permanently in England, where several of his younger brothers, armed with their share of the family fortune, were already cutting sensational figures in London society. The doors of Queen Victoria's stiff, sedate, and lonely Court were closed to swarthy Eastern millionaires, no matter how rich. Nevertheless, the Sassoons found a ready welcome in the gay, cosmopolitan set that surrounded the jovial Prince of Wales, who was still sowing his wild oats. Albert's younger brothers, Reuben and Arthur, were soon among the Prince's most intimate companions at country house card tables, shooting boxes in Scotland, and Continental casinos.
Arthur Sassoon, who had one of the most beautiful hostesses in London as his wife, settled in a mansion in Knightsbridge. Reuben's palace in Belgrave Square had the stables at the top of the house. Horses and carriages had to be taken up and down in a lift. The extravagant Prince was fascinated by the financial genius of the Sassoons. He insisted they accompany him in the Royal boxes at Ascot and Newmarket to look after his bets. One spiteful rival described Arthur as "that Jew pageboy who bobs up from his seat after every race to put on the Royal bets." Reuben, wearing more jewels than English gentlemen thought becoming, was frequently seen in the Prince's box at the theatre. It was even rumoured that, in his unofficial capacity of "keeper of the Prince's purse for pastimes", he lent his host money.
The Royal friendship was not without strains. The Prince, who had a schoolboy fondness of practical jokes, once slipped a costly jewel into Reuben's pocket in a jeweller's shop in Germany and left his embarrassed friend to explain to the irate and suspicious shopkeeper. On another occasion, resenting what he regarded as undue familiarity, the Prince pushed Reuben so violently that he fell down the marble staircase of his Belgrave Square mansion and was badly bruised.
The highlight of Sir Albert Sassoon's hospitality was the visit of the Shah of Persia to Britain in 1889. When the Shah visited Britain 16 years earlier his hosts were distressed by his unfortunate behaviour in feminine company and by the trail of unpaid bills left by his suite. Only at the Prince of Wales' urgent request did the City of London grudgingly consent to give the Shah an official reception on his second visit. There was a sigh of relief, therefore, when the urbane Sir Albert Sassoon, who had been given the Order of the Lion by the Shah for his services to Persian trade and banking, offered to be personally responsible for the embarrassing guest and to send him away happy. Sassoon knew his man. He hired a theatre in Brighton, engaged a company of shapely ballet dancers - a gesture warmly appreciated by the Shah - and provided a costly and sumptuous banquet of Oriental dishes. The visit was a diplomatic and social success [and no doubt was a factor behind Sir Albert receiving a baronetcy in the following year].
Sir Albert Sassoon died on October 24, 1896, and was buried in his exotic private mausoleum at Brighton.
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Sassoon created in 1909
From the London Gazette of 2 February 1909 (issue 28220, page 826):-
The King has been pleased to give directions for the preparation of a Warrant for His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, authorizing Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon Jacob Elias Sassoon, of the City of Bombay, in the Empire of India, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to Edward Elias Sassoon, of Grosvenor-place, in the City of Westminster, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
Lady Sophia Cadogan (1874‑1937), wife of Sir Samuel Edward Scott, 6th baronet
After succeeding to the baronetcy as a child of 9, Sir Samuel married, on 29 June 1896, Sophia Beatrix Mary Cadogan, younger daughter of the 5th Earl Cadogan, the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. She was born 6 April 1874, and she was therefore 22 at the time of her marriage.
On 17 April 1899, Lady Scott suddenly disappeared. She drove from her residence in Grosvenor Square to Bond Street to do some shopping. Once there, she dismissed her coachman and subsequently failed to return to her house.
The following summary of the resulting scandal is taken from the Chicago Daily Tribune of 5 December 1901:-
… Lady Sophie … became afflicted in 1899 with melancholia, the result of a severe illness, following the premature birth of a child [presumably a miscarriage]. It was while suffering from this melancholia that she allowed herself to be persuaded by Algernon Burnaby, one of her husband's fellow officers and best friends, to desert Sir Samuel, leaving a letter behind her telling him that she had eloped.
According to the story told at the time by the relatives and friends of the family, and which was popularly believed, Lady Sophia before reaching Dover, on her way to the Continent - that is to say, within a couple of hours of her elopement - recovered her senses sufficiently to become aware of what she was doing, and, parting from the companion of her flight, sought refuge with some of her cousins in the south of England.
According to the story Sir Samuel, realising that his wife had not been responsible for her action, asked her parents to take care of her until she had recovered her health, and then, resigning his commission in the army, started off on a yachting trip with her around the world. They had reached India when the war in south Africa broke out. Sir Samuel, who is 29, sent his wife home, presented his magnificent yacht to the government for use as a hospital ship, and rejoined the army, taking an active share in the campaign, and, since his return to England, after distinguishing himself in the field, has been living on the happiest terms with his wife, whose canvassing contributed largely to his election to Parliament.
Society received her everywhere, taking the story, which had been circulated as true, and regarding her rather as the irresponsible victim of a false friend, at a time when her mind was unbalanced by illness, rather than guilty of any serious wrongdoing. True, she has not reappeared at court, but she has been repeatedly received by Queen Alexandra and by her daughters privately and been treated by the royal family with the utmost kindness and consideration. In fact, the story published in the newspapers, according to which she has been subjected to ostracism since the elopement episode, is altogether untrue, and as the law had not been invoked in the case, there was no reason why Lady Sophia should not in course of time reappear at court.
Sir Samuel, Lord Cadogan, and their relatives and friends, however, counted without the Hon. Sybil Burnaby, that is to say, the wife of the officer who eloped with Lady Sophie, for he was a married man. Apparently the Hon. Mrs Burnaby, sister of Lord Delamere, is anxious to marry, and for this purpose to secure a dissolution of her marriage to Algernon Burnaby. So, in spite of all the influence that could be brought to bear by the King, the royal family, and by the most powerful leaders of London society, she proceeded to sue her husband for a divorce, naming Lady Sophie as co-respondent, and producing evidence to show that the story until now current about Lady Sophie was untrue, in so far that it asserted that she had left Burnaby within a couple of hours after her elopement, and that she had quitted him as soon as ever the London train had reached Dover. For, according to the testimony on the strength of which Mrs Burnaby got her divorce, Lady Sophie had spent nearly two months at Baggrave Hall, the Leicestershire county seat of Algernon Burnaby, that is to say the time when, according to the story hitherto believed, she had been under the care of relatives in the south of England.
Of course the publication of this evidence does not in any way affect the statement that Lady Sophie was mentally irresponsible at the time when she deserted her husband. But the placing on official record in court that she had lived with Algernon Burnaby at Baggrave Hall as his wife for a couple of months practically destroys her position in London society, in spite of her reconciliation with her husband, and renders it impossible that she should ever resume her place at King Edward's court.
After being reconciled to her husband, it appears that they lived happily together until Lady Sophie died in 1937. The former Mrs Burnaby died in May 1911, as a result of falling out of a third-floor window at her house in Wilton Place. Algernon Burnaby was quietly dismissed from the army and, after being divorced by Sybil, married an American heiress, Minna Field, in 1906. Burnaby, prior to his involvement in the scandal, was already well-known in England. He was the nephew of Colonel Fred Burnaby, one of England's most famous soldiers of the 19th century. Algernon had also gained fame as one of the participants of the famous midnight steeplechase which had taken place at Melton Mowbray in March 1890, this event having arisen from a challenge made at a dinner party at the home of Lady Augusta Fane. The riders had hoped for a moonlit night, but when it the moon was obscured by clouds, they borrowed sufficient oil-lamps from the local railway station to light the 3-mile course, while all of the riders wore white night-shirts. Burnaby died in November 1938 at the age of 70, having been Master of the Quorn, probably the most famous hunt in England, for 14 years.
Sir Douglas Edward Scott, 7th baronet of Great Barr [UK 1806]
Sir Douglas appeared before the courts in March 1918, charged with bigamy. The following report appeared in The Times on 29 March 1918:-
At Westminster Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Francis, the Rev. Sir Douglas Edward Scott, 54, of Devonshire House, Theale, Berks, was charged with marrying Vanda Marion Williams at Caversham, his wife, Lady Scott, being alive; with obtaining a naval uniform and a lady's costume, and other articles, from Messrs. Burberry by false pretences; and with obtaining £15 by false pretences from Messrs. Selfridge's.
Lady Scott deposed that she was the wife of the prisoner, and resided at Theale. She was married on December 11, 1899, at the Registry Office, Lambeth. During the last three years they had lived at Theale. There were six children of the marriage, five living. She last saw her husband before his arrest on January 14. Ostensibly he left for France in connexion with the Church Army.
Vanda Marion Williams, a young woman living at St.George's-road, Pimlico, stated that she was the widow of a Cardiff shipping clerk. Since last Easter she had been employed as assistant in the refreshment room at Reading Railway Station. She made the acquaintance of the defendant there. He asked her if she would assist him in France, and she said she had no desire to go. Afterwards the defendant said that he cared for her, and that he had lost his wife two years ago. He asked her on several occasions to become his wife. At first she refused him, but ultimately agreed to marry him on December 24. Arrangements were made for the banns to be put up at St.Peter's Church, Caversham. At the beginning of the year Sir Douglas went hurriedly to France, but returned in February. They were married on February 18, and stayed at hotels in London. The witness remained with the defendant at the Grosvenor Hotel until his arrest. Their marriage was announced in the Morning Post on the instruction of the defendant.
Detective-sergeant Purkiss stated that while the defendant was in custody he (the witness) asked him if the lady at the Grosvenor Hotel was his wife. The defendant replied "Certainly she is. Lady Scott, my first wife, is dead." On March 21, when identified by the real Lady Scott and told that he would be charged with bigamy, the defendant said, "I quite expected that would happen. I am sorry I told you a lie." The prisoner, in reply to the statutory charge, said, "I will reserve what I have to say for elsewhere."
Another report, which appeared in the Melbourne 'Argus' on 29 June 1918, stated that Sir Douglas had pretended that he was a commander in the navy, hence the naval uniform already mentioned above. The article further states that Sir Douglas was an undischarged bankrupt, and that he appeared to be a serial bigamist, since it reports that "becoming engaged to a well-connected young woman in the north, he inserted in a newspaper an untrue statement of Lady Scott's death. The banns were published, but the young woman's father discovered the facts. She gave birth to a child.
At the conclusion of his trial, Sir Douglas was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour.
Sir Edward Arthur Dolman Scott, 8th baronet of Great Barr [UK 1806]
After leaving England as a 17-year-old, Scott lived in Australia, and while living there succeeded his father as 8th baronet in 1951. He told his story in an interview with the Adelaide Mail which was published on 8 December 1951:-
Adelaide's 46 year old baronet Sir Edward Arthur Dolman Scott, who is a painter and decorator of Plympton, in an exclusive story to "The Mail" today told how he ran away from his ancestral home on the Thames near London when he was 17.
This week cables from London announced that Mr. Scott had inherited the title from his father, Sir Douglas Edward Scott, seventh baronet of Great Barr, Staffordshire, England who died on August 22 this year.
Mr. Scott has been living in a comfortable home in Alice street, South Plympton, with his wife and 12-year-old daughter for the past 11 years.
I found the Scott family taking the news of the title calmly. Mr. Scott, just back from a painting job at Salisbury, had changed into shorts. Sun-tanned and quietly spoken, he told the story of the decision he made early in his life 'to see the world and make my way through life on my own merits.' He said: "Australia sounded like the 'promised land.' "I knew going there would virtually ean cutting myself off from my family. But I have never regretted my decision. I boarded a boat in England and landed in Adelaide as Ted Scott, without a friend in the world and with less than £2 in my pocket. I was then about 17. In England I had learned painting and decorating. Soon after arriving here, I resumed this trade and have since been all over the country enjoying the free, open life that is typically Australian. Thirteen years ago I married Dorothy Winchcombe, from Yorketown, SA. Two years later we settled in our present home. We knew that I, as the eldest son, would automatically inherit the baronetcy and the whole of its estates on my father's death. But we never mentioned it to anyone. I rarely corresponded with my parents or my brother and two sisters in England.
"At the end of August this year an airmail letter arrived from my mother, now about 80, briefly stating that my father had died on August 22, and telling me I was now Sir Edward Arthur Dolman Scott, Baronet. I wrote back immediately for further particulars. Apart from the title I hadn't the faintest idea what the estate consisted of, or what the baronetcy might mean to me financially. My wife and I will visit England in 1953, when I hope to finish straightening everything out.
"Our daughter, Jeanette, will be finished her schooling by then, and will be able to go with us. But we will come back here to live. All our interests are here. We have a comfortable seven-room home we've worked hard for. I have never received a penny from England. We have been "Ted and Dot" to a lot of friends here for so long, and we want it to go on like that. As far as we know now, I will continue with my painting and decorating, and my wife will still run her two hairdressing salons at Plympton."
For information on his wife, see the next note below …
Dorothy Elsie Scott, wife of Sir Edward Arthur Dolman Scott, 8th baronet of Great Barr [UK 1806]
In 1970 Lady Scott took legal action against the large paper products company Bowater-Scott, alleging that they had used her name without permission in an advertising campaign for toilet paper. The following report is from "The Canberra Times" of 26 August 1970 [in common with almost every newspaper when referring to a baronet's or knight's wife, she is wrongly referred to as 'Lady Dorothy Scott' - the only occasions when the style Lady [Christian name] [Surname] is correct is if that person is the daughter of a duke, a marquess or an earl - for example, Lady Diana Spencer.]
Adelaide's Lady Dorothy Scott [sic] is upset because of a national advertisement urging people to buy Lady Scott lavatory paper. She says it is embarrassing for her.
"I am not very pleased about it, carrying my name and all," she said today. "People think it was done with my sanction. They say to me, 'We knew you were a good businesswoman. But now you have it made. We all have to use it.' Some of the things that women say to me when they come into my hairdressing salons are embarrassing, " she said. [Lady Scott has several hair-dressing salons in Adelaide suburbs.] Even schoolchildren are singing the tune to the ad," she said.
She had received a number of offensive anonymous letters. Recently a group came past her house in Sussex Street, Glenelg, singing the song, she said. "I don't know where the kiddies came from. I didn't even know that they knew I lived there, but I don't blame them. How would Sir Ian Bowater like the name of the toilet roll changed to 'Lady Bowater toilet rolls'. Then he would see how awful it would be." [The toilet rolls are manufactured by Bowater-Scott, the family company of Sir Ian Bowater, the Lord Mayor of London (1969‑1970), who is now in Melbourne.]
Lady Scott said she had asked the Adelaide solicitor and former Liberal Cabinet Minister, Sir Baden Pattinson [1899‑1978], to see what he could do to stop the advertisement appearing. Sir Baden has written to the company in Melbourne and a company spokesman said today that the advertisement had been withdrawn a fortnight ago. Company solicitors were looking at the position, he said.
The advertisement has had full-page treatment in national womens' magazines and 30 and 60‑second showings on national television. Part of the advertisement invites viewers to "have an affair with Lady Scott". Some of the lyrics to the tune read, "Lady Scott tissues are so soft, tra-la, soft pastels in your tra-la-la."
"We consulted the Broadcasting Control Board right from the copy stage of the commercial … it approved the ad's issue," a Bowater-Scott spokesman said tonight. "The Board had a seminar on how to treat personal products in a tasteful fashion and picked our ad to show how." The spokesman would not say whether the company was considering pulling "Lady Scott" off the market.
Lady Scott continued with her legal action and was eventually successful, as reported in The Canberra Times on 10 October 1970:-
Lady Scott, of Adelaide, announced yesterday that she had received "X amount of thousands of dollars" from the Bowater-Scott Tissue Company, after threatening legal action.
The company recently offended Lady Scott in an advertising campaign. It has increased its profits during recent publicity.
Lady Scott, of Glenelg, an Adelaide suburb, said it was "embarrassing" when Bowater-Scott screened a television commercial to advertise toilet tissue which used the same name as her own. The commercial was taken off TV for four weeks after Lady Scott threatened legal action. But it will be on screen again from today.
"I won't say how much I got, but I feel it covers the damage done to me, " Lady Scott said.
The general manager of Bowater-Scott, Mr. B.F. Turner, said he could not disclose what settlement had been reached. He said that Bowater-Scott sales had increased "considerably" during recent weeks of publicity. "I can't say if the Lady Scott matter has been the reason, but sales have gone up and up," he said.'
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Scott created in 1806
From the London Gazette of 8 November 1806 (issue 15973, page 1466):-
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to James Sibbald, of Sittwood Park, in the County of Berks, Esq; with Remainder to David Scott, of Dunninald, in the County of Forfar, Esq; Nephew to the said James Sibbald, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.
Sir Francis David Sibbald Scott, 4th baronet [UK 1806]
Sir Francis committed suicide in August 1906. The result of the subsequent inquest was reported in the London Telegraph of 14 August 1906:-
In connection with the tragic death of Sir Francis David Sibbald Scott, fourth baronet, of Dunninald, who was found shot at his residence, Waterloo Villa, near Portsmouth, on Saturday, there were some painful revelations at the inquest, which was held yesterday by the South Hampshire county coroner (Mr. E. Goble).
It was stated that the deceased baronet had given way extensively to intemperance, and when under the influence of drink he had threatened to commit suicide. His son, Lieutenant Francis Montagu Sibbald Scott, the successor to the title, informed the coroner, however, that he did not believe his father intended to carry out the threat. He was obliged to have an attendant to look after his father, who was not allowed to use a gun. All cartridges in the house were locked up.
Lilian Marshall Brown, a certificated nurse, had been nursing Sir Francis on and off for five years. She described how he "gave her the slip" on Saturday, and afterwards admitted having gone to an hotel, whence he returned in half an hour. Sir Francis was having his luncheon, and witness had left him to get some more soup when the report of the gun was heard. Asked if deceased had ever threatened suicide, witness replied, "When he has been under the influence of drink he has talked of committing suicide, but said that when he is sober he would not have the pluck to do it." Latterly deceased's drinking bouts had been much more frequent - about every fortnight - and he had not got over the last one properly. Witness found the cartridge produced in deceased's despatch-box, which was open. This the deceased kept locked, as it contained private papers, and he wore the key on his watch-chain. In the box there was a mall bottle of gin.
William Garland, of Eastney, who had also been in attendance upon Sir Francis, stated that when he entered deceased's service on the 7th inst Sir Francis had a very bad attack, and was inclined to be very violent. Witness tried to keep drink from him.
Dr. T. Baker described the finding of the body. The muzzle of the gun had evidently been placed under the right eye and discharged. The wound was self-inflicted.
The jury returned a verdict of suicide during a fit of temporary insanity.
Sir Guy Thomas Saunders Sebright, 12th baronet
Sir Guy was the victim in a conspiracy to blackmail him, commonly known as a "badger game". The following article appeared in the London Daily Mail on 28 October 1930:-
A plot by a man and his wife to catch a 74-years-old baronet in a compromising position in the flat which he provided for the woman was described in the Divorce Court yesterday.
An application, said to be without precedent, was made in a suit in which Mr. Henry Gladwin Grayson, an estate agent of Marlborough-place, St.John's Wood, N.W., obtained a decree nisi with costs and £500 damages on November 15 last on the ground of adultery between his wife and Sir Guy Sebright.
The case was not defended, but later the King's Proctor intervened, with the result that the decree was rescinded. The questions of the payment out to Sir Guy of the damages and the King's Proctor's costs arose.
The matter was postponed until yesterday, when Mr. F.L. Hodson, for Sir Guy Sebright, asked for the dismissal of the petition and for the payment out of court to Sir Guy of the £500 damages. Mr. W.N. Stable, for the King's Proctor, contended that this was a case where the King's Proctor ought to be paid his costs as a condition of Sir Guy recovering the £500. The wife had been the mistress for some time of the co-respondent, who did not know apparently that Mrs. Grayson was a married woman. A flat was provided by the co-respondent for the wife, where the husband also resided, and the husband, when it was suspected that the co-respondent would call, would conveniently disappear.
Apparently, said Mr. Stable, the generosity of Sir Guy had its limits, but these two people, thinking they could get more money out of him, staged a surprise visit when the wife would be caught flagrante delicto with Sir Guy. Then the husband filed a divorce petition, claiming £3,000 damages, but only recovered £500.
Mr. Justice Bateson: It looks as if they succeeded in blackmailing the co-respondent and now the co-respondent wants the damages. Mr. Stable: I am told that the petitioner and his wife are people of no substance, and the question is whether the costs of the King's Proctor's intervention should fall on the taxpayer or on the co-respondent.
Mr. Justice Bateson said as he understood the case husband and wife put their heads together to catch Sir Guy in a compromising position so that the husband, by divorcing his wife, could get damages against Sir Guy, the latter not knowing the woman was married. Sir Guy was no party to the trick which was being played on him by which the husband obtained £500 damages. Neither was Sir Guy a party to the King's Proctor's intervention.
In the circumstances it did not seem right that Sir Guy should pay those costs. The £500 damages would be paid out to Sir Guy's solicitor and the petition dismissed, with costs against both husband and wife.