Baronetages


BARONETAGE

Last updated 14/03/2018 (16 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.

WINCH of Hawnes, Beds

9 Jun 1660 to Dec 1703	E	1	Humphrey Winch MP for Bedford 1660‑1661, Bedfordshire 1661‑1679 and Great Marlow 1679‑1681 and 1685‑1689 Extinct on his death	3 Jan 1622	Dec 1703	81

WINCHCOMBE of Bucklebury, Berks

18 Jun 1661	E	1	Henry Winchcombe	c 1631	2 Dec 1667

2 Dec 1667 to 5 Nov 1703		2	Henry Winchcombe MP for Berkshire 1689‑1695 Extinct on his death	16 Jun 1659	5 Nov 1703	44

WINDEBANK of Haines Hill, Berks

25 Nov 1645	E	1	Thomas Windebanke MP for Wootton Bassett 1640	c 1612	by 1669

by 1669 to Sep 1719		2	Francis Windebanke Extinct on his death	c 1656	23 Sep 1719

WINFORD of Glashampton, Worcs

3 Jul 1702	E	1	Thomas Winford		22 Sep 1702

22 Sep 1702 to 19 Jan 1744		2	Thomas Cookes Winford MP for Worcestershire 1707‑1710 Extinct on his death	26 Dec 1673	19 Jan 1744	70

WINGATE of Dunbar, East Lothian

6 Jul 1920	UK	1	Sir Francis Reginald Wingate	25 Jun 1861	28 Jan 1953	91

28 Jan 1953 to 31 Aug 1978		2	Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate Extinct on his death	30 Sep 1889	31 Aug 1978	88

WINGFIELD of Goodwins, Suffolk

17 May 1627	E	1	Anthony Wingfield	c 1585	30 Jul 1638

30 Jul 1638		2	Richard Wingfield		c 1656

c 1656		3	Robert Wingfield	c 1652	c 1671

c 1671		4	Henry Wingfield	c 1655	1677

1677		5	Henry Wingfield	c 1673	1712

1712 to after 1727		6	Mervyn Wingfield Extinct on his death	c 1675	after 1727

WINN of Nostel, Yorks

3 Dec 1660	E	1	George Wynne	c 1607	18 Jul 1667

18 Jul 1667		2	Edmund Winn	c 1644	30 Aug 1694

Aug 1694		3	Rowland Winn	1 Jul 1675	6 Mar 1722	46

Mar 1722		4	Rowland Winn	c 1706	23 Aug 1765

23 Aug 1765		5	Rowland Winn MP for Pontefract 1768	24 Feb 1739	20 Feb 1785	45

20 Feb 1785		6	Rowland Winn	13 Jun 1775	14 Oct 1805	30

14 Oct 1805		7	Edmund Mark Winn	16 Sep 1762	1 Jun 1833	70

1 Jun 1833		8	Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley He had previously succeeded to the Barony of Headley in 1798 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1994	25 Jun 1784	9 Apr 1840	55

WINN of Little Warley, Essex

14 Sep 1776	GB	1	George Winn He was subsequently created Baron Headley in 1797 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1994	1725	9 Apr 1798	72

WINNINGTON of Stanford Court, Worcs

15 Feb 1755	GB	1	Edward Winnington MP for Bewdley 1761‑1768 and 1769‑1774	c 1727	9 Dec 1791

9 Dec 1791		2	Edward Winnington MP for Droitwich 1777‑1805	14 Nov 1749	9 Jan 1805	55

9 Jan 1805		3	Thomas Edward Winnington MP for Droitwich 1807‑1816 and 1831‑1832, Worcestershire 1820‑1830 and Bewdley 1832‑1837	13 Mar 1779	24 Sep 1839	60

24 Sep 1839		4	Thomas Edward Winnington MP for Bewdley 1837‑1847 and 1852‑1868	11 Nov 1811	18 Jun 1872	60

18 Jun 1872		5	Francis Salwey Winnington	24 Sep 1849	4 Mar 1931	81

4 Mar 1931		6	Francis Salwey William Winnington	24 Jun 1907	26 Apr 2003	95

26 Apr 2003		7	Anthony Edward Winnington	13 May 1948

WINTOUR of Hodington, Worcs

29 Apr 1642 to 4 Jun 1658	E	1	George Wintour Extinct on his death		4 Jun 1658

WINTRINGHAM of Dover Street, London

7 Nov 1774 to 10 Jan 1794	GB	1	Clifton Wintringham Extinct on his death	c 1712	10 Jan 1794

WISEMAN of Great Canfield, Essex

29 Aug 1628	E	1	William Wiseman		1 Jul 1643

Jul 1643		2	William Wiseman	c 1630	14 Jan 1685

14 Jan 1685		3	Thomas Wiseman		1 May 1731

1 May 1731		4	Charles Wiseman	27 Aug 1676	3 Jun 1751	74

3 Jun 1751		5	William Wiseman		25 May 1774

25 May 1774		6	Thomas Wiseman	30 Jan 1731	27 Jan 1810	78

27 Jan 1810		7	William Saltonstall Wiseman	5 Mar 1784	1 Jul 1845	61

1 Jul 1845		8	William Saltonstall Wiseman	4 Aug 1814	14 Jul 1874	59

14 Jul 1874		9	William Wiseman	23 Aug 1845	11 Jan 1893	47

11 Jan 1893		10	William George Eden Wiseman	1 Feb 1885	17 Jun 1962	77

17 Jun 1962		11	John William Wiseman	16 Mar 1957

WISEMAN of Thundersley, Essex

18 Dec 1628 to c 1654	E	1	Richard Wiseman Extinct on his death	c 1601	c 1654

WISEMAN of Rivenhall, Essex

15 Jun 1660 to Jun 1688	E	1	William Wiseman MP for Maldon 1677‑1685 Extinct on his death	c 1630	14 Jun 1688

WISHART of Clifton Hall, Edinburgh

17 Jun 1706	NS	1	George Wishart		by 1722

by 1722		2	William Stuart		6 Dec 1777

6 Dec 1777		3	Emilia Stuart Belshes She was heir general of the original grantee and was apparently allowed to succeed to the baronetcy. Assuming she did succeed, she was one of only five female baronets - see also Bolles created 1635, Dalyell created 1685, Dunbar created 1706 and Maxwell created 1682		1807

1807 to 4 Dec 1821		4	John Stuart (Wishart-Belsches until Oct 1797) MP for Kincardineshire 1797‑1806 On his death the baronetcy became dormant	c 1752	4 Dec 1821

WITTEWRONG of Stantonbury, Bucks

2 May 1662	E	1	John Wittewrong MP for Hertfordshire 1654‑1658	1 Nov 1618	23 Jun 1693	74

Jun 1693		2	John Wittewrong	18 Feb 1640	30 Jan 1697	56

30 Jan 1697		3	John Wittewrong MP for Aylesbury 1705‑1710 and Wycombe 1713‑1722	11 Jul 1673	30 Jan 1722	48

30 Jan 1722		4	John Wittewrong	21 Dec 1695	27 Mar 1743	47

27 Mar 1743		5	William Wittewrong	19 Dec 1697	20 Jan 1761	63

20 Jan 1761 to 13 Jan 1771		6	John Wittewrong Extinct on his death		13 Jan 1771

WITTEWRONG of Rothamsted, Herts

19 May 1882	UK		See "Lawes"

WODEHOUSE of Wilberhall, Norfolk

29 Jun 1611	E	1	Philip Woodhouse MP for Castle Rising 1586‑1587		30 Oct 1623

30 Oct 1623		2	Thomas Wodehouse MP for Thetford 1640 and 1640‑1653	c 1585	18 Mar 1658

18 Mar 1658		3	Philip Wodehouse MP for Norfolk 1654‑1655 and 1656‑1658, and Thetford 1660	24 Jul 1608	6 May 1681	72

6 May 1681		4	John Wodehouse MP for Thetford 1695‑1698, 1701‑1702 and 1705‑1708, and Norfolk 1710‑1713	23 Mar 1669	9 Oct 1754	85

9 Oct 1754		5	Armine Wodehouse MP for Norfolk 1737‑1768	c 1714	21 May 1777

21 May 1777		6	John Wodehouse He was subsequently created Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley in 1797. The 3rd Baron was created Earl of Kimberley in 1866 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	4 Apr 1741	29 May 1834	93

WOLFF of Town Hill, Southampton, Hants

27 Oct 1766	GB	1	Jacob Wolff	27 Jan 1740	10 Jan 1809	68

10 Jan 1809 to 3 Feb 1837		2	James William Weston Wolff Extinct on his death	24 Nov 1778	3 Feb 1837	58

WOLFSON of St. Marylebone, London

19 Feb 1962	UK	1	Isaac Wolfson	17 Sep 1897	20 Jun 1991	93

20 Jun 1991 to 20 May 2010		2	Leonard Gordon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson [L] Extinct on his death	11 Nov 1927	20 May 2010	82

WOLRYCHE of Dudmaston, Salop

4 Aug 1641	E	1	Thomas Wolryche MP for Wenlock 1621‑1622, 1624‑1625 and 1625	1598	4 Jul 1668	70

4 Jul 1668		2	Francis Wolryche	c 1627	12 Jun 1688

12 Jul 1688		3	Thomas Wolryche	14 Apr 1672	3 May 1701	29

3 May 1701 to 25 Jun 1723		4	John Wolryche Extinct on his death	c 1691	25 Jun 1723

WOLSELEY of Wolseley, Staffs

24 Nov 1628	E	1	Robert Wolseley	c 1587	21 Sep 1646

21 Sep 1646		2	Charles Wolseley MP for Oxfordshire 1653, Staffordshire 1654‑1655 and 1655‑1658, and Stafford 1660	c 1630	9 Oct 1714

9 Oct 1714		3	William Wolseley For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	c 1660	8 Jul 1728

8 Jul 1728		4	Henry Wolseley		1730

1730		5	William Wolseley		12 May 1779

12 May 1779		6	William Wolseley	24 Aug 1740	5 Aug 1817	76

5 Aug 1817		7	Charles Wolseley	20 Jul 1769	3 Oct 1846	77

3 Oct 1846		8	Charles Wolseley	6 May 1813	15 May 1854	41

15 May 1854		9	Charles Michael Wolseley	4 Jul 1846	30 Jan 1931	84

30 Jan 1931		10	Edric Charles Joseph Wolseley	7 Apr 1886	17 Sep 1954	68

17 Sep 1954		11	Charles Garnet Richard Mark Wolseley	16 Jun 1944	5 Mar 2018	73

5 Mar 2018		12	Stephen Garnet Hugo Charles Wolseley	2 May 1980

WOLSELEY of Mount Wolseley, co. Carlow

19 Jan 1745	I	1	Richard Wolseley MP [I] for Carlow Borough 1727‑1768	Feb 1696	8 Apr 1769	73

8 Apr 1769		2	Richard Wolseley	10 Jan 1729	28 Jul 1781	52

28 Jul 1781		3	William Wolseley	26 Jan 1775	30 Aug 1819	44

30 Aug 1819		4	Richard Wolseley	15 Jun 1760	3 May 1852	91

3 May 1852		5	Clement Wolseley	27 Oct 1794	30 Oct 1857	63

30 Oct 1857		6	John Richard Wolseley	24 Jun 1834	20 Jun 1874	39

20 Jun 1874		7	Clement James Wolseley	25 Jul 1837	16 Oct 1889	52

16 Oct 1889		8	John Wolseley	9 Jun 1803	26 Jan 1890	86

26 Jan 1890		9	Capel Charles Wolseley For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	24 Aug 1870	27 Aug 1923	53

27 Aug 1923		10	Reginald Beatty Wolseley For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	31 Jan 1872	Jul 1933	61

Jul 1933		11	William Augustus Wolseley	19 Apr 1865	19 Feb 1950	84

19 Feb 1950		12	Garnet Wolseley For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	27 May 1915	3 Oct 1991	76

3 Oct 1991		13	James Douglas Wolseley	17 Sep 1937

WOLSTENHOLME of London

10 Jan 1665	E	1	John Wolstenholme MP for West Looe 1625 and 1626, Newport 1628 and Queenborough 1640	c 1596	4 Jul 1670

4 Jul 1670		2	Thomas Wolstenholme	c 1622	16 Nov 1691

Nov 1691		3	John Wolstenholme MP for Middlesex 1695‑1701 and 1705‑1709	19 Oct 1649	11 Feb 1709	59

11 Feb 1709		4	Nicholas Wolstenholme	6 Mar 1676	19 Feb 1717	40

19 Feb 1717		5	William Wolstenholme	12 Dec 1689	31 Jan 1724	34

31 Jan 1724		6	Thomas Wolstenholme	c 1660	Sep 1738

Sep 1738 to May 1762		7	Francis Wolstenholme Extinct on his death		6 May 1762

WOMBWELL of Wombwell, Yorks

26 Aug 1778	GB	1	George Wombwell MP for Huntingdon 1774‑1780	11 Jun 1734	2 Nov 1780	46

2 Nov 1780		2	George Wombwell	14 Mar 1769	28 Oct 1846	77

28 Oct 1846		3	George Wombwell	13 Apr 1792	14 Jan 1855	62

14 Jan 1855		4	George Orby Wombwell	23 Nov 1832	16 Oct 1913	80

16 Oct 1913		5	Henry Herbert Wombwell	24 Sep 1840	1 Feb 1926	85

1 Feb 1926		6	Frederick Philip Alfred William Wombwell	6 Jul 1910	4 Apr 1977	66

4 Apr 1977		7	George Philip Frederick Wombwell	21 May 1949

WOMERSLEY of Grimsby, Lincs

3 Sep 1945	UK	1	Sir Walter James Womersley MP for Grimsby 1924‑1945; Minister of Pensions 1939‑1945; PC 1941	5 Feb 1878	15 Mar 1961	83

15 Mar 1961		2	Peter John Walter Womersley	10 Nov 1941

WOOD

c 1657 to 15 May 1671	E	1	Henry Wood MP for Hythe 1661‑1671 Extinct on his death	17 Oct 1597	15 May 1671

WOOD of Bonnytown, Forfar

11 May 1666	NS	1	John Wood	c 1638	Jan 1693

Jan 1693 to 3 May 1738		2	James Wood Extinct on his death		3 May 1738

WOOD of Barnsley, Yorks

22 Jan 1784	GB	1	Francis Wood	2 Jan 1729	1 Jul 1795	66

1 Jul 1795		2	Francis Lindley Wood	16 Dec 1771	31 Dec 1846	75

31 Dec 1846		3	Charles Wood He was subsequently created Viscount Halifax in 1866 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	20 Dec 1800	8 Aug 1885	84

WOOD of Gatton, Surrey

3 Oct 1808	UK	1	Mark Wood MP for Milborne Port 1794‑1796, Newark 1796‑1802 and Gatton 1802‑1818	16 Mar 1750	6 Feb 1829	78

6 Feb 1829 to 4 Aug 1837		2	Mark Wood MP for Gatton 1816‑1818 Extinct on his death	14 Dec 1794	4 Aug 1837	42

WOOD of Hatherley House, Gloucs

16 Dec 1837	UK	1	See "Page-Wood"

WOOD of Hermitage, Durham

27 Sep 1897	UK	1	Lindsay Wood	21 Jun 1834	22 Sep 1920	86

22 Sep 1920		2	Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood	29 Mar 1875	1 Jun 1939	64

1 Jun 1939 to 28 Nov 1946		3	Ian Lindsay Wood Extinct on his death	14 Mar 1909	28 Nov 1946	37

WOOD of Hengrave, Suffolk

14 Feb 1918	UK	1	John Wood MP for Stalybridge 1910‑1918 and Stalybridge & Hyde 1918‑1922	8 Sep 1857	28 Jan 1951	93

28 Jan 1951 to 5 Mar 1974		2	John Arthur Haigh Wood Extinct on his death	22 May 1888	5 Mar 1974	85

WOOD of Moorfield, Derby

25 Jan 1921	UK		See "Hill-Wood"

WOODFORD of Carleby, Lincs

28 Jul 1791	GB	1	Ralph Woodford	c 1735	26 Aug 1810

26 Aug 1810 to 17 May 1828		2	Ralph James Woodford Governor of Trinidad 1813‑1828 Extinct on his death	c 1784	17 May 1828

WOOLLASTON of Loseby, Leics

17 Jan 1748	GB	1	Edward Lawrence MP for Stockbridge 1705‑1710	by 1674	2 May 1749

2 May 1749		2	Isaac Wollaston		13 Oct 1750

13 Oct 1750 to 30 Dec 1756		3	Isaac Lawrence Wollaston Extinct on his death		30 Dec 1756

WORKMAN-MACNAGHTEN of Dundarave, Antrim

16 Jul 1836	UK		See "Macnaghten"

WORLEY of Ockshott, Surrey

23 Jan 1928 to 19 Jul 1937	UK	1	Sir Arthur Worley Extinct on his death	10 May 1871	19 Jul 1937	66

WORSFOLD of The Hall Place, Mitcham, Surrey

23 Feb 1924 to 11 Jul 1936	UK	1	Thomas Cato Worsfold MP for Mitcham 1918‑1923 Extinct on his death	14 Feb 1861	11 Jul 1936	75

WORSLEY of Apuldercombe, Hants

29 Jun 1611	E	1	Richard Worseley MP for Newport (IOW) 1614 and 1621	c 1589	27 Jun 1621

27 Jun 1621		2	Henry Worsley MP for Newport (IOW) 1640 and 1640‑1648 and Newtown (IOW) 1660‑1666	31 May 1613	11 Sep 1666	54

11 Sep 1666		3	Robert Worsley MP for Newtown (IOW) 1666‑1675	c 1643	Dec 1675

Dec 1675		4	Robert Worsley MP for Newtown (IOW) 1715‑1722	c 1669	29 Jul 1747

29 Jul 1747		5	James Worsley MP for Newtown (IOW) 1695‑1701, 1705‑1722, 1727‑1729 and 1734‑1741	28 May 1672	12 Jun 1756	84

12 Jun 1756		6	Thomas Worsley	22 Apr 1728	23 Sep 1768	40

23 Sep 1768		7	Richard Worsley MP for Newport (IOW) 1774‑1784 and Newtown (IOW) 1790‑1793 and 1796‑1801; PC 1780	5 Mar 1751	8 Aug 1805	54

8 Aug 1805		8	Henry Worsley-Holmes	1756	7 Apr 1811	54

7 Apr 1811 to 10 Jan 1825		9	Leonard Thomas Worsley-Holmes MP for Newport (IOW) 1809‑1825 Extinct on his death	16 Jul 1787	10 Jan 1825	37

WORSLEY of Hovingham, Yorks

10 Aug 1838	UK	1	William Worsley	26 Aug 1792	5 Mar 1879	86

5 Mar 1879		2	William Cayley Worsley	6 Dec 1828	10 Sep 1897	68

10 Sep 1897		3	William Henry Arthington Worsley	12 Jan 1861	27 Nov 1936	75

27 Nov 1936		4	William Arthington Worsley Lord Lieutenant North Riding Yorkshire 1951‑1965	5 Apr 1890	4 Dec 1973	83

4 Dec 1973		5	William Marcus John Worsley MP for Keighley 1959‑1964 and Chelsea 1966‑1974; Lord Lieutenant North Riding Yorkshire 1987‑1999	6 Apr 1925	18 Dec 2012	87

18 Dec 2012		6	William Ralph Worsley	12 Sep 1956

WORSLEY-TAYLOR of Moreton Hall, Lancs

19 Feb 1917	UK	1	Henry Wilson Worsley-Taylor MP for Blackpool 1900‑1906	25 Jul 1847	27 Jun 1924	76

27 Jun 1924		2	James Worsley-Taylor	10 Jul 1872	27 Apr 1933	60

27 Apr 1933		3	John Godfrey Worsley-Taylor For information on this baronet's death, see the note at the foot of this page	24 Nov 1915	15 Jul 1952	36

15 Jul 1952 to 13 Dec 1958		4	Francis Edward Worsley-Taylor Extinct on his death	14 Jul 1874	13 Dec 1958	84

WORTHINGTON-EVANS of Colchester, Essex

15 Nov 1916	UK	1	Laming Worthington-Evans MP for Colchester 1910‑1929 and St. George's, Hanover Square 1929‑1931; Minister for Blockade 1918; Minister of Pensions 1919‑1920; Minister without Portfolio 1920‑1921; Secretary of State for War 1921‑1922 and 1924‑1929; Postmaster General 1923‑1924; PC 1918	23 Aug 1868	14 Feb 1931	62

14 Feb 1931 to 31 Jul 1971		2	William Shirley Worthington Worthington‑Evans Extinct on his death	9 Jun 1904	31 Jul 1971	67

WORTLEY of Wortley, Yorks

29 Jun 1611	E	1	Francis Wortley MP for East Retford 1624‑1626	c 1592	Sep 1652

Sep 1652 to 14 Mar 1665		2	Francis Wortley Extinct on his death		14 Mar 1665

WRAXALL of Wraxall, Somerset

21 Dec 1813	UK	1	Nathaniel William Wraxall		7 Nov 1831

7 Nov 1831		2	William Wraxall	5 Sep 1791	2 May 1863	71

2 May 1863		3	Frederick Charles Lascelles Wraxall	2 Jan 1828	11 Jun 1865	37

11 Jun 1865		4	Horatio Henry Wraxall For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	17 Dec 1832	Apr 1882	49

Apr 1882		5	Morville William Nathaniel Wraxall	5 Oct 1834	20 Oct 1898	64

20 Oct 1898		6	Morville William Wraxall	23 Jan 1862	12 Oct 1902	40

12 Oct 1902		7	Charles Frederick Lascelles Wraxall	30 Sep 1896	7 Jul 1951	54

7 Jul 1951		8	Morville William Lascelles Wraxall	11 Jun 1922	19 Jul 1978	56

19 Jul 1978		9	Charles Frederick Lascelles Wraxall	17 Sep 1961

WRAY of Glentworth, Lincs

25 Nov 1611	E	1	William Wray MP for Grimsby 1584‑1585 and 1604‑1611, and Lincolnshire 1601	c 1555	13 Aug 1617

13 Aug 1617		2	John Wray MP for Grimsby 1614 and Lincolnshire 1625, 1628‑1629, 1640 and 1640‑1648	27 Nov 1586	31 Dec 1655	69

31 Dec 1655		3	John Wray MP for Lincolnshire 1654‑1655	21 Sep 1619	29 Oct 1664	45

Oct 1664		4	Christopher Wray	29 Mar 1621	25 Nov 1664	43

Nov 1664		5	Bethell Wray	30 Jan 1633	19 Feb 1672	39

19 Feb 1672		6	Christopher Wray MP for Grimsby 1675‑1679	10 Feb 1652	31 Aug 1679	27

Aug 1679		7	William Wray		c 1687

c 1687		8	Baptist Edward Wray		c 1689

c 1689		9	Drury Wray	29 Jul 1633	30 Oct 1710	77

30 Oct 1710		10	Christopher Wray	by 1672	21 Nov 1710

21 Nov 1710		11	Cecil Wray	c 1678	9 May 1736

9 May 1736		12	John Wray	24 Oct 1689	26 Jan 1752	62

26 Jan 1752		13	Cecil Wray MP for East Retford 1768‑1780 and Westminster 1782‑1784	3 Sep 1734	10 Jan 1805	70

10 Jan 1805		14	William Ullithorne Wray	Aug 1721	9 Aug 1808	86

9 Aug 1808 to 27 Aug 1809		15	William James Wray Extinct on his death	c 1771	27 Aug 1809

WRAY of Ashby, Lincs

27 Jun 1660	E	1	William Wray MP for Grimsby 1645‑1648, 1654‑1655, 1656‑1658, 1659 and 1660	c 1626	17 Oct 1669

17 Oct 1669		2	Christopher Wray	10 Feb 1652	31 Aug 1679	27

31 Aug 1679 to c 1687		3	William Wray Extinct on his death		c 1687

WREY of Trebitch, Cornwall

30 Jun 1628	E	1	William Wrey		Jun 1636

Jun 1636		2	William Wrey	c 1600	Aug 1645

Aug 1645		3	Chichester Wrey MP for Lostwithiel 1661‑1668	1628	14 May 1668	39

May 1668		4	Bourchier Wrey MP for Liskeard 1678‑1679 and 1689‑1696, and Devon 1685‑1687	c 1653	28 Jul 1696

28 Jul 1696		5	Bourchier Wrey MP for Camelford 1712‑1715	c 1683	12 Nov 1726

Nov 1726		6	Bourchier Wrey MP for Barnstaple 1748‑1754	c 1715	13 Apr 1784

13 Apr 1784		7	Bourchier William Wrey	22 Feb 1757	20 Nov 1826	69

20 Nov 1826		8	Bourchier Palk Wrey	10 Dec 1788	11 Sep 1879	90

11 Sep 1879		9	Henry Bourchier Wrey	5 Jun 1797	23 Dec 1882	85

23 Dec 1882		10	Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey	27 Jun 1829	10 Mar 1900	70

10 Mar 1900		11	Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey	23 May 1855	26 Jan 1917	61

26 Jan 1917		12	Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey	28 Jun 1858	8 May 1936	77

8 May 1936		13	Albany Bourchier Sherard Wrey	4 Jan 1861	10 Apr 1948	87

10 Apr 1948		14	Castel Richard Bourchier Wrey	27 Mar 1903	16 Oct 1991	88

16 Oct 1991		15	George Richard Bourchier Wrey	2 Oct 1948

WRIGHT of Dennington, Suffolk

7 Feb 1646 to c 1670	E	1	Benjamin Wright Extinct on his death		c 1670

WRIGHT of Dagenham, Essex

11 Jun 1660	E	1	Henry Wright MP for Harwich 1660‑1664	c 1637	5 Feb 1664

5 Feb 1664 to 1681		2	Henry Wright Extinct on his death	1 Jul 1662	1681	19

WRIGHT of Cranham Hall, Essex

15 Feb 1661	E	1	Benjamin Wright		Oct 1706

Oct 1706		2	Nathan Wright	21 Aug 1661	16 Oct 1727	66

16 Oct 1727		3	Nathan Wright	1684	27 Mar 1737	52

27 Mar 1737 to 10 Jan 1738		4	Samuel Wright Extinct on his death		10 Jan 1738

WRIGHT of Venice

12 Oct 1772	GB	1	James Wright		1803

1803 to c 1812		2	George Wright Extinct on his death		c 1812

WRIGHT of Carolside, Berwick

8 Dec 1772	GB	1	James Wright	c 1725	1786

1786		2	James Wright	c 1747	16 Sep 1816

16 Sep 1816 to Sep 1837		3	James Alexander Wright On his death the baronetcy is presumed to have become extinct	28 Jul 1799	Sep 1837	38

WRIGHT of Mackerye End, Herts

28 Aug 1903	UK		See "Cory-Wright"

WRIGHT of Swansea, Glamorgan

27 Jan 1920	UK	1	John Roper Wright	12 Mar 1843	25 Jul 1926	83

25 Jul 1926 to 14 Aug 1950		2	Sir William Charles Wright Extinct on his death	12 Jan 1876	14 Aug 1950	74

WRIGHTSON of Neasham Hall, Durham

13 Jul 1900	UK	1	Thomas Wrightson MP for Stockton 1892‑1895 and St. Pancras East 1899‑1906	31 Mar 1839	18 Jun 1921	82

18 Jun 1921		2	Thomas Garmondsway Wrightson	21 Aug 1871	7 Jan 1950	78

7 Jan 1950		3	John Garmondsway Wrightson	18 Jun 1911	24 Jun 1983	72

24 Jun 1983		4	Charles Mark Garmondsway Wrightson	18 Feb 1951

WRIXON-BECHER of Ballygiblin, Cork

30 Sep 1831	UK	1	William Wrixon-Becher	31 Jul 1780	Oct 1850	70

Oct 1850		2	Henry Wrixon-Becher	1826	25 Nov 1893	67

25 Nov 1893		3	John Wrixon-Becher	16 Aug 1828	24 Apr 1914	85

24 Apr 1914		4	Eustace William Wyndham Wrixon-Becher	27 Dec 1859	14 Oct 1934	74

14 Oct 1934		5	William Fane Wrixon-Becher	7 Sep 1915	6 Jan 2000	84

6 Jan 2000		6	John William Michael Wrixon-Becher	29 Sep 1950

WROTH of Blenden Hall, Kent

29 Nov 1660	E	1	John Wroth	c 1627	c 1664

c 1664		2	John Wroth	16 Nov 1653	1677

1677 to 27 Jun 1721		3	Thomas Wroth MP for Bridgwater 1701‑1708, Somerset 1710‑1713 and Wells 1713‑1715 Extinct on his death	c 1674	27 Jun 1721

WROTTESLEY of Wrottesley, Staffs

30 Aug 1642	E	1	Walter Wrottesley	6 May 1606	6 Nov 1659	53

6 Nov 1659		2	Walter Wrottesley	c 1632	c 1686

c 1686		3	Walter Wrottesley	c 1657	1712

1712		4	John Wrottesley MP for Staffordshire 1708‑1710	c 1682	1 Nov 1726

Nov 1726		5	Hugh Wrottesley		1729

1729		6	Walter Wrottesley		Feb 1731

Feb 1731		7	Richard Wrottesley MP for Tavistock 1747‑1754	12 Apr 1721	20 Jul 1769	48

20 Jul 1769		8	John Wrottesley MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1768 and Staffordshire 1768‑1787	22 Dec 1744	23 Apr 1787	42

23 Apr 1787		9	John Wrottesley He was subsequently created Baron Wrottesley in 1838 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	4 Oct 1771	16 Mar 1841	69

WYCHE of Chewton, Somerset

20 Dec 1729 to 1756	GB	1	Cyril Wyche Extinct on his death	c 1695	1756

WYLIE of St. Petersberg, Russia

2 Jul 1814 to 2 Mar 1854	UK	1	James Wylie Extinct on his death	20 Nov 1768	2 Mar 1854	85

WYNDHAM of Pilsden Court, Dorset

4 Aug 1641 to 1663	E	1	Hugh Wyndham Extinct on his death		1663

WYNDHAM of Orchard, Somerset

9 Dec 1661	E	1	William Wyndham MP for Somerset 1656‑1658 and Taunton 1660‑1679	c 1632	29 Oct 1683

29 Oct 1683		2	Edward Wyndham MP for Ilchester 1685‑1695	c 1667	29 Jun 1695

Jun 1695		3	William Wyndham MP for Somerset 1710‑1740; Secretary at War 1712‑1713; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1713‑1714; PC 1713	c 1688	17 Jul 1740

17 Jul 1740		4	Charles Wyndham He subsequently succeeded to the Earldom of Egremont in 1750 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1845	19 Aug 1710	21 Aug 1763	53

WYNDHAM of Trent, Somerset

13 Nov 1673	E	1	Francis Wyndham MP for Minehead 1640 and Milborne Port 1660 and 1661‑1676	c 1612	15 Jul 1676

15 Jul 1676		2	Thomas Wyndham	c 1648	1693

1693		3	Francis Wyndham MP for Ilchester 1695‑1701 and 1701‑1705	c 1654	22 Mar 1716

22 Mar 1716 to Apr 1719		4	Francis Wyndham Extinct on his death	c 1707	16 Apr 1719

WYNN of Gwydir, Carnarvon

29 Jun 1611	E	1	John Wynn		1 Mar 1626

1 Mar 1626		2	Richard Wynn MP for Carnarvonshire 1619, Ilchester 1621‑1622, 1624‑1625 and 1625, Andover 1640 and Liverpool 1640‑1649	c 1588	19 Jul 1649

19 Jul 1649		3	Owen Wynn		c 1660

c 1660		4	Richard Wynn MP for Carnarvonshire 1647‑1648 and 1661‑1674	c 1625	30 Oct 1674

30 Oct 1674 to 7 Jan 1719		5	John Wynn MP for Merioneth 1679‑1681 and 1685‑1695, Carnarvon Boroughs 1698‑1705 and Carnarvonshire 1705‑1713 Extinct on his death	c 1628	7 Jan 1719

WYNN of Grays Inn, London

6 Jul 1688	E		See "Williams-Wynn"

WYNN of Bodvean, Carnarvon

25 Oct 1742	GB	1	Thomas Wynn MP for Carnarvon District of Boroughs 1713‑1749	Mar 1677	13 Apr 1749	72

13 Apr 1749		2	John Wynn MP for Caernarvonshire 1740‑1741 and 1754‑1761, Denbigh 1741‑1747 and Caernarvon District of Boroughs 1761‑1768	Sep 1701	16 Feb 1773	71

16 Feb 1773		3	Thomas Wynn He was subsequently created Baron Newborough in 1776 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	1736	12 Oct 1807	71


WYNNE of Lees Wood, Flint

9 Aug 1731	GB	1	George Wynne MP for Flintshire 1734‑1741	May 1700	5 Aug 1756	56

5 Aug 1756		2	John Wynne	7 Mar 1702	11 Nov 1764	62

11 Nov 1764 to by 1793		3	John Wynne Extinct on his death		by 1793

WYTHAM of Goldsborough, Yorks

13 Dec 1683 to 15 Nov 1689	E	1	John Wytham Extinct on his death	c 1644	15 Nov 1689

WYVILL of Constable Burton, Yorks

25 Nov 1611	E	1	Marmaduke Wyvill MP for Richmond 1584‑1585 and 1597‑1598	c 1542	Jan 1617

Jan 1617		2	Marmaduke Wyvill		c 1648

c 1648		3	Christopher Wyvill MP for Richmond (Yorks) 1660	6 Dec 1614	8 Feb 1681	66

Feb 1681		4	William Wyvill	1645	c 1684

c 1684		5	Marmaduke Wyvill MP for Richmond (Yorks) 1695‑1698	c 1666	2 Nov 1722

2 Nov 1722		6	Marmaduke Wyvill MP for Richmond (Yorks) 1727‑1728	1692	27 Dec 1754	62

27 Dec 1754 to 23 Feb 1774		7	Marmaduke Asty Wyvill On his death the baronetcy became dormant	10 Sep 1740	23 Feb 1774	33


	Sir William Wolseley, 3rd baronet [creation of 1628]

	According to The Times of 15 April 1820:-

	Sir William, the third baronet, was drowned in his chariot and four, returning home from Lichfield, July 8, 1728, between 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening, passing a little brook in a village called Long, in the high road. This accident happened by the sudden breaking down of a mill-dam at a small distance, occasioned by a violent thunder-shower, which brought down a body of water that sunk the chariot in the very moment of its crossing the brook. The coachman was carried down the torrent into an orchard, about 100 yards from the place, and saved himself in the top of an apple-tree.

	Sir Capel Charles Wolseley, 9th baronet [creation of 1745]


	Sir Capel was killed in a cycling accident in August 1923. The following report appeared in The Times on 28 August 1923:-

	Sir Capel Wolseley, Bt., died from injuries received yesterday in a cycling accident at Blythburgh Common, near Southwold [on the Suffolk coast]. He was cycling to visit a relative when he suddenly turned in front of a motor-car which was approaching from behind. The driver of the car turned off the road on to the common, but was unable to avoid a collision, and Sir Capel was thrown into the road, and became unconscious. He was conveyed to Southwold Hospital, where he died fifteen minutes after admission.

	On 29 August 1923, The Times reported that:-

	An inquest on the body of Sir Capel Wolseley, Bt., who was killed while cycling on Blythburgh Common on Monday, was held yesterday evening at Southwold. Miss Winifred Wolseley, a sister, said that Sir Capel's sight was bad. Mr. Walter Charles Tarrant said he was motoring across the common, and noticed Sir Capel going in the same direction. In order to pass the driver of his car took the right side of the road, but just as they reached him Sir Capel swerved in front of the car. The driver, in evidence, said that he sounded his hooter twice. Sir Capel gave no indication that he intended to cross the road. The lane leading to the cottage to which he was going was invisible from the road. Medical evidence showed that death was due to a fracture of the skull. The jury returned a verdict of "accidental death" and exonerated the driver of the car.

	Sir Reginald Beatty Wolseley, 10th baronet [creation of 1745]

	Sir Reginald became somewhat of a celebrity in America in 1930 when it was discovered that, while working as an elevator operator in a hotel in the small town of Waterloo, Iowa, he had some years previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Wolseley.

	Following his death in July 1933 the article below appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune:-

	London July 10 - The "elevator boy baronet", Sir Reginald Beatty Wolseley - known as "Dick" to the folks back in Waterloo, Iowa - is dead. His death occurred at Capel cottage, Berrynarbor, North Devon, it was announced today. He was 61 years old.

	Sir Reginald, the son of Dr. Cadwallader Brooke Wolseley of Dublin and a cousin of Admiral Earl Beatty, lived a fantastic, "fairy story" life. In 1897, at the age of 25, he left England for the United States and after years of wandering wound up in Waterloo as an elevator operator in a hotel. He worked there 14 years.

	He acquired his title in 1923 on the death of his cousin, Sir Capel Charles Wolseley, but liked his job in Iowa so well that he stayed there and kept his title a secret. He preferred to be known as "Dick". He attributed his failure to get a better paying position to fallen arches. "I might have been a go-getter," he said, "but my poor feet wouldn't stand any rushing about."

	In May,1930, however, his secret came out. Miss Marion Elizabeth Baker, a Devon nurse, went to Waterloo as a messenger from Sir Reginald's mother, who had just died. Miss Baker revealed that she was fulfilling a death-bed wish made by his mother to bring Sir Reginald back to England. The day after her arrival she married Sir Reginald. He was 58, she was 40.

	The bride found, however, that getting Dick to England was not such an easy task. She herself left the day after their marriage with the understanding that Sir Reginald would follow as soon as he could straighten up his elevator affairs. The baronet, though, was too attached to his lift. He refused to budge.

	Furthermore, that fall he obtained a divorce. He said his wife harassed him by sending so many cablegrams coaxing him to come home. Undaunted, Lady Wolseley that December [1931] once again travelled to Waterloo and used all her powers of persuasion. She won her point. The divorce was set aside in January, 1932, and this time both Sir Reginald and his wife sailed for England.

	After the death of her husband, Lady Wolseley ceased to use the title, and insisted she be known as Mrs. Marion Baker Wolseley. She survived Sir Reginald by less than a year, dying on 20 June 1934 from spinal injuries caused by falling out of a bedroom window in her cottage.

	Sir Garnet Wolseley, 12th baronet [creation of 1745]

	In his book My Forty Years with Debrett, [Robert Hale, London, 1963] the former editor of that publication, Cyril Hankinson, includes a chapter entitled 'Missing Heirs', in which he discusses a number of titles where he was able to establish the identity of the rightful heir. One of these titles was the baronetcy of Wolseley. The relevant section in the book relating to this baronetcy is as follows:-

	Another baronetcy which engaged our attention about the same time [i.e. the late 1940s] was that of Wolseley of Mount Wolseley, County Carlow, an Irish Baronetcy which had been created in 1745. We had noticed that the Reverend Sir William Augustus Wolseley, who was over eighty years of age, had no heir clearly indicated in Debrett although there were a number of mal members of the family listed who were in the line of succession.

	To clear up the position we called upon the Press once again to help us, and it seemed very soon that our problem had been solved, for we were put into touch with a Mr. Noel Wolseley, who was living in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A. He was a naturalized American citizen, but that would not have been any bar to his taking up the title if he had come over to this country. To us there did not appear to be anyone with a better claim, so I regret to say that we went so far as to inform him that in our view he was heir to the baronetcy.

	However, when in 1950 Sir Augustus Wolseley died, and considerable publicity was given to his death in the newspapers. I received a letter from a Mrs. Richard Wolseley, of Wallasey, Cheshire, who had read of the death of Sir Augustus. She enquired whether I thought her late husband might have been related to the family as the name was rather uncommon. She gave a few details concerning her husband and his father, and mentioned that she had a son, and I felt convinced that they must be members of the family whom he had not hitherto listed in Debrett.

	I investigated the matter fully, and found that not only was she related to the late Sir Augustus, but that her son, Garnet Wolseley, a cobbler by trade, was undoubtedly the new baronet. I therefore passed the information onto my friend, Mr. F.J. Dadd, and in due course he obtained all the necessary evidence to enable him to place Garnet Wolseley's name on the Roll of the Baronetage. When interviewed, after his marriage to a local girl some three months later, Wolseley - who it was stated used to mend about eighty pairs of shoes a week and earn about £5 10s - candidly admitted that business had improved a lot since he had become a baronet, 'but,' said he, 'I still like my customers to call me George.'

	A little later the cobbler baronet emigrated to Canada, where he is still living in Ontario. As he has now been married for over ten years and has no children his American kinsman Noel Wolseley is his heir. Noel, however, is no longer very enthusiastic about the possibility of becoming a baronet. I 'let him down' once by informing him that he was Sir Augustus' heir and his faith in me was shaken. Moreover he is now over seventy years of age, and has no son, and the baronet is twenty-six years younger than he is.

	If Sir Garnet dies without a son and Noel predeceases him there will be another intriguing situation for next in line is Robert Benjamin Wolseley born in 1873. Nobody knows where he is, or whether he ever married. After him comes James Douglas Wolseley, born in 1903, who lives in Texas, but he would not be able to claim the title unless it could be proved that Robert Benjamin died without leaving male issue.

	The present baronet is Sir James Douglas Wolseley, son of the James Douglas Wolseley mentioned above, although he appears to have taken no steps to prove his succession, since the baronetcy currently appears on the listing included in the webpage of the Standing Council of the Baronetage of those baronetcies to which no succession has been proved.

	Sir John Godfrey Worsley-Taylor, 3rd baronet

	Sir John died in July 1952, after falling down a set of stairs, as reported in the London Daily Mail of 19 July 1952:-

	Captain Sir John Godfrey Worsley-Taylor, 36-year-old war-time Scots Guard officer, was found dead yesterday in a top-floor mansion flat at Queen's Gate-gardens, S.W., by two detectives who called to report that his stolen car had been recovered.

	They found Sir John, in a grey lounge suit, at the foot of a small flight of stairs inside the flat. He had been dead for almost a week. A post-mortem last night showed that he had died of a broken neck.

	Mrs. Elsie Murphy,40-year-old housekeeper in a flat below, said: "I was in the kitchen on Saturday evening when I heard a bump upstairs at about 7.15 p.m. It sounded like someone falling heavily.

	A police spokesman said last night: "Sir John must have tripped at the top of the stairs, of which there are about 16. There is no suspicion of foul play.

	The flat is owned by Lady Mary Stanley-Clark, 42, who returned to this country three years ago after her second husband died in Italy. Sir John frequently occupied the flat while she was away.

	Sir John's marriage in 1942 to Miss Anne Paget, only daughter of the late Captain J. Paget, former huntsman and author, of Meltom Mowbray, was dissolved in 1950. They had one daughter. Sir John was the third baronet, succeeding his father, Lieut.-Colonel Sir James Worsley‑Taylor, in 1933.

	Sir Horatio Henry Wraxall, 4th baronet

	Wraxall was convicted of fraud in October 1878 and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The following report is from The Times of 30 October 1878:-

	Sir Henry Horatio [sic] Wraxall and George Roskell Crowley, thirty, clerk, were indicted, at the Old Bailey, for unlawfully conspiring together to obtain money by false pretences, and with intent to defraud.

	It was alleged for the prosecution that the prisoners sought to take an office at Duchy-chambers, 137A, Strand, of Mr. Brophy, a builder, and that the reference given was the "Merchant's Joint-Stock Bank (Limited)", with which Sir Henry Wraxall was said to be connected. A satisfactory reply was received, and the office was let; the names of "Wraxall and Co.", of "Mr. Crowley" and of the "South African General Stores and Trading Company (Limited)" being painted upon the door-posts. Crowley then ordered from a printer in the neighbourhood various forms and memoranda relating to the company, stating that he was the agent of "Sir James Graham", the manager of the company, who was then on his way to England from South Africa. With these preparations the prisoners advertised in various country newspapers to the following effect:-

	"South Africa - Wanted, several respectable, energetic, experienced young men as managers and assistants in the drapery, hardware, boot, drug, spirits, crockery, clothing, grocery, and implements departments of new stores about to be opened by a large trading company etc. Good salaries, and passage paid. Address 'Africus' (enclosing addressed envelope), City News Rooms, Ludgate-circus."

	The result of so tempting an advertisement was the receipt of hundreds of offers for the various situations. Upon their receipt an application form was sent, and a guinea demanded as a guarantee that the applicant would fill the situation to which he was nominated. Afterwards other monies were received, and the selected applicants were ordered to be in readiness to proceed to Cape Town by a ship called the Edith Carmichael, to sail on a certain day. The applicants gave up their situations with that view, but there was no ship of the name mentioned, or any other, prepared to take them to the Cape, and they, therefore, lost both their employment and the money paid to the prisoners. When the prisoner Crowley was arrested, various papers connected with the alleged fraud were found upon him, and it was proved that the prisoner Wraxall was equally cognisant of and intimately connected with all the proceedings.

	Mr. Brophy, the landlord of Duchy-chambers, 137A, Strand, proved letting a room there to the prisoners, who he understood were connected with the Stock Exchange. Wraxall gave him a reference in Great Russell-street, and said he had command over certain shares in the Stock Exchange. Crowley said very little indeed, for Wraxall did all the talking. They never paid a farthing for the room. Wraxall did not say he was a baronet, for if he had witness would not have taken him without further inquiry. He had the words "Wraxall and Co" painted on the door-posts, and beneath them the name of Crowley, as manager.

	Proof was given by various persons at York, Ashton-under-Lyne, Liverpool, and elsewhere of seeing the advertisements in the newspapers, of coming to London and paying the deposits demanded, and then hearing nothing more of the matter.

	The jury, in the result, convicted both prisoners, and they were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment each.'

	This incident does not appear to be the first time that Wraxall was mixed up in dubious affairs, since an Inspector Hagan stated that for some years Wraxall had been connected with various bubble companies and swindling transactions.

	Wraxall was subsequently committed to the Wandsworth Lunatic Asylum on 1 April 1881, where he died, completely destitute, in early April 1882, from 'general paralysis'.


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