BARONETAGE
Last updated 02/02/2018 (15 Feb 2024)
Date Type Order Name Born Died Age
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
CAWLEY of Prestwich, Lincs
1 Dec 1906 UK 1 Frederick Cawley
He was subsequently created Baron Cawley in 1918 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
9 Oct 1850 30 Mar 1937 86
CAYLEY of Brompton, Yorks
26 Apr 1661 E 1 William Cayley 5 Dec 1610 2 May 1681 70
2 May 1681 2 William Cayley 23 Jun 1635 c 1708
c 1708 3 Arthur Cayley c 1654 19 May 1727
19 May 1727 4 George Cayley c 1707 Sep 1791
Sep 1791 5 Thomas Cayley Aug 1732 15 Mar 1792 59
15 Mar 1792 6 George Cayley
MP for Scarborough 1832‑1834
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
27 Dec 1773 15 Dec 1857 83
15 Dec 1857 7 Digby Cayley 13 Mar 1807 21 Dec 1883 76
21 Dec 1883 8 George Allanson Cayley 31 Dec 1831 10 Oct 1895 63
10 Oct 1895 9 George Everard Arthur Cayley 8 Jul 1861 15 Nov 1917 56
15 Nov 1917 10 Kenelm Henry Ernest Cayley 24 Sep 1896 27 Dec 1967 71
27 Dec 1967 11 Digby William David Cayley 3 Jun 1944
CAYZER of Gartmore, Perth
12 Dec 1904 UK 1 Sir Charles William Cayzer
MP for Barrow in Furness 1892‑1906
15 Jul 1843 28 Sep 1916 73
28 Sep 1916 2 Charles William Cayzer 19 Jul 1869 20 Jul 1917 48
20 Jul 1917 3 Charles William Cayzer
MP for Chester 1922‑1940
For further information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
6 Jan 1896 18 Feb 1940 44
18 Feb 1940 4 Nigel John Cayzer 16 Nov 1920 11 Sep 1943 22
11 Sep 1943 5 James Arthur Cayzer 15 Nov 1931 27 Feb 2012 80
27 Feb 2012 6 Herbert Robin Cayzer
He had previously succeeded as 3rd Baron Rotherwick in 1996, with which peerage the baronetcy then merged, although, as at 30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage
12 Mar 1954
CAYZER of Roffey Park, Sussex
17 Jan 1921 UK 1 August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer 21 Jan 1876 28 Feb 1943 67
28 Feb 1943
to    
16 Apr 1999
2 William Nicholas Cayzer
He was subsequently created Baron Cayzer in 1982 with which title the baronetcy merged until its extinction in 1999
21 Jan 1910 16 Apr 1999 89
CAYZER of Tylney, Hants
29 Jan 1924 UK 1 Herbert Robin Cayzer
He was subsequently created Baron Rotherwick in 1939 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
23 Jul 1881 16 Mar 1958 76
CHAD of Thursford, Norfolk
28 Jul 1791 GB 1 George Chad 1730 24 Nov 1815 85
24 Nov 1815
to    
30 Sep 1855
2 Charles Chad
Extinct on his death
24 Apr 1779 30 Sep 1855 76
CHADWICK of Bidston, Cheshire
3 Jul 1935 UK See "Burton-Chadwick"
CHADWYCK-HEALEY of Wyphurst, Surrey and New Place, Somerset
6 May 1919 UK 1 Sir Charles Edward Heley Chadwyck‑Healey 26 Aug 1845 5 Oct 1919 74
5 Oct 1919 2 Gerald Edward Chadwyck-Healey 16 May 1873 2 Feb 1955 81
2 Feb 1955 3 Edward Randal Chadwyck-Healey 23 Jan 1898 22 Aug 1979 81
22 Aug 1979 4 Charles Arthur Chadwyck-Healey 27 May 1910 14 Aug 1986 76
14 Aug 1986 5 Charles Edward Chadwyck-Healey 13 May 1940
CHALMERS of Cults, Aberdeen
24 Nov 1664
to    
after 1664
NS 1 James Chalmers
Presumably extinct on his death
after 1664
CHALONER of Guisborough, Yorks
20 Jul 1620
to    
c 1641
E 1 William Chaloner
Extinct on his death
24 Mar 1588 c 1641
CHAMBERLAIN of London
22 Feb 1828 UK 1 Henry Chamberlain c 1774 31 Jul 1829
31 Jul 1829 2 Henry Chamberlain 2 Oct 1796 8 Sep 1843 46
8 Sep 1843 3 Henry Orlando Robert Chamberlain 15 Dec 1828 30 Dec 1870 42
30 Dec 1870 4 Henry Hamilton Erroll Chamberlain 22 Nov 1857 28 Jun 1936 78
28 Jun 1936
to    
24 Dec 1980
5 Henry Wilmot Chamberlain
Extinct on his death
17 May 1899 24 Dec 1980 81
CHAMBERLAYNE of Wickham, Oxon
4 Feb 1643 E 1 Thomas Chamberlayne 6 Oct 1643
6 Oct 1643 2 Thomas Chamberlayne c 1635 1682
1682 3 James Chamberlayne c 1640 Oct 1694
Oct 1694 4 James Chamberlayne 23 Dec 1767
23 Dec 1767
to    
25 Jan 1776
5 Henry Chamberlayne
Extinct on his death
25 Jan 1776
CHAMPION de CRESPIGNY of Champion Lodge, Surrey
31 Oct 1805 UK 1 Claude Champion de Crespigny 19 Dec 1734 29 Jan 1818 83
29 Jan 1818 2 William Champion de Crespigny
MP for Southampton 1818‑1826
1 Jan 1765 28 Dec 1829 64
28 Dec 1829 3 Claude William Champion de Crespigny 25 Jun 1818 11 Aug 1868 50
11 Aug 1868 4 Claude Champion de Crespigny
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
20 Apr 1847 26 Jun 1935 88
26 Jun 1935 5 Claude Raul Champion de Crespigny 19 Sep 1878 15 May 1941 62
15 May 1941 6 Henry Champion de Crespigny 11 Jul 1882 28 Oct 1946 64
28 Oct 1946 7 Frederick Philip Champion de Crespigny 30 Dec 1884 12 Aug 1947 62
12 Aug 1947
to    
3 Mar 1952
8 Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
Extinct on his death
25 Apr 1907 3 Mar 1952 44
CHAMPNEYS of Orchardleigh, Somerset
12 Jan 1767 GB 1 Thomas Champneys 9 Oct 1745 2 Jul 1821 75
2 Jul 1821
to    
21 Nov 1839
2 Thomas Swymmer Mostyn-Champneys
Extinct on his death
21 May 1769 21 Nov 1839 70
CHAMPNEYS of Littlemeads, Sussex
13 Jul 1910 UK See "Dalrymple-Champneys"
CHANCE of Grand Avenue, Hove, Sussex
19 Jun 1900 UK 1 James Timmins Chance 22 Mar 1814 8 Jan 1902 87
8 Jan 1902 2 William Chance 2 Jul 1853 9 Apr 1935 81
9 Apr 1935 3 Roger James Ferguson Chance 26 Jan 1893 23 Apr 1987 94
23 Apr 1987 4 George Jeremy ffolliott Chance 24 Feb 1926 24 Dec 2017 91
24 Dec 2017 5 (John) Sebastian Chance 2 Oct 1954
CHANNING of Maiden Newton, Northants
3 Dec 1906 UK 1 Francis Allston Channing
He was subsequently created Baron Channing of Wellingborough in 1912 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1926
21 Mar 1841 20 Feb 1926 84
CHAPLIN of Inner Temple, London
19 Sep 1715 GB 1 Robert Chaplin
MP for Great Grimsby 1715‑1721
c 1670 1 Jul 1726
1 Jul 1726
to    
23 May 1730
2 John Chaplin
Extinct on his death
23 May 1730
CHAPMAN of London
27 Jun 1720 GB 1 William Chapman c 1670 7 May 1737
7 May 1737 2 John Chapman
MP for Taunton 1741‑1747
c 1710 29 Jan 1781
29 Jan 1781
to    
9 Feb 1785
3 William Chapman
Extinct on his death
1 Oct 1714 9 Feb 1785 70
CHAPMAN of Killua Castle, Westmeath
11 Mar 1782 I 1 Benjamin Chapman
For information on the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page
MP [I] for Fore 1772‑1776 and Westmeath County 1776‑1783
1745 Jul 1810 65
Jul 1810 2 Thomas Chapman 20 Oct 1756 23 Dec 1837 81
23 Dec 1837 3 Montagu Lowther Chapman
MP for Westmeath 1830‑1841
For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
10 Dec 1808 17 May 1852 43
17 May 1852 4 Benjamin James Chapman
Lord Lieutenant Westmeath 1883‑1888
9 Feb 1810 3 Nov 1888 78
3 Nov 1888 5 Montagu Richard Chapman 22 Feb 1853 22 Jan 1907 53
22 Jan 1907 6 Benjamin Rupert Chapman 7 Dec 1865 22 Mar 1914 48
22 Mar 1914
to    
8 Apr 1919
7 Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman
Extinct on his death
6 Nov 1846 8 Apr 1919 72
CHAPMAN of Cleadon, Durham
30 Jan 1958 UK 1 Sir Robert Chapman
MP for Houghton-le-Spring 1931‑1935
3 Mar 1880 31 Jul 1963 83
31 Jul 1963 2 Robert Macgowan Chapman 12 Feb 1911 2 Aug 1987 76
2 Aug 1987 3 David Robert Macgowan Chapman 16 Dec 1941
CHARDIN of Inner Temple, London
28 May 1720
to    
26 Apr 1755
GB 1 John Chardin
Extinct on his death
26 Apr 1755
CHARLES of Waltham Abbey, Essex
20 Mar 1928 UK 1 Sir Richard Havelock Charles 10 Mar 1858 27 Oct 1934 76
27 Oct 1934 2 Allen Aitchison Havelock Charles 19 Feb 1887 26 Aug 1936 49
26 Aug 1936
to    
8 Sep 1975
3 Noel Hughes Havelock Charles
Extinct on his death
20 Nov 1891 8 Sep 1975 83
CHARLETON of Hesleyside, Northumberland
6 Mar 1646
to    
c 1670
E 1 Edward Charleton
Extinct on his death
c 1670
CHARLTON of Ludford, Hereford
12 May 1686 E 1 Job Charlton
MP for Ludlow 1659‑1679; Speaker of the House of Commons 1673
c 1614 26 May 1697
26 May 1697 2 Francis Charlton
MP for Ludlow 1679‑1685 and Bishop's Castle 1685‑1687
27 Jun 1651 21 Apr 1729 77
21 Apr 1729 3 Blunden Charlton c 1682 Dec 1742
Dec 1742
to    
3 Dec 1784
4 Francis Charlton
Extinct on his death
c 1707 3 Dec 1784
CHATTERTON of Castle Mahon, Cork
3 Aug 1801 UK 1 James Chatterton
MP [I] for Baltimore 1781‑1783 and Doneraile 1783‑1797
c 1750 9 Apr 1806
9 Apr 1806 2 William Abraham Chatterton 5 Aug 1794 7 Aug 1855 61
7 Aug 1855
to    
5 Jan 1874
3 James Charles Chatterton
MP for Cork City 1835 and 1849‑1852
Extinct on his death
1792 5 Jan 1874 81
CHAYTOR of Croft Hall, Yorks
28 Jun 1671
to    
Jan 1721
E 1 William Chaytor
Extinct on his death
5 Aug 1639 7 Jan 1721 81
CHAYTOR of Croft, Yorks
30 Sep 1831 UK 1 William Chaytor
MP for Sunderland 1832‑1835
29 Apr 1771 28 Jan 1847 75
28 Jan 1847 2 William Richard Carter Chaytor
MP for Durham City 1831‑1835
7 Feb 1805 9 Feb 1871 66
9 Feb 1871 3 William Chaytor 10 Sep 1837 8 Aug 1896 58
8 Aug 1896 4 William Henry Edward Chaytor 14 Jun 1867 25 Apr 1908 40
25 Apr 1908 5 Walter Clervaux Chaytor 27 Feb 1874 9 Jul 1913 39
9 Jul 1913 6 Edmund Hugh Chaytor 11 Nov 1876 6 Feb 1935 58
6 Feb 1935 7 William Henry Clervaux Chaytor 4 May 1914 5 Sep 1976 62
5 Sep 1976 8 George Reginald Chaytor 28 Oct 1912 3 Jun 1999 86
3 Jun 1999 9 Bruce Gordon Chaytor 31 Jul 1949
CHEERE of Westminster, London
19 Jul 1766 GB 1 Henry Cheere c 1703 15 Jan 1781
15 Jan 1781
to    
28 Feb 1808
2 William Cheere
Extinct on his death
c 1730 28 Feb 1808
CHERNOCK of Hullcot, Beds
21 May 1661 E 1 John Chernock c 1619 27 Nov 1681
Nov 1681 2 Villiers Chernock
MP for Bedfordshire 1685‑1687
c 1641 27 Oct 1694
Oct 1694 3 Pynsent Chernock
MP for Bedfordshire 1705‑1708 and 1713‑1715
by 1670 2 Sep 1734
2 Sep 1734 4 Boteler Chernock
MP for Bedford 1740‑1747
30 Apr 1696 4 Aug 1756 60
Aug 1756
to    
Jun 1779
5 Villiers Chernock
Extinct on his death
10 Jun 1779
CHESTER of Chicheley, Bucks
23 Mar 1620 E 1 Anthony Chester 10 Apr 1566 1 Dec 1635 69
1 Dec 1635 2 Anthony Chester 25 Mar 1593 15 Feb 1652 58
15 Feb 1652 3 Anthony Chester
MP for Bedford 1685‑1687
c 1633 15 Feb 1698
15 Feb 1698 4 John Chester 24 Jun 1666 6 Feb 1726 59
6 Feb 1726 5 William Chester 5 Sep 1687 10 Mar 1726 38
10 Mar 1726 6 John Chester
MP for Bedfordshire 1741‑1747
23 Apr 1693 8 Feb 1748 54
8 Feb 1748 7 Charles Bagot Chester 1724 25 May 1755 30
25 May 1755 8 Francis Chester 3 May 1694 18 Oct 1766 72
18 Oct 1766
to    
17 May 1769
9 Anthony Chester
Extinct on his death
26 Jun 1706 17 May 1769 62
CHETWODE of Oakley, Bucks
6 Apr 1700 E 1 John Chetwode 4 Sep 1666 22 Apr 1733 66
22 Apr 1733 2 Philip Touchet Chetwode 22 Jul 1700 15 Nov 1764 64
15 Nov 1764 3 John Touchet Chetwode 29 Apr 1732 25 May 1779 47
25 May 1779 4 John Chetwode
MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1815‑1818 and Buckingham 1841‑1845
11 May 1764 17 Dec 1845 81
17 Dec 1845 5 John Newdigate-Ludford-Chetwode 12 Nov 1788 8 Sep 1873 84
8 Sep 1873 6 George Chetwode 20 Jul 1823 28 Jun 1905 81
28 Jun 1905 7 Philip Walhouse Chetwode
He was subsequently created Baron Chetwode in 1945 with which title the baronetcy remains merged
21 Sep 1869 6 Jul 1950 80
CHETWYND of Brocton Hall, Staffs
1 May 1795 GB 1 George Chetwynd 26 Jul 1739 24 Mar 1824 84
24 Mar 1824 2 George Chetwynd
MP for Stafford 1820‑1826
28 Jul 1783 24 May 1850 66
24 May 1850 3 George Chetwynd 6 Sep 1809 24 Mar 1869 59
24 Mar 1869 4 George Chetwynd 31 May 1849 10 Mar 1917 67
10 Mar 1917 5 George Guy Chetwynd 6 Dec 1874 27 Aug 1935 60
27 Aug 1935 6 Victor James Guy Chetwynd 14 Nov 1902 25 Nov 1938 36
25 Nov 1938 7 Arthur Henry Talbot Chetwynd 13 Apr 1887 24 Jul 1972 85
24 Jul 1972 8 Arthur Ralph Talbot Chetwynd 28 Oct 1913 11 Jul 2004 90
11 Jul 2004 9 Robin John Talbot Chetwynd 21 Aug 1941 18 May 2012 70
18 May 2012 10 Peter James Talbot Chetwynd 21 Sep 1973
CHEYNE of Leagarth, Shetland
20 Jul 1908 UK 1 William Watson Cheyne
MP for Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities 1917‑1918 and Scottish Universities 1918‑1922; Lord Lieutenant Orkney & Shetland 1919‑1930
14 Dec 1852 19 Apr 1932 79
19 Apr 1932 2 Joseph Lister Cheyne 12 Jan 1888 20 Sep 1957 69
20 Sep 1957 3 Joseph Lister Watson Cheyne 10 Oct 1914 16 Feb 2007 92
16 Feb 2007 4 Patrick John Lister Cheyne 2 Jul 1941
CHICHESTER of Raleigh, Devon
4 Aug 1641 E 1 John Chichester
MP for Barnstaple 1661‑1667
23 Apr 1623 2 Nov 1667 44
2 Nov 1667 2 John Chichester c 1658 16 Sep 1680
Sep 1680 3 Arthur Chichester
MP for Barnstaple 1685‑1690 and 1713‑1718
c 1662 3 Feb 1718
3 Feb 1718 4 John Chichester
MP for Barnstaple 1734‑1740
2 Jan 1689 2 Sep 1740 51
2 Sep 1740 5 John Chichester 26 Mar 1721 18 Dec 1784 63
18 Dec 1784 6 John Chichester c 1752 30 Sep 1808
30 Sep 1808 7 Arthur Chichester 25 Apr 1790 30 May 1842 52
30 May 1842 8 Arthur Chichester 4 Oct 1822 13 Jul 1898 75
13 Jul 1898 9 Edward Chichester 20 Nov 1849 17 Sep 1906 56
17 Sep 1906 10 Edward George Chichester 22 Jan 1888 26 Sep 1940 52
26 Sep 1940 11 Edward John Chichester 14 Apr 1916 14 May 2007 91
14 May 2007 12 James Henry Edward Chichester 15 Oct 1951
CHICHESTER of Greencastle, co. Donegal
13 Sep 1821
to    
25 May 1847
UK 1 Arthur Chichester
MP for Carrickfergus 1812‑1818 and 1820‑1830, and Belfast 1818‑1820 and 1830‑1832
Extinct on his death
8 Dec 1769 25 May 1847 77
CHICHESTER of Arlington Court, Devon
7 Sep 1840 UK 1 John Palmer Bruce Chichester
MP for Barnstaple 1831‑1841
c 1794 10 Dec 1851
10 Dec 1851
to    
25 Jan 1881
2 Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester
Extinct on his death
24 Dec 1842 25 Jan 1881 38
CHILD of Wanstead, Essex
16 Jul 1678 E 1 Josiah Child
MP for Petersfield 1659, Dartmouth 1673‑1679 and Ludlow 1685‑1689
c 1630 22 Jun 1699
22 Jun 1699 2 Josiah Child
MP for Wareham 1702‑1704
c 1668 20 Jan 1704
20 Jan 1704 3 Richard Child
He was subsequently created Earl Tylney of Castlemaine in 1731 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1784
5 Feb 1680 Mar 1750 70
CHILD of Surat, India
4 Feb 1685 E 1 John Child early 1690
early 1690 2 Caesar Child c 1678 7 Mar 1725
7 Mar 1725
to    
24 Sep 1753
3 Caesar Child
Extinct on his death
8 Feb 1702 24 Sep 1753 51
CHILD of Newfield and Stallington, Staffs and Dunlosset, Argyll
7 Dec 1868 UK 1 Smith Child
MP for Staffordshire North 1851‑1859 and Staffordshire West 1868‑1874
5 Mar 1808 27 Mar 1896 88
27 Mar 1896
to    
11 Nov 1958
2 Smith Hill Child
MP for Stone 1918‑1922
Extinct on his death
19 Sep 1880 11 Nov 1958 78
CHILD of Bromley Place, Kent
16 Sep 1919 UK 1 Coles Child 6 Apr 1862 29 Jan 1929 66
29 Jan 1929 2 Coles John Child 11 Feb 1906 26 May 1971 65
26 May 1971 3 (Coles John) Jeremy Child 20 Sep 1944 7 Mar 2022 77
7 Mar 2022 4 Coles John Alexander Child 10 May 1982
CHINNERY of Flintfield, Cork
29 Aug 1799 I 1 Broderick Chinnery
MP [I] for Castlemartyr 1783‑1790 and Bandon Bridge 1790‑1800; MP for Bandon Bridge 1801‑1806
13 Feb 1742 May 1808 66
May 1808 2 Broderick Chinnery 29 May 1779 19 Jan 1840 60
19 Jan 1840
to    
20 Aug 1868
3 Nicholas Chinnery
Extinct on his death
He and his wife were both killed in a train accident. For further details, see the note under the 7th Baron Farnham in the peerage section
7 Jul 1804 20 Aug 1868 64
CHINUBHAI of Shahpur, India
6 Feb 1913 UK See "Ranchhodlal"
CHISHOLM of Belhaven Terrace, Glasgow and St. John's Mount, Dunblane, Perth
3 Feb 1903
to    
27 Sep 1923
UK Samuel Chisholm
Extinct on his death
23 Sep 1836 27 Sep 1923 87
CHITTY of the Temple, London
25 Jan 1924 UK 1 Sir Thomas Willes Chitty 24 Jun 1855 15 Feb 1930 74
15 Feb 1930 2 Thomas Henry Willes Chitty 30 Jul 1891 26 Feb 1955 63
26 Feb 1955 3 Thomas Willes Chitty 2 Mar 1926 7 Mar 2014 88
7 Mar 2014 4 Andrew Edward Willes Chitty 20 Nov 1953
CHOLMELEY of Whitby, Yorks
16 Aug 1641 E 1 Hugh Cholmeley
MP for Scarborough 1624-1625, 1625, 1626, 1640 and 1640-1643
22 Jul 1600 20 Nov 1657 57
20 Nov 1657 2 William Cholmeley Dec 1625 11 Oct 1663 37
11 Oct 1663 3 Hugh Cholmeley c 1662 2 Jul 1665
2 Jul 1665
to    
9 Jan 1689
4 Hugh Cholmeley
MP for Northampton 1679 and Thirsk 1685‑1687
Extinct on his death
21 Jul 1632 9 Jan 1689 56
CHOLMELEY of Easton Hall, Lincs
4 Mar 1806 UK 1 Montague Cholmeley
MP for Grantham 1820‑1826
20 Mar 1772 10 Mar 1831 58
10 Mar 1831 2 Montague John Cholmeley
MP for Grantham 1826‑1831 and Lincolnshire North 1847‑1852 and 1857‑1874
5 Aug 1802 18 Jan 1874 71
18 Jan 1874 3 Hugh Arthur Henry Cholmeley
MP for Grantham 1868‑1880
18 Oct 1839 14 Feb 1904 64
14 Feb 1904 4 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 12 Jun 1876 24 Dec 1914 38
24 Dec 1914 5 Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley 7 Feb 1906 1 Feb 1964 57
1 Feb 1964 6 Montague John Cholmeley 27 Mar 1935 25 Nov 1998 63
25 Nov 1998 7 Hugh John Frederick Sebastian Cholmeley 31 Jan 1968
CHOLMONDELEY of Cholmondeley, Cheshire
29 Jun 1611 E 1 Robert Cholmondeley
He was subsequently created Viscount Cholmondeley in 1628 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1659
26 Jun 1584 2 Oct 1659 75
CHRISTISON of Moray Place, Edinburgh
28 Nov 1871 UK 1 Robert Christison 18 Jul 1797 27 Jan 1882 84
27 Jan 1882 2 Alexander Christison 26 Aug 1828 14 Oct 1918 90
14 Oct 1918 3 Robert Alexander Christison 23 Feb 1870 15 May 1945 75
15 May 1945
to    
21 Dec 1993
4 Alexander Frank Philip Christison
Extinct on his death
17 Nov 1893 21 Dec 1993 100
CHUBB of Newlands, Kent
20 Jun 1900 UK 1 George Hayter Chubb
He was subsequently created Baron Hayter in 1927 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
29 Aug 1848 7 Nov 1946 98
CHUBB of Stonehenge, Wilts
17 Sep 1919 UK 1 Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb 14 Apr 1876 22 Sep 1934 58
22 Sep 1934
to    
9 May 1957
2 John Corbin Chubb
Extinct on his death
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
23 Feb 1904 9 May 1957 53
CHUDLEIGH of Ashton, Devon
1 Aug 1622 E 1 George Chudleigh
MP for St. Michaels 1601, East Looe 1614, Lostwithiel 1621‑1622 and 1625, and Tiverton 1624‑1625
c 1578 15 Jan 1658
15 Jan 1658 2 George Chudleigh 1612 1691 79
1691 3 George Chudleigh 1718
1718 4 George Chudleigh 10 Oct 1738
10 Oct 1738 5 Thomas Chudleigh 23 Jun 1741
23 Jun 1741
to    
1 Aug 1745
6 John Chudleigh
Extinct on his death
1 Aug 1745
CHURCH of Woodside, Herts, Belshill, Northumberland and Harley Street, London
8 Mar 1901 UK 1 William Selby Church 4 Dec 1837 27 Apr 1928 90
27 Apr 1928
to    
8 Oct 1979
2 Geoffrey Selby Church
Extinct on his death
11 Jan 1887 8 Oct 1979 92
CHURCHMAN of Abbey Oaks, Suffolk
3 Jul 1917 UK 1 Arthur Charles Churchman
He was subsequently created Baron Woodbridge in 1932 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1949
7 Sep 1867 3 Feb 1949 81
CHURCHMAN of Melton, Suffolk
29 Jun 1938
to    
25 Nov 1947
UK 1 Sir William Alfred Churchman
Extinct on his death
23 Aug 1864 25 Nov 1947 83
CHUTE of Hinxhill Place, Kent
17 Sep 1684
to    
4 Feb 1722
E 1 George Chute
MP for Winchelsea 1696‑1698
Extinct on his death
10 Feb 1665 4 Feb 1722 56
CHUTE of the Vyne, Basingstoke, Hants
4 Jul 1952
to    
29 Sep 1956
UK 1 Charles Lennard Chute
Extinct on his death
6 May 1879 29 Sep 1956 77
CLARGES of St Martins in the Fields, London
30 Oct 1674 E 1 Walter Clarges
MP for Colchester 1679‑1681 and 1685‑1687, and Westminster 1690‑1695 and 1702‑1705
4 Jul 1653 Mar 1706 52
Mar 1706 2 Thomas Clarges
MP for Lostwithiel 1713‑1715
25 Jul 1688 19 Feb 1759 70
19 Feb 1759 3 Thomas Clarges
MP for Lincoln 1780‑1782
4 Oct 1751 23 Dec 1782 31
23 Dec 1782
to    
17 Feb 1834
4 Thomas Clarges
Extinct on his death
c 1780 17 Feb 1834
CLARK of St George's, Hanover Square, London
11 Nov 1837 UK 1 James Clark 14 Dec 1788 29 Jun 1870 81
29 Jun 1870
to    
13 Apr 1910
2 John Forbes Clark
Extinct on his death
1 Jul 1821 13 Apr 1910 88
CLARK of Cavendish Square, London
9 Aug 1883 UK 1 Andrew Clark 28 Oct 1826 6 Nov 1893 67
6 Nov 1893 2 James Richardson Andrew Clark 24 Aug 1852 18 Jan 1948 95
18 Jan 1948
to    
19 May 1979
3 Andrew Edmund James Clark
Extinct on his death
18 Jul 1898 19 May 1979 80
CLARK of Melville Crescent, Edinburgh
28 Sep 1886 UK 1 Thomas Clark 5 Sep 1823 24 Dec 1900 77
24 Dec 1900 2 John Maurice Clark 7 Mar 1859 27 May 1924 65
27 May 1924 3 Thomas Clark 30 Mar 1886 21 Apr 1977 91
21 Apr 1977 4 John Douglas Clark 9 Jan 1923 17 Jan 1991 68
17 Jan 1991 5 Francis Drake Clark 16 Jul 1924 20 Dec 2019 95
20 Dec 2019 6 Edward Drake Clark 27 Apr 1966
CLARK of Dunlambert, Belfast
6 Jul 1917 UK 1 George Smith Clark
MP for Belfast North 1907‑1910
8 Nov 1861 23 Mar 1935 73
23 Mar 1935 2 George Ernest Clark 25 Jul 1882 10 Nov 1950 68
10 Nov 1950 3 George Anthony Clark 24 Jan 1914 20 Feb 1991 77
20 Feb 1991 4 Colin Douglas Clark 20 Jul 1918 26 Apr 1995 76
26 Apr 1995 5 Jonathan George Clark 9 Oct 1947
CLARK of Dundas, West Lothian
12 Feb 1918 UK See "Stewart-Clark"
CLARKE of Salford Shirland, Warwicks
1 May 1617 E 1 Simon Clarke c 1642
c 1642 2 John Clarke c 1679
c 1679 3 Simon Clarke 1635 10 Nov 1687 52
10 Nov 1687 4 Simon Clarke c 1662 1718
1718 5 Simon Peter Clarke
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
1736
1736 6 Simon Clarke 7 Feb 1770
7 Feb 1770 7 Simon Clarke 2 Nov 1727 2 Nov 1777 50
2 Nov 1777 8 Philip Haughton Clarke 1761 12 May 1798 36
12 May 1798 9 Simon Haughton Clarke 7 Nov 1764 28 Aug 1832 67
28 Aug 1832 10 Simon Haughton Clarke 7 Apr 1818 28 Apr 1849 31
28 Apr 1849
to    
9 Feb 1898
11 Philip Haughton Clarke
On his death the baronetcy became either dormant or extinct
11 Apr 1819 9 Feb 1898 78
CLARKE of Snailwell, Cambs
25 Jul 1698 E 1 Samuel Clarke 8 Mar 1719
8 Mar 1719 2 Robert Clarke
MP for Cambridgeshire 1717‑1722
1683 Nov 1746 63
Nov 1746 3 Samuel Clarke 12 May 1712 10 Nov 1758 46
10 Nov 1758 4 Robert Clarke 22 Jan 1714 18 Aug 1770 56
18 Aug 1770 5 John Clarke c 1763 8 Nov 1782
8 Nov 1782
to    
23 May 1806
6 Arthur Clarke
Extinct on his death
6 Feb 1715 23 May 1806 91
CLARKE of Dunham Lodge, Norfolk
30 Sep 1831 UK 1 Charles Mansfield Clarke 28 May 1782 7 Sep 1857 75
7 Sep 1857 2 Charles Clarke 15 Jun 1812 25 Apr 1899 86
25 Apr 1899 3 Charles Mansfield Clarke
Governor of Malta 1903‑1907
13 Dec 1839 22 Apr 1932 92
22 Apr 1932 4 Orme Bigland Clarke 8 Oct 1880 31 Mar 1949 68
31 Mar 1949 5 Humphrey Orme Clarke 6 Jul 1906 22 Jan 1973 66
22 Jan 1973 6 Charles Mansfield Tobias ["Toby"] Clarke 8 Sep 1939 16 Sep 2019 80
16 Sep 2019 7 (Charles) Lawrence Somerset Clarke 12 Mar 1990
CLARKE of Rupertswood, Victoria, Australia
29 Dec 1882 UK 1 William John Clarke 28 Mar 1831 15 May 1897 66
15 May 1897 2 Rupert Turner Havelock Clarke 16 Mar 1865 25 Dec 1926 61
25 Dec 1926 3 Rupert William John Clarke 5 Nov 1919 4 Feb 2005 85
4 Feb 2005 4 Rupert Grant Alexander Clarke 12 Dec 1947
CLARKE-JERVOISE of Idsworth, Hants
13 Nov 1813 UK 1 Samuel Clarke-Jervoise 25 Nov 1770 1 Oct 1852 81
1 Oct 1852 2 Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise
MP for Hampshire South 1857‑1868
28 Apr 1804 1 Apr 1889 84
1 Apr 1889 3 Arthur Henry Clarke-Jervoise 3 Jan 1856 29 Aug 1902 46
29 Aug 1902 4 Henry Clarke-Jervoise 7 Sep 1831 2 Mar 1908 76
2 Mar 1908 5 Harry Samuel Cumming Clarke‑Jervoise 2 Apr 1832 28 May 1911 79
28 May 1911 6 Eustace James Clarke-Jervoise 14 Mar 1870 11 May 1916 46
11 May 1916
to    
24 Aug 1933
7 Dudley Alan Lestock Clarke‑Jervoise
Extinct on his death
27 Nov 1876 24 Aug 1933 56
CLARKE-TRAVERS of Crosses Green, Cork
28 Jun 1804 UK 1 William Clarke 1 Sep 1762 7 Feb 1808 45
7 Feb 1808 2 William Henry St. Laurence Clarke (Clarke‑Travers from 1853) 3 Aug 1801 31 Aug 1877 76
31 Aug 1877 3 Guy Francis Travers Clarke‑Travers 22 Oct 1842 2 Jul 1905 62
2 Jul 1905
to    
7 May 1926
4 Edward Henry St. Lawrence Clarke
Extinct on his death
17 Apr 1857 7 May 1926 69
CLAUGHTON of Dudley Priory, Worcs
4 Jul 1912
to    
27 Jun 1921
UK 1 Gilbert Henry Claughton
Extinct on his death
21 Feb 1856 27 Jun 1921 65
CLAVERING of Axwell, Durham
5 Jun 1661 E 1 James Clavering
MP for Durham 1656‑1658
3 Feb 1620 24 Mar 1702 82
Mar 1702 2 James Clavering 8 Apr 1668 8 Jul 1707 39
Jul 1707 3 John Clavering 9 Apr 1672 13 May 1714 42
May 1714 4 James Clavering 3 Aug 1708 18 May 1726 17
18 May 1726 5 Francis Clavering 9 Sep 1673 31 Dec 1738 65
31 Dec 1738 6 James Clavering 19 Aug 1680 12 May 1748 67
12 May 1748 7 Thomas Clavering
MP for St. Mawes 1753‑1754, Shaftesbury 1754‑1761 and Durham County 1768‑1790
19 Jun 1719 14 Oct 1794 75
14 Oct 1794 8 Thomas John Clavering 6 Apr 1771 4 Nov 1853 82
4 Nov 1853 9 William Aloysius Clavering 21 Jan 1800 8 Oct 1872 72
8 Oct 1872
to    
9 Nov 1893
10 Henry Augustus Clavering
Extinct on his death
For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page
30 Aug 1824 9 Nov 1893 69
 

Sir George Cayley, 6th baronet
Sir George Cayley is considered by many to be the first true scientific investigator of flight. His biography appeared in the February 1966 issue of the monthly Australian magazine Parade:-
One day in 1852 a coachman [or footman or butler - sources differ] employed by Sir George Cayley, the squire of Brompton Hall in Yorkshire, earned himself a small but imperishable niche in history. He became the first man ever to fly in a heavier-than-air machine. For 500 yards, in a weird contraption with a boat‑like hull, four circular wings and a rudder like a bird's tail, the reluctant aeronaut skimmed through the air from a low hill in the grounds of Brompton Hall. Then he struck the ground with a jarring crash. He was still dragging himself painfully from the over-turned glider as the 79-year-old Cayley came puffing to the scene. "Please Sir George," the terrified coachman gasped. "I wish to give notice at once. You hired me to drive your carriage, not to go flying through the air!"
Sir George Cayley's experiments in flying form one of the most extraordinary stories in science for his genius was almost completely forgotten for nearly 100 years after his death. Cayley was the first to grasp the basic principle of heavier-than-air flight - that a flat plane, or wing, moving edgewise through the air develops "lift" because of the differing air pressures on the upper and lower surfaces. He proved his theory with gliders, beginning with toy models and eventually producing crude machines capable of launching man on his career of conquest of the air. Cayley dreamt of powered aircraft that would one day traverse the whole globe. But his own experiments were continually thwarted by the heavy, cumbersome sources of power available in the age in which he lived. He tried steam engines, hot-air engines and engines powered by the explosion of gunpowder, only to find them all impracticable. Not until the modern internal combustion engine was developed long after Cayley's death was it possible to realise his vision powered heavier-than-air flying machines. By then Cayley's work had fallen into oblivion. Only the rusting remnants of his gliders at Brompton Hall remained as testimony to a lifetime of unacknowledged genius.
George Cayley was born on December 27, 1773, and at the age of 19 succeeded to his father's baronetcy and substantial estate at Brompton in Yorkshire. Cayley however was very different from the country squire. In boyhood he had shown a restlessly inquiring mind and a fascination with all kinds of mechanical problems. The feats of the pioneer balloonists (he was 11 when the first balloon crossed the English Channel) turned his thoughts to the passion that was to inspire [the] rest of his long life. The lighter-than-air balloons were at the mercy of every breeze. Young Cayley became convinced that man would never really conquer the new element until he devised some controllable, powered, heavier-than-air machine.
By 1796 he was already filling notebooks with speculations about flight. He tried crude experiments with toy helicopters made of wood and birds' feathers and powered by twisted cords. He noted how birds could sail effortlessly through the air without any apparent motion of the wings. Little by little his revolutionary theory of aeronautics emerged from the mass of data. Cayley's other experiments in mechanics, especially with hot-air expansion engines and ballistics, had taught him much about atmospheric pressures. But some years passed before he realised the relation of air pressure to the problems of flight.
In 1804-1805 when Napoleon's threat of invasion hung heavily over England, Cayley's researches were side-tracked into schemes for improving naval and artillery cannon. Cayley was convinced that conical-shaped ammunition would be much more accurate and cover a longer range than the traditional round cannon balls. And he set out to prove it with his usual zeal. He borrowed a six-pounder gun and barrels of gunpowder from the government stores at Scarborough, set up his own foundry and began casting conical shot fitted with fins to make them spin in the air. The gun was planted on the beach near Scarborough and for weeks Cayley blazed away with his new ammunition over the North Sea while service officers and local inhabitants watched in amazement. The tests were not very convincing because the shot fitted badly into the old-fashioned gun. Cayley was years ahead of his time though he is now recognised as "the father of the principle of streamlining".
Some years later he made another momentous contribution to military science when he published plans for a steam-driven machine with a caterpillar tread which "could be made to convey artillery over places otherwise inaccessible". This was the germ of the 20th century army tank, though Cayley in his lifetime never received credit for being the first to realise the potentialities of caterpillar traction.
Meanwhile, unknown to the scientific world, Cayley was ceaselessly pushing on with his aeronautical experiments in the seclusion of his Yorkshire estate. With the aid of two local mechanics he began building a series of gliders beginning with tiny toy models and increasing them to craft weighing nearly 200lb. with a wing surface of 300 square feet. Then in 1809 Cayley was ready to announce his work to the scientific world and the first of his epoch-making essays on Aerial Navigation appeared in Nicholson's Journal in London. The Journal had only a small circulation and Cayley's researches at first aroused little interest among the few scientists and engineers who read it. To most people "aeronautics" meant balloons. The idea that man might fly in machines heavier than air was fantastic and outraged all the known laws of nature.
Cayley himself had no illusions about the problem. It was one thing to get a glider airborne, it was another to provide it with power that would keep it up there and control its flight. Yet he was the first man to see that theoretically it was possible. He had calculated correctly that the faster an aircraft was driven forward the greater the weight it would support because of the air pressures set up above and below the wings. This was the simple principle on which all heavier-than-air flight was based. It had nothing to do with flapping wings and all the other fanciful ideas of the past.
Cayley never solved the problem of motive power for his gliders. But, throughout the years of discouragement and ridicule, he never completely gave up hope. He quickly saw that steam engines were impossibly weighty and cumbrous and no aircraft could stagger off the ground loaded with boilers, furnaces and heaps of coal. He experimented with hot-air expansion engines and an engine whose piston was driven by explosions of gunpowder. What was wanted, Cayley wrote in one learned journal, was a "gas-tight apparatus firing beneath the piston a mixture of inflammable gas and common air". This was, in fact, the conception of the internal combustion engine which years later - when Cayley was forgotten - was to make possible the modern motor car and aeroplane.
Cayley continued building bigger and more efficient gliders but for a long time after the 1820s he turned his mechanical genius to engines for lighter-than-air balloons and airships. He produced plans for a steam-driven dirigible capable of carrying 16 tons of fuel and 290 passengers for a distance of 500 miles and tried to launch a national fund to build it. Cayley appealed unsuccessfully for 1500 subscriptions of one guinea each. Efforts by Cayley to found a Society for Promoting Aerial Navigation were equally futile. But, thwarted in one direction, his busy mind turned to half a dozen other projects.
In 1838 he helped found the Polytechnic Institute in London to introduce scientific wonders to the masses. He produced plans for unsinkable lifeboats, artificial limbs for cripples, methods of land drainage and for extracting deadly gases from coal mines. By the 1840s the name of Sir George Cayley, the odd Yorkshire squire, was known throughout the country for almost everything except the researches on which he had set his heart. Only the handful who read obscure scientific journals knew about the gliders that still swooped down the Brompton hills and the mass of calculations that Cayley was building up about their performances.
By now a few other pioneers were working on the same problems and in 1842 W[illiam] S[amuel] Henson [1812‑1888] produced plans for a monster steam‑driven monoplane with a wingspan of 150 feet. A Bill to legalise Henson's Aerial Steam Transit Company was laughed out of the House of Commons. Cayley himself ridiculed any prospect of using steam power to keep aircraft in the air.
Cayley was well into his 70s, a robust old man with ruddy face and flowing white sidewhiskers, when he decided to make the first daring experiment of sending a human being up in his gliders. He tried first with sacks of ballast. Then he induced a small boy to take to the air, though this did not rank as a true flight as the glider was towed along at the end of a rope like a kite. Not until 1852 was Cayley confident that he had built a craft strong enough to take an adult human on the 500-yard flight from the top of a hill at Brompton into the fields below. The name of Sir George Cayley's coachman is not recorded. But, whoever he was, that frightened servant was the first man in history to fly in an aircraft heavier than air. Within five years of the epic event Cayley was dead and his work died with him.
Sir Charles William Cayzer, 3rd baronet
Sir Charles, together with his butler, was found dead as a result of bullet wounds at his home on 18 February 1940. It appears that Sir Charles killed the butler and then committed suicide. The following report is taken from the Manchester Guardian of 20 February 1940:-
It is now known that Sir Charles Cayzer, Conservative M.P. for Chester, whose death was reported in the "Manchester Guardian" yesterday, was found shot with his butler in the butler's pantry at his home, Kinpurnie Castle, Angus. Both men had died from gunshot wounds in the head.
It is stated that members of the domestic staff heard two shots. On investigation they found the butler, who was a London man named Benjamin Wexham, lying outstretched in one corner of the pantry, while Sir Charles lay by the open door with a double-barrelled gun between his knees. It was subsequently established that the gun had been taken from the gunroom, which is opposite the pantry.
Sir Charles and Lady Cayzer had been out walking on the estate before the tragedy. During the walk they met Sir Charles' head gamekeeper, to whom Sir Charles gave instructions concerning some work which he wished carried out on the estate.
Some months ago Sir Charles suffered a nervous breakdown, but at the outbreak of war, having formerly been a lieutenant in the 19th Hussars, he offered his services to the War Office and was commissioned. Shortly afterwards he resigned on account of the state of his health.
Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 4th baronet
The following is extracted from The Emperor of the United States of America and Other Magnificent British Eccentrics by Catherine Caufield (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981)
The perfect 'Boy's Own Paper' hero, Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny believed that 'where there is a daring deed to be done in any part of the world, an Englishman should leap to the front to accomplish it'. Though Sir Claude had a long and adventurous career, many of his attempts to leap to the front were thwarted by bureaucrats opposed to his breakneck schemes. In 1886 Stanley turned down his request to accompany his expedition on the grounds that Sir Claude did not have enough experience of central Africa. This was disappointing, but, in his own words, 'even more keenly have I had cause to regret my lot in not being able to take part as a volunteer in several of our little African wars'.
Three years later, at age 42, Sir Claude went on his own to Egypt where there was a Dervish uprising, but, in spite of his claim to be the war correspondent for the Sporting Times, he was refused permission to go to the front. He tried to get over this disappointment by volunteering for the Boer War. Earlier, he had failed to persuade Blondin, the man crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope, to let him take a turn on the high wire. On a trip to Havana, Sir Claude had to be hauled out of a bullring before he could sustain serious injuries - not from a bull, but from the spectators. Aficionados of the corrida had become impatient with Sir Claude's failure to grasp its rules. Having confused the present spectacle with Wild West rodeos, Sir Claude had tied a rope around the bull's testicles and rode it around the ring while he tugged on the rope.
Following family tradition, Sir Claude pursued a military career. He joined the navy at thirteen and five years later transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was stationed in Ireland, took up steeplechasing and earned the nickname 'The Mad Rider'. Later he was sent to India where he was introduced to the joys of big-game hunting. He was also an excellent swimmer and sailed competitively. In 1883, Sir Claude and a partner became the first people to cross the North Sea in a balloon.
Although he had broken fourteen bones before middle age, Sir Claude did not slow down much as the years passed. At 42 he became the first European to swim the Nile rapids. When he was 61 he walked the 45 miles from Champion Lodge in Essex to London on a wager of 2s 6d. He steeplechased until he was 67. In 1920, at the age of 73 he challenged his cousin to a duel and was sorely grieved that his challenge was rejected.
Sir Claude believed that fighting was a manly occupation and an indication of character. His obituary in The Times notes that 'as a man of honour, he regretted the passing of the duel as the proper means of obtaining satisfaction'. Men who applied to work at Champion Lodge had first to box with their putative employer. Only those who showed spirit were considered. If he came across a tramp, who looked reasonably fit, Sir Claude would invite [him] to box for a meal. His friends once dressed a professional boxer in rags and stationed him in Sir Claude's path. The inevitable challenge was given and accepted, and Sir Claude was duly severely beaten. He enjoyed the joke and continued to issue his challenges.
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For many years, Sir Claude was known as 'The Hangman Baronet', due to the fact that when he was Sheriff of Essex, he had taken his duties so seriously as to consider himself personally responsible for the proper and satisfactory hanging of a convicted murderer. As Sheriff, he was nominally entrusted in having the convicted man hanged, but although the actual execution of the sentence was carried into effect by the official executioner, Sir Claude mounted the scaffold with the executioner and the condemned man and supervised every detail until the condemned man was launched into eternity.
Sir Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny, 8th and last baronet
From The Times of 5 March 1952:-
Major Sir Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny, Bt., aged 44, was found dead, shot through the the head, in his room at the officers' mess on Pulau Brani, an island off Singapore, this morning. He was to have faced a court-martial in Singapore on Friday. The burial took place at Pasir Panjang military cemetery today. He was the eighth and last baronet.
The Daily Mail of the same date reports that:-
An Army spokesman said today that Major Sir Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny, 45 [sic], found earlier shot dead in Singapore, was to have appeared at a court-martial on Friday on a charge of drunkenness. He was buried in the military cemetery after the coroner had examined the body. Sir Vivian succeeded as eighth baronet in 1947. His first marriage, in 1930, to Miss Barbara Helen Dobb, was dissolved in 1940. His second, in 1943, to Miss Monica Fleming, was dissolved in 1947, and he then remarried his first wife. This marriage was dissolved in 1951.
The result of the inquest into his death was reported in the Daily Mail on 30 April 1952:-
A verdict of suicide was returned today at the inquest on Major Sir Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny, aged 44, who was found dead last month in the bathroom of his quarters on Palau [sic] Brani, a small island near Singapore. Sir Vivian, the eighth baronet, was serving in the Royal Army Service Corps. Evidence by his commanding officer revealed that the major had been placed under open arrest since the middle of February.
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Chapman created in 1782
From the London Gazette of 5 February 1782 (issue 12268, page 1):-
The King has been pleased to order Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the Kingdom of Ireland, containing a Grant of the Dignity of a Baronet of that Kingdom to Benjamin Chapman, of St. Lucy in the County of Westmeath, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, with Remainder to Sir Thomas Chapman, knight, Brother of the said Benjamin Chapman Esq; and his Heirs Male.
Sir Montagu Lowther Chapman, 3rd baronet
Sir Montagu was aboard a 96-ton schooner, the Favorite, which sailed from Melbourne bound for Sydney on 9 May 1852, but never arrived. No trace was ever found of the 21 people on board, 13 passengers and a crew of eight. The schooner was last seen during bad weather off Cape Howe, on the border between Victoria and New South Wales, and soon after this final sighting, a heavy gale set in.
The following report appeared in The Standard of 29 November 1852:-
Accounts have reached London from Australia, which, it is to be feared, leave little doubt that Sir Montagu Chapman, Bart, late member for Westmeath, has perished at sea off the coast, not far distant from Sydney. Sir Montagu, who is, or was the owner of an extensive and unencumbered estate in that county [Westmeath] had purchased a vast tract of land in New South Wales, upon which he had located some portion of his Irish tenantry, under very favourable circumstances. About three or four years since he proceeded to the colony for the double purpose of recruiting his health by the voyage, and of inspecting the progress made by his agents in the arrangement of the property. Early in May last he left Sydney on a coasting voyage. The vessel in which he proceeded, in company with his relative, Mr. Fetherstone, a young gentleman also from the county of Westmeath, with some military officers and other passengers, was last seen on the 17th of May, but since that time there have been no tidings whatever of the vessel, and it is supposed that she has foundered at sea. Sir Montagu Chapman was unmarried.
A year after Sir Montagu's disappearance, The Morning Chronicle of 18 May 1853 reported:-
A year having elapsed since the wreck of a vessel, in which Sir Montagu Chapman, Bart., had been a passenger from Melbourne to Sydney, and all efforts to discover any traces of him having failed, the members of his family have published an announcement of his death as having occurred on the 17th of May, 1852. His brother, now Sir Benjamin Chapman, has assumed the title, and will, of course, enter on possession of the extensive and valuable estates in this country [Ireland] and also in Australia. The late Sir Montagu Chapman had been for a considerable time one of the representatives for Westmeath; and when failing health had induced him to retire, his place was worthily supplied by the present baronet. Although they have ceased all connection with its representation, the Chapman family are still amongst the most active leaders of the Liberal party in that county. The late baronet had purchased a very large estate in Australia, which he had turned to the useful and benevolent purpose of settling, in comfortable circumstances, such of his numerous Irish tenantry as were anxious to emigrate to that fortunate region. A desire to look after their interests was one of the principal objects which led him to proceed to Australia, where he met with so melancholy a fate.
Sir John Corbin Chubb, 2nd baronet
The first baronet, Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb, was the last private owner of Stonehenge. He purchased it for £6,600 in 1915 from its previous owners, the Antrobus family, after the last heir to the Antrobus estates had been killed in France during WW1. In October 1918, he presented Stonehenge to the nation by a deed of gift. When he died in 1934, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son. The Wikipedia entry relating to the first baronet states that, on his death in 1934, he left behind his wife and only daughter. This is somewhat misleading, since it fails to mention his son, John Corbin Chubb.
Whereas the first baronet appears to have been a successful and public-spirited individual, the same cannot, unfortunately, be said about his son. His first appearance in court occurred in September 1937, when he was charged, together with a man named John Edward Howard, with inciting a film director named Frederick Graves to steal £5,000 by means of a trick.
The following edited report of Sir John's subsequent trial appeared in The Times of 20 November 1937:-
After a trial extending over two days Sir John Corbin Chubb, 33, of St. Mary Abbot's Court, Kensington, and John Edward Howard, 56, secretary, of Brixton Road, S.W., were found Guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday on an indictment charging them with unlawfully inciting Frederick Beresford Johnstone Graves, a film director, living in Kensington, to conspire with them and other persons to cheat and defraud such persons as might be induced to part with money or valuable securities to them.
It was alleged by the prosecution that Sir John Chubb asked Mr. Graves if he would be interested in doing some business with him, remarking that he wanted to find someone to discount a bill for £5,000. Mr. Graves said he had a friend who might do this. The following week Howard called on Mr. Graves and said he was a friend of Sir John Chubb. They both went to Sir John's flat and the bill was discussed. It was arranged that the three of them should pay a social visit to Mr. Graves's friend near Oxford and that the discounting of a bill should be mentioned casually.
Mr. Graves's suspicions were aroused and he communicated with the police, and two detective officers were concealed at his flat when a discussion took place between Mr. Graves and the two defendants.
[When] Sir John Chubb returned to the witness box [and was] questioned about the interview when the police officers were concealed at the flat and it was alleged that proposals were made to obtain money by confidence tricks from a friend of Mr. Graves, Sir John denied that anything was discussed except the bill of exchange. Sir John said that Howard was explaining to Mr. Graves what he had written about confidence tricks. The witness denied using any language indicating that he would be a participator in fraud of any kind or that he ever attempted to incite Mr. Graves to conspire with him to defraud anybody.
Reading between the lines, it is more than likely that Sir John was heavily influenced by Howard, who, according to evidence presented to the court, had nine previous convictions for various offences including forgery, obtaining goods by false pretences, larceny, receiving, conspiracy and house-breaking. The Recorder stated that he had no doubt at all that Howard was the instigator, but at the same time Sir John could easily have refrained from participating in Howard's scheme. His views were reflected in the sentences given - 6 months for Sir John and 18 months for Howard.
Following a short-lived venture in promoting football pools, Sir John appeared in the Bankruptcy Courts in August and November 1939. In February 1940, he attempted to obtain a discharge from his bankruptcy, but his application was refused. At this hearing, the Assistant Official Receiver commented that Sir John "exhibited a vacancy of mind and dullness of understanding which might have been an assumed mask to conceal the reality of certain transactions. The facts indicated that the debtor had been the tool of stronger willed and unscrupulous persons, but they also showed that he had been a willing tool, ready to enter into any transactions from which he could derive some pecuniary benefit without inquiring too closely into the nature of the transactions or how the money obtained on the strength of his name was used."
When he refused the discharge, the Registrar of the Bankruptcy Court remarked that Sir John "was either totally ignorant or that he had wilfully refused to be frank with the Court. He was either a fool or a rogue."
Sir John was again before the Bankruptcy Courts in April 1943 and October 1949. When he died in May 1957, the baronetcy became extinct.
Sir Simon Peter Clarke, 5th baronet [creation of 1617]
Sir Simon Clarke and Lieutenant Robert Arnott were tried and convicted of highway robbery at the Winchester Assizes held in 1730. Both defendants were officers of the Royal Navy at the time of the offence.
The Newgate Calendar states "came on at Winchester, the trials of Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., and Lieutenant Robert Arnott, who were convicted of a robbery on the highway. A numerous concourse of gentry were present. Sir Simon made a most pathetic and moving speech, which had such an effect, that there was scarce a dry eye in the court. The High Sheriff and Grand Jury, considering the antiquity, worth and dignity of Sir Simon's ancestors, the services they had done their king and country, together with the youth and melancholy circumstances of that unhappy gentleman, agreed to address his Majesty in their behalf, upon which a reprieve sine die, which implies for ever, was granted them."
It seems that the petition to the King on their behalf was successful in saving them from the death penalty, since, according to Cokayne's Complete Baronetage Sir Simon was punished by being transported to Jamaica, where he died in 1736.
Sir Henry Augustus Clavering, 10th and last baronet
Sir Henry does not appear to have allowed perceived ill manners to go unpunished, as is illustrated in the following report from The York Herald of 23 August 1884:-
At Newcastle County Court on Monday [18 August 1884], an action was brought by Matthew Houston, sculptor, Newcastle, against Sir Henry Clavering, Bart., Axwell Park, for damages for an assault. The plaintiff stated that early on the morning of the 24th May he arrived by train in the Central Station, Newcastle, and went to the first-class refreshment room for a cup of coffee. Sir Henry Clavering was standing at the bar. Plaintiff twice complained to the barmaid of the quality and price of the coffee. On the second occasion the barmaid was talking to Sir Henry when he called her away. The defendant then came up and said "How dare you insult the lady? I will put you out." Plaintiff replied, "I don't know so much about that." Before anything further transpired Sir Henry seized him by the throat and forced him backwards on to the table. He nipped plaintiff's throat so hard that it became painful, and Sir Henry showed no signs of loosing his grip, two gentlemen came forward and took him away. Sir Henry said to him, "I am the master of Axwell Park. I am 60 years of age, but I can teach you manners yet." After that the defendant wanted to stand drinks, and make matters all right. Sir Henry Clavering said he was not the first to interfere with the plaintiff, who was drunk and behaving like a maniac. He came round to him (Sir Henry). Defendant remonstrated with him. The plaintiff raised his hand as if he would strike, and it was then that he (defendant) seized him by the throat and forced him back as described. His Honour said that technically Sir Henry had committed an assault. He would have to pay £2 10s 6d., including costs.