BARONETAGE | ||||||
Last updated 29/09/2018 (2 Apr 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. | ||||||
DRAPER of Sunninghill, Berks | ||||||
9 Jun 1660 to Dec 1703 |
E | 1 | Thomas Draper Extinct on his death |
Dec 1703 | ||
DRUGHORN of Ifield Hall, Sussex | ||||||
29 Jun 1922 to 23 Feb 1943 |
UK | 1 | John Frederick Drughorn Extinct on his death |
1 Aug 1862 | 23 Feb 1943 | 80 |
DRUMMOND of Hawthornden, Edinburgh | ||||||
27 Feb 1828 | UK | See "Williams-Drummond" | ||||
DRUMMOND of Lasswade, Midlothian | ||||||
27 Jun 1922 to 1 Aug 1924 |
UK | 1 | Hugh Henry John Drummond Extinct on his death |
29 Nov 1859 | 1 Aug 1924 | 64 |
DRUMMOND-STEWART of Blair, Fife | ||||||
2 Jun 1683 | NS | 1 | Thomas Stewart | by 1717 | ||
1717 | 2 | George Stewart | 12 Oct 1686 | 1 Nov 1759 | 73 | |
1 Nov 1759 | 3 | John Stewart | 29 Sep 1687 | 14 Jun 1764 | 76 | |
14 Jun 1764 | 4 | John Stewart | c 1726 | 6 Oct 1797 | ||
6 Oct 1797 | 5 | George Stewart | 17 Oct 1750 | 9 Dec 1827 | 77 | |
9 Dec 1827 | 6 | John Archibald Drummond‑Stewart | 26 Oct 1794 | 20 May 1838 | 43 | |
20 May 1838 | 7 | William George Drummond‑Stewart | 26 Dec 1795 | 28 Apr 1871 | 75 | |
28 Apr 1871 to 20 Sep 1890 |
8 | Archibald Douglas Drummond‑Stewart Extinct on his death |
29 Aug 1807 | 20 Sep 1890 | 83 | |
DRURY of Riddlesworth, Norfolk | ||||||
7 May 1627 | E | 1 | Drue Drury MP for Norfolk 1621‑1622 and Thetford 1624‑1625 |
1588 | 23 Apr 1632 | 43 |
23 Apr 1632 | 2 | Drue Drury | 17 Jan 1611 | 13 Jul 1647 | 36 | |
13 Jul 1647 to 27 Apr 1712 |
3 | Robert Drury Extinct on his death |
c 1633 | 27 Apr 1712 | ||
DRURY of Overstone, Northants | ||||||
16 Feb 1739 to 19 Jan 1759 |
GB | 1 | Thomas Drury MP for Maldon 1741‑1747 Extinct on his death |
12 Nov 1712 | 19 Jan 1759 | 46 |
DRYDEN of Canons Ashby, Northants | ||||||
16 Nov 1619 | E | 1 | Erasmus Dryden MP for Banbury 1624‑1625 |
29 Dec 1553 | 22 May 1632 | 78 |
22 May 1632 | 2 | John Dryden MP for Northamptonshire 1640‑1653 and 1654‑1655 |
c 1580 | c 1658 | ||
c 1658 | 3 | Robert Dryden | c 1638 | 19 Aug 1708 | ||
19 Aug 1708 | 4 | John Dryden | c 1635 | 23 May 1710 | ||
May 1710 | 5 | Erasmus Henry Dryden | 2 May 1669 | 4 Dec 1710 | 41 | |
Dec 1710 | 6 | Erasmus Dryden | 1636 | 3 Nov 1718 | 82 | |
3 Nov 1718 to 21 Mar 1770 |
7 | John Dryden Extinct on his death |
c 1704 | 21 Mar 1770 | ||
DRYDEN of Ambrosden, Oxon | ||||||
24 Aug 1733 | GB | 1 | Edward Turner | 6 Oct 1691 | 15 Jul 1735 | 43 |
15 Jul 1735 | 2 | Edward Turner MP for Great Bedwyn 1741‑1747, Oxfordshire 1754‑1761 and Penryn 1761‑1766 |
18 Apr 1719 | 31 Oct 1766 | 47 | |
31 Oct 1766 | 3 | Gregory Turner (Page-Turner from 15 Nov 1775) MP for Thirsk 1784‑1805 |
16 Feb 1748 | 4 Jan 1805 | 57 | |
4 Jan 1805 | 4 | Gregory Osborne Page‑Turner | 28 Sep 1785 | 6 Mar 1843 | 57 | |
6 Mar 1843 | 5 | Edward George Thomas Page‑Turner | 12 Sep 1789 | 10 Oct 1846 | 57 | |
10 Oct 1846 | 6 | Edward Henry Page‑Turner | 3 Oct 1823 | 24 Mar 1874 | 50 | |
24 Mar 1874 | 7 | Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, 4th baronet He had previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Dryden of Canons Ashby, Northants (see below) in 1837. The two baronetcies continue to be merged |
17 Aug 1818 | 24 Jul 1899 | 80 | |
24 Jul 1899 | 8 | Alfred Erasmus Dryden | 14 Oct 1822 | 2 Apr 1912 | 89 | |
2 Apr 1912 | 9 | Arthur Dryden | 12 Apr 1852 | 15 Mar 1938 | 85 | |
15 Mar 1938 | 10 | Noel Percy Hugh Dryden | 24 Dec 1910 | 23 Mar 1970 | 59 | |
23 Mar 1970 | 11 | John Stephen Gyles Dryden | 26 Sep 1943 | 29 Jun 2022 | 78 | |
29 Jun 2022 | 12 | John Frederick Simon ["Freddie"] Dryden | 26 May 1976 | |||
DRYDEN of Canons Ashby, Northants | ||||||
2 May 1795 | GB | 1 | John Dryden | 11 Nov 1752 | 14 Aug 1797 | 44 |
14 Aug 1797 | 2 | John Edmund Dryden | 17 Sep 1782 | 29 Sep 1818 | 36 | |
29 Sep 1818 | 3 | Henry Dryden | 7 Jul 1787 | 17 Nov 1837 | 50 | |
17 Nov 1837 | 4 | Henry Edward Leigh Dryden He subsequently succeeded in 1874 to the baronetcy of Turner (see above) created in 1733 when the two baronetcies merged |
17 Aug 1818 | 24 Jul 1899 | 80 | |
DUCIE of London | ||||||
28 Nov 1629 | E | 1 | Robert Ducie | 29 May 1575 | 12 Jul 1634 | 59 |
12 Jul 1634 | 2 | Richard Ducie | c 1602 | 7 Mar 1657 | ||
7 Mar 1657 | 3 | William Ducie, later [1675] 1st Viscount Downe | c 1612 | 9 Sep 1679 | ||
9 Sep 1679 | 4 | William Ducie | c 1691 | |||
c 1691 to May 1703 |
5 | Robert Ducie Extinct on his death |
May 1703 | |||
DUCK of Haswell-on-the-Hill, Durham | ||||||
19 Mar 1687 to 26 Aug 1691 |
E | 1 | John Duck Extinct on his death |
c 1632 | 26 Aug 1691 | |
DUCKETT of Hartham House, Wilts | ||||||
21 Jun 1791 | GB | 1 | George Jackson (Duckett from 3 Feb 1797) MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1786‑1788 and Colchester 1788‑1789 and 1790‑1796 |
24 Oct 1725 | 15 Dec 1822 | 97 |
15 Dec 1822 | 2 | George Duckett MP for Lymington 1807‑1812 and Plympton Erle 1812 |
17 Jul 1777 | 15 Jun 1856 | 78 | |
15 Jun 1856 to 13 May 1902 |
3 | George Floyd Duckett Extinct on his death |
27 Mar 1811 | 13 May 1902 | 91 | |
DUCKWORTH of Topsham, Devon | ||||||
2 Nov 1813 | UK | 1 | John Thomas Duckworth MP for New Romney 1812‑1817 |
28 Feb 1748 | 31 Aug 1817 | 69 |
31 Aug 1817 to 29 Nov 1887 |
2 | John Thomas Buller Duckworth MP for Exeter 1845‑1857 Extinct on his death |
17 Mar 1809 | 29 Nov 1887 | 78 | |
DUCKWORTH of Grosvenor Place, Westminster | ||||||
15 Jul 1909 | UK | 1 | Dyce Duckworth | 24 Nov 1840 | 20 Jan 1928 | 87 |
20 Jan 1928 | 2 | Edward Dyce Duckworth | 10 Jul 1875 | 5 Aug 1945 | 70 | |
5 Aug 1945 | 3 | Richard Dyce Duckworth | 30 Sep 1918 | 28 Dec 1997 | 79 | |
28 Dec 1997 | 4 | Edward Richard Dyce Duckworth | 13 Jul 1943 | 7 Oct 2005 | 62 | |
7 Oct 2005 | 5 | James Edward Dyce Duckworth | 1984 | |||
DUCKWORTH-KING of Bellevue, Kent | ||||||
18 Jul 1792 | GB | 1 | Richard King MP for Rochester 1794‑1802 |
10 Aug 1730 | 27 Nov 1806 | 76 |
27 Nov 1806 | 2 | Richard King | 28 Nov 1774 | 5 Aug 1834 | 59 | |
5 Aug 1834 | 3 | Richard Duckworth King | 12 Sep 1804 | 2 Nov 1887 | 83 | |
2 Nov 1887 | 4 | George St. Vincent King (Duckworth‑King from 13 Feb 1888) | 15 Jul 1809 | 18 Aug 1891 | 82 | |
18 Aug 1891 | 5 | Dudley Gordon Alan Duckworth‑King | 28 Nov 1851 | 14 Feb 1909 | 57 | |
14 Feb 1909 | 6 | George Henry James Duckworth‑King | 8 Jun 1891 | 21 Feb 1952 | 60 | |
21 Feb 1952 to 1 Apr 1972 |
7 | John Richard Duckworth‑King Extinct on his death |
11 Jun 1899 | 1 Apr 1972 | 72 | |
DU CROS of Canons, Middlesex | ||||||
5 Jul 1916 | UK | 1 | Arthur Philip du Cros MP for Hastings 1908‑1918 and Clapham 1918‑1922 |
26 Jan 1871 | 28 Oct 1955 | 84 |
28 Oct 1955 | 2 | Harvey Philip du Cros | 19 Jun 1898 | 11 Oct 1975 | 77 | |
11 Oct 1975 | 3 | Claude Philip Arthur Mallet du Cros | 22 Dec 1922 | 24 Jul 2014 | 91 | |
24 Jul 2014 | 4 | Julian Claude Arthur Mallet du Cros | 23 Apr 1955 | |||
DUDDLESTONE of Bristol, Gloucs | ||||||
11 Jan 1692 | E | 1 | John Duddlestone | c 1716 | ||
c 1716 to c 1750 |
2 | John Duddlestone Extinct on his death |
c 1750 | |||
DUDLEY of Clapton, Northants | ||||||
1 Aug 1660 | E | 1 | William Dudley | 18 Sep 1670 | ||
18 Sep 1670 | 2 | Matthew Dudley MP for Northampton 1702‑1705 and Huntingdonshire 1713‑1715 |
1 Oct 1661 | 14 Apr 1721 | 59 | |
14 Apr 1721 to 15 Jun 1764 |
3 | William Dudley Extinct on his death |
2 Mar 1696 | 15 Jun 1764 | 68 | |
DUDLEY of Kilscoran House, Ireland | ||||||
17 Apr 1813 to 1 Feb 1824 |
UK | 1 | Henry Bate Dudley Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
25 Aug 1745 | 1 Feb 1824 | 78 |
DUDLEY-WILLIAMS of Exeter, Devon | ||||||
2 Jul 1964 | UK | 1 | Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams MP for Exeter 1951‑1966 |
17 Jun 1908 | 8 Oct 1987 | 79 |
8 Oct 1987 | 2 | Alastair Edgcumbe James Dudley‑Williams | 26 Nov 1943 | |||
DUFF of Vaynol Park, Carnarvon | ||||||
1 Aug 1911 | UK | 1 | Charles Garden Assheton-Smith | 16 Apr 1851 | 24 Sep 1914 | 63 |
24 Sep 1914 | 2 | Robert George Vivian Duff | 14 Nov 1876 | 16 Oct 1914 | 37 | |
16 Oct 1914 to 3 Mar 1980 |
3 | Charles Michael Robert Vivian Duff Lord Lieutenant Caernarvon 1960‑1974 and Gwynedd 1974‑1980 Extinct on his death |
3 May 1907 | 3 Mar 1980 | 72 | |
DUFF of Hatton, Aberdeen | ||||||
3 Jul 1952 to 6 Sep 1952 |
UK | 1 | Garden Beauchamp Duff Extinct on his death |
6 Dec 1879 | 6 Sep 1952 | 72 |
DUFF-GORDON of Halkin, Ayr | ||||||
12 Nov 1813 | UK | 1 | James Duff | 20 Nov 1815 | ||
20 Nov 1815 | 2 | William Duff-Gordon MP for Worcester 1807‑1818 |
8 Apr 1772 | 8 Mar 1823 | 50 | |
8 Mar 1823 | 3 | Alexander Cornewall Duff‑Gordon | 3 Feb 1811 | 27 Oct 1872 | 61 | |
27 Oct 1872 | 4 | Maurice Duff-Gordon | 15 Mar 1849 | 5 May 1896 | 47 | |
5 May 1896 | 5 | Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon | 22 Jul 1862 | 20 Apr 1931 | 68 | |
20 Apr 1931 | 6 | Henry William Duff-Gordon | 12 Jan 1866 | 9 Jan 1953 | 86 | |
9 Jan 1953 | 7 | Douglas Frederick Duff-Gordon | 12 Sep 1892 | 15 Mar 1964 | 71 | |
15 Mar 1964 | 8 | Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff‑Gordon | 17 Oct 1933 | 24 Apr 2023 | 89 | |
24 Apr 2023 | 9 | Cosmo Henry Villiers Duff‑Gordon | 18 Jun 1968 | |||
DUFF-SUTHERLAND-DUNBAR of Hempriggs, Caithness | ||||||
21 Dec 1706 | NS | See "Dunbar" | ||||
DUGDALE of Merevale and Blyth, Warwicks | ||||||
17 Jul 1936 | UK | 1 | William Francis Stratford Dugdale | 20 Oct 1872 | 18 Apr 1965 | 92 |
18 Apr 1965 | 2 | William Stratford Dugdale | 29 Mar 1922 | 13 Nov 2014 | 92 | |
13 Nov 2014 | 3 | William Matthew Stratford Dugdale | 22 Feb 1959 | |||
DUGDALE of Crathorne, Yorks | ||||||
31 Jan 1945 | UK | 1 | Thomas Lionel Dugdale He was subsequently created Baron Crathorne in 1959 with which title the baronetcy remains merged |
20 Jul 1897 | 26 Mar 1977 | 79 |
DUKE of Benhall, Suffolk | ||||||
16 Jul 1661 | E | 1 | Edward Duke MP for Orford 1640 |
c 1604 | 1670 | |
1670 | 2 | John Duke MP for Orford 1679‑1685, 1689‑1690 and 1697‑1698 |
3 Jan 1633 | 24 Jul 1705 | 73 | |
Jul 1705 to 25 Aug 1732 |
3 | Edward Duke MP for Orford 1721‑1722 Extinct on his death |
c 1694 | 25 Aug 1732 | ||
DUKE of London | ||||||
5 Dec 1849 | UK | 1 | James Duke MP for Boston 1837‑1849 and London 1849‑1865 |
31 Jan 1792 | 28 May 1873 | 81 |
28 May 1873 to 3 Jul 1935 |
2 | James Duke Extinct on his death |
25 Jun 1865 | 3 Jul 1935 | 70 | |
DUKINFIELD of Dukinfield, Cheshire | ||||||
16 Jun 1665 | E | 1 | Robert Dukinfield | c 1642 | 6 Nov 1729 | |
6 Nov 1729 | 2 | Charles Dukinfield | 18 Nov 1670 | 23 Feb 1742 | 71 | |
23 Feb 1742 | 3 | William Dukinfield (Dukinfield‑Daniell from 1746) | c 1725 | 12 Jan 1758 | ||
12 Jan 1758 | 4 | Samuel Dukinfield | c 1716 | 15 May 1768 | ||
15 May 1768 | 5 | Nathaniel Dukinfield | 13 Jun 1746 | 20 Oct 1824 | 78 | |
20 Oct 1824 | 6 | John Lloyd Dukinfield | 3 Feb 1785 | 7 Dec 1836 | 51 | |
7 Dec 1836 to 24 Jan 1858 |
7 | Henry Robert Dukinfield Extinct on his death |
1 Jan 1791 | 24 Jan 1858 | 67 | |
DUNBAR of Baldoon, Wigtown | ||||||
13 Oct 1664 | NS | See "Hope-Dunbar" | ||||
DUNBAR of Mochrum, Wigtown | ||||||
29 Mar 1694 | NS | 1 | James Dunbar | 1718 | ||
1718 | 2 | George Dunbar | Oct 1747 | |||
Oct 1747 | 3 | James Dunbar | 16 Apr 1782 | |||
16 Apr 1782 | 4 | George Dunbar For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
15 Oct 1799 | |||
15 Oct 1799 | 5 | George Dunbar | c 1750 | 10 Oct 1811 | ||
10 Oct 1811 | 6 | William Rowe Dunbar | 19 Oct 1776 | 22 Jun 1841 | 64 | |
22 Jun 1841 | 7 | William Dunbar MP for Wigtown 1857‑1865 |
2 Mar 1812 | 19 Dec 1889 | 77 | |
19 Dec 1889 | 8 | Uthred James Hay Dunbar | 26 Feb 1843 | 4 Sep 1904 | 61 | |
4 Sep 1904 | 9 | William Cospatrick Dunbar | 20 Jul 1844 | 6 Feb 1931 | 86 | |
6 Feb 1931 | 10 | James George Hawker Roland Dunbar | 6 Sep 1862 | 23 Jan 1953 | 90 | |
23 Jan 1953 | 11 | Richard Sutherland Dunbar | 7 Jun 1873 | 25 Jan 1953 | 79 | |
25 Jan 1953 | 12 | Adrian Ivor Dunbar For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
11 Jun 1893 | 14 Jun 1977 | 84 | |
14 Jun 1977 | 13 | Jean Ivor Dunbar For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
4 Apr 1918 | 15 Aug 1993 | 75 | |
15 Aug 1993 | 14 | James Michael Dunbar | 17 Jan 1950 | |||
DUNBAR of Durn, Banff | ||||||
29 Jan 1698 | NS | 1 | William Dunbar | c 1710 | ||
c 1710 | 2 | James Dunbar | 9 Jan 1668 | Nov 1737 | 69 | |
Nov 1737 | 3 | William Dunbar | 28 Jan 1786 | |||
28 Jan 1786 | 4 | James Dunbar | 20 Jan 1812 | |||
Jan 1812 | 5 | Robert Dunbar | 6 Jan 1780 | 11 Nov 1813 | 33 | |
11 Nov 1813 | 6 | William Dunbar | 16 May 1804 | 27 Nov 1881 | 77 | |
27 Nov 1881 | 7 | Drummond Miles Dunbar | 21 Nov 1845 | 4 Jan 1903 | 57 | |
4 Jan 1903 | 8 | George Alexander Drummond Dunbar | 10 May 1879 | 25 Jun 1949 | 70 | |
25 Jun 1949 | 9 | Drummond Cospatrick Ninian Dunbar | 9 May 1917 | 12 Jun 2000 | 83 | |
12 Jun 2000 | 10 | Robert Drummond Cospatrick Dunbar | 17 Jun 1958 | |||
DUNBAR of Northfield, Moray | ||||||
11 Apr 1700 | NS | 1 | William Dunbar | 1711 | ||
1711 | 2 | Robert Dunbar | 1742 | |||
1742 | 3 | Patrick Dunbar MP for Caithness 1727‑1734 |
c 1676 | 5 Apr 1763 | ||
5 Apr 1763 | 4 | Archibald Dunbar | c 1693 | 13 Jan 1769 | ||
13 Jan 1769 | 5 | Alexander Dunbar | 12 Jan 1742 | 20 Dec 1791 | 49 | |
20 Dec 1791 | 6 | Archibald Dunbar | 30 Jun 1772 | 29 Mar 1847 | 74 | |
29 Mar 1847 | 7 | Archibald Dunbar | 5 Jul 1803 | 6 Jan 1898 | 94 | |
6 Jan 1898 | 8 | Archibald Hamilton Dunbar | 5 Apr 1828 | 6 Jun 1910 | 82 | |
6 Jun 1910 | 9 | Charles Gordon-Cumming Dunbar | 14 Feb 1844 | 8 Jan 1916 | 71 | |
8 Jan 1916 | 10 | Archibald Edward Dunbar | 17 Feb 1889 | 15 Jun 1969 | 80 | |
15 Jun 1969 | 11 | Archibald Ranulph Dunbar | 8 Aug 1927 | 30 Nov 2015 | 88 | |
30 Nov 2015 | 12 | Edward Horace Dunbar | 18 Mar 1977 | |||
DUNBAR of Hempriggs, Caithness | ||||||
21 Dec 1706 | NS | 1 | James Dunbar MP for Caithness 1710‑1713 |
after 1676 | c Oct 1724 | |
c Oct 1724 | 2 | William Dunbar | 12 Jun 1793 | |||
12 Jun 1793 | 3 | Benjamin Dunbar, 6th Lord Duffus | 28 Apr 1761 | 27 Jan 1843 | 81 | |
27 Jan 1843 | 4 | George Sutherland Dunbar, 7th Lord Duffus | 6 Jan 1799 | 28 Aug 1875 | 76 | |
28 Aug 1875 | 5 | Benjamin Duff | 1808 | 7 Dec 1897 | 89 | |
7 Dec 1897 | 6 | George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar | 29 May 1878 | 8 Apr 1962 | 83 | |
8 Apr 1962 | 7 | George Cospatrick Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar | 3 Aug 1906 | 4 Feb 1963 | 56 | |
4 Feb 1963 | 8 | Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar One of only five female baronets - see also Bolles created 1635, Dalyell created 1685, Maxwell created 1682 and Wishart created 1706 For further information on this baronetess, see the note at the foot of this page |
19 Aug 1906 | 15 Feb 1997 | 90 | |
15 Feb 1997 | 9 | Richard Francis Dunbar | 8 Jan 1945 | |||
DUNBAR of Boath, Nairn | ||||||
19 Sep 1814 | UK | 1 | James Dunbar | 12 Feb 1770 | Jan 1836 | 65 |
Jan 1836 | 2 | Frederic William Dunbar | 1819 | 29 Dec 1851 | 32 | |
29 Dec 1851 | 3 | James Alexander Dunbar | 1821 | 7 Oct 1883 | 62 | |
7 Oct 1883 | 4 | Alexander James Dunbar For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
22 Nov 1870 | 15 Nov 1900 | 29 | |
15 Nov 1900 to 31 Dec 1937 |
5 | Frederick George Dunbar Extinct on his death |
27 Apr 1875 | 31 Dec 1937 | 62 | |
DUNCAN of Marylebone, London | ||||||
9 Aug 1764 to 1 Oct 1774 |
GB | 1 | William Duncan Extinct on his death |
c 1715 | 1 Oct 1774 | |
DUNCAN of Horsforth Hall, Yorks | ||||||
9 Dec 1905 | UK | 1 | Surr William Duncan | 14 Jan 1834 | 3 Dec 1908 | 74 |
3 Dec 1908 | 2 | Frederick William Duncan | 12 Aug 1859 | 26 Feb 1929 | 69 | |
26 Feb 1929 to 20 Sep 1964 |
3 | Charles Edgar Oliver Duncan Extinct on his death |
13 Aug 1892 | 20 Sep 1964 | 72 | |
DUNCAN of Jordanstone, Perth | ||||||
13 Jun 1957 to 30 Sep 1974 |
UK | 1 | James Alexander Lawson Duncan MP for Kensington North 1931‑1945 and Angus South 1950‑1964 Extinct on his death |
1899 | 30 Sep 1974 | 75 |
DUNCOMBE of Tangley Park, Surrey | ||||||
4 Feb 1662 | E | 1 | Francis Duncombe | 4 Nov 1670 | ||
4 Nov 1670 to Jul 1706 |
2 | William Duncombe Extinct on his death |
1658 | 21 Jul 1706 | 48 | |
DUNCOMBE of Great Brickhill, Bucks | ||||||
25 May 1859 | UK | See "Pauncefort-Duncombe" | ||||
DUNCOMBE of Wood Hall, Herts | ||||||
16 May 1919 to 22 Nov 1933 |
UK | 1 | George Augustus Duncombe Extinct on his death |
25 May 1848 | 22 Nov 1933 | 85 |
DUNDAS of Kerse, Linlithgow | ||||||
16 Nov 1762 | GB | 1 | Lawrence Dundas For details of the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page MP for Lanark Burghs 1747‑1748, Newcastle under Lyme 1762‑1768 and Edinburgh 1768‑1780 and 1781 |
c 1710 | 21 Sep 1781 | |
21 Sep 1781 | 2 | Thomas Dundas He was subsequently created Baron Dundas in 1794. Currently the baronetcy remains merged with the Marquessate of Zetland |
16 Feb 1741 | 14 Jun 1820 | 79 | |
DUNDAS of Richmond, Surrey | ||||||
22 May 1815 | UK | 1 | David Dundas | 10 Jan 1826 | ||
10 Jan 1826 | 2 | William Dundas | 10 Dec 1777 | Nov 1840 | 62 | |
Nov 1840 | 3 | James Fullerton Dundas | 16 Jun 1848 | |||
16 Jun 1848 to 2 Sep 1868 |
4 | John Burnet Dundas Extinct on his death |
17 Nov 1794 | 2 Sep 1868 | 73 | |
DUNDAS of Beechwood, Midlothian | ||||||
24 Aug 1821 | UK | 1 | Robert Dundas | 30 Jul 1761 | 28 Dec 1835 | 74 |
28 Dec 1835 | 2 | David Dundas | 23 Aug 1803 | 22 Mar 1877 | 73 | |
22 Mar 1877 | 3 | Sydney James Dundas | 3 Jun 1849 | 24 Sep 1904 | 55 | |
24 Sep 1904 | 4 | Charles Henry Dundas | 1 Jan 1851 | 22 Nov 1908 | 57 | |
22 Nov 1908 | 5 | George Whyte Melville Dundas | 16 Apr 1856 | 23 Oct 1934 | 78 | |
23 Oct 1934 to 10 Oct 1981 |
6 | Robert Whyte-Melville Dundas Extinct on his death |
31 Oct 1881 | 10 Oct 1981 | 99 | |
DUNDAS of Arniston, Midlothian | ||||||
18 Jun 1898 | UK | 1 | Robert Dundas | 23 Mar 1823 | 11 Nov 1909 | 86 |
11 Nov 1909 | 2 | Robert Dundas | 28 Jul 1857 | 12 Dec 1910 | 53 | |
12 Dec 1910 | 3 | Henry Herbert Philip Dundas | 4 Sep 1866 | 5 Feb 1930 | 63 | |
5 Feb 1930 | 4 | Philip Dundas | 8 Nov 1899 | 23 Feb 1952 | 52 | |
23 Feb 1952 | 5 | Henry Matthew Dundas | 17 May 1937 | 24 Jun 1963 | 26 | |
24 Jun 1963 | 6 | James Durham Dundas | 31 Aug 1905 | 18 Jun 1967 | 61 | |
18 Jun 1967 to 2 Dec 1970 |
7 | Thomas Calderwood Dundas Extinct on his death |
27 Nov 1906 | 2 Dec 1970 | 64 | |
DUNGAN of Castletown, Kildare | ||||||
23 Oct 1623 | I | 1 | Walter Dungan | 21 Dec 1626 | ||
21 Dec 1626 | 2 | John Dungan | c 1603 | c 1650 | ||
c 1650 | 3 | Walter Dungan | c 1625 | c 1686 | ||
c 1686 | 4 | William Dungan He was subsequently created Earl of Limerick in 1686 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1715 |
c 1630 | Dec 1698 | ||
DUNLOP of Dunlop, Ayr | ||||||
28 Jul 1838 | UK | 1 | John Dunlop MP for Ayrshire 1835‑1839 |
1806 | 3 Apr 1839 | 36 |
3 Apr 1839 to 10 Feb 1858 |
2 | James Dunlop Extinct on his death |
27 Aug 1830 | 10 Feb 1858 | 27 | |
DUNLOP of Woodbourne, Renfrew | ||||||
6 Jul 1916 | UK | 1 | Sir Thomas Dunlop | 2 Aug 1855 | 29 Jan 1938 | 82 |
29 Jan 1938 | 2 | Thomas Dunlop | 17 Nov 1881 | 8 Mar 1963 | 81 | |
8 Mar 1963 | 3 | Thomas Dunlop | 11 Apr 1912 | 18 Aug 1999 | 87 | |
18 Aug 1999 | 4 | Thomas Dunlop | 22 Apr 1951 | |||
DUNN of Lakenheath, Suffolk | ||||||
29 Jul 1895 to 31 Mar 1912 |
UK | 1 | William Dunn MP for Paisley 1891‑1906 Extinct on his death |
22 Sep 1833 | 31 Mar 1912 | 78 |
DUNN of Clitheroe, Lancs | ||||||
25 Jun 1917 | UK | 1 | Sir William Henry Dunn MP for Southwark West 1910 |
8 Oct 1856 | 12 Jun 1926 | 69 |
12 Jun 1926 to 3 Oct 1971 |
2 | John Henry Dunn Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
12 Dec 1890 | 3 Oct 1971 | 80 | |
DUNN of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada | ||||||
13 Jan 1921 | UK | 1 | James Hamet Dunn | 29 Oct 1875 | 1 Jan 1956 | 80 |
1 Jan 1956 to 20 Jun 1976 |
2 | Philip Gordon Dunn Extinct on his death |
26 Oct 1905 | 20 Jun 1976 | 70 | |
DUNNELL of York, Yorks | ||||||
11 Jan 1922 to 16 Jul 1960 |
UK | 1 | Sir Robert Francis Dunnell Extinct on his death |
26 Jul 1868 | 16 Jul 1960 | 91 |
DUNNING of Beedinglee, Sussex | ||||||
24 Jun 1930 | UK | 1 | Sir Leonard Dunning | 17 Jun 1860 | 8 Feb 1941 | 80 |
8 Feb 1941 | 2 | William Leonard Dunning | 13 Nov 1903 | 10 Sep 1961 | 57 | |
10 Sep 1961 | 3 | Simon William Patrick Dunning | 14 Dec 1939 | |||
DUNNINGTON-JEFFERSON of Thorganby Hall, Yorks | ||||||
7 Jul 1958 | UK | 1 | Sir John Alexander Dunnington‑Jefferson | 10 Apr 1884 | 12 Apr 1979 | 95 |
12 Apr 1979 | 2 | Mervyn Stewart Dunnington‑Jefferson | 5 Aug 1943 | 9 Jan 2014 | 70 | |
9 Jan 2014 | 3 | John Alexander Dunnington‑Jefferson | 23 Mar 1980 | |||
DUNTZE of Tiverton, Devon | ||||||
8 Nov 1774 | GB | 1 | John Duntze MP for Tiverton 1768‑1795 |
c 1735 | 5 Feb 1795 | |
5 Feb 1795 | 2 | John Duntze | c 1765 | 21 Jun 1830 | ||
21 Jun 1830 | 3 | John Lewis Duntze | 16 Aug 1809 | 7 Sep 1884 | 75 | |
7 Sep 1884 | 4 | George Alexander Duntze | 27 Jan 1839 | 2 May 1922 | 83 | |
2 May 1922 | 5 | George Puxley Duntze | 6 Dec 1873 | 20 May 1947 | 73 | |
20 May 1947 | 6 | George Edwin Douglas Duntze | 1 Jun 1913 | 20 May 1985 | 71 | |
20 May 1985 | 7 | John Alexander Duntze | 13 Nov 1909 | 23 Aug 1987 | 77 | |
23 Aug 1987 | 8 | Daniel Evans Duntze | 4 Apr 1926 | |||
DUPREE of Craneswater, Hants | ||||||
24 Jan 1921 | UK | 1 | Sir William Thomas Dupree | 4 Sep 1856 | 2 Mar 1933 | 76 |
2 Mar 1933 | 2 | William Dupree | 5 Mar 1882 | 30 Jan 1953 | 70 | |
30 Jan 1953 | 3 | Vernon Dupree | 23 Dec 1884 | 4 Sep 1971 | 86 | |
4 Sep 1971 | 4 | Victor Dupree | 19 Dec 1887 | 11 Aug 1976 | 88 | |
11 Aug 1976 | 5 | Peter Dupree | 20 Feb 1924 | 12 Sep 2006 | 82 | |
12 Sep 2006 to 29 Jun 2013 |
6 | Thomas William James David Dupree Extinct on his death |
5 Feb 1930 | 29 Jun 2013 | 83 | |
DURAND of Ruckley Grange, Salop | ||||||
8 Apr 1892 | UK | 1 | Edward Law Durand | 5 Jun 1845 | 1 Jul 1920 | 75 |
1 Jul 1920 | 2 | Edward Percy Marion Durand | 11 Jul 1884 | 4 Mar 1955 | 70 | |
4 Mar 1955 | 3 | Alan Algernon Marion Durand | 14 Oct 1893 | 16 Feb 1971 | 77 | |
16 Feb 1971 | 4 | Henry Mortimer Dickon Marion St. George Durand | 19 Jun 1934 | 24 Oct 1992 | 58 | |
24 Oct 1992 | 5 | Edward Alan Christopher David Percy Durand | 21 Feb 1974 | |||
DURNING-LAWRENCE of King's Ride, Berks | ||||||
10 Mar 1898 to 21 Apr 1914 |
UK | 1 | Edward Durning-Lawrence MP for Truro 1895‑1906 Extinct on his death |
2 Feb 1837 | 21 Apr 1914 | 77 |
DURRANT of Scottow, Norfolk | ||||||
22 Jan 1784 | GB | 1 | Thomas Durrant | c 1722 | 6 Sep 1790 | |
6 Sep 1790 | 2 | Thomas Durrant | 1775 | 22 May 1829 | 53 | |
22 May 1829 | 3 | Henry Thomas Estridge Durrant | 4 May 1807 | 16 May 1861 | 54 | |
16 May 1861 | 4 | Henry Josias Durrant | 2 Sep 1838 | 6 Apr 1875 | 36 | |
6 Apr 1875 | 5 | William Robert Estridge Durrant | 19 Aug 1840 | 17 Dec 1912 | 72 | |
17 Dec 1912 | 6 | William Henry Estridge Durrant | 23 Dec 1872 | 22 Jul 1953 | 80 | |
22 Jul 1953 | 7 | William Henry Estridge Durrant | 1 Apr 1901 | 13 Jul 1994 | 93 | |
13 Jul 1994 | 8 | William Alexander Estridge Durrant | 26 Nov 1929 | 26 Aug 2018 | 88 | |
26 Aug 2018 | 9 | David Alexander Durrant | 1 Jul 1960 | |||
DUTRY of London | ||||||
19 Jun 1716 to 20 Oct 1728 |
GB | 1 | Dennis Dutry Extinct on his death |
20 Oct 1728 | ||
DUTTON of Sherborne, Dorset | ||||||
22 Jun 1678 | E | 1 | Ralph Dutton MP for Gloucestershire 1679‑1685 and 1689‑1698 |
c 1645 | by Mar 1721 | |
by Mar 1721 to 1 Feb 1743 |
2 | John Dutton MP for Gloucestershire 1727‑1734 Extinct on his death |
2 Jan 1684 | 1 Feb 1743 | 59 | |
DUVEEN of Milbank, Westminster | ||||||
15 Feb 1927 to 25 May 1939 |
UK | 1 | Sir Joseph Duveen He was subsequently created Baron Duveen in 1933 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1939 |
14 Oct 1869 | 25 May 1939 | 69 |
DYCER of Uphall, Herts | ||||||
18 Mar 1661 | E | 1 | Robert Dycer | c 1595 | 26 Aug 1667 | |
26 Aug 1667 | 2 | Robert Dycer | c 1644 | c 1675 | ||
c 1675 to 1676 |
3 | Robert Dycer Extinct on his death |
1667 | 1676 | 9 | |
DYER of Staughton, Hunts | ||||||
8 Jun 1627 to Nov 1669 |
E | 1 | Lodowick Dyer Extinct on his death |
c 1605 | 15 Nov 1669 | |
DYER of Tottenham, Middlesex | ||||||
6 Jul 1678 | E | 1 | William Dyer | 27 Jan 1681 | ||
27 Jan 1681 | 2 | John Swinnerton Dyer | c 1656 | 17 May 1701 | ||
17 May 1701 | 3 | Swinnerton Dyer | 15 Feb 1688 | 4 Mar 1736 | 48 | |
4 Mar 1736 | 4 | John Swinnerton Dyer | c 1692 | 3 Feb 1754 | ||
3 Feb 1754 | 5 | Thomas Dyer | 12 Mar 1694 | 1780 | 86 | |
1780 | 6 | John Swinnerton Dyer | 20 Nov 1738 | 21 Mar 1801 | 62 | |
21 Mar 1801 | 7 | Thomas Richard Swinnerton Dyer | c 1770 | 12 Apr 1838 | ||
12 Apr 1838 | 8 | Thomas Swinnerton Dyer | 6 Oct 1770 | 27 Nov 1854 | 84 | |
27 Nov 1854 | 9 | Thomas Dyer | 10 Dec 1799 | 31 Oct 1878 | 78 | |
31 Oct 1878 | 10 | Swinnerton Halliday Dyer | 4 Jun 1833 | 16 Mar 1882 | 48 | |
16 Mar 1882 | 11 | Thomas Swinnerton Dyer | 3 Oct 1859 | 23 Aug 1907 | 47 | |
23 Aug 1907 | 12 | John Swinnerton Dyer | 27 May 1891 | 31 Jul 1917 | 26 | |
31 Jul 1917 | 13 | John Lodovick Swinnerton Dyer | 20 Jan 1914 | 2 Aug 1940 | 26 | |
2 Aug 1940 | 14 | Leonard Whitworth Swinnerton Dyer | 30 Oct 1875 | 19 Aug 1947 | 71 | |
19 Aug 1947 | 15 | Leonard Schroeder Swinnerton Dyer | 30 Mar 1898 | 10 Jun 1975 | 77 | |
10 Jun 1975 | 16 | (Henry) Peter Francis Swinnerton Dyer | 2 Aug 1927 | 26 Dec 2018 | 91 | |
26 Dec 2018 | 17 | David Dyer-Bennett | 1954 | |||
DYKE of Horsham, Sussex | ||||||
3 Mar 1677 | E | 1 | Thomas Dyke MP for Sussex 1685‑1687 and East Grinstead 1689‑1698 |
c 1650 | 31 Oct 1706 | |
31 Oct 1706 | 2 | Thomas Dyke | c 1700 | 20 Aug 1756 | ||
20 Aug 1756 | 3 | John Dixon Dyke | 23 Nov 1732 | 6 Sep 1810 | 77 | |
6 Sep 1810 | 4 | Thomas Dyke | 29 Dec 1763 | 22 Nov 1831 | 67 | |
22 Nov 1831 | 5 | Percival Hart Dyke | 27 Dec 1767 | 4 Aug 1846 | 78 | |
4 Aug 1846 | 6 | Percival Hart Dyke | 9 Jun 1799 | 12 Nov 1875 | 76 | |
12 Nov 1875 | 7 | William Hart Dyke MP for Kent West 1865‑1868, Kent Mid 1868‑1885 and Dartford 1885‑1906; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1885‑1886; Vice President of the Council on Education 1887‑1892; PC 1880; PC [I] 1885 |
7 Aug 1837 | 3 Jul 1931 | 93 | |
3 Jul 1931 | 8 | Oliver Hamilton Augustus Hart Dyke | 4 Sep 1885 | 9 Jul 1969 | 83 | |
9 Jul 1969 | 9 | Derek William Hart Dyke | 4 Dec 1924 | 14 Sep 1987 | 62 | |
14 Sep 1987 | 10 | David William Hart Dyke | 5 Jan 1955 | |||
DYKE-ACLAND of Columb John, Devon | ||||||
See "Acland" | ||||||
DYMOKE of Scrivelsby, Lincs | ||||||
Apr 1841 to 28 Apr 1865 |
UK | 1 | Henry Dymoke Extinct on his death For information regarding his family's hereditary role as King's/Queen's Champion, see the note below |
1801 | 28 Apr 1865 | 63 |
Sir Henry Bate Dudley, 1st and only baronet | ||
The following biography of Sir Henry Bate Dudley appeared in the January 1974 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade. The article uses the surname of "Bate" throughout, but it should be noted that he changed his name to "Dudley" in 1784 in compliance with the will of a relative. | ||
It was not unusual in the 18th century for a parson to edit a newspaper, but it was most uncommon for a man of Rev. Henry Bate's background to control a sheet as shameless and vice-ridden as the London Morning Post. Apparently he could see nothing wrong in a man of his station presiding over a newspaper that carried advertisements giving the addresses of all the "Ladies of Piccadilly". As the editor, the Rev. Bate had several failings - a vituperative pen combined with a penchant for character assassination that landed him in one libel suit after another, as well as gaol. Then there was the matter of his brawling. Henry Bate could not resist a good fight - with pistols, swords or bare knuckles. And to prove his versatility the clergyman-editor also wrote several bawdy plays, "produced," said one of his critics, "in the intervals of his gallantries and debaucheries." | ||
Nevertheless, Henry Bate, born on August 25, 1745, the son of a country clergyman, was nothing more than a typical product of an age of licence and tyranny, of the subjugation of an old culture and the flowering of a new. It was an era that saw the emergence of great figures of art and literature like Garrick, Sheridan, Gainsborough, and Mrs. Sarah Siddons, the actress. Co-existing with this artistic revolution was the vicious social licentiousness in the courts of the Georges, the blatant immorality of the upper classes, the gambling dens, the bare-knuckle pugilists. Then there were the macaronis (high‑born hoodlums) whose chief recreation was brawling with pistols, swords, and bare fists. | ||
The Rev. Henry Bate involved himself in all phases of this new age, giving his friendship and aid to celebrities in all walks of life and fighting the macaronis with his invincible brawling technique. He went to gaol for libel but ended his career in triumph - a magistrate in seven English counties and four in Ireland, a baronet and a prebendary of Ely Cathedral. | ||
After passing through Queen's College, Oxford, Henry Bate took orders and later succeeded to his father's country vicarage. It did not take the young parson long to discover that preaching the Word in the country made no appeal to his effervescent nature. City life seemed more alluring so he packed his bags and set out for London - and his fortune. | ||
When Henry Bate became editor of the newly-launched Morning Post he quickly turned it into one of London's less reputable journals. He accepted advertisements from street women and filled the rest of the paper with scandalous attacks on prominent personalities. | ||
Bate's first brawl concerned a paragraph he had published discrediting the good name of Lady Strathmore, betrothed of Captain Stoney. Stoney demanded satisfaction, and behind locked doors in a tavern the clergyman gave it to him in the form of a sword blade that actually bent on the captain's breast bone. Still, it was not until Bate had his first clash with the macaronis that London dubbed him with the title, The Fighting Parson. Bate was sitting in Vauxhall Gardens (then the beat of prostitutes) with a relative and actress, Mrs. Hartley, when a mob of macaronis began staring at the lady and making lewd remarks. Bate's temper flared and his loudly-expressed opinion of the larrikins drew a duel challenge from the macaronis' leader, Captain Croftes. | ||
At once another macaroni, Fighting Fitzgerald (whose career ended in a hangman's noose), claimed that his friend, "Captain" Miles, should have the honour of putting the parson in his place. At any rate, the parson and Miles retired to the Spread Eagle tavern where a room was cleared and the combatants fell to. Soon after, Miles was carried out, his face pulped by Bate's hammering fists. Later, the Morning Post carried a story revealing that Miles, far from being a captain, was actually a pug hired by Fitzgerald to beat up the parson. The fact that Bate was much smaller than the hired pugilist proved that the clergyman was no mean exponent of the manly art. | ||
After that set-to a pamphleteer offered the macaronis this advice:- | ||
"If I can see clear, you get nothing by writing. | ||
And I'm sure, my dear boys, you've got nothing by fighting. | ||
By St. Patrick you may faith, as well fight a host, | ||
As attack this black priest and his scandalous Post." | ||
The Fighting Parson did not have to wait long for his next brawl which began when the Morning Post described a Frenchman, de Morande, as a spy. In retaliation, de Morande suggested that Mrs. Bate was a prostitute. Swords were chosen this time and within ten minutes Bate, inflamed with rage, was roaring his threats to slice to pieces the already badly cut de Morande. Finally de Morande, lying on the floor, swore that Mrs. Bate had the virtue of an angel and the clergyman's honour was satisfied. | ||
Bate's next duel was with pistols. And his opponent was not a macaroni or an insulted Frenchman but a law student employed by the Morning Post. While the cause of the dispute is not clear the Press gave an excellent coverage of the event. One reporter wrote: "The chance of the first shot falling to Mr. Bate (he was always lucky) he discharged his pistol and hit his opponent in the fleshy part of the right arm. The student thus handicapped returned the fire without effect and the seconds intervened." | ||
Meanwhile, although he was busy perpetrating libels in the Morning Post and then duelling his way out of them, the Rev. Bate found time to write six comic operas and a number of bawdy plays, his best known being 'High Life Below Stairs' and 'The Blackamoor Washed White'. The star of the Blackamoor was his protégé, the inimitable, talented Mrs. Sarah Siddons. Yet even her brilliance could not save the play. It ran for only one night and then ended in a rip-roaring riot. The trouble was that the play was laden with libels against prominent citizens and Bate used the Morning Post to let them know before the play opened that they would be receiving dishonourable mention. | ||
The butts of the play's heavy satire turned up in force but Bate, supported by specially-hired pugilists stationed at strategic points, was ready for them. Half-way through the play the booing began and the pugilists moved in. The curtain came down as one of the finest theatrical brawls in London's history got into full swing. And that unfinished performance of 'The Blackamoor Washed White' was the only airing the play ever got. | ||
The Rev. Bate continued feeding his readers with scurrilous gossip and the addresses of Piccadilly's ladies until one day he got his teeth into an unusually juicy rumour. England, at the time, was full of stories that the French intended launching an invasion. In the midst of national panic Bate published a story alleging that the Duke of Richmond was in treasonable correspondence with the enemy. There was no duel this time. Instead, the editor was brought before a court, found guilty of criminal libel and sentenced to 12 months' gaol. Not that the parson was imprisoned immediately for the Gordon rioters had burned down the King's Bench Prison and Bate had to wait until it was again habitable. | ||
At any rate, after serving his term, Bate was set free to find that he had been replaced in the Morning Post's editorial chair by another, and even more dishonourable parson, William Jackson. [c 1737‑1795. An interesting character, he was charged with high treason in 1795. After being found guilty, he collapsed and died in the dock, probably from poison brought to him by his wife with whom he had breakfasted in his cell.] When Jackson set himself to the task of beating the former editor's libel record, Bate founded the Morning Herald. | ||
No one was going to out-libel the Rev. Henry Bate and no one was going to write more vicious editorials. At least that seemed to be the Morning Herald's policy. Another of the new paper's policies was support for the aristocratic Whigs. And it played this role with all the gusto of a Sheridan play. In fact one of the Herald's writers was Bate's friend, the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author of 'School for Scandal'. | ||
But if Bate had some notable friends he had a whole army of equally famous enemies including the celebrated critic and wit, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Discussing Bate, Johnson said to his biographer James Boswell: "I will not allow this man to have merit … I will allow him courage. We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway than for a fellow who jumps out of a ditch and knocks you down behind you[r] back." | ||
It was about this time that Bate inherited a large sum of money and once again his thoughts turned to the peace he felt existed only within the church. He decided to return to the active ministry and after buying a living (a parish with an income) at Bradwell in Essex he spent $60,000 of his own money rebuilding the church and reclaiming land. Promptly the Crown claimed the land (with the Rev. Bate's improvement) and handed it over lock, stock and barrel to the chaplain-general. | ||
After that Bate bought another in Ireland before becoming rector of Willingham in Cambridgeshire. Soon after he was created a baronet. When the Rev. Henry Bate, Bart., Justice of the Peace, Rector Prebendary of Ely Cathedral died, England had forgotten his scurrilous scandal sheets, Only his amazing ability with fists, swords and pistols remained in memory. | ||
Sir George Dunbar, 4th baronet [NS 1694] | ||
Sir George committed suicide in October 1799, as reported in the Courier and Evening Gazette of 29 October 1799:- | ||
Sir George was Major in the 14th regiment of dragoons now quartered there [Norwich], and as unhappily involved in a dispute at mess with his brother officers. Into the merits of that dispute, considering the melancholy consequence that has ensued, it would be highly indelicate to enter. Sir George was, certainly, a man of quick sensibility, which may have betrayed him into error on the occasion; but whichever party was to blame, the quarrel was most violent; the business made a most deep impression on his mind. For the two successive days he neither took food or slept, and his melancholy appearance filled his family with the most lively apprehensions. Lady Dunbar locked up his razors, pistols, etc. and watched him with unceasing vigilance. Her distress at seeing him so wretched was very great, and on Monday night she moaned very much, and was quite restless. Sir George said, "Maria, you disturb me, I will get up," which he immediately did, put on his watch-coat, and lay down on the floor. Lady Dunbar then endeavoured to conceal the anguish of her mind, in hopes to pacify him, and being overcome with watching, fell asleep. Sir George, as soon as he perceived it, left the room, and at about five or six in the morning of Tuesday walked out. Her Ladyship, when she awoke, being much alarmed by his absence, eagerly inquired for him, and was told, he had taken a morning's walk, having a violent head-ache, and thinking the air would do him good. This, however, proved only a pretence, for he gone to purchase a case of pistols, and stood by while the bullets were casting, which, with the pistols, he brought home concealed under his watch-coat. On his return he went to Lady Dunbar, who took hold of his hand, observing at the time, "How cold you are!" To which he answered "Yes, I shall be better presently." She then proposed to make breakfast; but he declined it, saying, that he had a letter to write first, and that he would ring to let her know when he should have it finished. He then parted from her, after pressing her hand very hard, went to his study, wrote his will, and instantly after blew out his brains. Lady Dunbar, who heard the report of the pistol, ran down into the room, and fell insensible on his body, which lay extended on the floor, from which she was taken up all covered with his blood. On Wednesday night his remains were interred with military honours at St. Peter's church; the Dean having refused leave, which was applied for, to have him buried in the Cathedral. | ||
Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, 12th baronet and Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, 13th baronet [NS 1694] | ||
Within the space of three days in January 1953, there were three holders of this baronetcy. The 10th baronet died on 23 January 1953, following which the 11th baronet enjoyed the title for only 2 days before dying on 25 January 1953. He was succeeded by his cousin, Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, to whom the following article from the Canberra Times of 10 November 1953 relates:- | ||
A baronet, who was until recently an odd-job man in a small American town, arrived at Southampton yesterday [8 November 1953] to claim his ancestral home. | ||
The ancestral home is a derelict 40-room mansion, overrun with weeds, in south-west Scotland. | ||
The baronet, Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, became the twelfth baronet of Dunbar through the death of two former baronets within 48 hours last January. | ||
To get from Upper Fairmont, Maryland, to England, the 60-year old baronet had to auction his small farm. | ||
As well as the mansion, he gets 15 tenanted farms, a 3,000-odd acre estate and an undisclosed sum of money. | ||
Sir Adrian must pay about £300 annually in rates for his derelict mansion, but he will receive about £2,000 annually, less tax, in rents from farms. | ||
The 12th baronet died in 1977, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, 13th baronet. In late 1983, however, the half-brother of the 11th baronet (the one who had been baronet for two days in 1953) challenged the right of Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar to the title. The following edited report appeared in The Times on 19 December 1983:- | ||
Lord Lyon King of Arms, who rules on matters of nobility in Scotland, holds public court today for only the third time this century. The court will hear the claim by a colonel, aged 90, that he is the rightful baronet, Dunbar of Mochrum. If the colonel succeeds, his French-born cousin, Sir Jean Dunbar, aged 65, son of an Anzac soldier and a Belgian mother - who moved from poverty in New York to live in Florida on the family trust's income when he inherited in 1977 - will lose the title. | ||
Matters of bigamy and bastardy under ancient Scottish marriage laws and customs will be argued by experts showing their dual role as heralds and lawyers by wearing heralds' tabards but discarding heralds' hats for legal wigs. They will discuss such matters as the "handfast" marriage - by which a couple could marry by clasping hands and swearing their vows before witnesses - which was the basis of the old Gretna Green ceremony, by which illegitimate children became legitimized by appearing from underneath their mother's cloak when her marriage was solemnized in church. | ||
The claimant is Colonel William Dunbar, now living in Herne Bay, Kent, half-brother of the eleventh baronet, Sir Richard Dunbar. Their father caused the complication by marrying twice and marrying his second wife, Grace, William's mother, during the lifetime of his first wife, Helen, Richard's mother. He and Grace went through a second marriage ceremony in 1912, after Helen's death. | ||
Sir Richard was baronet for only two days, succeeding his and William's cousin, Sir James Dunbar, in 1953. When he died the title went to another cousin, Sir Jean's father Adrian, a colourful character who was brought up in Canada, went to Australia, joined the Australian army and fathered Jean in France. Doubts were cast on Jean's legitimacy by his half-brothers when his father died, but it was proved by Mr. Hugh Peskett, now research director of Burke's Peerage, who travelled the world to rediscover the marriage lines of Jean's parents. | ||
Jean, who had been a sergeant in the US army in the Second World War, [and who] then became a jockey, had fallen on hard times and was working in a New York factory when he inherited. | ||
On 26 June 1984, The Times reported on the outcome of the Colonel's claim:- | ||
Colonel William Dunbar, aged 90, a retired British Army officer, yesterday failed in his petition to succeed to the ancient Scottish baronetcy of Dunbar of Mochrum. Lord Lyon King of Arms, who rules on matters of nobility in Scotland, dismissed the petition in which Colonel Dunbar, of Herne Bay, Kent, challenged the right of his second cousin, Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, a former American jockey, to the title of thirteenth baronet. With the right to the 289-year old title, inherited by Sir Jean in 1977, goes a family trust fund reputedly valued at £1m. | ||
Colonel Dunbar told The Times last night: "As a soldier I expect to be wounded or killed. I did not contest the title for myself but for my son and grandson and, of course, I am disappointed. These have been three years of great anxiety for me which have given me many a sleepless night. I have never met my cousin but there will be no hard feelings in the family. That would not be right." | ||
Sir Jean, aged 66, the French-born son of an Anzac soldier and a Belgian mother who lived in poverty in a New York rooming house until he inherited the title from his father, was not available last night at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. But his American lawyer … told The Times: "I am absolutely delighted with the outcome. Sir Jean will be glad to have won. It has been a long case." | ||
In his judgment the Lord Lyon … said the right to succeed to the title passed irrevocably to Sir Jean on 25 November 1954 [the significance of this particular date escapes me]. He is the second son and heir to the late Sir Adrian Dunbar, the twelfth baronet, who succeeded to the title on January 25, 1953. That was in succession to Sir Richard, the Colonel's half-brother, who was baronet for only two days before he died. | ||
Complications in the succession arose because the Colonel's father, also Richard, was married twice. Colonel Dunbar was the son of the second marriage in 1890. But his parents had to go through a second marriage ceremony in 1912 after it was discovered that the first wife had not died until 1910 and therefore Colonel Dunbar was illegitimate when born. In his petition to the Lyon Court he [the Colonel] claimed that he was legitimated in England in 1959 and in Scotland from 1968 at the latest [under the Legitimation (Scotland) Act 1968]. When Jean's father succeeded, he argued, his succession was subject to the possibility that a nearer born heir might emerge to deprive him of the title. | ||
Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar, baronetess of Hempriggs (eighth in line) [NS 1706] | ||
The following article appeared in The Times on 6 August 1965:- | ||
A petition by a woman who sought official recognition as a baronetess has been granted by the Lyon Court in Edinburgh. | ||
The court, in a judgment issued today [5 August], granted a petition brought by Mrs. Maureen Daisy Helen Moore or Blake, of The Lees, Malvern, Worcestershire, and recognized her as Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar of Hempriggs, Baronetess. | ||
Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, ruled that there was no reason why a woman could not inherit a baronetcy. The court held that the petitioner had the right to the arms of Dunbar of Hempriggs which were matriculated by Sir George Duff Sutherland Dunbar of Hempriggs, sixth baronet, and that she is Baronetess of Hempriggs. | ||
The Lord Lyon has instructed the Lyon Clerk to matriculate anew, in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland, the name of the petitioner as Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar of Hempriggs, Baronetess (Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs). Her husband is Mr. Leonard Blake. | ||
One of the principal legal points argued before the Lyon Court was whether a female could succeed to a baronetcy. In his judgment the Lord Lyon said: "I cannot myself see any reason why a woman cannot inherit a baronetcy, just as she would any other hereditary dignity, and accordingly I find the petitioner is heir of line, next of blood and representer of the line of Dunbar of Hempriggs." | ||
He added that the petitioner would be officially recognized in the surname of Dunbar of Hempriggs and her son would be recognized as Richard Francis Dunbar of Hempriggs, younger. She and her husband, the Lord Lyon added, would doubtless be known as Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs and Mr. Blake. | ||
Counsel for the petitioner had argued that if a woman could be created a baronetess then logically a woman could succeed as a baronetess. The title of baronet is usually limited to heirs male of the original holder, but the Dunbar baronetcy of Nova Scotia, which was created in 1706, is one of the few with the remainder "to heirs whomsoever". Other Nova Scotia baronetcies have in the past been transmitted through females. | ||
Sir Alexander James Dunbar, 4th baronet [UK 1814] | ||
From The Irish Times of 19 November 1900:- | ||
Sir Alexander Dunbar, Bart., of Boath House, near Auldearn, co. Nairn, was found drowned in the harbour at Nairn on Saturday afternoon. Sir Alexander, who was 29 years of age, was last seen alive on Thursday night in Nairn, when it supposed he left for Boath about 6 o'clock. The night was very wild and pitch dark, and it would appear that he attempted to cross the river by the lower footbridge, and in the darkness missed his footing. The River Nairn was at high flood at the time, and by the direction of the currents his body would have been swept down to the harbour. It was found in the lee of a boat which had been shifted on Saturday morning. | ||
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Dundas created in 1762 | ||
From the London Gazette of 13 November 1762 (issue 10261, page 2):- | ||
The King has been pleased to grant unto Lawrence Dundas, of Upleatham Hall, in Cleveland in the County of York, Esq; and to his Issue Male, and in Default of such Issue, to Thomas Dundas, Esq; Brother to the said Lawrence Dundas, and his Issue Male, the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain. | ||
Sir John Henry Dunn, 2nd baronet | ||
From the Manchester Guardian of 13 May 1949:- | ||
"John", the checkweigher at Horse Wood opencast coal site, Keresforth Hill, near Barnsley, is one of thirteen baronets listed by Burke's Peerage as untraced, it has been discovered. He is Sir John Henry Dunn, 58-year-old son of the late Sir William Dunn, of Clitheroe and Regent's Park, London, whom he succeeded in July [actually June], 1926. Sir William had been Mayor of London [1916‑1917] and was M.P. for Southwark [West] in 1910. | ||
After being a City of London policeman, a sailor in an Australian ship, an actor in America and England, and a journalist, Sir John went to the coal site about four years ago, and there he works in a little office issuing load tickets to lorry-drivers, to whom he is just "John". | ||
The Dymoke family and their hereditary office as King's/Queen's Champion | ||
The following note is largely derived from two books:- | ||
A History of the Coronation by William John Passingham [Low Marston, London, 1940] and Scrivelsby; the home of the Champions, with some account of the Marmion and Dymoke families by the Rev. Samuel Lodge [Elliot Stock, London, 1893] | ||
The service of King's Champion has been for centuries the right of the Lords of the Manor of Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire. Notwithstanding the great antiquity of the office of King's Champion, the first historical record of the official performance of his duties does not occur until the Coronation of King Richard II. Yet for 800 years the King's Champion rendered his feudal service for the Manor of Scrivelsby, and in most picturesque and romantic fashion at every coronation in the Great Hall of Westminster. | ||
The office has its origins in the ancient feudal law of trial by combat. His duty was to present himself at a certain moment during the second course of the Coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, fully armed and mounted on the "second best charger from the King's stables", accompanied by two squires carrying his lance and shield. | ||
During the years of the Norman and Angevin kings, the King's Champion was numbered amongst the most powerful nobles in the kingdom, and the office was regarded with increasing respect and significance. At that time the Champion did not wait to make his first dramatic appearance in Westminster Hall, but rode in the Coronation procession and proclaimed his challenge during the journey as well as at the banquet, but this eventually changed such that the challenge was delayed until the banquet in order to emphasize that the challenge was an act of pageantry. | ||
A loud knocking on the great doors of Westminster Hall, and a fanfare of trumpets announced the arrival of the Champion. Immediately the Earl Marshal, who was followed to the entrance by the Lord High Constable, answered the summons. The doors were then flung wide open and through them came the picturesque cavalcade. Eyewitnesses have described this incident in the ceremony as the most striking and colourful spectacle in the whole Coronation proceedings. The Heralds came first, followed by the two squires carrying the Champion's arms, and then riding between the Earl Marshal and the Lord High Constable, came the King's Champion himself. Both horse and rider were fully clad in the finest armour. Usually, an Officer of the Royal Household inquired in a loud voice as to the meaning of the intrusion into the King's presence and, at a sign from the Champion, one of the Heralds proceeded to read out the Challenge at the conclusion of which the Champion flung down his gauntlet to invite any challengers. | ||
The King's Champion was entitled to receive fees for his service. These fees included the horse, saddle and armour and furniture used by him during the ceremony and there was later added a gold cup and cover weighing 36 ounces together with 20 yards of crimson satin for his mantle. Naturally, there was a catch - the Champion could not claim all of these perquisites if he was not challenged and no actual combat took place. Since no challenge has ever been made, the Champion's fee came to be recognised as a gold cup and cover. | ||
Before the Dymokes became the hereditary King's Champions, the office was held by the Marmion family. The Marmions were a Norman family living at Fontenay-le Marmion near Caen in Normandy. The Marmions acted as hereditary Champions to the Dukes of Normandy. William I brought his current Champion, Sir Robert Marmion to England and after the Norman victory at Hastings, Sir Robert was granted estates at Tamworth Castle in Warwickshire and the Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire on the same tenure - i.e. to act as King's Champion. He died after 1086 (he was in possession of the estates at the time of the Domesday Book) and was succeeded by his son:- | ||
Roger Marmion - he held Scrivelsby at the time of the Lindsey Survey (c 1115‑1118) and was succeeded by his son:- | ||
Robert Marmion, who was killed in battle in September 1144. He fought for Stephen in the civil war against Matilda when he was thrown from his horse and, after landing in a ditch with a broken thigh, a common soldier cut off his head. He left by his wife Millicent a son:- | ||
Robert Marmion, said to have married Elizabeth, daughter of Gervase and who died c 1181 leaving a son:- | ||
Robert Marmion, who married Maud de Beauchamp. He was Justice of Assize in Normandy in 1177, Sheriff of Worcester 1185‑1189 and Justice of the King's Court in England 1184‑1205. He died in early 1218, and was succeeded by his son:- | ||
Robert Marmion (usually referred to as 'the elder'), who in 1221 had livery of Tamworth Castle and his father's other lands. He married Juliana, daughter of Philip de Vesey and died in 1241, leaving a son:- | ||
Philip Marmion, Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1249, received grant of mark et at Scrivelsby from Henry III in 1259, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1261‑1262 and Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1263. He married twice, and by his first wife, he had daughters named Mazera, Joan and Maud. By his second wife he had another daughter, also, somewhat confusingly, named Joan. Philip was the last direct descendant of the Lords of Fontenay, and on his death in late 1291, Tamworth Castle passed eventually to Joan, daughter of Mazera. This Joan married Alexander de Freville, whose descendants later claimed the role of Champion (see below). The other Joan, his daughter by his second wife, inherited the Manor of Scrivelsby. She married Thomas de Ludlow, and had a daughter, Margaret Ludlow who married, c 1350, Sir John Dymoke. | ||
The Dymoke Champions:- | ||
Sir John Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Richard II (16 July 1377)]. He was born c 1325, was MP for Lincolnshire in the Parliaments of October 1372, November 1373 and October 1377 and died 16 Apr 1381. |
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Before the coronation had taken place, Sir Baldwin de Freville, Lord of Tamworth Castle and son of Mazera Marmion and uncle of Margaret Ludlow (see above) laid claim to the role of Champion in right of his mother. He claimed that the role of Champion went with the ownership of Tamworth Castle. The Lord Steward temporarily ruled in Dymoke's favour while allowing time for de Freville to produce documents to prove his claim. The Court of Claims set up to deal with this matter upheld Dymoke's petition over that of de Freville. De Freville's claim as a descendant of the elder Joan Marmion was disallowed because Tamworth Castle was held by "Knight Service" [a form of feudal land tenure under which a knight held an estate from an overlord conditional upon him as tenant performing military service for his overlord] whereas the Manor of Scrivelsby was held in "Grand Sergeanty" [a form of tenure in return for some specified non-standard service - in this instance acting as King's Champion]. Although Sir Baldwin did not pursue his claim any further, one of his sons again raised the issue, but failed to provide sufficient evidence in support of his claim. Since his death in October 1400, the claim of the Dymokes to be hereditary King's Champions has not been disputed. | ||
Sir Thomas Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Henry IV (13 October 1399) and Henry V (9 April 1413)]. He was born c 1355 and died in 1422. At the time of the coronation of Henry IV, Richard II was still alive as a prisoner in the Tower. Everyone at the coronation waited to see who, if anyone, would challenge him. Froissart, in his Chronicles [Book 4, Chapter 116] says "when dinner was half over, a knight of the name of Dymock entered the hall completely armed, and mounted on a handsome steed, richly barbed with crimson housings. The knight was armed for wager of battle, and was preceded by another knight bearing his lance: he himself had his drawn sword in one hand, and his naked dagger by his side. The knight presented the king with a written paper, the contents of which were, that if any knight or gentleman should dare to maintain that king Henry was not a lawful sovereign, he was ready to offer him combat in the presence of the king, when and where he should be pleased to appoint. The king ordered this challenge to be proclaimed by herald in six different parts of the town and the hall, to which no answer was made." |
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Sir Philip Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Henry VI (6 November 1429)]. He was born about 1399/1400 (he was aged 22 at his father's death). He died 23 September 1455, leaving:- |
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Sir Thomas Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Edward IV (28 June 1461)]. Sir Thomas was the King's Champion during the War of the Roses. Because his father had served as Champion to Henry VI, Sir Thomas, as his son, felt it his duty to support the Lancastrian cause. He and his brother-in-law, Richard, 7th Baron Welles, were beheaded at Stamford, Lincolnshire by order of King Edward IV after they had been lured out of the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey by false promises of royal pardons. |
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Sir Robert Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Richard III (6 July 1483), Henry VII (30 October 1485) and Henry VIII (24 June 1509)]. He was born c 1461 and died 13 April 1544. The following extract from Union of the Two Noble and Illiustre Families of Lancastre and York written by Edward Hall [1497‑1547] and published the year after his death gives a good eye-witness description of events at the coronation of Henry VIII:- |
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The second course beyng served: in at the Haule Doore entered a knight, armed at all poyntes, his bases rich tissue embrouded, a great plume & a supteous of Oistriche fethers on his helmet, sittyng on a great courser trapped in tissue, and embroudered with the armes of England, and of Fraunce, and an herald of armes before hym. And passyng through the Haule, presented hymself with humble reverence before the Kynge's Majestie, to whom Garter King-of-Heralds cried, and said in a loude voice 'Sir Knight! From whence came you, and what is your pretence?' This knight's name was Sir Robert Dimmocke, Champion to the Kyng by tenure of his inheritance, who answered the saied Kyng-of-Armes in effecte, after this manner: "Sir, the place I come from is not material, nor the cause of my repaire hither is not concerning any matter of any place or countrey, but only this. And therewithal commaunded his Heralds to make an 'Oyez'. Then saied the knight to the Kyng-at-Armes 'now shall ye hear the cause of my commyng and pretence'. Then he commanded his Heraulde by proclamacion to saie: 'If there be any persone, of what estate or degree soever he be, that will saie or prove that Kyng Henry the Eight is not the rightful inheritor and Kyng of this Realme, I, Sir Thomas Dimmocke, here his champion, offer my glove, to fight in his querell, with any persone to the utteraunce. | ||
Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Edward VI (20 February 1547), Mary I (1 October 1553) and Elizabeth I (15 January 1559)]. He was born by 1508 and died in September 1567, having been MP for Lincolnshire in 1547, April 1554 and 1558. His son:- |
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Robert Dymoke, who, though never a Champion at a coronation, is somewhat of a Catholic hero. He was born in 1537 and died 11 September 1580. He suffered greatly in the anti-Catholic reaction which followed the persecution of Protestants under Queen Mary. According to The Catholic Encyclopaedia he was:- | ||
Confessor of the Faith … son of Sir Edward Dymoke (d. 1566) of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, hereditary King's Champion. In 1579 Dymoke received the martyr-priest, blessed Richard Kirkman, at Scrivelsby, and maintained him as schoolmaster to his sons. He was himself, at the time, an occasional conformist to the State religion but was reconciled in 1580 either by Kirkman or by blessed Edmund Campion. [Campion (1540‑1581) was canonized in 1970.] In July 1580 Dymoke and his wife, the Lady Bridget, eldest daughter and coheiress of Edward Clinton, [1st] Earl of Lincoln, were indicted for hearing Mass and for recusancy. Though he was quite helpless owing to paralysis, Dymoke was ordered by Bishop [Thomas] Cooper [c 1517‑1594, Bishop of Lincoln 1571‑1584] to be carried off to gaol, where he died faithful to the end. He was much tormented in his last hours by the Protestant ministers who endeavoured to pervert him, and who, even when the dying man was half-unconscious, refused to leave him in peace. He left several children, his eldest son, Edward [see below], being more than twenty-one years of age at the time of his father's death. | ||
Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of James I (25 July 1603)]. He was born about 1557 and died 1 August 1624. James' coronation ceremony was meagre and much mutilated when compared to previous ceremonies due to a fresh outbreak of the plague in London at the time of the coronation. His grandson:- |
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Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Charles I (2 February 1626)]. He was the first Champion to appear at a coronation without the knightly spurs. He was a leading Cavalier. Up until his death in 1644, the Dymokes had always been a wealthy and influential family, but following a break in the direct line of succession, the family fortunes entered a steady decline. He was succeeded by his nephew:- |
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Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Charles II (23 April 1661)]. After the death of Charles I in 1649, Sir Edward was singled out for special attention by the regicides. Crippling confiscation of property and monetary fines (one of nearly £5000) impoverished the family. Sir Edward died in 1664 and was succeeded by his son:- |
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Sir Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of James II (23 April 1685)]. During his performance as Champion at the coronation of James II, he met with an unfortunate accident. Having made his challenge, he knelt to kiss the King's hand but stumbled and fell heavily to the floor. The weight of his armour made it difficult for him to rise. "See you, love" said the Queen [Mary of Modena] derisively. "What a weak Champion you have!" Dymoke died about 1686, leaving a son:- |
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Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of William III and Mary II (11 April 1689) and Anne (23 April 1702)]. He was born in 1667 and was MP for Lincolnshire from August 1698 until his death, aged only 35, on 17 January 1703. His younger brother:- |
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Lewis Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of George I (20 October 1714) and George II (11 October 1727)]. Born on 14 February 1669, he succeeded his brother as MP for Lincolnshire in Feb 1703. He sat until 1705 and was again MP for Lincolnshire 1710‑1713. He died in February 1760. The office of Champion descended to his cousin Edward Dymoke, who died a short time later [17 September 1760] without ever being Champion at a coronation. He was a hatter with a shop in Fenchurch Street, London. His son:- |
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John Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of George III (22 September 1761)]. Since this was the first coronation to take place after the defeat of the Young Pretender, fears were expressed that at the coronation of George III, the Champion's formal challenge would be accepted by a Jacobite. When Dymoke flung down his gauntlet there came over Westminster Hall a tense silence and an atmosphere of acute expectation. It was rumoured that none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie himself intended to accept the Champion's challenge to mortal combat. Instead, an elderly matron stooped down and picked up the gauntlet. "Be careful with your fine gloves, young man," she said, reprovingly, and tossing Dymoke his gauntlet, she disappeared among the throng amid gales of suppressed laughter. He died 6 March 1784 and was succeeded by his son:- |
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Lewis Dymoke, born c 1752 and died 12 May 1820. He never acted as Champion, since there were no coronations between 1784 when he inherited, and his death. His younger brother:- | ||
The Rev. John Dymoke, who deemed the office as being incompatible with his functions as a clergyman and therefore deputised his son, Henry Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of George IV (19 July 1821)] to act in his place. This was the last occasion at which the Champion went through his coronation role. William IV held no coronation banquet in 1831, and at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, it was decided not to include the traditional ride and challenge of the Champion, and it has never been revived since that time. The Rev. John died 3 December 1828 and Henry, who was created a baronet in 1841, supposedly as recompense for losing his role at the coronation of Victoria, died 28 April 1865, when the baronetcy became extinct. Although no longer required to make the challenge, the office still lives on. The descent of the title of King's Champion has been as follows. The Rev. John Dymoke's younger son:- |
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John Dymoke, rector of Scrivelsby (1804 - November 1873). His son:- | ||
Henry Lionel Dymoke (1832 - December 1875). His kinsman:- | ||
Francis Seaman Dymoke (c 1827 - 2 June 1893) His son:- | ||
Francis Seaman Dymoke (24 July 1862 - 28 August 1946). At the coronation of Edward VII on 9 August 1902, he bore the Standard of England in Westminster Abbey. His grandson:- | ||
John Lindley Marmion Dymoke (1 September 1926 - 21 March 2015). He carried the Union Standard at the coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. His son:- | ||
Francis John Fane Marmion Dymoke (19 January 1955 - 18 December 2023). He carried the Union Standard at the coronation of Charles III on 6 May 2023. | ||
Henry Francis Marmion Dymoke (1984-) is the current Champion (35th in line). | ||
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