BARONETAGE
Last updated 30/10/2018 (25 Aug 2024)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
KABERRY of Adel-cum-Eccup, Yorks
28 Jan 1960	UK	1	Donald Kaberry, later [1983] Baron Kaberry of Adel [L] MP for Leeds North West 1950‑1983	18 Aug 1907	13 Mar 1991	83
13 Mar 1991		2	Christopher Donald Kaberry	14 Mar 1943
KAY of East Sheen, Surrey
5 Dec 1803	UK	1	Brook Watson For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page MP for London 1784‑1793	7 Feb 1735	2 Oct 1807	72
2 Oct 1807		2	William Kay		16 May 1850
16 May 1850		3	Brook Kay	10 Jul 1780	16 May 1866	85
16 May 1866		4	Brook Kay	8 Aug 1820	15 Mar 1907	86
15 Mar 1907		5	William Algernon Kay	23 May 1837	11 Oct 1914	77
11 Oct 1914 to     4 Oct 1918		6	William Algernon Ireland Kay Extinct on his death	21 Mar 1876	4 Oct 1918	42
KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancs
22 Dec 1849	UK	1	James Phillips Kay‑Shuttleworth	20 Jul 1804	26 May 1877	72
26 May 1877		2	Ughtred James Kay‑Shuttleworth He was subsequently created Baron Shuttleworth in 1902 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	18 Dec 1844	20 Dec 1939	95
KAYE of Woodesham, Yorks
4 Feb 1642	E	1	John Kaye	15 Aug 1616	25 Jul 1662	46
25 Jul 1662		2	John Kaye MP for Yorkshire 1685‑1698, 1701 and 1702‑1706	c 1641	8 Aug 1706
8 Aug 1706		3	Arthur Kaye MP for Yorkshire 1710‑1726	c 1670	10 Jul 1726	66
10 Jul 1726		4	John Lister Kaye MP for York 1734‑1740	4 Sep 1697	5 Apr 1752	54
5 Apr 1752		5	John Lister Kaye	26 Jun 1725	27 Dec 1789	64
27 Dec 1789 to     25 Dec 1809		6	Richard Kaye Extinct on his death	11 Aug 1736	25 Dec 1809	73
KAYE of Denby, Yorks
28 Dec 1812	UK		See "Lister-Kaye"
KAYE of Huddersfield, Yorks
8 Mar 1923	UK	1	Joseph Henry Kaye	6 Sep 1856	24 Dec 1923	67
24 Dec 1923		2	Henry Gordon Kaye	24 Feb 1889	19 Feb 1956	66
19 Feb 1956		3	Stephen Henry Gordon Kaye	24 Mar 1917	12 Jun 1983	66
12 Jun 1983		4	David Alexander Gordon Kaye	26 Jul 1919	23 Jun 1994	74
23 Jun 1994		5	Paul Henry Gordon Kaye	19 Feb 1958
KEANE of Belmont and Cappoquin, co. Waterford
1 Aug 1801	UK	1	John Keane MP [I] for Bangor 1791‑1798 and Youghal 1798‑1800; MP for Youghal 1801‑1806 and 1807‑1818	21 May 1757	19 Apr 1829	71
19 Apr 1829		2	Richard Keane MP for Waterford County 1832‑1835	Mar 1780	16 Feb 1855	74
1855		3	John Henry Keane	12 Jan 1816	26 Nov 1881	65
26 Nov 1881		4	Richard Francis Keane	13 Jun 1845	17 Oct 1892	47
17 Oct 1892		5	John Keane	3 Jun 1873	30 Jan 1956	82
30 Jan 1956		6	Richard Michael Keane	29 Jan 1909	28 Dec 2010	101
28 Dec 2010		7	John Charles Keane	16 Sep 1941
KEARLEY of Wittington, Bucks
22 Jul 1908	UK	1	Hudson Ewbanke Kearley He was subsequently created Baron Devonport in 1910 with which title the baronetcy then merged	1 Sep 1856	5 Sep 1934	78
KEATE of The Hoo, Herts
12 Jun 1660	E	1	Jonathan Keate MP for Hertfordshire 1679‑1681	14 Feb 1633	17 Sep 1700	67
17 Sep 1700		2	Gilbert Hoo Keate	c 1661	13 Apr 1705
13 Apr 1705		3	Henry Hoo Keate	c 1696	8 Aug 1744
8 Aug 1744 to     6 Mar 1757		4	William Keate Extinct on his death	c 1700	6 Mar 1757
KEITH
28 May 1625	NS	1	William Keith He had previously succeeded to the Earldom of Marischal in 1623 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its forfeiture in 1716	c 1585	28 Oct 1635
KEITH of Ludquharn
28 Jul 1629	NS	1	William Keith		c 1655
c 1655		2	Alexander Keith		c 1680
c 1680		3	William Keith		c 1700
c 1700		4	William Keith	c 1669	18 Nov 1749
18 Nov 1749 to     14 Feb 1771		5	Robert Keith On his death the baronetcy became dormant		14 Feb 1771
KEITH of Powburn, Kincardine
4 Jun 1663 to     after 1663	NS	1	James [or George] Keith On his death the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant		after 1663
KEITH-MURRAY of Ochertyre, Perth
7 Jun 1673	NS		See "Murray"
KEKEWICH of Peamore, Devon
11 Jan 1921 to     10 Mar 1932	UK	1	Trehawke Herbert Kekewich Extinct on his death	11 Jul 1851	10 Mar 1932	80
KELK of Bentley Priory, Wilts
16 May 1874	UK	1	John Kelk MP for Harwich 1865‑1868	21 Feb 1816	12 Sep 1886	70
12 Sep 1886 to     22 Mar 1923		2	John William Kelk Extinct on his death	13 Jan 1851	22 Mar 1923	72
KELLETT of Lota, co. Cork
6 Aug 1801	UK	1	Richard Kellett For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	16 May 1761	19 Dec 1853	92
19 Dec 1853		2	William Henry Kellett For information on the succession of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	10 Oct 1794	Feb 1886	91
Feb 1886		3	Henry de Castres Kellett	15 Sep 1851	20 Jun 1924	72
20 Jun 1924		4	Henry de Castres Kellett	2 Oct 1882	25 Jul 1966	83
25 Jul 1966		5	Henry de Castres Kellett	3 Jun 1914	6 Aug 1966	52
6 Aug 1966		6	Stanley Everard Kellett	1911	1983	72
1983		7	Stanley Charles Kellett	5 Mar 1940
KEMEYS of Kevanmabley, Glamorgan
13 May 1642	E	1	Nicholas Kemeys MP for Monmouthshire 1628‑1629 For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page		25 May 1648
25 May 1648		2	Charles Kemeys	c 1614	c Jun 1658
c Jun 1658		3	Charles Kemeys MP for Monmouthshire 1685‑1689 and 1695‑1698, and Monmouth 1690‑1695	18 May 1651	22 Dec 1702	51
Dec 1702 to     29 Jan 1735		4	Charles Kemeys MP for Monmouthshire 1713‑1715 and Glamorganshire 1716‑1734 Extinct on his death	23 Nov 1688	29 Jan 1735	46
KEMP of Gissing, Norfolk
14 Mar 1642	E	1	Robert Kemp		20 Aug 1647
20 Aug 1647		2	Robert Kemp MP for Norfolk 1675‑1679 and Dunwich 1679‑1681	2 Feb 1627	26 Sep 1710	83
26 Sep 1710		3	Robert Kemp MP for Dunwich 1701‑1705, 1708‑1709 and 1713‑1715, and Suffolk 1732‑1734	25 Jun 1667	18 Dec 1734	67
18 Dec 1734		4	Robert Kemp MP for Orford 1730‑1734	9 Nov 1699	15 Feb 1752	52
15 Feb 1752		5	John Kemp	19 Dec 1700	25 Nov 1761	61
25 Nov 1761		6	John Kemp	1754	16 Jan 1771	16
16 Jan 1771		7	Benjamin Kemp	29 Dec 1708	25 Jan 1777	68
25 Jan 1777		8	William Kemp	31 Dec 1717	5 Nov 1799	81
5 Nov 1799		9	William Robert Kemp	18 May 1744	11 Oct 1804	60
11 Oct 1804		10	William Robert Kemp	14 Nov 1791	29 May 1874	82
29 May 1874		11	Thomas John Kemp	14 Oct 1793	7 Aug 1874	80
7 Aug 1874 to     22 Apr 1936		12	Kenneth Hagar Kemp Extinct on his death	21 Apr 1853	22 Apr 1936	83
KEMPE of Pentlow, Essex
5 Feb 1627 to     Jan 1667	E	1	George Kempe Extinct on his death	12 Nov 1602	Jan 1667	64
KENNARD of Hordle Cliff, Hants
11 Feb 1891	UK	1	Coleridge Arthur Fitzroy Kennard For information on the reason for the creation of a baronetcy for a 5-year-old child, see the note at the foot of this page	12 May 1885	7 Oct 1948	63
7 Oct 1948		2	Lawrence Ury Charles Kennard	6 Feb 1912	3 May 1967	55
3 May 1967 to     13 Dec 1999		3	George Arnold Ford Kennard Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	27 Apr 1915	13 Dec 1999	84
KENNAWAY of Hyderabad, India
25 Feb 1791	GB	1	John Kennaway	6 Mar 1758	1 Jan 1836	77
1 Jan 1836		2	John Kennaway	15 Dec 1797	19 Feb 1873	75
19 Feb 1873		3	John Henry Kennaway MP for Devon East 1870‑1885 and Honiton 1885‑1910; PC 1897	6 Jun 1837	6 Sep 1919	82
6 Sep 1919		4	John Kennaway	7 Apr 1879	3 Aug 1956	77
3 Aug 1956		5	John Lawrence Kennaway	7 Sep 1933	22 Oct 2017	84
22 Oct 2017		6	John Michael Kennaway	17 Feb 1962
KENNEDY
25 Jan 1665	I	1	Robert Kennedy		Mar 1668
Mar 1668		2	Richard Kennedy		Jan 1685
Jan 1685		3	Robert Kennedy	c 1650	1688
1688 to     Apr 1710		4	Richard Kennedy On his death the next heir was under attainder and the baronetcy was thus forfeited	c 1686	Apr 1710
KENNEDY of Girvan, Ayr
4 Aug 1673	NS	1	John Kennedy		c 1700
c 1700 to     Jun 1740		2	Gilbert Kennedy Extinct on his death		Jun 1740
KENNEDY of Culzean, Ayr
8 Dec 1682	NS	1	Archibald Kennedy For information on his daughter, Susanna, 3rd wife of the 9th Earl of Eglinton, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the Eglinton peerage		1710
1710		2	John Kennedy		Jul 1742
Jul 1742		3	John Kennedy		10 Apr 1744
10 Apr 1744		4	Thomas Kennedy He subsequently succeeded to the Earldom of Cassillis in 1759 with which title the baronetcy then merged until the baronetcy became extinct in 1792		30 Nov 1775
KENNEDY of Clowburn, Lanark
8 Jun 1698	NS	1	Andrew Kennedy		c Feb 1717
c Feb 1717 to     May 1729		2	John Vere Kennedy On his death the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant		26 May 1729
KENNEDY of Johnstown, co. Dublin
18 Jul 1836	UK	1	John Kennedy	1785	15 Oct 1848	63
15 Oct 1848		2	Charles Edward Bayly Kennedy	13 Feb 1820	4 Dec 1880	60
4 Dec 1880		3	John Charles Kennedy	23 Mar 1856	22 May 1923	67
22 May 1923		4	John Ralph Bayly Kennedy	9 Apr 1896	9 Aug 1968	72
9 Aug 1968		5	James Edward Kennedy	18 Jan 1898	24 Jun 1974	76
24 Jun 1974		6	Derrick Edward de Vere Kennedy	5 Jun 1904	27 Jun 1976	72
27 Jun 1976		7	George Ronald Derrick Kennedy	19 Nov 1927	21 Jan 1988	60
21 Jan 1988		8	Michael Edward Kennedy	12 Apr 1956	6 May 2012	56
6 May 2012		9	George Matthew Rae Kennedy	9 Dec 1993
KENRICK of Whitley, Berks
29 Mar 1679	E	1	William Kenrick		8 Sep 1684
Sep 1684 to     1699		2	William Kenrick Extinct on his death	1665	1699	34
KENT of Fornham, Suffolk
16 Aug 1782	GB	1	Charles Kent MP for Thetford 1784‑1790	c 1744	14 Mar 1811
14 Mar 1811		2	Charles Egleton Kent	4 Mar 1784	5 Dec 1834	50
5 Dec 1834 to     8 Apr 1848		3	Charles William Egleton Kent Extinct on his death For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	15 Feb 1819	8 Apr 1848	29
KENYON of Gredington, Flint
28 Jul 1784	GB	1	Lloyd Kenyon He was subsequently created Baron Kenyon in 1788 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	5 Oct 1732	4 Apr 1802	69
KERR of Greenland, Roxburgh
31 Jul 1637	NS	1	Andrew Kerr		May 1665
May 1665		2	Andrew Kerr		by Jun 1676
by Jun 1676		3	William Kerr MP for Scotland 1707‑1708		Apr 1716
Apr 1716		4	William Kerr		Aug 1741
Aug 1741		5	Robert Kerr		Apr 1746
Apr 1746		6	William Kerr		8 Dec 1755
8 Dec 1755 to     16 Aug 1776		7	Robert Kerr On his death the baronetcy became dormant		16 Aug 1776
KERR of Cambridge, Cambs
23 Jul 1957 to     26 Dec 1974	UK	1	Hamilton William Kerr MP for Oldham 1931‑1945 and Cambridge 1950‑1966 Extinct on his death	1 Aug 1903	26 Dec 1974	71
KERRISON of Hoxne Hall, Suffolk
8 Aug 1821	UK	1	Edward Kerrison MP for Shaftesbury 1813‑1818, Northampton 1818‑1820 and Eye 1824‑1852	30 Jul 1776	9 Mar 1853	76
9 Mar 1853		2	Edward Clarence Kerrison MP for Eye 1852‑1866 and Suffolk East 1866‑1867 Extinct on his death	2 Jan 1821	12 Jul 1886	65
KEY of Thornbury, Gloucs
17 Aug 1831	UK	1	John Key MP for London 1832‑1833	16 Aug 1794	15 Jul 1858	63
15 Jul 1858		2	Kingsmill Grove Key	7 May 1815	28 Dec 1899	84
28 Dec 1899		3	John Kingsmill Causton Key	22 Aug 1853	27 Apr 1926	72
27 Apr 1926 to     9 Aug 1932		4	Kingsmill James Key Extinct on his death	11 Oct 1864	9 Aug 1932	67
KEYES of Zeebrugge, and Dover, Kent
10 Oct 1919	UK	1	Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes He was subsequently created Baron Keyes in 1943 with which title the baronetcy remains merged, although as at 30/06/2014, the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage	4 Oct 1872	26 Dec 1945	72
KEYT of Ebrington, Gloucs
22 Dec 1660	E	1	John Keyt	6 Jul 1616	26 Aug 1662	46
26 Aug 1662		2	William Keyt	1638	30 Nov 1702	64
30 Nov 1702		3	William Keyt MP for Warwick 1722‑1735	8 Jul 1688	Sep 1741	53
Sep 1741		4	Thomas Charles Keyt	1713	24 Jul 1755	42
24 Jul 1755 to     6 Jul 1784		5	Robert Keyt Extinct on his death	24 Dec 1724	6 Jul 1784	59
KILLIGREW of Arwennick, Cornwall
22 Dec 1660	E	1	William Killigrew		17 Jul 1665
Jul 1665 to     8 Jan 1705		2	Peter Killigrew MP for Camelford 1660 Extinct on his death	c 1634	8 Jan 1705
KIMBER of Lansdown Lodge, Wandsworth
24 Aug 1904	UK	1	Henry Kimber MP for Wandsworth 1885‑1913	13 Jul 1834	18 Dec 1923	89
18 Dec 1923		2	Henry Dixon Kimber	8 Nov 1862	4 Sep 1950	87
4 Sep 1950		3	Charles Dixon Kimber	7 Jan 1912	10 Apr 2008	96
10 Apr 2008		4	Timothy Roy Henry Kimber	3 Jun 1936	4 Dec 2012	76
4 Dec 2012		5	Rupert Edward Watkin Kimber	20 Jun 1962
KINAHAN of Glenville, Cork
26 Sep 1887	UK		See "Hudson-Kinahan"
KING of Boyle Abbey, co. Roscommon
27 Sep 1682	I	1	Robert King MP [I] for Roscommon County 1692‑1693 and 1695‑1699, and Boyle 1703‑1707	c 1625	1 Mar 1707
1708		2	John King MP [I] for Boyle 1695‑1699 and 1703‑1714, and Roscommon County 1715‑1721	1673	19 Mar 1721	47
19 Mar 1721		3	Henry King MP [I] for Boyle 1707‑1727 and Roscommon County 1727‑1741; PC [I] 1733	1680	1 Jan 1741	59
1 Jan 1741		4	Robert King, later [1748] 1st Baron Kingsborough MP [I] for Boyle 1743‑1748	18 Feb 1724	22 May 1755	31
22 May 1755		5	Edward King He was subsequently created Earl of Kingston in 1768 with which title the baronetcy remains merged, although, as at 30/06/2014, the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage	29 Mar 1726	8 Nov 1797	71
KING of West Wycombe, Bucks
28 Jun 1707	GB		See "Dashwood"
KING of Bellevue, Kent
18 Jul 1792	GB		See "Duckworth-King"
KING of Charlestown, co. Roscommon
1 Jul 1815	UK	1	Gilbert King For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page MP [I] for Jamestown 1798‑1800	3 Jul 1739	8 Aug 1818	79
8 Aug 1818		2	Robert King	1785	1825	40
1825		3	Gilbert King	13 Jun 1812	14 Nov 1895	83
14 Nov 1895		4	Gilbert King	30 May 1846	9 Jul 1920	74
9 Jul 1920		5	George Adolphus King	3 Sep 1864	15 Aug 1954	89
15 Aug 1954		6	Alexander William King	25 Nov 1892	7 Apr 1969	76
7 Apr 1969		7	Peter Alexander King	13 Nov 1928	10 Jul 1973	44
10 Jul 1973		8	Wayne Alexander King	2 Feb 1962
KING of Corrard, Fermanagh
6 Nov 1821	UK	1	Abraham Bradley King	31 Mar 1774	27 Feb 1838	63
27 Feb 1838		2	James Walker King	12 May 1796	25 Jan 1874	77
25 Jan 1874 to     3 Apr 1921		3	Charles Simeon King Extinct on his death	8 Dec 1840	3 Apr 1921	80
KING of Campsie, Stirling
10 Oct 1888	UK	1	James King	13 Jul 1830	1 Oct 1911	81
1 Oct 1911		2	John Westall King	19 Jan 1863	9 Sep 1940	77
9 Sep 1940		3	James Granville Le Neve King	17 Sep 1898	20 Dec 1989	91
20 Dec 1989		4	John Christopher King	31 Mar 1933	5 Dec 2014	81
5 Dec 2014		5	James Henry Rupert King	24 May 1961
KING of Cornwall Gardens, London
21 Jun 1932 to     14 Nov 1933	UK	1	Sir Henry Seymour King MP for Hull Central 1885‑1911 Extinct on his death	4 Jan 1852	14 Nov 1933	81
KINGSMILL of Sidmanton, Hants
24 Nov 1800	GB	1	Robert Kingsmill MP for Yarmouth (IOW) 1779‑1780 and Tregony 1784‑1790	c 1730	23 Nov 1805
23 Nov 1805 to     4 May 1823		2	Robert Kingsmill Extinct on his death	1772	4 May 1823	50
KINLOCH of Kinloch, Fife
5 Sep 1685	NS	1	David Kinloch		c 1700
c 1700		2	James Kinloch	c 1680	1744
1744 to     1746		3	James Kinloch He was attainted and the baronetcy forfeited		5 Feb 1766
KINLOCH of Gilmerton, Haddington
16 Sep 1686	NS	1	Francis Kinloch		17 Dec 1691
Dec 1691		2	Francis Kinloch		11 Sep 1699
Sep 1699		3	Thomas Kinloch	23 Jun 1676	2 Mar 1747	70
2 Mar 1747		4	James Kinloch	8 Aug 1705	25 Mar 1778	72
25 Mar 1778		5	David Kinloch	c 1710	18 Feb 1795
18 Feb 1795		6	Francis Kinloch	c 1747	16 Apr 1795
16 Apr 1795		7	Archibald Gordon Kinloch For further information on this baronet, who murdered his brother, the 6th baronet, see the note at the foot of this page		24 Oct 1800
24 Oct 1800		8	Alexander Kinloch		12 Feb 1813
12 Feb 1813		9	David Kinloch	1 Sep 1805	23 Feb 1879	73
23 Feb 1879		10	Alexander Kinloch	1 Feb 1830	11 Mar 1912	82
11 Mar 1912		11	David Alexander Kinloch	20 Feb 1856	27 Oct 1944	88
27 Oct 1944		12	Alexander Davenport Kinloch	17 Sep 1902	22 Nov 1982	80
22 Nov 1982		13	David Kinloch	5 Aug 1951
KINLOCH of Kinloch, Perth
16 Apr 1873	UK	1	George Kinloch	13 Oct 1800	17 Jun 1881	80
17 Jun 1881		2	John George Smyth Kinloch MP for Perthshire East 1889‑1903	8 Jan 1849	20 May 1910	61
20 May 1910		3	George Kinloch	1 Mar 1880	16 Mar 1948	68
16 Mar 1948		4	John Kinloch	1 Nov 1907	28 May 1992	84
28 May 1992		5	David Oliphant Kinloch	15 Jan 1942	21 Jan 2022	80
21 Jan 2022		6	Alexander Peter Kinloch	30 Jun 1986
KINLOCH-COOKE of Brighthelmstone, Sussex
1 Mar 1926 to     4 Sep 1944	UK	1	Clement Kinloch-Cooke MP for Devonport 1910‑1923 and Cardiff East 1924‑1929 Extinct on his death	1854	4 Sep 1944	90
KIRKALDY of Grange
14 May 1664 to     c 1680	NS	1	John Kirkaldy Presumably extinct on his death		c 1680
KIRKPATRICK of Closeburn, Dumfries
26 Mar 1685	NS	1	Thomas Kirkpatrick		c 1695
c 1695		2	Thomas Kirkpatrick		c 1730
c 1730		3	Thomas Kirkpatrick	1704	Oct 1771	67
Oct 1771		4	James Kirkpatrick		7 Jun 1804
7 Jun 1804		5	Thomas Kirkpatrick	1777	21 Oct 1844	67
21 Oct 1844		6	Charles Sharpe Kirkpatrick	May 1811	9 Oct 1867	56
9 Oct 1867		7	Thomas Kirkpatrick	26 Apr 1839	23 Jun 1880	41
23 Jun 1880		8	James Kirkpatrick	22 Mar 1841	20 Nov 1899	58
20 Nov 1899		9	Charles Sharpe Kirkpatrick	2 Feb 1874	2 Jun 1937	63
2 Jun 1937		10	James Alexander Kirkpatrick For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	24 Oct 1918	4 Apr 1954	35
4 Apr 1954		11	Ivone Elliott Kirkpatrick	1 Oct 1942
KITSON of Gledhow, Yorks
28 Aug 1886	UK	1	James Kitson He was subsequently created Baron Airedale in 1907 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1996	22 Sep 1835	16 Mar 1911	75
KLEINWORT of Bolnore, Sussex
29 Nov 1909	UK	1	Alexander Drake Kleinwort	17 Oct 1858	8 Jun 1935	76
8 Jun 1935		2	Alexander Santiago Kleinwort	31 Oct 1892	26 Mar 1983	90
26 Mar 1983		3	Kenneth Drake Kleinwort	28 May 1935	8 Jul 1994	59
8 Jul 1994		4	Richard Drake Kleinwort	4 Nov 1960
KNATCHBULL of Mersham Hatch, Kent
4 Aug 1641	E	1	Norton Knatchbull MP for Kent 1640 and New Romney 1640‑1648 and 1660‑1679	26 Dec 1602	5 Feb 1685	82
5 Feb 1685		2	John Knatchbull MP for New Romney 1660‑1661 and Kent 1685‑1695	c 1636	15 Dec 1696
15 Dec 1696		3	Thomas Knatchbull		c 1712
c 1712		4	Edward Knatchbull MP for Rochester 1702‑1705, Kent 1713‑1715 and 1722‑1727, and Lostwithiel 1728‑1730	c 1674	3 Apr 1730
3 Apr 1730		5	Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham		23 Jul 1749
23 Jul 1749		6	Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham MP for Kent 1760‑1763	16 Feb 1737	26 Sep 1763	26
26 Sep 1763		7	Edward Knatchbull MP [I] for Armagh Borough 1727‑1760	12 Dec 1704	21 Nov 1789	84
21 Nov 1789		8	Edward Knatchbull MP for Kent 1790‑1802 and 1806‑1819	22 May 1758	21 Sep 1819	61
21 Sep 1819		9	Edward Knatchbull MP for Kent 1819‑1831 and Kent East 1832‑1845; Paymaster-General 1834‑1835 and 1841‑1845; PC 1834 For further information on this baronet's brother, John, see the note at the foot of this page	20 Dec 1781	24 May 1849	67
24 May 1849		10	Norton Joseph Knatchbull	10 Jul 1808	2 Feb 1868	59
2 Feb 1868		11	Edward Knatchbull	26 Apr 1838	30 May 1871	33
30 May 1871		12	Wyndham Knatchbull MP for Kent East 1875‑1876	9 Aug 1844	30 Jul 1917	72
30 Jul 1917		13	Cecil Marcus Knatchbull-Hugessen He had previously succeeded to the Barony of Brabourne in 1915 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	27 Nov 1863	15 Feb 1933	69
KNELLER of Whitton, Middlesex
24 May 1715 to     19 Oct 1723	GB	1	Godfrey Kneller Extinct on his death	8 Aug 1646	19 Oct 1723	77
KNIGHTLEY of Offchurch, Warwicks
30 Aug 1660	E	1	John Knightley	c 1611	c 1670
c 1670 to     1689		2	John Knightley Extinct on his death		1689
KNIGHTLEY of Fawsley, Northants
2 Feb 1798	GB	1	John Knightley For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	17 Feb 1747	29 Jan 1812	64
29 Jan 1812		2	Charles Knightley MP for Northamptonshire South 1835‑1852	30 Jan 1781	30 Aug 1864	83
30 Aug 1864		3	Rainald Knightley, later [1892] 1st Baron Knightley	22 Oct 1819	19 Dec 1895	76
19 Dec 1895		4	Valentine Knightley	30 Sep 1812	28 Apr 1898	85
28 Apr 1898		5	Charles Valentine Knightley	22 Jul 1853	20 Mar 1932	78
20 Mar 1932 to     3 Mar 1938		6	Henry Francis Knightley Extinct on his death	30 Jul 1854	3 Mar 1938	83
KNIGHTON of Carlston, Dorset
1 Jan 1813	UK	1	William Knighton	1776	11 Oct 1836	60
11 Oct 1836 to     13 Mar 1885		2	William Wellesley Knighton Extinct on his death	1811	13 Mar 1885	73
KNILL of The Grove, Kent
11 Aug 1893	UK	1	Stuart Knill	11 Apr 1824	19 Nov 1898	74
19 Nov 1898		2	John Knill	4 Sep 1856	26 Mar 1934	77
26 Mar 1934		3	John Stuart Knill For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	11 Apr 1886	17 Apr 1973	87
17 Apr 1973		4	John Kenelm Stuart Knill	8 Apr 1913	15 Apr 1998	85
15 Apr 1998		5	Thomas John Pugin Bartholomew Knill	23 Aug 1952
KNIVETON of Mercaston, Derby
29 Jun 1611	E	1	William Kniveton MP for Derbyshire 1604‑1611		c 1632
c 1632		2	Gilbert Kniveton MP for Derby 1614		c 1641
c 1641		3	Andrew Kniveton		24 Dec 1669
Dec 1669 to     c 1706		4	Thomas Kniveton Extinct on his death		c 1706
KNOTT of Close House, Northumberland
4 Jul 1917	UK	1	James Knott MP for Sunderland 1910	31 Jan 1855	8 Jun 1934	79
8 Jun 1934 to     10 Apr 1949		2	Thomas Garbutt Knott Extinct on his death	14 Jul 1879	10 Apr 1949	69
KNOLLYS of Grove Place, Hants
6 May 1642 to     Jul 1648	E	1	Henry Knollys Extinct on his death	c 1611	Jul 1648
KNOLLYS of Thame, Oxon
1 Apr 1754 to     29 Jun 1772	GB	1	Francis Knollys MP for Reading 1761‑1768 Extinct on his death	c 1722	29 Jun 1772
KNOWLES of Lovell Hill, Berks
31 Oct 1765	GB	1	Charles Knowles MP for Gatton 1749‑1752; Governor of Jamaica 1752‑1758	c 1704	9 Dec 1777
9 Dec 1777		2	Charles Henry Knowles	24 Aug 1754	28 Nov 1831	77
28 Nov 1831		3	Francis Charles Knowles	10 Jun 1802	19 Mar 1892	89
19 Mar 1892		4	Charles George Frederick Knowles	14 Mar 1832	3 Mar 1918	85
3 Mar 1918		5	Francis Howe Seymour Knowles	13 Jan 1886	4 Apr 1953	67
4 Apr 1953		6	Francis Gerald William Knowles	9 Mar 1915	13 Jul 1974	59
13 Jul 1974		7	Charles Francis Knowles	20 Dec 1951
KNOWLES of Westwood, Lancs
14 Dec 1903 to     7 Oct 1928	UK	1	Lees Knowles MP for Salford West 1886‑1906 Extinct on his death	16 Feb 1857	7 Oct 1928	71
KNOX-GORE of Belleek, Mayo
5 Dec 1868	UK	1	Francis Arthur Knox-Gore Lord Lieutenant Sligo 1831‑1868	23 Jun 1803	21 May 1873	69
21 May 1873 to     22 Dec 1890		2	Charles James Knox-Gore Extinct on his death	20 Sep 1831	22 Dec 1890	59
KNYVETT of Buckenham, Norfolk
22 May 1611	E	1	Philip Knyvett		28 Feb 1655
Feb 1655 to     Oct 1699		2	Robert Knyvett Extinct on his death		9 Oct 1699
KYNASTON of Hardwick, Salop
8 Dec 1818	UK	1	John Kynaston (Powell from 1797) MP for Shropshire 1784‑1822	5 Feb 1753	24 Oct 1822	69
24 Oct 1822		2	Edward Kynaston	7 Jan 1758	26 Apr 1839	81
26 Apr 1839 to     7 Mar 1866		3	John Roger Kynaston Extinct on his death	2 Jul 1797	7 Mar 1866	68
KYRLE of Much Marcle, Hereford
17 May 1627	E	1	John Kyrle		1650
1650 to     4 Jan 1680		2	John Kyrle MP for Herefordshire 1668‑1679 Extinct on his death	c 1617	4 Jan 1680
KYRLE-MONEY of Horn House, Hereford
13 Aug 1838 to     26 Jun 1843	UK	1	James Kyrle-Money Extinct on his death	c 1775	26 Jun 1843

	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Watson (later Kay) created in 1803
	From the London Gazette of 24 November 1803 (issue 15648, page 1630):-
	The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Brook Watson, of East Sheen, in the County of Surrey, Esq; Commissary General to his Majesty's Forces in Great Britain, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, with Remainders to William Kay, Esq; Deputy-Commissary-General to the said Forces (Great Nephew of the said Brook Watson, Esq;) and to Brook Kay, Esq; Brother of the said William Kay, Esq; an Officer in the Naval Service of the East India Company, and their respective Heirs Male.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Kellett created in 1801
	From the London Gazette of 4 July 1801 (issue 15382, page 754):-
	The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Sir Richard Kellett, of Lota, in the County of the City of Cork, Knight, with Remainder to the Heirs Male of the Body of his Father, Richard Kellett, Esq, of the City of Cork.
	The descent of the Kellett baronetcy
	All sorts of confusion seems to have surrounded the holder of this title between 1883 and 1906. The standard peerage reference works of the time all state that the holder of the title was Sir William Augustus Kellett, who had succeeded to the title in 1886.
	A letter from the London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus, published on 29 January 1906 informs the paper's readers that:-
	Sir William Kellett, Bart., who died the other day, had a very romantic career. He was only 57 years of age, and had held the title 20 years. He was nephew of the first baronet, first cousin of the second and succeeded to the baronetcy under a special remainder. He was originally a school master, lived for a time in India, and in the eighties he was a music teacher in Romney. When he claimed the baronetcy in 1886 he went to Australia to look after what was left of the family estates. He found that everything was mortgaged, and the deeds were held by solicitors for the benefit of creditors. When he returned to England he again supported himself by teaching music. His health broke down, and he was compelled to ask the Totnes poor-law guardians for relief. He was granted 3/- a week and, later, he was admitted to the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Home, at Plymouth, where he died [on 27 December 1905]. The newspapers state that, though he was penniless and a confirmed invalid, he was about to be married to a daughter of the late Mr. James Jermy, of Stanfield-hall, Norfolk. He is succeeded in the title by his brother Henry, who is believed to be in Australia, but his whereabouts is said to be uncertain, for his relatives in England have not heard of him for some time.
	Notice of his death was also recorded in the Court Circular section of The Times on 2 January 1906 in a paragraph which stated that:- "The funeral of Sir William Kellett, who died last week in a Roman Catholic home for the aged poor, took place yesterday at the cemetery, Plymouth. The mourners were four inmates of the home, and the service was conducted by one of the priests visiting the institution."
	The article in the Argus on 29 January 1906 caused an immediate response. A letter to the editor appeared in the 3 February 1906 edition, which read:-
	Sir - In the letter of your London correspondent, published on Monday, January 29, mention is made of the death, in poverty of "Sir William Kellett", at the age of 57. He is described as having held the title for 20 years. As a matter of fact he had no right to the title at all.
	The title was last held by my uncle, Sir William Augustus Kellett, who, accompanied by my father, arrived in Victoria in 1839. In the forties and early fifties he was engaged in business in Collins-street (near Queen-street), Melbourne. He was married on the 15th May, 1851, to Mary Gibson, at the Cathedral Church of St. James, Melbourne, and of that marriage there was issue a daughter, named Theresa. He died at Hawthorn, and was buried on 30th April, 1883, in Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, aged 68 years.
	It was necessary to prove this when substantiating a claim under my father's will to money paid into Chancery under the Trustees Relief Act, which was done before the High Court of Justice, in Ireland, Chancery division, to the satisfaction of the Master of the Rolls, on the 24th June, 1902 …
	For reasons it is unnecessary to particularise I have not assumed the title during the past 20 years, but it is plainly evident to me that, in justice to my sons and to prevent future complications, I must assert my position.
	Yours etc, Henry de Castries Kellett, Bart.
	High-street, Kew, Feb 2.
	This letter is somewhat unsatisfactory in its assertion that Sir William Augustus Kellett had been the last person to hold the title. There seems to be no doubt at all that, since he had died in April 1883, he never succeeded to the title, as the 2nd baronet did not die until February 1886. And yet, as late as 1916, Dod's Peerage describes Sir Henry de Castries Kellett as being the 4th baronet. On the other hand, Sir Henry is shown in Who's Who as the 3rd baronet.
	To confuse the matter even further, the following article appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune on 29 March 1906:-
	At the close of last year there died in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic home at Plymouth an old man of 70 whose misfortunes had excited a good deal of attention and sympathy and who used to be known as Sir William Kellet [sic], "the pauper baronet". He previously had been an inmate of the parish workhouse at Totnes, and it was the horror of a number of charitably inclined people at the idea of the titled chief of so ancient a family as the Kellets spending his old age in the workhouse that led them to provide for his welfare in a Catholic home.
	According to his own story he was the son of a London merchant, ruined by reverses, and earning his bread as the manager of a private school in Kent when, in 1880, he was notified that through the death of his cousin in Australia he had inherited the latter's title and estates, the property being estimated at [US] $500,000. He parted with his school, according to his own account, at a considerable sacrifice, and, scraping together all the little money he possessed, sailed for Australia, only to find that his cousin's estate had been left so heavily encumbered that it was hopeless to expect anything from it. Accordingly he returned to England and took up music and teaching.
	He asserted that he had lost his first wife many years ago, and in 1904 was about to contract a second marriage with a woman at Kingston, who offered to provide for him for life in return for his name and title. But when she the physical wreck to whom she was about to ally herself to, she broke off the match, being unwilling , even for the sake of becoming a baronet's wife, to go through a ceremony of marriage with so pitiable an object, crippled, as the man was, by two successive strokes of paralysis.
	And now comes the extraordinary part of the affair. It seems that the man was an imposter who gulled even the compilers of "Burke's", "Debrett's", and other standard works of reference dealing with the baronetage, and it is amazing, in view of all the publicity which his misfortunes received in the press, that the fact of his pretensions should not have become known.
	It came out that the real Sir William Kellet died in Australia in 1883 after having spent the previous forty years of his life in the antipodes without ever coming to England. He was buried in the Baroondara [sic] cemetery at Kew, in Victoria, April 18, 1883, and left but one child, a daughter of the name of Theresa, by a marriage contracted at St. James' Cathedral, at Melbourne, May 15, 1851. He was succeeded by his brother, the late Sir Henry de Castries Kellet. Sir Henry died about five years ago, and was succeeded by his son and namesake, who lives in Victoria. [my emphasis]
	Proofs of the death of Sir William Kellet in April, 1883, had to be furnished not merely to the courts of the colony of Victoria but also to the chancery division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland at the time of the probating of the will of his brother, the late Sir Henry, in June, 1902. The court records of that year at Dublin show that the demise of Sir William, in 1883, and that of his younger brother and successor, Sir Henry Kellet, in 1901, were established to the satisfaction of the master of the rolls at Dublin June 24, 1902. It was likewise made clear at that time that the real Sir William was 73 when he died, in 1883, and that he would therefore have been 95 had he survived until last year.
	The fact is therefore established that the so-called "pauper baronet", upon whom so much pity was wasted, was a rank imposter, clever enough to mislead not only all sorts of kind-hearted people but also the compilers of "Peerages" and other standard works of reference, not one of which seems to have taken any note of the records of the Dublin court of chancery in 1902.
	So who is this Sir Henry de Castries Kellet who is alleged to have died around 1901? - I've no idea. If any reader has access to the records of the Irish courts for the year 1902, I'd be very pleased to hear from them, but, in the meantime, the listing of the holders of this title follows the history as shown in Burke's Peerage.
	The undisputed Sir Henry de Castries Kellett died on 20 June 1924 when the hire-car in which he was a passenger was struck by a tram in Cotham Road, Kew, a suburb of Melbourne. His widow was eventually awarded £1,518 damages against the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board.
	Sir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st baronet
	According to an article in the New Zealand Hawke's Bay Herald of 4 December 1897:-
	Sir Nicholas Kemeys, Baronet, of Cefn Mably, was accounted one of the strongest men of his day, and a tradition corroborative of his great strength still exists in Glamorganshire. One summer evening as Sir Nicholas was walking in the deer park at Cefn Mably with some guests, an athletic man, leading an ass, upon which was his wallet, approached, and, respectfully saluting the company said he humbly supposed that the huge gentleman he had the honour of addressing was the strong Sir Nicholas Kemeys. The stranger, being answered in the affirmative, declared himself a noted Cornish wrestler who had never been thrown, and that having heard from a Welshman whom he had met in Bristol of the great bodily strength of Sir Nicholas he had made this journey to see his honour, adding that, if it were not asking too great a favour, he trusted Sir Nicholas would condescend and try a fall with him. The baronet smilingly assented, but advised the Cornishman first to go to the buttery and get refreshed. The Cornishman declined with many thanks, saying he was quite fresh; so they fell to wrestling, and in a moment the Cornishman was thrown upon his back. The baronet assisted him to rise, and asked him if he were now satisfied with his strength. The reply was as follows:- "Not unless you throw me over the Park wall." The story goes that this request was readily complied with, the unsatisfied wrestler entreating that Sir Nicholas would throw his ass after him over the wall, which was accordingly done. A place is still shown in the ancient park wall as the scene of the exploit. A fine picture now at Cefn Mably, in the possession of Colonel Kemeys Tynte, represents Sir Nicholas as of great stature and apparently of gigantic strength. He was killed at Chepstow Castle in defending it against the troops of Cromwell, having slain many of the enemy with his own hand in the sortie in which he fell.
	Sir Coleridge Arthur Fitzroy Kennard, 1st baronet
	Sir Coleridge was created a baronet at the age of 5 years and 9 months. The baronetcy was originally intended for his grandfather and namesake, Coleridge Kennard, but he died on Christmas Day 1890, before the baronetcy could be gazetted. The elder Coleridge had been MP for Salisbury 1882‑1885, and had contributed greatly to the Conservative cause, particularly in relation to the foundation of a Conservative newspaper, the Evening News. His grandson was therefore created a baronet in his place.
	In addition, the London Gazette (issue 26126, page 360) contains a notice dated 17 January 1891, which states that "The Queen, taking into Her Royal consideration that before the death of Coleridge John Kennard, Esquire, Her Majesty had expressed Her gracious intention of conferring upon him the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has been pleased to ordain and declare that Ellen Georgiana Kennard, the widow of the said Coleridge John Kennard, shall have, hold, and enjoy the same title, place, and precedence to which she would have been entitled had her said husband survived and been created a Baronet."
	For another instance of a boy being created a baronet in similar circumstances, see the baronetcy of Hills.
	Sir George Arnold Ford Kennard, 3rd baronet
	Extracted from Sir George's obituary in The Times of 22 December 1999:-
	"Loopy" Kennard was regarded in the Army as an eccentric. He certainly behaved unusually on occasion, for example firing his revolver over the heads of his squadron sentries in Malaya to test their alertness (and receiving a fusillade in response). But it was his matter-of-fact way of regarding and describing the awful barbarity of war that marked him out. He came from a family which had made and lost huge wealth, and this may have contributed to the happy combination of his supreme self-confidence and his unfailing common touch.
	Kennard spent much of the war [WW2] as a prisoner of the Germans, but the manner of his capture was quite in keeping with his lifestyle. After Wavell's victory against the Italians in the Western Desert, the 4th Hussars were sent to Salonika in 1941 as part of the vain attempt to prevent Greece being overrun by the Axis forces. The Commonwealth divisions fought tenaciously but were critically short of air support and their tanks were outgunned by the German Panzers.
	After several unsuccessful encounters, Kennard and a handful of officers and men of the 4th Hussars found themselves in the Peloponnese with their backs to the Mediterranean. They hoped to hold out long enough to be rescued, but while tending a wounded brother officer, Kennard was surprised to be addressed by someone speaking English in a German accent he recognised. It was Otto Herzog, the cousin of a German family he had known well before the war. Each fluent in the other's language, the pair then acted as go-betweens, arranging the surrender of some 10,000 Allied troops who would otherwise have been shelled to pieces on the beaches.
	Kennard was subsequently involved in a number of escape attempts from Oflag VIB at Warburg in Westphalia. Having been dragged ignominiously heels-first from a narrow tunnel in which he and others were digging, he decided on an easier and less arduous route. Recovering in the prison hospital from dysentery, he and a companion enlisted the help of a foreman of a French forced-labour group to leave a plank behind at the end of their day's work. The plan was simple. The two laid the plank from the hospital window to the nearby perimeter fence, crawled across, jumped down and began walking westwards.
	They made good progress, travelling only by night, keeping away from roads and stealing food from farms. After six weeks on the run, an encounter with a German sentry in Holland forced the two to split up. Each sought help from Dutch civilians but so great was the risk of German reprisals for aiding Allied escapers that both were recaptured a few hours later.
	After being moved to a different camp, Kennard and Humphrey Luya of the Royal Artillery broke away from a marching column of prisoners and bolted into a wood. By this late stage of the war, the guards were either old men or mere boys, so no determined attempt was made to recapture them. Two days crouching in a thicket in the middle of a German defensive position until it was evacuated led to the pair's liberation by the American Army.'
	Sir Charles William Egleton Kent, 3rd baronet
	Sir Charles was found dead in his bed in April 1848, having suffered an aneurism of the arch of the aorta. The following report of the subsequent inquest appeared in the Morning Post of 13 April 1848:-
	Yesterday Mr. G.I. Mills, the Deputy-Coroner, held an inquest in the officers' room of the Regent's Park Barracks, Albany-street, on the body of Captain Sir Charles William Kent, Bart., aged 29, of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, who was found dead under the following circumstances - William Gledhall deposed that he was valet to the deceased Baronet. Sir Charles had been ailing for some time past, and complained of a pain in his left side. On Saturday morning last, about half-past nine o'clock, he went up to the deceased's room, and on inquiring of his master how he was, he replied "Much better." Shortly before eleven o'clock Colonel Hall, the commander of the regiment, called, and inquired how deceased was, and, on being informed that he was better, the colonel went to deceased's apartment. The cries of Colonel Hall caused him to run to his master's apartment. He then found his master deluged in blood, and apparently lifeless. He ran for Dr. Campbell, the surgeon of the regiment, and, on that gentleman's arrival, he pronounced life to have been extinct some time. Colonel Hall said he was commanding-officer of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, now quartered at the Regent's Park Barracks. On Saturday morning, about eleven o'clock, he called at the quarters of Captain Sir Charles William Kent to inquire after his health, and was informed by the previous witness that he was much better. On entering deceased's apartment he was alarmed on seeing him in bed, and the bed clothes covered with blood. He raised an alarm, and sent instantly for Dr. Campbell, the regimental surgeon, who, on arrival, said deceased was dead. Dr. Campbell deposed that, when he was called in, the deceased Baronet was quite dead. He had made a post mortem examination of the body and found the cause of death was a rupture of the descending aorta into the oesophagus. The Deputy Coroner explained to the Jury the nature of the disease under which deceased laboured, and remarked that it was precisely that under which Dr. [Robert] Liston [1794‑1847], the eminent surgeon, had died of. It was a singular fact that Dr. Liston, who, without doubt, was the most eminent surgeon of his day, and who was so successful in the cure of every one else, had been for years endeavouring to discover the disease which he himself laboured under unsuccessfully. The Jury ultimately returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of King created in 1815
	From the London Gazette of 13 June 1815 (issue 17023, page 1135):-
	His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Gilbert King, of Charles Town, in the county of Roscommon, Esq. and the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten, with remainder to his brother, the Reverend John King, Master of Arts, Archdeacon of Killalay and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue to Robert King, Esq. son of the late Robert King, Esq. deceased (third brother of the aforesaid Gilbert King), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
	Sir Archibald Gordon Kinloch, 7th baronet
	Sir Archibald was tried in the Scottish High Court of Justiciary in 1795 on a charge of murdering his older brother, Sir Francis Kinloch, 6th baronet.
	The relevant section of the indictment read as follows:-
	Sir Archibald Gordon Kinloch of Gilmerton, Bart., present prisoner in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, you are indicted and accused, at the instance of Robert Dundas, Esq., of Arniston, His Majesty's Advocate for His Majesty's interest, that whereas, by the Laws of God, the laws of this and every other well-governed realm, Murder, more specifically when committed by a brother against a brother, is a crime of a most heinous nature, and severely punishable; Yet true it is and of verity that you, the said Sir Archibald Gordon Kinloch, are guilty actor, or art and part, of the foresaid crime, aggravated as aforesaid; in so far as, you, the said Sir Archibald Gordon Kinloch, being, on the 14th day of April, 1795, in the house of Gilmerton, belonging to the deceased Sir Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton, Bart., your brother-german [i.e. a full brother], situated in the parish of Athelstonford, and County of Haddington, did, on the night of the said 14th, or early in the morning of 15th April 1795, or on one or other of the days or nights of that month, or of the month of March immediately preceding, or of May immediately following, come down from your bed-chamber, in the house of Gilmerton aforesaid, to the parlour or dining-room where your said brother then was, you having, at the time, two loaded pistols somewhere concealed about your clothes; and having soon thereafter left the said parlour or dining-room, and your said brother having followed, and being then close by you the said Sir Archibald Gordon Kinloch, on the stair leading to the upper apartments, you did then and there murder the said Sir Francis Kinloch, your brother, by wickedly and feloniously discharging one of the said loaded pistols at your said brother, by which he received a mortal wound; the ball having penetrated below the point of the sternum, or breast-bone, towards the right side: And the said Sir Francis Kinloch having languished in great pain till the evening of the 16th of the said month of April, did then expire, in consequence of the wound given him by you, the said Sir Alexander Gordon Kinloch, and notwithstanding of every medical assistance having been procured … All which, or part thereof being found proven by the verdict of an Assize, before the Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk, and Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, you, the said Sir Archibald Gordon Kinloch, ought to be punished with the pains of law, to deter others from committing the like crimes in all time coming.
	Kinloch's legal counsel, Mr. Hume, stated to the Court that:-
	"the nature of the defence which was to be offered was that, although it should be proved that he [Kinloch] was the unfortunate instrument of the unhappy deed charged against him, yet that at the time it was committed, he was in the most lamentable state of a deranged mind, so as to be totally insensible of what was done, and even afterwards, did not retain the smallest recollection of what had happened." He further stated that, while in the West Indies, [Kinloch] had been seized with a fever, from which time he never was considered as possessing a sound mind, but was subject to melancholy and fits of jealousy; and this had such an effect upon him as to make him attempt to take away his own life.
	Kinloch was subsequently found guilty of his brother's murder, "when their Lordships adjudged him to be confined in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh during all the days of his life; or, at least, until any friend or other person, shall become caution to secure and confine him in sure custody during all the days of his life, under the penalty of £10,000 sterling."
	Sir James Alexander Kirkpatrick, 10th baronet [NS 1685]
	From The Times of 5 April 1954:-
	Nairobi, April 4 - Sir James Kirkpatrick, 10th Baronet, assistant game warden for Kenya, was found dead with a gunshot wound in his head at a house at Limuru, 10 miles from Nairobi, the police reported to-day. Near the body was a .32 automatic. He was 35.
	The second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Fearnley Kirkpatrick, D.S.O., second son of the eighth baronet, he was born on October 24, 1918, and was educated at Wellington College. During the 1939‑45 War he served in the R.A.F., being mentioned in dispatches and holding the rank of squadron leader in the R[oyal] A[ir] F[orce] V[olunteer] R[eserve]. He succeeded his uncle, the late Sir Charles Sharpe Kirkpatrick, as tenth baronet in 1937. He married in 1941 Ellen Gertrude, daughter of Captain Robert Perceval Elliott, of Ismailia. There were two sons of the marriage and the elder, Mr. Ivone Elliott Kirkpatrick, who was born in 1942, succeeds to the title.
	From The Times of 11 May 1954:-
	Nairobi, May 10 - A verdict of suicide while temporarily of unsound mind was returned to‑day at the inquest of Sir James Kirkpatrick, who was found shot dead on April 3. Sir James Kirkpatrick, the tenth baronet, was assistant game warden for Kenya. His body was found at his house at Limuru, 10 miles from Nairobi with an automatic pistol lying near.
	John Knatchbull, brother of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th baronet (c 1792‑1844)
	The baronetcy of Knatchbull, created in 1641, has since 1917 been a subsidiary title of the Barons Brabourne. In Burke's Peerage, the 8th baronet is shown as having a number of sons, one of whom succeeded him as baronet. Apart from the first son born from his second marriage, another son from this marriage is described as being 'other issue'. Perhaps this is not surprising, since the man dismissed as being 'other issue' was hanged for murder in Sydney in 1844.
	John Knatchbull was probably the John Knatchbull baptized on 24 January 1793 at Norton in Kent, the son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th baronet and his second wife, Frances. Sir Edward, who married three times, appears to have had at least 20 children. John was sent to Winchester School before he joined the Navy as a volunteer in August 1804. Over the next fourteen years, he served with distinction in a variety of naval vessels, but he appears to have been a brutal officer. Ultimately he was court-martialled for brutality, was found guilty and he had to resign his commission.
	At the Surrey Assizes on 21 August 1824, Knatchbull was convicted, under the name of John Fitch, of 'stealing with force and arms' and sentenced to 14 years transportation. He arrived in Sydney in April 1825 and was sent to Bathurst, 120 miles west of Sydney, where in November 1826 he was appointed constable to the mail service between Bathurst and Mount York. He gained an early 'ticket-of-leave' (a document which allowed well-behaved convicts certain freedoms) by tricking eight fellow convicts into an escape attempt and then informing on them. Armed with his ticket-of-leave, he made his way to Liverpool (20 miles south‑west of Sydney).
	On 31 December 1831, he was charged with forging a Judge's signature to a cheque drawn on the Royal Bank of Australia. Found guilty, he was sentenced to death on 22 February 1832, but the sentence was commuted to seven years' transportation to Norfolk Island. While waiting for the ship, the Governor Philip to sail to Norfolk Island, Knatchbull instigated a plot to capture the ship once it sailed. About 4 lb of arsenic was smuggled aboard and it was Knatchbull's intention to poison the crew of the ship. After the ship had sailed, he tried to put his plan into effect but was betrayed and Knatchbull was handcuffed to the mainbrace for the rest of the voyage.
	Within a year he hatched another escape plot. It was planned that the convicts would capture the entire island (Norfolk Island is only about 13 square miles), then board and capture the first government ship which arrived and then sail away to freedom. The mutiny failed and Knatchbull, true to form, offered to give evidence against his fellow convicts. Thirteen men were hanged as a result.
	In 1839 his sentence expired and he was returned to Sydney. Ordinarily he would have been sent to a road-gang, but he pleaded illness and was sent to Port Macquarie instead. In July 1842, he was again given a ticket-of-leave and returned to Sydney, where he was offered the job as master of a coastal cutter. In order to take this job, he had to obtain the permission of the Governor, Sir George Gipps, who granted it, being aware that Knatchbull's half-brother was by now a Cabinet Minister back in London.
	Meanwhile, Knatchbull had persuaded a young widow, Mrs Craig, to marry him, but he had no money - his landlord was pressing him for the rent and he had nothing with which to pay for the impending wedding. On 6 January 1844, he took a tomahawk and entered a chandler's shop owned by Mrs Ellen Jamieson, where he attacked her and stole her savings. Mrs Jamieson died twelve days later and Knatchbull was charged with murder.
	He was defended at his trial by Robert Lowe (later Viscount Sherbrooke) who submitted that Knatchbull suffered from a brain disease. As far as I am aware, this was the first occasion in any British-style court that a plea of moral insanity was raised. However, the jury found Knatchbull guilty without even leaving the box. He then appealed unsuccessfully against the sentence on the ground that the judge had not directed that his body be dissected and anatomized after execution, thus making the sentence illegal.
	His hanging, which took place on 13 February 1844, was Sydney's social event of the year.
	Another brother, Charles Knatchbull, appears in the columns of The Times during 1823 and 1834, featuring in trials in which he was charged with obtaining money by false pretences and theft.
	For further reading on the life of John Knatchbull, I recommend John Knatchbull; Quarterdeck to Gallows by Colin Roderick (Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1963).
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Knightley created in 1798
	From the London Gazette of 26 December 1797 (issue 14077, page  1231):-
	The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain to John Knightley, of Fawsley in the County of Northumberland, Clerk, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten; with Remainder, in Default of such Issue, to the Heirs Male of the Body of Charles Knightley, of Preston Capes in the said County, Clerk, deceased, Brother of the said John Knightley, and to the Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten.
	Sir John Stuart Knill, 3rd baronet
	Sir Stuart (he apparently did not use his first name) succeeded to the baronetcy in 1934, but, at about the same time, he appears to have lost his entire fortune. In the Sydney Morning Herald of 12 April 1937, a short article states that:-
	The "Daily Mirror" gives prominence to a story that Sir John Stuart Knill, who, four years ago, had an estate in Hertfordshire and an income of £4,000 a year, now runs a bric-a-brac stall in the Caledonian market. The newspaper says a good week's income for him now is £1, including a fee of 5s 3d on Sundays for sweeping the streets of Chelsea, and that he often goes for a day without a meal.
	But somehow Sir Stuart managed to survive. We next meet with him in February 1951, when he was battling to avoid eviction from his residence. On 16 February 1951, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that:-
	A baronet who once owned a 2,000-acre estate in Hertfordshire, chauffeur-driven cars, and had an income of £4,000 a year, said yesterday that he and his family were now living of £2/16/2 national assistance a week. The baronet, Sir John Stuart Knill, 64, was appearing at the Stonehaven (Scotland) Sheriff Court to resist a claim by his landlady for eviction. The landlady … said that in the £1 a week, partly furnished room which Sir John and his family occupied [in Lauriston Castle, Kincardineshire], he kept 14 rabbits, 16 spaniel puppies, mice, and a cat. She claimed that Sir John did not pay his rent regularly, but, while receiving public assistance, had offered to buy the castle. A witness said that Sir John's wife, Lady Ruth, had begged scraps from a neighbour, claiming "we have not eaten all day." … Sir John has been a postman, road-sweeper, and stallholder in a London market since he lost his fortune.
	Unfortunately for Sir Stuart, his fight against his eviction was unsuccessful, but he managed somehow, since on 10 March 1962, the following article appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune:-
	Sir John Stuart Knill, an aristocrat hit by hard times after World War I, said today he is trying to recoup his lost fortune by hypnotizing his wife so she can win the weekly soccer pool. Each Sunday, Knill, 75, puts on his best tartan kilt, sets his wife in a chair facing a blank television set in their tiny living room and hypnotizes her. She stares at the blank screen and tries to "see" the winning combination.
	So far the pursuit of riches in England's national pastime has failed to yield the results they hope for but this has not dampened their enthusiasm. One of their problems, Knill said, is that they can afford to wager only 32 cents a week. This means they have to name eight soccer teams that tie to strike it rich. If they name eight they receive $840,000 under the pool betting system. "We have had 48 per cent correct results and we are going on and doing better," he said. "We think our forecasts for tomorrow will be the best ever."
	Both feel that their lack of success may be due to poor reception by Lady Knill. "It seems to depend on the weather for accuracy," she said. "On a dull day I have a job to "read" the results. Normally, when he hypnotizes me the TV set appears to be switched on. Sometimes it seems so bright that I have to ask him to tone it down."
	Knill, son of a former lord mayor of London, and a descendant of Queen Mary of Scotland, once owned a castle and entertained royalty before he lost his fortune. Now he is the only baronet in England who lives in a public housing project. He said he turned to his new money making scheme after successive careers as a road-sweeper, postman, vendor, and cat breeder proved unrewarding. Lady Knill works as a dishwasher in a local café.
	Given Sir Stuart's financial woes, it seems quite appropriate that the family motto is "Nil Desperandum".

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