BARONETAGE
			Last updated 26/09/2012
			Names of baronets shown in blue
			have not yet proved succession and, as a
			result, their name has not yet been placed on
			the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
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
			ABDY of Felix Hall,Essex
14 Jul 1641	E	1	Thomas Abdy	by May 1612	14 Jan 1686
14 Jan 1686		2	Anthony Abdy	c 1655	2 Apr 1704
2 Apr 1704		3	Anthony Thomas Abdy	c 1690	11 Jun 1733
11 Jun 1733		4	William Abdy	by Sep 1689	18 Jan 1750
18 Jan 1750		5	Anthony Thomas Abdy	c 1720	7 Apr 1775
			MP for Knaresborough 1763-1775
7 Apr 1775		6	William Abdy	c 1732	21 Jul 1803
21 Jul 1803		7	William Abdy	1779	16 Apr 1868	88
to			MP for Malmesbury 1817-1818
16 Apr 1868			Extinct on his death
			ABDY of Albyns,Essex
9 Jun 1660	E	1	Robert Abdy	c 1615	1670
1670		2	John Abdy	c 1643	1691
1691		3	Robert Abdy	8 Apr 1688	27 Aug 1748
			MP for Essex 1727-1748
27 Aug 1748		4	John Abdy	c 1714	1 Apr 1759
to			MP for Essex 1748-1759
1 Apr 1759			Extinct on his death
			ABDY of Moores,Essex
22 Jun 1660	E	1	John Abdy	c 1620	1662
to			Extinct on his death
1662
			ABDY of Albyns,Essex
8 Jan 1850	UK	1	Thomas Neville Abdy	21 Dec 1810	20 Jul 1877	66
			MP for Lyme Regis 1847-1852
20 Jul 1877		2	William Neville Abdy	18 Jun 1844	9 Aug 1910	66
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
9 Aug 1910		3	Anthony Charles Sykes Abdy	19 Sep 1848	17 May 1921	72
17 May 1921		4	Henry Beadon Abdy	13 Jun 1853	1 Dec 1921	68
1 Dec 1921		5	Robert Henry Edward Abdy	11 Sep 1896	16 Nov 1976	80
16 Nov 1976		6	Valentine Robert Duff Abdy	11 Sep 1937	27 Jun 2012	74
27 Jun 2012		7	Robert Etienne Eric Abdy	22 Feb 1978
			ABEL of Whitehall Court,London
1893	UK	1	Frederick Augustus Abel	17 Jul 1827	6 Sep 1902	75
to			Extinct on his death
6 Sep 1902
			ABERCROMBIE of Edinburgh,Midlothian
21 May 1709	GB	1	James Abercrombie		14 Nov 1724
to			Extinct on his death
14 Nov 1724
			ABERCROMBY of Birkenbog,Banff
20 Feb 1636	NS	1	Alexander Abercromby	c 1603	by Dec 1684
by Dec 1684		2	James Abercromby		20 Sep 1734
20 Sep 1734		3	Robert Abercromby		11 Mar 1787
11 Mar 1787		4	George Abercromby	1750	18 Jul 1831	81
18 Jul 1831		5	Robert Abercromby	4 Feb 1784	6 Jul 1855	71
			MP for Banff 1812-1818
6 Jul 1855		6	George Samuel Abercromby	22 May 1824	14 Nov 1872	48
14 Nov 1872		7	Robert John Abercromby	14 Jun 1850	24 Jul 1895	45
24 Jul 1895		8	George William Abercromby	18 Mar 1886	9 Sep 1964	78
			Lord Lieutenant Banff 1946-1964
9 Sep 1964		9	Robert Alexander Abercromby	15 Aug 1895	19 Oct 1972	77
19 Oct 1972		10	Ian George Abercromby	30 Jun 1925	16 May 2003	77
to			Extinct on his death
16 May 2003
			ABNEY-HASTINGS of Willesley Hall,Derby
28 Feb 1806	UK		See "Hastings"
			ACHESON of Market Hill,co.Armagh
1 Jan 1628	NS	1	Archibald Acheson		9 Sep 1634
9 Sep 1634		2	Patrick Acheson	c 1611	6 Oct 1638
6 Oct 1638		3	George Acheson	4 Aug 1629	1685	55
1685		4	Nicholas Acheson	c 1656	1701
1701		5	Arthur Acheson	26 Jan 1688	8 Feb 1749	61
8 Feb 1749		6	Archibald Acheson	1 Sep 1718	5 Sep 1790	72
			He was created Baron Gosford (qv)
			in 1776 with which title the baronetcy
			remains merged
			ACKROYD of Dewsbury,Yorkshire
8 May 1956	UK	1	Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd	1892	11 Apr 1973	80
11 Apr 1973		2	John Robert Whyte Ackroyd	2 Mar 1932	30 Aug 1995	63
30 Aug 1995		3	Timothy Robert Whyte Ackroyd	7 Oct 1958
			ACLAND of Columb John,Devon
1 Mar 1644	E	1	John Acland	c 1591	24 Aug 1647
24 Aug 1647		2	Francis Acland		1649
1649		3	John Acland	c 1636	1655
1655		4	Arthur Acland	c 1655	1672
1672		5	Hugh Acland	c 1639	9 Mar 1714
			He obtained a fresh creation 21 Jan 1678
			MP for Barnstaple 1679 and Tiverton
			1685-1687
Mar 1714		6	Hugh Acland	26 Jan 1697	29 Jul 1728
			MP for Barnstaple 1721-1727
29 Jul 1728		7	Thomas Acland (Dyke-Acland from 1745)	14 Aug 1722	24 Feb 1785
			MP for Devon 1746-1747 and Somerset
			1767-1768
24 Feb 1785		8	John Dyke-Acland	Mar 1778	Apr 1785
Apr 1785		9	Thomas Dyke-Acland	18 Apr 1752	17 May 1794
17 May 1794		10	Thomas Dyke-Acland	29 Mar 1787	22 Jul 1871
			MP for Devonshire 1812-1818 and 1820-1831
			and Devonshire North 1837-1857
22 Jul 1871		11	Thomas Dyke-Acland	25 May 1809	29 May 1898
			MP for Somerset West 1837-1847, Devon
			North 1865-1885  and Wellington 1885-1886
			PC 1883
29 May 1898		12	Charles Thomas Dyke-Acland	16 Jul 1842	18 Feb 1919
			MP for Cornwall East 1882-1885 and
			Launceston 1885-1892.
18 Feb 1919		13	Arthur Herbert Dyke-Acland	13 Oct 1847	9 Oct 1926
			MP for Rotherham 1885-1899. Vice President
			of the Committee of Council on Education
			1892-1895  PC 1892
9 Oct 1926		14	Francis Dyke-Acland	7 Mar 1874	9 Jun 1939
			MP for Richmond 1906-1910,Camborne 1910-
			1922,Tiverton 1923-1924 and Cornwall North
			1932-1939. Financial Secretary to the War Office
			1908-1910. Under Secretary of State for
			Foreign Affairs 1911-1915. Financial
			Secretary to the Treasury 1915. Secretary
			to the Board of Agriculture 1915-1916
			PC 1915
9 Jun 1939		15	Richard Thomas Dyke-Acland	26 Nov 1906	24 Nov 1990
			MP for Barnstaple 1935-1945 and
			Gravesend 1947-1955
24 Nov 1990		16	John Dyke-Acland	13 May 1939	26 Sep 2009
26 Sep 2009		17	Dominic Dyke-Acland	19 Nov 1962
			ACLAND of Fairfield,Somerset
9 Dec 1818	UK	1	John Palmer-Acland	11 Feb 1756	23 Feb 1831	75
23 Feb 1831		2	Peregrine Palmer Palmer-Acland (Fuller-
to			Palmer-Acland from 1834)	10 Nov 1789	25 Oct 1871	81
25 Oct 1871			Extinct on his death
			ACLAND of Oxford,Oxon
16 Jun 1890	UK	1	Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland	23 Aug 1815	16 Oct 1900	85
16 Oct 1900		2	William Alison Dyke Acland	18 Dec 1847	26 Nov 1924	76
26 Nov 1924		3	William Henry Dyke Acland	16 May 1888	4 Dec 1970	82
4 Dec 1970		4	Hubert Guy Dyke Acland	8 Jun 1890	6 May 1978	87
6 May 1978		5	Antony Guy Acland	17 Aug 1916	14 Dec 1984	68
14 Dec 1984		6	Christopher Guy Dyke Acland	24 Mar 1946
			A'COURT of Heytesbury House,Wiltshire
4 Jul 1795	GB	1	William Pierce Ashe A'Court	1747	22 Jul 1817	70
			MP for Heytesbury 1781-1790 and 1806-1807
22 Jul 1817		2	William A'Court	11 Jul 1779	31 May 1860	80
			He was created Baron Heytesbury (qv)
			in 1828 with which title the baronetcy
			remains merged
			ACTON of London
30 May 1629	E	1	William Acton		22 Jan 1651
to			Extinct on his death
22 Jan 1651
			ACTON of Aldenham,Salop
17 Jan 1644	E	1	Edward Acton	20 Jul 1600	29 Jun 1659	58
			MP for Bridgnorth 1640 and 1640-1644
Jun 1659		2	Walter Acton	c 1621	3 Sep 1665
			MP for Bridgnorth 1660
c Sep 1665		3	Edward Acton	c 1650	28 Sep 1716
			MP for Bridgnorth 1689-1705
28 Sep 1716		4	Whitmore Acton	1 Apr 1678	9 Jan 1732	53
			MP for Bridgnorth 1710-1713
9 Jan 1732		5	Richard Acton	1 Jan 1712	20 Nov 1791	79
20 Nov 1791		6	John Francis Edward Acton	3 Jun 1736	12 Aug 1811	75
12 Aug 1811		7	Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton (Dalberg-
			Acton from 1833)	24 Jul 1801	31 Jan 1837	35
31 Jan 1837		8	John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton	10 Jan 1834	19 Jun 1902	68
			He was subsequently created Baron Acton
			(qv) in 1869 with which title the baronetcy
			remains merged,although as at 30/06/2012
			the baronetcy does not appear on the Official
			Roll of the Baronetage
			ADAIR of Flixton Hall,Suffolk
2 Aug 1838	UK	1	Robert Shafto Adair	26 Jun 1786	24 Feb 1869	82
24 Feb 1869		2	Robert Alexander Shafto Adair,later [1873]
			1st Baron Waveney	25 Aug 1811	5 Feb 1886	74
5 Feb 1886		3	Hugh Edward Adair	26 Dec 1815	2 Mar 1902	86
			MP for Ipswich 1847-1874
2 Mar 1902		4	Frederick Edward Shafto Adair	26 Dec 1860	8 Apr 1915	54
8 Apr 1915		5	Robert Shafto Adair	18 Aug 1862	9 Oct 1949	87
9 Oct 1949		6	Allen Henry Shafto Adair	3 Nov 1897	4 Aug 1988	90
to			Extinct on his death
4 Aug 1988
			ADAM of Blair Adam,Kinross
20 May 1882	UK	1	Charles Elphinstone Adam	7 Aug 1859	6 Dec 1922	63
to			Lord Lieutenant Kinross 1909-1911
6 Dec 1922			Extinct on his death
			ADAM of Hankelow Court,Sussex
15 Feb 1917	UK	1	Frank Forbes Adam	1846	22 Dec 1926	80
22 Dec 1926		2	Ronald Forbes Adam	30 Oct 1885	26 Dec 1982	97
26 Dec 1982		3	Christopher Eric Forbes Adam	12 Feb 1920	17 Jan 2009	88
17 Jan 2009		4	Stephen Timothy Beilby Forbes Adam	19 Nov 1923
			ADAMS of London
13 Jun 1660	E	1	Thomas Adams	c 1586	24 Feb 1668
			MP for London 1654-1655 and 1656-1658
24 Feb 1668		2	William Adams	8 Jun 1634	1687	53
1687		3	Thomas Adams	16 Aug 1659	Aug 1690	31
Aug 1690		4	Charles Adams	c 1665	12 Aug 1726
12 Aug 1726		5	Robert Adams		c 1754
c 1754		6	Thomas Adams		12 Apr 1770
to			Presumably extinct on his death
12 Apr 1770
			AFFLECK of Dalham Hall,Suffolk
10 Jul 1782	GB	1	Edmund Affleck	19 Apr 1725	19 Nov 1788	63
			MP for Colchester 1782-1788
19 Nov 1788		2	Gilbert Affleck	24 Dec 1740	17 Jul 1808	67
17 Jul 1808		3	James Affleck	29 Apr 1759	10 Aug 1833	74
10 Aug 1833		4	Robert Affleck	27 Jan 1763	7 May 1851	88
7 May 1851		5	Gilbert Affleck	9 Jun 1804	18 Nov 1854	50
18 Nov 1854		6	Robert Affleck	28 Jul 1805	9 Oct 1882	77
9 Oct 1882		7	Robert Affleck	4 Mar 1852	4 Dec 1919	67
4 Dec 1919		8	Frederick Danby James Affleck	3 Feb 1856	24 Jul 1939	83
to			Peerage references state that the title
24 Jul 1939			became extinct on his death,but see the
			note at the foot of this page
			AGNEW of Lochnaw Castle,Wigtown
28 Jul 1629	E	1	Patrick Agnew	c 1578	1661
1661		2	Andrew Agnew		1671
1671		3	Andrew Agnew		9 Jun 1702
Jun 1702		4	James Agnew		9 Mar 1735
9 Mar 1735		5	Andrew Agnew	21 Dec 1687	21 Aug 1771	83
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
21 Aug 1771		6	Stair Agnew	9 Oct 1734	28 Jun 1809	74
28 Jun 1809		7	Andrew Agnew	21 Mar 1793	12 Apr 1849	56
			MP for Wigtounshire 1830-1837
12 Apr 1849		8	Andrew Agnew	2 Jan 1818	25 Mar 1892	74
			MP for Wigtounshire 1856-1868
25 Mar 1892		9	Andrew Noel Agnew	14 Aug 1850	14 Jul 1928	77
			MP for Edinburgh South 1900-1906
14 Jul 1928		10	Fulque Melville Gerard Noel Agnew	6 Oct 1900	28 Aug 1975	74
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
28 Aug 1975		11	Crispin Hamlyn Agnew	13 May 1944
			AGNEW of Great Stanhope Street
2 Sep 1895	UK	1	William Agnew	20 Oct 1825	31 Oct 1910	85
			MP for Lancashire Southeast 1880-1885
			and Stretford 1885-1886
31 Oct 1910		2	George William Agnew	19 Jan 1852	19 Dec 1941	89
			MP for Salford West 1906-1918
19 Dec 1941		3	John Stuart Agnew	16 Sep 1879	27 Aug 1957	77
27 Aug 1957		4	John Anthony Stuart Agnew	25 Jul 1914	6 Feb 1993	78
6 Feb 1993		5	George Keith Agnew	25 Nov 1918	12 Apr 1994	75
12 Apr 1994		6	John Keith Agnew	19 Dec 1950	22 Jun 2011	60
22 Jun 2011		7	George Anthony Agnew	18 Aug 1953
			AGNEW-SOMERVILLE of Clendry,Wigtown
31 Jan 1957	UK	1	Peter Garnett Agnew	9 Jul 1900	26 Aug 1990	90
			MP for Camborne 1931-1950 and
			Worcestershire South 1955-1966
26 Aug 1990		2	Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville	8 Mar 1929	13 Oct 2010	81
13 Oct 2010		3	James Lockett Charles Agnew-Somerville	26 May 1970
			AINSLIE of Great Torrington,Lincs
19 Nov 1804	UK	1	Robert Ainslie	c 1730	21 Jul 1812
			MP for Milborne Port 1796-1802
21 Jul 1812		2	Robert Sharpe Ainslie	8 Jan 1777	14 Mar 1858	81
to			MP for Mitchell 1802-1806
14 Mar 1858			Extinct on his death
			AINSWORTH of Ardanaiseig,Argyll
12 Jan 1917	UK	1	John Stirling Ainsworth	30 Jan 1844	24 May 1923	79
			MP for Argyllshire 1903-1918
24 May 1923		2	Thomas Ainsworth	8 Feb 1886	1 Mar 1971	85
1 Mar 1971		3	John Francis Ainsworth	4 Jan 1912	30 Apr 1981	69
30 Apr 1981		4	Thomas David Ainsworth	22 Aug 1926	24 Nov 1999	73
24 Nov 1999		5	Anthony Thomas Hugh Ainsworth	30 Mar 1962
			AIRD of Hyde Park Terrace
5 Mar 1901	UK	1	John Aird	3 Dec 1833	6 Jan 1911	77
			MP for Paddington North 1887-1905
6 Jan 1911		2	John Aird	6 Nov 1861	20 Oct 1934	72
20 Oct 1934		3	John Renton Aird	7 Aug 1898	20 Nov 1973	75
20 Nov 1973		4	George John Aird	30 Jan 1940
			AIRMINE of Osgodby,Lincs
28 Nov 1619	E	1	William Airmine	11 Dec 1593	10 Apr 1651	57
			MP for Boston 1621-1622 and 1624-1625
			Grantham 1625 and 1641 and Lincolnshire
			1626 and 1628-1629.
10 Apr 1651		2	William Airmine	14 Jul 1622	2 Jan 1658	35
			MP for Cumberland 1646-1653
2 Jan 1658		3	Michael Airmine	21 Sep 1625	1668	42
to			Extinct on his death
1668
			AITCHISON of Lemmington,Northumberland
31 Jan 1938	UK	1	Stephen Aitchison	1863	26 Aug 1942	79
26 Aug 1942		2	Walter de Lancey Aitchison	14 May 1892	14 Oct 1953	61
14 Oct 1953		3	Stephen Charles de Lancey Aitchison	10 Mar 1923	12 May 1958	35
			For further information on the death of this
			baronet,see the note at the foot of this page
12 May 1958		4	Charles Walter de Lancey Aitchison	27 May 1951
			AITKEN of New Brunswick
3 Jul 1916	UK	1	William Maxwell Aitken	25 May 1879	9 Jun 1964	85
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Beaverbrook (qv) in 1917 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			ALBU of Grosvenor Place
			and Johannesburg,South Africa
12 Feb 1912	UK	1	George Albu	26 Oct 1857	27 Dec 1935	78
27 Dec 1935		2	George Werner Albu	3 Sep 1905	18 Feb 1963	57
18 Feb 1963		3	George Albu	5 Jun 1944
			ALEN of St Wolstans,Kildare
7 Jun 1622	I	1	Thomas Alen	c 1566	7 Mar 1627
to			Extinct on his death
8 Mar 1627
			ALEXANDER of Menstre,Clackmannan
12 Jul 1625	NS	1	William Alexander	c 1576	12 Feb 1640
			He was subsequently created Earl of
			Stirling (qv) in 1633 with which title
			the baronetcy then merged until its
			extinction in 1739
			ALEXANDER of Dublin
11 Dec 1809	UK		See "Cable-Alexander"
			ALEXANDER of Ballochmyle,Ayr
22 Jan 1886	UK		See "Hagart-Alexander"
			ALEXANDER of Edgehill,Stamford,Connecticut
2 Jul 1921	UK	1	Douglas Alexander	4 Jul 1864	22 May 1949	84
22 May 1949		2	Douglas Hamilton Alexander	6 Jun 1900	1983	83
1983		3	Douglas Alexander	9 Sep 1936
			ALEXANDER of Sundridge Park,Kent
19 Nov 1945	UK	1	Frank Samuel Alexander	17 Jun 1881	18 Jul 1959	78
18 Jul 1959		2	Charles Gundry Alexander	5 May 1923	31 Dec 2009	86
31 Dec 2009		3	Richard Alexander	1 Sep 1947
			ALISON of Possil House,Devon
25 Jun 1852	UK	1	Archibald Alison	29 Dec 1792	23 May 1867	74
23 May 1867		2	Archibald Alison	21 Jan 1826	5 Feb 1907	81
5 Feb 1907		3	Archibald Alison	20 May 1862	7 Nov 1921	59
7 Nov 1921		4	Archibald Alison	5 Nov 1888	9 Dec 1967	79
9 Dec 1967		5	Frederick Black Alison	5 Aug 1893	13 Jan 1970	76
to			Extinct on his death
13 Jan 1970
			ALLAN of Kingsgate,Kent
18 Sep 1819	UK	1	Alexander Allan	c 1764	14 Sep 1820
to			MP for Berwick 1803-1806 and 1807-1820
14 Sep 1820			Extinct on his death
			ALLAN of Lucknow,India
22 Jan 1858	UK		See "Havelock-Allan"
			ALLEN of London
14 Jun 1660	E	1	Thomas Allen		15 Dec 1690
15 Dec 1690		2	Thomas Allen	c 1648	10 Jun 1730
to			Extinct on his death
10 Jun 1730
			ALLEN of Marlow,Bucks
23 Jan 1933	UK	1	Frederick Charles Allen	19 Jun 1864	27 Sep 1934	70
27 Sep 1934		2	Francis Raymond Allen	11 Jan 1910	19 Jan 1939	29
to			Extinct on his death
19 Jan 1939
			ALLEYN of Hatfield,Essex
24 Jun 1629	E	1	Edward Alleyn	c 1586	Nov 1638
Nov 1638		2	Edmund Alleyn	c 1632	2 Nov 1656
2 Nov 1656		3	Edmund Alleyn		c 1658
c 1658		4	George Alleyn		1664
1664		5	George Alleyn		1702
1702		6	Clopton Alleyn		8 Sep 1726
8 Sep 1726		7	George Alleyn		c 1746
c 1746		8	Edmund Alleyn		15 Sep 1759
to			Extinct on his death
15 Sep 1759
			ALLEYNE of Four Hills,Barbados
6 Apr 1769	GB	1	John Gay Alleyne	28 Apr 1724	1801	77
1801		2	Reynold Abel Alleyne	10 Jun 1789	14 Feb 1870	80
14 Feb 1870		3	John Gay Newton Alleyne	8 Sep 1820	20 Feb 1912	91
20 Feb 1912		4	John Meynell Alleyne	11 Aug 1889	17 Dec 1983	94
17 Dec 1983		5	John Olpherts Campbell Alleyne	18 Jan 1928
			ALLIN of Blundeston,Suffolk
7 Feb 1673	E	1	Thomas Allin	c 1613	5 Oct 1685
5 Oct 1685		2	Thomas Allin		Oct 1696
to			MP for Dunwich 1678 and 1679
Oct 1696			Extinct on his death
			ALLIN of Somerlytown,Suffolk
14 Dec 1699	E	1	Richard Allin	c 1659	19 Oct 1725
			MP for Dunwich 1709-1710
19 Oct 1725		2	Thomas Allin		12 Aug 1765
12 Aug 1765		3	Ashurst Allin	c 1720	6 Nov 1770
6 Nov 1770		4	Thomas Allin		30 Apr 1794
to			Extinct on his death
30 Apr 1794
			ALLSOPP of Hindlip Hall,Worcs
7 May 1880	UK	1	Henry Allsopp	19 Feb 1811	2 Apr 1887	76
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Hindlip (qv) in 1886 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			ALSTON of Odell,Beds
13 Jun 1642	E	1	Thomas Alston	c 1609	11 Jul 1678
Jul 1678		2	Rowland Alston	c 1654	24 Sep 1697
Sep 1697		3	Thomas Alston	c 1676	Dec 1714
			MP for Bedford 1698-1701
Dec 1714		4	Rowland Alston	6 Sep 1679	2 Jan 1759	79
			MP for Bedfordshire 1722-1741
2 Jan 1759		5	Thomas Alston		18 Jul 1774
			MP for Bedfordshire 1747-1761
18 Jul 1774		6	Rowland Alston		29 Jun 1791
to			Extinct on his death
29 Jun 1791
			ALSTON of Chelsea,London
20 Jan 1682	E	1	Joseph Alston		31 May 1688
May 1688		2	Joseph Alston	c 1640	14 Mar 1689
14 Mar 1689		3	Joseph Alston	c 1665	29 Jan 1716
29 Jan 1716		4	Joseph Alston	15 Sep 1691	1718	26
1718		5	Evelyn Alston	12 Nov 1692	15 Apr 1750	57
Apr 1750		6	Evelyn Alston	c 1721	1783
1783		7	William Alston	10 Apr 1722	Nov 1801	79
Nov 1801		8	William Alston	1746	6 Mar 1819	72
to			Extinct on his death
6 Mar 1819
			AMCOTTS of Kettlethorp,Lincs
11 May 1796	GB	1	Wharton Amcotts	23 Feb 1740	26 Sep 1807	67
			MP for East Retford 1780-1790 and 1796-1802
26 Sep 1807		2	William Ingilby (Amcotts-Ingilby from 1812)	20 Jun 1783	14 May 1854	70
to			MP for East Retford 1807-1812,
14 May 1854			Lincolnshire 1823-1832 and Lincolnshire
			North 1832-1835
			He subsequently succeeded to the
			baronetcy of Ingleby of Ripley,Yorks
			(qv) in 1815.
			Both baronetcies extinct on his death
			AMORY of Knightshayes Court,Devon
21 Mar 1874	UK		See "Heathcote-Amory"
			AMYAND of Moccas Court,Hereford
9 Aug 1764	GB		See "Cornewall"
			ANDERSON of St Ives,Hunts
3 Jan 1629	E	1	John Anderson		1630
to			Extinct on his death
1630
			ANDERSON of Penley,Herts
3 Jul 1643	E	1	Henry Anderson	c 1608	7 Jul 1653
7 Jul 1653		2	Richard Anderson	c 1635	16 Aug 1699
to			Extinct on his death
16 Aug 1699
			ANDERSON of Broughton,Lincs
11 Dec 1660	E	1	Edmund Anderson	10 Aug 1605	19 Jan 1661	55
Jan 1661		2	John Anderson	23 Dec 1628	18 Mar 1670	41
18 Mar 1670		3	Edmund Anderson	c 1661	17 Dec 1676
17 Dec 1676		4	Edmund Anderson	7 Jan 1629	c 1703
c 1703		5	Edmund Anderson	4 Nov 1687	3 May 1765	77
3 May 1765		6	William Anderson	31 Mar 1722	9 Mar 1785	62
9 Mar 1785		7	Edmund Anderson	11 Sep 1758	30 May 1799	40
30 May 1799		8	Charles John Anderson	5 Oct 1767	24 Mar 1846	78
24 Mar 1846		9	Charles Henry John Anderson	24 Nov 1804	8 Oct 1891	86
to			Extinct on his death
8 Oct 1891
			ANDERSON of Eyworth,Beds
13 Jul 1664	E	1	Stephen Anderson	c 1644	19 Jan 1707
19 Jan 1707		2	Stephen Anderson	1 Oct 1678	21 Oct 1741	63
21 Oct 1741		3	Stephen Anderson	15 Nov 1708	19 Feb 1773	64
to			Extinct on his death
19 Feb 1773
			ANDERSON of Mill Hill,Middlesex
14 May 1798	GB	1	John William Anderson	c 1736	21 May 1813
to			MP for London 1793-1806
21 May 1813			Extinct on his death
			ANDERSON of Fermoy,Cork
22 Mar 1813	UK	1	James Caleb Anderson	21 Jul 1792	4 Apr 1861	68
to			Extinct on his death
4 Apr 1861
			ANDERSON of Mullaghmore House,Monaghan
22 Jun 1911	UK	1	Robert Anderson	1837	16 Jul 1921	84
to			Extinct on his death
16 Jul 1921
			ANDERSON of Ardtaraig,Perth
7 May 1919	UK	1	Kenneth Skelton Anderson	21 Dec 1866	9 Dec 1942	75
to			Extinct on his death
9 Dec 1942
			ANDERSON of Harrold Priory,Beds
15 Jun 1920	UK	1	John Anderson	8 May 1878	11 Apr 1963	84
to			Extinct on his death
11 May 1963
			ANDERTON of Lostock,Lancs
8 Oct 1677	E	1	Francis Anderton	c 1628	9 Feb 1678
9 Feb 1678		2	Charles Anderton	1657	30 Dec 1691	34
30 Dec 1691		3	Charles Anderton		1705
1705		4	James Anderton		5 Oct 1710
5 Oct 1710		5	Laurence Anderton	c 1680	4 Oct 1724
4 Oct 1724		6	Francis Anderton		12 Feb 1760
to			Extinct on his death
12 Feb 1760
			ANDRE of Southampton
4 Mar 1781	GB	1	William Lewis Andre	25 Nov 1760	11 Nov 1802	41
to			Extinct on his death
11 Nov 1802
			ANDREWS of Doddington,Northants
11 Dec 1641	E	1	William Andrews		c 1649
c 1649		2	John Andrews		c 1665
c 1665		3	William Andrews		15 Aug 1684
15 Aug 1684		4	Francis Andrews		3 Apr 1759
3 Apr 1759		5	Williams Andrews		1804
to			Extinct on his death
1804
			ANDREWS of Lathbury,Bucks
27 May 1661	E	1	Henry Andrews	c 1629	27 Aug 1696
to			Extinct on his death
Aug 1696
			ANDREWS of Shaw Place,Berks
19 Aug 1766	GB	1	Joseph Andrews	30 Oct 1727	29 Dec 1800	73
29 Dec 1800		2	Joseph Andrews	22 Sep 1768	27 Feb 1822	53
to			Extinct on his death
27 Feb 1822
			ANDREWS of Comber,Down
6 Jul 1942	UK	1	James Andrews	3 Jan 1877	18 Feb 1951	74
to			Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
18 Feb 1951			1937-1951.  PC [NI] 1924
			Extinct on his death
			ANNESLEY of Mountnorris,co.Armagh
7 Aug 1620	I	1	Francis Annesley	2 Jan 1586	23 Nov 1660	74
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Valentia (qv) in 1622 with which title this
			baronetcy remains merged,although as at
			30/06/2012 this baronetcy does not appear on
			the Official Roll of the Baronetage
			ANSON of Birch Hall
30 Sep 1831	UK	1	William Anson	13 Aug 1772	13 Jan 1847	74
13 Jan 1847		2	John William Hamilton Anson	26 Dec 1816	2 Aug 1873	56
			For further information on the death of this
			baronet,see the note at the foot of this page
2 Aug 1873		3	William Reynell Anson	14 Nov 1843	4 Jun 1914	70
			MP for Oxford University 1899-1914.
			PC 1911
4 Jun 1914		4	Denis George William Anson	14 Aug 1888	3 Jul 1914	25
			For further information on the death of this
			baronet,see the note at the foot of this page
3 Jul 1914		5	John Henry Algernon Anson	13 Jan 1897	10 Mar 1918	21
10 Mar 1918		6	Edward Reynell Anson	31 Jan 1902	26 Jun 1951	49
26 Jun 1951		7	Peter Anson	31 Jul 1924
			Sir William Neville Abdy, 2nd baronet [creation of 1850] and his wives
			Following Sir William's death, the following article appeared in the Hobart 'Mercury' on
			15 September 1910:-
			'A strange and grimly pathetic figure has passed from the world with the death of Sir William
			Abdy, Bart. Here….can be traced the failure of the hereditary principle. The title is an old
			one and goes back to 1641 [although not in this creation], but the line was broken in 1868
			when the 7th holder died without children, at the age of ninety. This Sir William Abdy had
			married, sixty years previously, a beautiful Miss Wellesley, [illegitimate] daughter of the
			victor of Waterloo's elder brother [i.e. Marquess Wellesley]. The marriage led to a cause
			célèbre, and was dissolved by Act of Parliament. Miss Wellesley subsequently married Lord
			Charles Bentinck, and, in due time, became grandmother to the present Duke of Portland.
			[and also grandmother to the then Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, one of whose
			grand-daughters is now Queen Elizabeth II].
			'The Sir William Abdy who has just died belonged to another branch of the family which had
			also secured a baronetcy. He was no more fortunate in affairs of the heart than the
			husband of Miss Wellesley had been. Born in 1844, and succeeding to the title in 1877, he
			was married for the first time in 1883.
			'Sir William was interested in the famous Belt v. Lawes libel action, and was fascinated by
			one of the witnesses, a Mdlle. Marie Therese Petritzka. He secured an introduction to this
			lady through Mr. Belt, and settled £20,000 upon her on their marriage. [The libel action
			referred to occurred in 1882, when Richard Claude Belt, a noted sculptor, sued Charles
			Lawes (later Sir Charles Lawes, 2nd baronet), himself a sculptor, over articles allegedly
			written by Lawes which had appeared in 'Vanity Fair' and elsewhere. For further information,
			see the note under the Lawes baronetcy.]
			'Three years later Sir William prosecuted Belt for obtaining money under false pretences,
			and the "sculptor" was convicted at the Old Bailey. Sir William Abdy's story was that Belt
			told him that a lady named Morphy, who had been a mistress of the Sultan, was anxious to
			find a purchaser for some valuable jewels which her royal protector had given her. Sir
			William paid £8,000 for a parcel of paste jewels. After that, law suit followed law suit in
			quick succession. In 1892 the first Lady Abdy sued her husband for divorce without success.
			In 1897 Sir William figured as co-respondent in a notorious St. John's Wood [divorce] case.
			Soon after his second marriage [Marie Petritzka had died in September 1902], he sued his
			wife for a divorce, and won [he had married again in December 1902 and won the divorce in
			1905]. Finally, in spite of the fact that he was paralyzed as a result of an accident in the
			hunting field many years earlier, Sir William married the present Lady Abdy [in Feb 1909]. He
			showered a pitiable wealth of presents upon her. A country house near Dorking, a cheque
			for £5,000, two motor-cars, jewels galore, horses and the like. The lady recently made a
			small sensation by falling out of an aeroplane with Mr. Grahame White, and by offering a
			large sum (some say £50,000) for the furtherance of  aviation in England.'
			This last reference regarding the third Lady Abdy relates to an incident which occurred in
			June 1910, which was reported in 'The Times' on 20 June of that year:-
			'There was keen competition to obtain the privilege of making the first passenger flight with
			Mr. C. Grahame-White at Brooklands on Saturday, but Lady Abdy, who secured the right,
			was not to be envied her experience, for, through the engine not working well, both she
			and the airman were thrown to the ground, though fortunately neither was hurt.
			'…….After Lady Abdy had taken her place in the aeroplane the machine was started, but
			it only rose a few feet in the air. The motor was not firing properly, and it became evident
			that unless the engine would pick up the machine would have to be brought to the ground.
			The airman described a half-circle, and they had just cleared the River Wey, but had
			scarcely done so when the opposite bank was struck and the machine was badly damaged.
			One of the blades of the propeller was broken off, and the right fore plane was damaged.'
			One must have a certain admiration for Lady Abdy's courage. Her flight came less than 7
			years after the Wright Brothers' supposed first flight in December 1903. I say "supposed
			first flight" because, while I have no doubt that this flight occurred, I have always felt
			that the flights made by the New Zealander Richard Pearse pre-dated the Wright Brothers'
			flight (although whether they were "controlled" flights is open to question), and that he
			has never been given the credit he deserves.
			In March 1912, Lady Abdy was again in the headlines after she had given a man named
			Clairmonte Arnot in charge after he allegedly stole a diamond and pearl brooch belonging
			to her. After he was acquitted of the theft, Arnot sued Lady Abdy for false imprisonment,
			to his cost. In the Court's judgment, Mr. Justice Scrutton said "that in this case the
			defendant [Lady Abdy] gave the plaintiff [Arnot] into custody on a charge of theft. At the
			Sessions the jury acquitted the plaintiff of the theft. Thereupon the plaintiff brought an
			action for false imprisonment, not for malicious prosecution, and that action was tried on
			two days last week. His Lordship left to the jury the question whether the brooch was
			stolen, and they found that it had not been stolen. He further left to the jury the question
			of damages, and they returned a verdict for a farthing damages. The interpretation to be
			put upon that finding was, he thought, that, while they acquitted the plaintiff of theft, they
			considered his conduct was such as disentitled him from recovering damages. People talked
			of a person leaving a Court without a stain upon his character, and his Lordship supposed
			that a man who had been on two occasions acquitted of theft was in that position, but
			his Lordship had rarely seen a more contemptible person in the witness-box than the
			plaintiff on his own showing, and he (the Judge) took the same view as the jury as to
			damages. In these circumstances there would be judgment for the plaintiff for one
			farthing, but without costs. ['The Times' 26 March 1912]
			The Affleck baronetcy
			The obituary of Sir Frederick Affleck, 8th baronet, which was published in 'The Times' on
			27 July 1939, reads:-
			'The death of Sir Frederick Affleck, eighth baronet, is announced by a Reuter message
			from Brisbane. He was a fruit grower. Born on February 3, 1856, Frederick Danby James
			Affleck was the eldest son of the late Rev. James Danby Affleck, third son of the fourth
			baronet. He succeeded his cousin in 1919. In 1904 he married Lily, daughter of Alfred
			Quarm Ross, and had two sons, the elder being Mr. Frederick James Siddartha Affleck, who
			was born in 1905.' (my emphasis)
			Frederick James Siddartha Affleck, born 29 March 1905, is also shown as the heir to the
			baronetcy in the eighth baronet's entry in "Who's Who."
			On the face of it, therefore, there would seem to be little doubt that Sir Frederick left male
			heirs, apparently legitimate, who would normally be expected to inherit the baronetcy, but
			the title, on the  death of the eighth baronet, appears to have disappeared. I can find
			no trace of the baronetcy after 1939 - no entry ever appeared in "Who's Who" which
			indicates that the title passed to a son, and Colin Parry's "Index of Baronetage Creations"
			states that the title became extinct in 1939.
			Given that the Affleck family lived in Queensland, I searched the Australian newspapers for
			mention of Frederick James Siddartha Affleck, and found that he (and his younger brother)
			were 'wrong 'uns.' Four articles referring to them were published in the Melbourne 'Argus'
			between 1937 and 1939, as follows (all four articles refer to the events as having occurred
			in Brisbane):-
			25 November 1937 -
			'After a brief retirement a jury to-day brought in a verdict of guilty on all charges of
			conspiracy and blackmail against Dalham Robert Affleck, aged 31 years, labourer, Frederick
			James Affleck, aged 32 years, labourer, and Ernest Barker, aged 39 years, grocer. They
			were remanded until December 2 for sentence.
			'The charges arose out of incidents in a flat at New Farm [a suburb of Brisbane], when John
			Wilson, a young lad employed in a city store, was enticed to a flat and assaulted. While
			unconscious he was photographed. Defendants then used the photographs in an endeavour
			to extort money from Wilson.
			'The Crown Prosecutor, addressing the jury, said that Wilson was in a serious condition in
			hospital with a bullet wound in his chest. "If the boy should die defendants would be morally
			guilty of murder," he said.
			'His Honour, in remanding them for sentence, said he regarded the crime as extremely
			serious. The maximum penalty was life imprisonment; although he did not intend to impose
			that sentence.'
			3 December 1937 -
			'Dalham Roger Affleck, aged 31 years, labourer, and Frederick James Affleck, aged 30 years
			[sic for 32], labourer, were each sentenced in the Criminal Court to-day to four years'
			imprisonment, with hard labour on charges that they threatened to extort money from John
			Frank Wilson by accusing him of gross indecency; that they demanded money with intent
			to steal; threatened to use violence and use or publish, a photograph of an act of
			indecency.
			'Ernest Barker, aged 39 years, grocer, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard
			labour on similar charges, sentence being suspended on his entering into a bond of £100 and
			one surety of £100……..'
			31 July 1939 -
			'Sir Frederick James Siddartha Affleck, ninth baronet of Dalham Hall, succeeded to the title
			while in Boggo road gaol, Brisbane. He and his brother, Dalham Robert Affleck, will spend
			nearly three more years in gaol as the result of a sentence for robbery and blackmail
			committed in Brisbane last year.
			'His father, the eighth baronet, Sir Frederick Danby James Affleck, died in Brisbane last
			week, and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.
			'In an interview in the gaol, the new baronet, who is aged 34 years, said he hoped to go
			to England to take up the title when he was free. He also hopes to become an author.
			'The late Sir Frederick Affleck had lived in Queensland since the [1880s], and was aged 83
			years when he died. He had farms in the Wide Bay district. In 1903 he was the licensee
			of the National Hotel, Brisbane. There is no estate accompanying the title.'
			9 August 1939 -
			'Sir Frederick James Siddartha Affleck, aged 34 years, ninth baronet of Dalham Hall, Suffolk,
			England lost an appeal in the Criminal Appeal Court to-day against his conviction on
			November 24, 1937 on a charge of having in company robber a youth of a letter and two
			receipts. Affleck was sentenced to four years' imprisonment on this charge. He is also
			serving sentences for conspiracy and blackmail. He recently succeeded to the title while
			in gaol.'
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			After I posted my initial draft of this note on the pages of a newsgroup of which I am a
			member, a fellow member advised me to have a look at a book entitled "Sunshine and
			rainbows: the development of gay and lesbian culture in Queensland" [Thanks, Richard!]
			This book was written by Professor Clive Moore of the University of Queensland, and
			Professor Moore has kindly granted me permission to quote the relevant section of his
			book in this note, as follows:-
			'…..Boggo Road prison in Brisbane was Queensland's main jail for several decades. It has
			housed many illustrious inmates, even the occasional Knight of the realm, but probably
			only one Baronet, Sir Frederick James Siddartha Affleck, 9th Baronet, of Dalham, County
			Suffolk, England. The 'camera blackmailers' case, as it became known, rocked Brisbane
			in 1937, when a Brunswick Street apartment building, still standing today, became infamous
			as a centre of a gay pornography and blackmail racket.
			'The Honourable Sid Affleck first came to the attention of the Queensland police in late
			1937 when he and his brother Dalham, with Ernest Barker, were charged with conspiring to,
			and actually blackmailing John W. They had threatened to accuse John W., a blond twenty-
			one year old shop assistant  of Penny's Department Store in nearby Fortitude Valley, of
			committing an act of gross indecency. One evening in early September, Dalham Affleck met
			John W on his way to All Saints Church, luring him back to his flat in the Avalon building
			in Brunswick Street 'to see some eastern articles.' Once there, Dalham Affleck king-hit
			John W, knocking him out. The young man claimed to have regained consciousness to find
			himself lying on a bed wearing only his singlet, with the two Affleck brothers going through
			his belongings. While their victim was unconscious, the Afflecks had photographed him
			committing 'gross indecency,' presumably oral sex, with Dalham Affleck. When the police
			raided the flat in November they found a camera concealed in the wardrobe, focussed on
			the bed, along with negatives and photos of other young men in similar positions. In
			evidence the Afflecks admitted running a club for 'jaded business men who desired to come
			there for a play-around and be photographed in the nude. We have never demanded money
			from any of them and I can call them to prove it.' During the Affleck's tenancy, Flat G in the
			Avalon building seems to have become a gay brothel, the brothers providing themselves or
			other young men for sexual services for well-to-do business men, and indulging in a bit of
			blackmail on the side.
			'The Afflecks wanted to blackmail John W, suggesting that he steal money from his
			employers to pay them. A week after the incident John W was so distressed that, in a state
			of nervous collapse, he had to consult his doctor. This was because the Afflecks had
			visited him at work, attempting further intimidation. John W, wisely, then told Pennys'
			manager of the plot. The police became involved, providing John W with marked pound
			notes to give to the Afflecks. On 21 September Detective 'Nobby' Clark went to the flat,
			finding Dalham Affleck and the marked notes. Later, when his younger brother [sic - should
			be older brother] and Barker returned from the movies, the detective took possession of a
			series of negatives 'of Brisbane residents in indecent and revolting positions in the nude.
			And, with one lone exceptional female of the species, the figures were all males.'
			'Only one of the negatives showed John W and Dalham Affleck, but Dalham featured in
			most of them. Mr. Justice Macrossan spoke to the jury on the nature of the photo including
			John W, instructing them to place no stigma on the young man's character, despite the
			Affleck's protestations that their young victim led them on……John W was not available to
			give evidence in the November trial because he had attempted to commit suicide by
			shooting himself on the day of the Court proceedings.
			'Dalham and Sid Affleck were each sentenced to four years' imprisonment with hard labour.
			Barker, who developed the photographs, received a suspended sentence of two years with
			hard labour. In 1939 their request for the right of appeal to the Full Court was refused and
			they remained incarcerated in Boggo Road Prison, where in July 1939 the Honourable Sid
			inherited his father's title.
			'Born in the Brisbane suburb of Wynnum in 1905 and educated in Crow's Nest on the Darling
			Downs where his parents had a farm, Sid Affleck moved to Sydney in 1925. Soon involved
			in the criminal underworld, he was convicted of breaking and entering houses and carrying
			an unlicensed gun. Declared an habitual criminal in 1932 when he was sent to prison for
			another three years, he was released 'on licence' in April 1937, returning to Brisbane. His
			brother Dalham also ran foul of the law in Sydney, moving back to Brisbane where he
			established a school of dramatic art, and wrote and produced several plays, including radio
			plays. The brothers also ran a florist's shop in the city. Dalham was described by the
			Sunday Mail as a man of considerable talents, who, 'when in funds, was one of the best-
			dressed and smartest looking men to be seen in Queen Street.'
			'Presumably their return had something to do with the health of their eighty-three-year-old
			father Sir Frederick Danby James Affleck. The title dated back to the eighteenth century
			but most of the wealth and the family seat, Dalham Hall, had left the family before Sid and
			Dalham's father settled in Queensland. The Afflecks claim to have been defrauded of
			£400,000 by a crooked solicitor early in the twentieth century, which was always brought
			up by Sid Affleck to explain his antisocial ways. Sid's father had never expected to inherit
			the title, but did so when his cousin died childless in 1919. The 8th baronet had lived in
			Queensland since the 1880s………..in his later years he lived at Dunwich on Stradbroke Island
			in Moreton Bay, then in old age moved to another coastal area, Scarborough, in 1937, a
			pathetic, blind and poverty-stricken figure, further humiliated by his sons' misdeeds in
			Brunswick Street.
			'The 9th baronet and his brother were released from Boggo Road Prison in 1941 but Sir Sid
			managed to return for another six months almost immediately when he was apprehended
			for stealing a man's belongings from the Salvation Army's Peoples' Palace in the city. His
			grieving mother was interviewed by Truth in December 1941, after Sid had resumed his
			residence in prison. It is not often that a mother has to confront having given birth to
			two criminals who turned to gay pornography and prostitution for a living. She spoke of the
			'curse of the Afflecks,' supposed to have been visited on the family over generations.
			'…….the Affleck brothers disappear from view in 1941. The title is no longer current,
			indicating presumably that the 9th baronet never married and that there were no cousins
			to whom it could pass. Today, the Avalon apartments in Brunswick Street remain in good
			repair, the street-corner now a well-known haunt for prostitutes, both male and female.
			One cannot help thinking that if Sid and Dalham had still been living there they would
			have had a hand in organising their activities.'
			The statement that the Affleck brothers disappear after 1941 is not strictly correct. On
			22 November 1941, the 'Sydney Morning Herald' reported that "Frederick James Affleck,
			35, labourer, eldest son of the ninth [sic] baronet of Dalham, County Suffolk, was sentenced
			in the Police Court [in Brisbane] today to six months' imprisonment on a charge of having
			stolen clothing worth £16. Detective Sergeant Harold said that Affleck's father died at
			Brisbane in 1939, It was not known whether Affleck succeeded to the title, but he claimed
			he had." He was again in trouble in 1943 - the Broken Hill 'Barrier Miner' of 5 May 1943
			reported that "Frederick James Affleck, stated to be the ninth baronet of Dalham Hall,
			England, or in line for the baronetcy, was sentenced to three months' gaol in the [Brisbane]
			Summons Court on a charge of selling sly-grog. Two privates of the United States Provost
			Corps gave evidence that they bought two bottles of wine for 30s from Affleck in a city lane."
			I understand that Siddartha Affleck died in 1975 and was buried at the Mt. Gravatt
			Cemetery. I have no information on the date of death of Dalham Affleck. Given their sexual
			proclivities, I initially assumed that neither of the brothers ever married, but I have been
			advised by my correspondent Michael Andrews-Reading that Dalham Affleck married a woman
			named Mary Reeding in Queensland in 1928. Unfortunately Michael has been unable to discover
			any further details. As a result, the baronetcy appears to have become extinct in either 1975,
			on the death of Siddharta, or later, if Dalham outlived his older brother. There is also the
			possibility that Dalham's marriage produced a son, who would in the ordinary course have
			become entitled to the baronetcy, assuming he outlived his father.
			Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th baronet of Lochnaw
			The saying "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes" is often, but wrongly, attributed
			to a number of men, and in particular the American General William Prescott, who were present
			at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. But the phrase was recorded 32 years earlier, as is shown
			in a letter to 'The Times' of 15 January 2003:-
			'At Dettingen, Flanders, on June 27, 1743, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw
			(5th baronet) gave to the men of his regiment, the 21st of Foot, an order from which this
			saying is derived. A man of spirit even for the times, he had earlier in the day replied to a
			brigade order that "the scoundrels will never have the impudence to attack the Scots
			Fusiliers", but hey did.
			'Formed in square, the Scots Fusiliers held a steady fire rolling along their line and kept off
			the advancing French infantry. Sir Andrew, a resourceful and experienced officer, hade in
			training practised a novel battle drill with the men in his square should they be attacked by
			cavalry.
			'At last, the opportunity to spring this trap appeared when the square was attacked by
			enemy cuirassiers. Instead of employing the orthodox tactic of seeing them off by standing
			firm and taking the charge on muskets and pikes, Sir Andrew gave orders that as the cavalry
			approached the front line the two centre companies should divide from the centre and fall
			back from the outer markers. This novel approach allowed the cavalry to charge through a line
			with the Fusiliers facing inwards. At this point Sir Andrew gave the command:
			"Dinna fire till ye can see the whites o' their e'en....if ye dinna kill them they'll kill you." The
			French, as they rode through this lane of soldiers, were subjected to a withering crossfire
			and destroyed.
			'Later in the day King George II, who commanded the Army but was a little out of his
			depth, rode up and said: "So, Sir Andrew, I hear the cuirassiers rode through your regiment
			today."
			"Ou, ay, yer Majestee," was the reply, "but they dinna get oot again."
			The Battle of Dettingen was the last occasion when an English sovereign personally led his
			troops into battle.
			Sir Fulque Melville Gerard Noel Agnew, 10th baronet of Lochnaw
			The following report appeared in 'The Scotsman' of 3 October 1929. I have retained their
			spelling of the baronet's name of "Fulke" rather than the "Fulque" which is to be found in
			baronetage reference works.
			'When Sir Fulke Agnew arrives this month in Scotland, "finis" will be written to an interesting
			chapter in an interesting career. A year ago, he was a sergeant of the United States Marines
			in Shanghai; to-day he is a Baronet.
			'Sir Fulke, who was educated at Harrow, was born in 1900. When his course at Harrow was
			finished he did not, contrary to the wishes of his family, enter the College at Sandhurst but
			enlisted in the Army as a common private. As a private he served in France and Egypt,
			ultimately serving in India on the frontier, for which campaign he was awarded the service
			medal.
			'At the conclusion of his service he decided to go to Mexico, but even this common voyage was
			not made in the orthodox manner, for he crossed the Atlantic in a 130-foot yacht. When trouble
			arose in Mexico he went to the United States, and from there to Alaska, returning later to
			California, where he saw service as a cavalryman, and wrestled with steers as a cowpuncher
			'Then came the trouble in the Far East, and Mr. Agnew, as he then was, decided that the best
			method of seeing things for himself would be to join the United States Marines. Unfortunately
			for his hopes, he was drafted to the Philippines, a full year elapsing before he reached
			Shanghai. It was at Shanghai that he first received intimation of his fortune, but for a year,
			while the legal formalities were being completed, he continued to serve as a sergeant in
			the Intelligence Department.'
			Sir Stephen Charles de Lancey Aitchison, 3rd baronet
			Sir Stephen died from gunshot wounds on 12 May 1958. The following reports appeared in
			'The Times' :-
			14 May 1958 (with a dateline of Berwick-on-Tweed, May 13) :-
			""Sir Stephen Charles de Lancey Aitchison, aged 35, managing director of the grocery firm of
			Walter Willson Ltd., was found dead from gunshot wounds in woods near the family home at
			Coupland Castle, Wooler, Northumberland last night after he had gone out shooting. It is
			thought that his gun went off when he stumbled over tree roots or in trying to cross a trench.
			An inquest is to be held tomorrow.............
			16 May 1958:-
			'Shena, Lady Aitchison, of Coupland Castle, Wooler, Northumberland, at an inquest at Wooler
			yesterday, said that her son, Sir Stephen de Lancey Aitchison, aged 35, who was found shot
			near his home on Monday night, had "lost his children and his home," but had vowed he would
			never take his life, particularly because of his religious beliefs.
			'Mr H.J. Percy, the Coroner, recorded a verdict that there was insufficient evidence to enable
			him to determine how the shooting occurred. The cause of death was head injuries caused by
			a gunshot wound.
			'Lady Aitchison said that her son had taken a flat in Newcastle upon Tyne, but had never
			moved into it. His home was with her. On the day of his death he was normal and cheerful.
			'The Coroner - Do you know if he had any mental or physical troubles? - His marriage and home
			were broken up. There was a divorce pending; I have nothing to say on that. He had lost his
			children and his home - is that not enough to upset anyone?
			Thomas Brewis, the gardener, said that Sir Stephen Aitchison had handled guns since he was
			a boy. The gun, a 12-bore which he would have used to shoot pigeons or ducks, was lying
			slightly under his legs and the right barrel had been fired.
			'Dr. A.N. Bousfield said that Sir Stephen Aitchison suffered from spasms of nervous tension. "We
			did not discuss it, but we both knew that his domestic affairs were the cause," he added. "He
			never said he would take his own life."
			Sir John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd baronet
			Sir John Anson, together with twelve other men, women and children, was killed in a
			railway accident at Wigan on 2 August 1873. The following summary of the accident is
			taken from contemporary newspapers and from L.T.C. Rolt's fascinating book "Red for
			Danger: A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety" (John Lane, London, 1955).
			The train, commonly known as the 'Tourist Special,' left Euston for Scotland at 8 p.m.
			on the night of 2 August 1873. It was drawn by two locomotives and by the time it
			left Crewe the train consisted of 25 carriages, many of them coaches belonging to
			wealthy families, including a coach reserved for Sir John Anson.
			As the train was running through Wigan station at about 1.20 a.m., the driver noticed
			that sparks were flying from the rear carriages. Fearing that part of his train had become
			detached, he applied his brakes, bringing the train to a gradual stop.
			The down platform at Wigan was an island platform, with a set of facing points leading
			to a loop around the back of the platform. The first fifteen carriages had passed safely
			over these facing points, but the sixteenth carriage, which was occupied by Lady
			Florence Leveson Gower and a companion, was derailed, together with all carriages
			that were travelling behind it. Some of the carriages had run up the ramp at the end
			of the platform, including that which contained Sir John Anson, which stood upon its
			roof on the platform, with five bodies, including that of Sir John and his valet, scattered
			around it.
			In all, thirteen passengers were killed and thirty injured. At the subsequent public
			inquiry into the disaster, the facing points were minutely examined, but no defect in
			them was ever established. Many surviving passengers did, however, commented that
			they had been alarmed several times during their journey about the speed of the train,
			which had caused the carriages to rock and sway. The inquiry accepted that the
			train was probably travelling too fast, with the result that one of the carriages had
			jumped the points, dragging all the other carriages with it. No satisfactory explanation
			was, however, ever advanced, and the cause of the Wigan crash remains a matter of
			speculation.
			In June 1875, the Anson family successfully sued the London and North-Western Railway
			for compensation, but I have been unable to find what damages were awarded to them.
			Sir Denis George William Anson, 4th baronet
			Sir Denis succeeded to the title in June 1914, but he wasn't to enjoy it for long, since he
			drowned in the Thames a month later.
			The following account of his death and the subsequent inquest are taken from the Adelaide
			'Advertiser' of 10 August 1914:-
			'The tragic deaths of the young baronet, Sir Denis Anson and Mr. William Mitchell, who were
			drowned in the Thames in the early hours of last Friday morning [3 July], were, it seems,
			brought about by sheer folly born of natural high spirits, stimulated by champagne. Sir Denis,
			who was only 26 [25] years of age, was the son of the late Mr. Frederick Arthur Anson, of
			Piraki, New Zealand, and spent the early part of his boyhood in New Zealand. He came to
			England to be educated at Eton, and later went to Oxford University. He studied law, and
			a short time ago was called to the bar, and began practice in chambers in Mitre Court,
			Temple, in the same building where his uncle, the late Sir William Anson, to whose baronetcy
			Sir Denis only succeeded about a month ago, had chambers.
			'Sir Denis was the only son of his parents, and the youngest of a family of five. At the time
			of the tragedy he was living in Half Union-street with his mother and sister.
			'The tragedy had its origin in one of the now fashionable "midnight picnics" up the river. Sir
			Denis Anson was one of a party of 12 or 14 ladies and gentlemen who boarded a steam
			launch at Westminster Pier shortly after midnight on Thursday. The party included Count
			Constantine Beckendorff, a son of the Russian Ambassador, Miss Iris Tree, daughter of
			the famous actor [Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree], the Hon. Kasper Ridley (brother of Viscount
			Ridley), Mr. Raymond Asquith (son of the Prime Minister) and Lady Diana Manners, daughter
			of the Duke of Rutland, and there were also a number of musicians on board to discourse
			sweet music during the trip. The party, it appears, took supper whilst the launch was
			making its way up the river to Hampton Court, and nothing untoward happened until the
			homeward journey was nearing completion. It seems to have been a very merry party, and
			Sir Denis appears to have endeavoured to add to the merriment by what schoolboys term
			"playing the goat" - climbing about the superstructure of the launch and the like. Presently,
			when the launch was nearing Battersea Bridge Sir Denis announced his intention of diving
			overboard, and climbed on to the bridge to do so. Captain White, who was in charge of the
			launch, appears to have prevented him carrying out his intention, and to have cautioned
			Sir Denis as to his conduct.
			'What actually happened thereafter has produced half a dozen stories, differing materially
			in detail, but the main facts are clear. Sir Denis was chaffed by some of his companions
			about his threat to dive overboard, and to prove his courage took a header into the river.
			The ebb tide was running very fast at the time, and the River Thames at this point is full
			of swirls and eddies, against which a strong swimmer in nature's garb would find it almost
			useless to struggle. For a man hampered by clothing - even light evening dress, minus
			coat - it was courting disaster to do what Sir Denis did, even if his swimming abilities were
			above the ordinary. The unfortunate young fellow seems to have realised the fact that he
			had over-estimated his powers very quickly, for he called out something which those on the
			launch who heard his cries took to be an indication that the baronet was in difficulties.
			Bandsman Mitchell was the first to act. Without waiting to remove his clothing he plunged
			overboard to the rescue. It was gallant madness, for, clothed was he was, Mitchell could
			make no sort of fight against the fast running tide, and was carried away. A few seconds
			after Mitchell's plunge there was another splash, and Count Beckendorff had followed
			Mitchell's lead. But neither Mitchell nor the Count had gone far before a strangled cry arose
			from Sir Denis, and a moment later the waters had closed over his head. That was the last
			seen of the young baronet. Meanwhile the launch had been stopped and put about, and a
			waterman, who had heard Sir Denis' cry of distress, came upon the scene in a rowing boat.
			By that tine, however, poor Mitchell had also disappeared, and Count Beckendorff was in
			dire distress, when the waterman came to his rescue and pulled him into the boat. The
			Count was in an exhausted condition, and but for the timely arrival of the waterman there
			would have been a triple tragedy. As it was, two men lost their lives. The launch and the
			rowing-boat cruised about the place where Sir Denis and Mitchell had disappeared for a
			long time, but of the two poor fellows not a trace could be found. Mitchell's body was
			washed up by the tide near Battersea Bridge on Saturday morning, but several days elapsed
			before the mortal remains of Sir Denis Anson were discovered lying beneath a raft of timbers
			near Lambeth Bridge, some three miles away from the scene of the tragedy.
			'At the inquest a large amount of attention was paid to the question of Sir Denis' sobriety.
			It was admitted that the young baronet had partaken of wine, but it was strenuously
			denied by every witness that he was inebriated in any sense of the word. "He was merry and
			full of life," said the captain of the launch, but was certainly not intoxicated, in the opinion
			of the skipper. And that was the burden of all the witnesses' testimony. Sir Denis was, as
			always, full of life and fun, and was the life and soul of the party, but he had not had too
			much drink. So the jury found a verdict of accidental death, and added thereto the rider that
			they found that Sir Denis was "quite sober, but full of fun."
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