BARONETAGE
Last updated 26/02/2010
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
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    Extinct on his death              
16 Apr 1868
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                                             by 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 Albins,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
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 Glencairny,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 see "Dyke-Acland"
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,Wiltshire
4 Jul 1795 GB 1 William Pierce Ashe A'Court c 1747 22 Jul 1817
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
29 Jun 1659 2 Walter Acton     c 1621  3 Sep 1665
MP for Bridgnorth 1660
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
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 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
9 Jun 1702 4 James Agnew 9 Mar 1735
9 Mar 1735 5 Andrew Agnew 21 Dec 1687 21 Aug 1771 83
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
28 Aug 1975 11 Crispin Hamlyn Agnew 13 May 1944
AGNEW of The Planche,Suffolk
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
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
AINSLIE of Great Torrington,Lincs
19 Nov 1804 UK 1 Robert Ainslie c 1730 22 Jul 1812
22 Jul 1812 2 Robert Sharpe Ainslie 1777 1858 81
to    Extinct on his death
1858
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 London
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
12 May 1958 4 Charles Walter de Lancey Aitchison 27 May 1951
AITKEN of Chirkley,Surrey
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 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,Connecticut,USA
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
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
MP for Middlesex 1661-1679
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    Extinct on his death
Oct 1696
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 Alsop-le-Dale,Derby
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
11 Jul 1678 2 Rowland Alston c 1654 24 Sep 1697
24 Sep 1697 3 Thomas Alston c 1676 Dec 1714
MP for Bedford 1698-1701
Dec 1714 4 Rowland Alston c 1678 2 Jan 1759
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
31 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
15 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
19 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
27 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 Newport Pagnell,Bucks
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
ANSON of Hatch Beauchamp,Devon
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
cιlθbre, 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.
'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 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 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 Pennys 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.'
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. If, as seems
likely, given the proclivities of the two brothers, neither of them ever married, the Affleck
baronetcy appears to have become extinct in either 1975, on the death of Siddartha, or
later, if Dalham outlived his older brother.
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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