BARONETAGE
			Last updated 20/01/2013
			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
			SETON of Abercorn,Linlithgow
3 Jun 1663	NS	1	Walter Seton		20 Feb 1692
20 Feb 1692		2	Walter Seton		3 Jan 1708
3 Jan 1708		3	Henry Seton		1751
1751		4	Henry Seton		29 Jun 1788
29 Jun 1788		5	Alexander Seton	4 May 1772	4 Feb 1810	37
4 Feb 1810		6	Henry John Seton	4 Apr 1796	21 Jul 1868	72
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page
21 Jul 1868		7	Charles Hay Seton	14 Nov 1797	11 Jun 1869	71
11 Jun 1869		8	Bruce Maxwell Seton	31 Jan 1836	12 Mar 1915	79
12 Mar 1915		9	Bruce Gordon Seton	13 Oct 1868	3 Jul 1932	63
3 Jul 1932		10	Alexander Hay Seton	14 Aug 1904	7 Feb 1963	58
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
7 Feb 1963		11	Bruce Lovat Seton	29 May 1909	28 Sep 1969	60
28 Sep 1969		12	Christopher Bruce Seton	3 Oct 1909	17 Jan 1988	78
17 Jan 1988		13	Iain Bruce Seton	27 Aug 1942
			SETON of Carleton,Haddington
9 Dec 1664	NS	1	John Seton	29 Sep 1639	Feb 1686	46
Feb 1686		2	George Seton		c 1720
to			On his death the heir was under attainder
c 1720			and the baronetcy was thus forfeited
			SETON of Windygowl
24 Jan 1671	NS	1	Robert Seton	10 Nov 1641	Nov 1671	30
to			Extinct on his death
Nov 1671
			SETON of Pitmedden,Aberdeen
15 Jan 1683	NS	1	Alexander Seton		29 May 1719
29 May 1719		2	William Seton	6 Mar 1673	1744	71
			MP for Scotland 1707-1708
1744		3	Alexander Seton	19 Jan 1703	21 Jul 1750	47
21 Jul 1750		4	William Seton		11 Oct 1774
11 Oct 1774		5	Archibald Seton		26 May 1775
26 May 1775		6	William Seton		16 Feb 1818
16 Feb 1818		7	William Coote Seton	19 Dec 1808	30 Dec 1880	72
30 Dec 1880		8	James Lumsden Seton	1 Sep 1835	26 Sep 1884	49
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page
26 Sep 1884		9	William Samuel Seton	22 May 1837	5 Mar 1914	76
5 Mar 1914		10	John Hastings Seton	20 Sep 1888	21 Jun 1956	67
21 Jun 1956		11	Robert James Seton	20 Apr 1926	29 Oct 1993	67
29 Oct 1993		12	James Christall Seton	21 Jan 1913	4 Apr 1998	85
4 Apr 1998		13	Charles Wallace Seton	25 Aug 1948
			SETON-STEUART of Allanton,Lanark
22 May 1815	UK	1	Henry Steuart	20 Oct 1759	1836	76
1836		2	Reginald Macdonald		15 Apr 1838
15 Apr 1838		3	Henry James Seton-Steuart	5 Nov 1812	6 Dec 1884	72
6 Dec 1884		4	Alan Henry Seton-Steuart	23 Apr 1856	3 Apr 1913	56
3 Apr 1913		5	Douglas Archibald Seton-Steuart	20 Aug 1857	19 Feb 1930	72
to			Extinct on his death
19 Feb 1930
			SEYLIARD of Delaware,Kent
18 Jun 1661	E	1	John Sylyard	c 1613	19 Dec 1667
Dec 1667		2	Thomas Seylyiard	c 1648	4 May 1692
May 1692		3	Thomas Seylyiard	c 1673	11 Jan 1701
Jan 1701		4	John Seyliard	25 Jul 1700	23 Sep 1701	1
to			Extinct on his death
Sep 1701
			SEYMOUR of Berry Pomeroy,Devon
29 Jun 1611	E	1	Edward Seymour	c 1563	11 Apr 1613
			MP for Devon 1590,1601 and 1604-1611
11 Apr 1613		2	Edward Seymour	c 1580	5 Oct 1659
			MP for Penrhyn 1601 and Newport 1604-
			1611, Lyme Regis 1614, Devon 1621-1622,
			Callington 1624-1625 and Totnes 1625
5 Oct 1659		3	Edward Seymour	10 Sep 1610	7 Dec 1688	78
			MP for Devon 1640, 1640-1644 and 1660
			and Totnes 1661-1687
7 Dec 1688		4	Edward Seymour	1633	17 Feb 1708	74
			MP for Hindon 1661-1679, Devon 1679,
			Totnes 1679-1681 and 1695-1698, Exeter
			1685-1695 and 1698-1708. PC 1679
			Treasurer of the Navy 1673-1681
17 Feb 1708		5	Edward Seymour	18 Dec 1663	29 Dec 1740	77
			MP for West Looe 1690-1695, Totnes 1708-
			1710 and Great Bedwyn 1710-1715
29 Dec 1740		6	Edward Seymour	17 Jan 1695	15 Dec 1757	62
			He subsequently succeeded to the Dukedom
			of Somerset (qv) in 1750 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			SEYMOUR of Langley,Bucks
4 Jul 1681	E	1	Henry Seymour	20 Oct 1674	Apr 1714	39
to			MP for East Looe 1699-1713
Apr 1714			Extinct on his death
			SEYMOUR of High Mount,Limerick
31 May 1809	UK		See "Culme-Seymour"
			SEYMOUR of the Army
28 Oct 1869	UK	1	Francis Seymour	2 Aug 1813	10 Jul 1890	76
10 Jul 1890		2	Albert Victor Francis Seymour	1 Dec 1887	2 May 1949	61
to			Extinct on his death
2 May 1949
			SHAEN of Kilmore,Roscommon
7 Feb 1663	I	1	James Shaen	by 1629	13 Dec 1695
13 Dec 1695		2	Arthur Shaen	after 1650	24 Jun 1725
to			Extinct on his death
24 Jun 1725
			SHAKERLEY of Somerford Hall,Cheshire
30 Jul 1838	UK	1	Charles Peter Shakerley	27 Dec 1792	14 Sep 1857	64
14 Sep 1857		2	Charles Watkin Shakerley	27 Mar 1833	20 Oct 1898	65
20 Oct 1898		3	Walter Geoffrey Shakerley	26 Nov 1859	11 Jan 1943	83
11 Jan 1943		4	George Herbert Shakerley	27 Sep 1863	7 Aug 1945	81
7 Aug 1945		5	Cyril Holland Shakerley	28 Feb 1897	21 Aug 1970	73
21 Aug 1970		6	Geoffrey Adam Shakerley	9 Dec 1932	3 Dec 2012	79
3 Dec 2012		7	Nicholas Simon Adam Shakerley	20 Dec 1963
			SHAKESPEARE of Lakenham,Norfolk
11 Jul 1942	UK	1	Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare	23 Sep 1893	8 Sep 1980	86
			MP for Norwich 1929-1945.  PC 1945
8 Sep 1980		2	William Geoffrey Shakespeare	12 Oct 1927	12 Mar 1996	68
12 Mar 1996		3	Thomas William Shakespeare	11 May 1966
			SHARP of Scotscraig,Fife
21 Apr 1683	NS		See "Bethune"
			SHARP of Heckmondwike,Yorks
28 Jun 1920	UK	1	Milton Sheridan Sharp	30 Jan 1856	22 May 1924	68
22 May 1924		2	Milton Sharp	22 Apr 1880	17 Dec 1941	61
17 Dec 1941		3	Milton Reginald Sharp	21 Nov 1909	4 May 1996	86
4 May 1996		4	Sheridan Christopher Robin Sharp	25 Apr 1936
			SHARP of Warden Court,Maidstone,Kent
23 Jun 1922	UK	1	Edward Sharp	13 May 1854	23 Aug 1931	77
23 Aug 1931		2	Herbert Edward Sharp	25 Apr 1879	16 Jun 1936	57
16 Jun 1936		3	Edward Herbert Sharp	3 Dec 1927	4 Nov 1985	57
4 Nov 1985		4	Adrian Sharp	17 Sep 1951
			SHAW of Eltham,Kent
15 Apr 1665	E		See "Best-Shaw"
			SHAW of Greenock,Renfrew
28 Jun 1687	NS	1	John Shaw		16 Apr 1693
16 Apr 1693		2	John Shaw		16 Apr 1702
16 Apr 1702		3	John Shaw	c 1679	5 Apr 1752
to			MP for Renfrewshire 1708-1710 and 1727-
5 Apr 1752			1734, and Clackmannanshire 1722-1727
			Extinct on his death
			SHAW of Kilmarnock,Ayr
21 Sep 1809	UK	1	James Shaw	26 Aug 1764	22 Oct 1843	79
to			MP for London 1806-1818
22 Oct 1843			He obtained a new patent in 1813 -
			see below
			Extinct on his death
			SHAW of Kilmarnock,Ayr
14 Jan 1813	UK	1	James Shaw	26 Aug 1764	22 Oct 1843	79
22 Oct 1843		2	John Shaw	c 1788	19 Nov 1868
to			Extinct on his death
19 Nov 1868
			SHAW of Bushy Park,co.Dublin
17 Aug 1821	UK	1	Robert Shaw	29 Jan 1774	10 Mar 1849	75
			MP for Dublin 1804-1826
10 Mar 1849		2	Robert Shaw	28 Sep 1796	19 Feb 1869	72
19 Feb 1869		3	Frederick Shaw	11 Dec 1799	30 Jun 1876	76
			MP for Dublin 1830-1831 and 1831-1832
			and Dublin University 1832-1848. PC [I]
			1835
30 Jun 1876		4	Robert Shaw	3 Aug 1821	16 May 1895	73
16 May 1895		5	Frederick William Shaw	15 Mar 1858	15 Jul 1927	69
15 Jul 1927		6	Robert de Vere Shaw	24 Feb 1890	26 Mar 1969	79
26 Mar 1969		7	Robert Shaw	31 Jan 1925	18 Dec 2002	77
18 Dec 2002		8	Charles de Vere Shaw	1 Mar 1957
			SHAW of Wolverhampton,Warwicks
30 Nov 1908	UK	1	Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw	11 Sep 1859	17 Apr 1942	82
to			MP for Stafford 1892-1911
17 Apr 1942			Extinct on his death
			SHAW-STEWART of Blackhall and
			Greenock,Renfrew
27 Mar 1667	NS	1	Archibald Stewart	c 1635	c 1722
c 1722		2	Archibald Stewart		Apr 1724
Apr 1724		3	Michael Stewart	c 1712	20 Oct 1796
20 Oct 1796		4	John Shaw-Stewart	c 1740	7 Aug 1812
			MP for Renfrewshire 1780-1783 and 1786-1796
7 Aug 1812		5	Michael Shaw-Stewart	10 Feb 1766	25 Aug 1825	59
			Lord Lieutenant Renfrew 1822-1825
25 Aug 1825		6	Michael Shaw-Stewart	4 Oct 1788	19 Dec 1836	48
			MP for Lanarkshire 1827-1830 and
			Renfrewshire 1830-1837
19 Dec 1836		7	Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart	26 Nov 1826	10 Dec 1903	77
			MP for Renfrewshire 1855-1865. Lord
			Lieutenant Renfrew 1869-1903
10 Dec 1903		8	Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart	11 Jul 1854	29 Jun 1942	87
			MP for Renfrewshire East 1886-1906. Lord
			Lieutenant Renfrew 1922-1942
29 Jun 1942		9	Walter Guy Shaw-Stewart	10 Aug 1892	26 Apr 1976	83
			Lord Lieutenant Renfrew 1950-1967
26 Apr 1976		10	Euan Guy Shaw-Stewart	11 Oct 1928	30 Jan 1980	51
30 Jan 1980		11	Houston Mark Shaw-Stewart	24 Apr 1931	21 Feb 2004	72
21 Feb 2004		12	Ludovic Houston Shaw-Stewart	12 Nov 1986
			SHEAFFE of Boston,Massachusetts
16 Jan 1813	UK	1	Roger Hale Sheaffe	15 Jul 1763	17 Jul 1851	88
to			Extinct on his death
17 Jul 1851
			SHEE of Dunmore,Galway
22 Jan 1794	I	1	George Shee	Jan 1754	3 Feb 1825	71
3 Feb 1825		2	George Shee	14 Jun 1785	25 Jan 1870	84
to			Extinct on his death
25 Jan 1870
			SHEFFIELD of Normanby,Lincs
1 Mar 1755	GB	1	Charles Sheffield	c 1706	5 Sep 1774
5 Sep 1774		2	John Sheffield	c 1743	4 Feb 1815
4 Feb 1815		3	Robert Sheffield	c 1758	26 Feb 1815
26 Feb 1815		4	Robert Sheffield	25 Feb 1786	7 Nov 1862	76
7 Nov 1862		5	Robert Sheffield	8 Dec 1823	23 Oct 1886	62
23 Oct 1886		6	Berkeley Digby George Sheffield	19 Jan 1876	26 Nov 1946	70
			MP for Brigg 1907-1910 and 1922-1929
26 Nov 1946		7	Robert Arthur Sheffield	18 Oct 1905	2 Jun 1977	71
2 Jun 1977		8	Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield	9 May 1946
			SHELLEY of Michelgrove,Sussex
22 May 1611	E	1	John Shelley		c 1644
c 1644		2	Charles Shelley		1681
1681		3	John Shelley	after 1662	25 Apr 1703
25 Apr 1703		4	John Shelley	6 Mar 1692	6 Sep 1771	79
			MP for Arundel 1727-1741 and Lewes
			1743-1747
6 Sep 1771		5	John Shelley	c 1730	11 Sep 1783
			MP for East Retford 1751-1758 and
			Newark 1768-1774.  PC 1766
11 Sep 1783		6	John Shelley	3 Mar 1772	28 Mar 1852	80
			MP for Helston 1806 and Lewes 1816-1831
28 Mar 1852		7	John Villiers Shelley	18 Mar 1808	28 Jan 1867	58
			MP for Gatton 1830-1831,Grimsby 1831-1832
			and Westminster 1852-1865
28 Jan 1867		8	Frederic Shelley	5 May 1809	19 Mar 1869	59
19 Mar 1869		9	John Shelley	31 Aug 1848	29 Mar 1931	82
29 Mar 1931		10	John Frederick Shelley	14 Oct 1884	8 Mar 1976	91
8 Mar 1976		11	John Richard Shelley	18 Jan 1943
			SHELLEY of Castle Goring,Sussex
3 Mar 1806	UK	1	Bysshe Shelley	12 Jun 1731	6 Jan 1815	83
6 Jan 1815		2	Timothy Shelley	Sep 1753	24 Apr 1844	90
24 Apr 1844		3	Percy Florence Shelley	12 Nov 1819	5 Dec 1889	70
5 Dec 1889		4	Edward Shelley	10 Dec 1827	17 Sep 1890	62
17 Sep 1890		5	Charles Shelley	14 May 1838	20 Jul 1902	64
20 Jul 1902		6	John Courtown Edward Shelley (Shelley-Rolls
			from 1917)	5 Aug 1871	18 Feb 1951	79
18 Feb 1951		7	Percy Bysshe Shelley	24 Jun 1872	24 Sep 1953	81
24 Sep 1953		8	Sidney Patrick Shelley	18 Jan 1880	25 Jul 1965	85
25 Jul 1965		9	William Philip Sidney	23 May 1909	5 Apr 1991	81
			He had previously been created Viscount
			de L'Isle (qv) in 1956 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			SHELLEY-SIDNEY of Penshurst Place,Kent
12 Dec 1818	UK	1	John Shelley-Sidney	18 Dec 1771	14 Mar 1849	77
14 Mar 1849		2	Philip Charles Sidney	11 Mar 1800	4 Mar 1851	50
			He had previously been created Baron
			de L'Isle and Dudley (qv) in 1835 with
			which title the baronetcy remains merged
			SHEPPARD of Thornton Hall,Bucks
29 Sep 1809	UK	1	Thomas Sheppard		21 Nov 1821
21 Nov 1821		2	Thomas Sheppard-Cotton	3 Mar 1785	5 Apr 1848	63
to			Extinct on his death
5 Apr 1848
			SHEPPERSON of Upwood,Hunts
20 Jun 1945	UK	1	Ernest Whittome Shepperson	4 Oct 1874	22 Aug 1949	74
to			MP for Leominster 1922-1945
22 Aug 1949			Extinct on his death
			SHERARD of Lopthorp,Lincs
25 May 1674	E	1	John Sherard	c 1662	1 Jan 1725
1 Jan 1725		2	Richard Sherard	c 1666	14 Jun 1730
14 Jun 1730		3	Brownlow Sherard	7 Feb 1668	30 Jan 1736	67
30 Jan 1736		4	Brownlow Sherard	c 1702	25 Nov 1748
to			Extinct on his death
25 Nov 1748
			SHERBURNE of Stonyhurst,Lancs
4 Feb 1686	E	1	Nicholas Sherburne		14 Dec 1717
to			Extinct on his death
14 Dec 1717
			SHERSTON-BAKER of Dunstable House,Surrey
14 May 1796	GB	1	Robert Baker	20 Apr 1754	4 Feb 1826	71
4 Feb 1826		2	Henry Loraine Baker	3 Jan 1787	2 Nov 1859	72
2 Nov 1859		3	Henry Williams Baker	27 May 1821	12 Feb 1877	55
12 Feb 1877		4	George Edward Dundas Sherston Baker	19 May 1846	15 Mar 1923	76
15 Mar 1923		5	Dodington George Richard Sherston-Baker	22 Jul 1877	18 Nov 1944	67
18 Nov 1944		6	Humphrey Dodington Benedict Sherston-
			Baker	13 Oct 1907	15 Feb 1990	82
15 Feb 1990		7	Robert George Humphrey Sherston-Baker	3 Apr 1951
			SHIERS of Slyfield,Surrey
16 Oct 1684	E	1	George Shiers	c 1660	18 Jul 1685
to			Extinct on his death
16 Jul 1685
			SHIFFNER of Coombe Place,Sussex
16 Dec 1818	UK	1	George Shiffner	17 Nov 1762	Feb 1842	79
Feb 1842		2	Henry Shiffner	4 Nov 1788	18 Mar 1859	70
18 Mar 1859		3	George Shiffner	17 May 1791	14 Dec 1863	72
14 Dec 1863		4	George Croxton Shiffner	21 Aug 1819	23 Jan 1906	86
23 Jan 1906		5	John Shiffner	8 Aug 1857	5 Apr 1914	56
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page
5 Apr 1914		6	John Bridger Shiffner	5 Aug 1899	24 Sep 1918	19
24 Sep 1918		7	Henry Burrowes Shiffner	29 Jul 1902	22 Nov 1941	39
22 Nov 1941		8	Henry David Shiffner	2 Feb 1930
			SHIRLEY of Staunton Harold,Leics
22 May 1611	E	1	George Shirley	23 Apr 1559	27 Apr 1622	63
27 Apr 1622		2	Henry Shirley	c 1588	8 Feb 1633
8 Feb 1633		3	Charles Shirley	9 Sep 1623	7 Jun 1646	22
7 Jun 1646		4	Robert Shirley	1629	6 Nov 1656	27
6 Nov 1656		5	Seymour Shirley	23 Jan 1647	16 Jul 1667	20
Jan 1668		6	Robert Shirley	Jan 1668	11 Mar 1669	1
Mar 1669		7	Robert Shirley	20 Oct 1650	25 Dec 1717	67
			He was subsequently created Earl Ferrers
			(qv) in 1711 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			SHIRLEY of Preston,Sussex
6 Mar 1666	E	1	Anthony Shirley	5 Jul 1624	22 Jun 1683	58
			MP for Arundel 1654-1655, Sussex 1656-
			1658 and Steyning 1659
Jun 1683		2	Richard Shirley	c 1655	30 Mar 1692
Mar 1692		3	Richard Shirley	c 1680	1705
to			Extinct on his death
1705
			SHIRLEY of Oat Hall,Sussex
27 Jun 1786	GB	1	Thomas Shirley	30 Dec 1727	18 Feb 1800	72
			Governor of the Bahamas 1767, Dominica
			1774 and the Leeward Islands 1781
18 Feb 1800		2	William Warden Shirley	4 Aug 1772	26 Feb 1815	42
to			Extinct on his death
26 Feb 1815
			SHORE of Heathcote,Derby
27 Oct 1792	GB	1	John Shore	5 Oct 1751	14 Feb 1834	82
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Teignmouth (qv) in 1798 with which title
			the baronetcy then merged until its
			extinction in 1981
			SHUCKBURGH of Shuckburgh,Warwicks
25 Jun 1660	E	1	John Shuckburgh	1635	1661	26
1661		2	Charles Shuckburgh	Nov 1659	2 Sep 1705	45
			MP for Warwickshire 1698-1705
2 Sep 1705		3	John Shuckburgh	18 Aug 1683	19 Jun 1724	40
19 Jun 1724		4	Stewkley Shuckburgh	9 Mar 1711	10 Mar 1759	48
10 Mar 1759		5	Charles Shuckburgh	17 Mar 1722	10 Aug 1773	51
10 Aug 1773		6	George Augustus William Shuckburgh
			(Shuckburgh-Evelyn from Jul 1793)	23 Aug 1751	11 Aug 1804	52
			MP for Warwickshire 1780-1804
11 Aug 1804		7	Stewkley Shuckburgh	c 1760	21 Jul 1809
21 Jul 1809		8	Francis Shuckburgh	12 Mar 1789	29 Oct 1876	87
29 Oct 1876		9	George Thomas Francis Shuckburgh	23 Jul 1829	12 Jan 1884	54
12 Jan 1884		10	Stewkley Frederick Draycott Shuckburgh	20 Jun 1880	17 Nov 1917	37
17 Nov 1917		11	Gerald Francis Stewkley Shuckburgh	28 Feb 1882	3 Aug 1939	57
3 Aug 1939		12	Charles Gerald Stewkley Shuckburgh	28 Feb 1911	4 May 1988	77
4 May 1988		13	Rupert Charles Gerald Shuckburgh	12 Feb 1949	24 Jan 2012	62
24 Jan 2012		14	James Rupert Charles Shuckburgh	4 Jan 1978
			SHUTTLEWORTH of Gawthorpe Hall,Lancs
22 Dec 1849	UK		See "Kay-Shuttleworth"
			SIBBALD of Rankelour,Fife
24 Jul 1630	NS	1	James Sibbald		21 May 1650
21 May 1650		2	David Sibbald		c 1680
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1680
			SIDNEY of Penshurst,Kent
12 Dec 1818	UK		See "Shelley-Sidney"
			SILVESTER of Yardley
20 May 1815	UK	1	John Silvester	Sep 1745	30 Mar 1822	76
to			He was granted a fresh patent in 1822 - see
30 Mar 1822			below
			Extinct on his death
			SILVESTER of Yardley
11 Feb 1822	UK	1	John Silvester	Sep 1745	30 Mar 1822	76
30 Mar 1822		2	Philip Carteret Silvester		Aug 1828
to			Extinct on his death
Aug 1828
			SIMEON of Chilworth,Oxon
18 Oct 1677	E	1	James Simeon		15 Jan 1709
15 Jan 1709		2	Edward Simeon	c 1682	22 Dec 1768
to			Extinct on his death
22 Dec 1768
			SIMEON of Grazeley,Berks
22 May 1815	UK	1	John Simeon		4 Feb 1824
4 Feb 1824		2	Richard Godin Simeon	21 May 1784	4 Jan 1854	69
			MP for Isle of Wight 1832-1837
4 Jan 1854		3	John Simeon	5 Feb 1815	21 May 1870	55
			MP for Isle of Wight 1847-1851
21 May 1870		4	John Stephen Barrington Simeon	31 Aug 1850	26 Apr 1909	58
			MP for Southampton 1895-1906
26 Apr 1909		5	Edmund Charles Simeon	11 Dec 1855	18 Jun 1915	59
18 Jun 1915		6	John Walter Barrington Simeon	Jan 1886	24 Jun 1957	71
24 Jun 1957		7	John Edmund Barrington Simeon	1 Mar 1911	6 Dec 1999	88
6 Dec 1999		8	Richard Edmund Barrington Simeon	2 Mar 1943
			SIMPSON of Strathavon,Linlithgow
3 Feb 1866	UK	1	James Young Simpson	7 Jun 1811	5 May 1870	58
5 May 1870		2	Walter Grindlay Simpson	1 Sep 1843	29 May 1898	54
29 May 1898		3	James Walter Mackay Simpson	6 Sep 1882	16 Mar 1924	41
to			Extinct on his death
16 Mar 1924
			SIMPSON of Bradley Hall,Durham
1 Feb 1935	UK	1	Frank Robert Simpson	12 Apr 1864	29 Apr 1949	85
29 Apr 1949		2	Basil Robert James Simpson	13 Feb 1898	19 Aug 1968	70
19 Aug 1968		3	John Cyril Finucane Simpson	10 Feb 1899	21 Dec 1981	82
to			Extinct on his death
21 Dec 1981
			SINCLAIR of Dunbeath,Caithness
3 Jan 1631	NS	1	John Sinclair		c 1652
to			Extinct on his death
c 1652
			SINCLAIR of Canisbay,Caithness
2 Jun 1631	NS	1	James Sinclair		1662
1662		2	William Sinclair		c 1677
c 1677		3	James Sinclair		c 1710
c 1710		4	James Sinclair		c 1730
c 1730		5	James Sinclair		4 Oct 1760
4 Oct 1760		6	John Sinclair		Apr 1774
Apr 1774		7	James Sinclair	31 Oct 1766	16 Jul 1823	56
			He subsequently succeeded to the Earldom
			of Caithness (qv) in 1789 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			SINCLAIR of Longformacus,Berwick
10 Dec 1664	NS	1	Robert Sinclair		1678
1678		2	John Sinclair		after 1696
after 1696		3	Robert Sinclair		28 Sep 1727
28 Sep 1727		4	John Sinclair		5 Dec 1764
5 Dec 1764		5	Harry Sinclair		25 Jun 1768
25 Jun 1768		6	John Sinclair		7 Jan 1798
7 Jan 1798		7	John Sinclair		c 1843
to			On his death the baronetcy became either
c 1843			extinct or dormant
			SINCLAIR of Kinnaird,Fife
c 1675	NS	1	James Sinclair		c 1702
c 1702		2	George Sinclair		1726
1726		3	John Sinclair		25 Dec 1767
25 Dec 1767		4	John Sinclair	1763
			Nothing further is known of him or his
			successors (if any)
			SINCLAIR of Dunbeath,Caithness
12 Oct 1704	NS	1	James Sinclair		28 Sep 1742
28 Sep 1742		2	William Sinclair		2 Aug 1767
2 Aug 1767		3	Alexander Sinclair		1786
1786		4	Benjamin Sinclair		26 Oct 1796
26 Oct 1796		5	John Sinclair		1 Oct 1842
1 Oct 1842		6	John Sinclair	16 Sep 1794	21 Apr 1873	78
21 Apr 1873		7	John Rose George Sinclair	10 Aug 1864	3 Nov 1926	62
3 Nov 1926		8	Ronald Norman John Charles Udny Sinclair	30 Jun 1899	19 Oct 1952	53
19 Oct 1952		9	John Rollo Norman Blair Sinclair	4 Nov 1928	10 Mar 1990	62
10 Mar 1990		10	Patrick Robert Richard Sinclair	21 May 1936	5 Mar 2011	74
5 Mar 2011		11	William Robert Francis Sinclair	27 Mar 1979
			SINCLAIR of Ulbster,Caithness
14 Feb 1786	GB	1	John Sinclair	10 May 1754	21 Dec 1835	81
			MP for Caithness 1780-1784,1790-1796,
			1802-1806 and 1807-1811, Lostwithiel
			1784-1790 and Petersfield 1797-1802
21 Dec 1835		2	George Sinclair	23 Aug 1790	9 Oct 1868	78
			MP for Caithness 1811-1812,1818-1820
			and 1831-1841
9 Oct 1868		3	John George Tollemache Sinclair	8 Nov 1824	29 Sep 1912	87
			MP for Caithness 1869-1885
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
29 Sep 1912		4	Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair	22 Oct 1890	15 Jun 1970	79
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Thurso (qv) in 1952 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged
			SINCLAIR-LOCKHART
			of Stevenston,Haddington
18 Jun 1636	NS	1	John Sinclair		1649
1649		2	John Sinclair	26 Jul 1642	1652	9
1652		3	Robert Sinclair	15 Oct 1643	Jul 1713	69
Jul 1713		4	John Sinclair		1726
1726		5	Robert Sinclair		25 Oct 1754
25 Oct 1754		6	John Sinclair		13 Feb 1789
13 Feb 1789		7	Robert Sinclair		4 Aug 1795
4 Aug 1795		8	John Gordon Sinclair	31 Jul 1790	12 Nov 1863	73
12 Nov 1863		9	Robert Charles Sinclair	25 Aug 1820	5 May 1899	78
5 May 1899		10	Graeme Alexander Sinclair-Lockhart	23 Jan 1820	20 Mar 1904	84
20 Mar 1904		11	Robert Duncan Sinclair-Lockhart	12 Nov 1856	8 Nov 1919	62
8 Nov 1919		12	Graeme Duncan Power Sinclair-Lockhart	29 Jan 1897	15 Feb 1959	62
15 Feb 1959		13	John Beresford Sinclair-Lockhart	4 Nov 1904	11 Mar 1970	65
11 Mar 1970		14	Muir Edward Sinclair-Lockhart	23 Jul 1906	10 Feb 1985	78
10 Feb 1985		15	Simon John Edward Francis Sinclair-Lockhart	22 Jul 1941
			SITWELL of Renishaw,Derby
3 Oct 1808	UK	1	Sitwell Sitwell		14 Jul 1811
			MP for West Looe 1796-1802
14 Jul 1811		2	George Sitwell	20 Apr 1797	12 Mar 1853	55
12 Mar 1853		3	Sitwell Reresby Sitwell	6 Oct 1820	12 Apr 1862	41
12 Apr 1862		4	George Reresby Sitwell	27 Jan 1860	8 Jul 1948	88
			MP for Scarborough 1885-1886 and 1892-95
8 Jul 1948		5	Osbert Sitwell	6 Dec 1892	4 May 1969	76
			CH 1958
4 May 1969		6	Sacheverell Sitwell	15 Nov 1897	1 Oct 1988	90
			CH 1984
1 Oct 1988		7	Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell	15 Apr 1927	31 Mar 2009	81
31 Mar 2009		8	George Reresby Sacheverell Sitwell	22 Apr 1967
			SKEFFINGTON of Fisherwick,Staffs
8 May 1627	E	1	William Skeffington		16 Sep 1635
Sep 1635		2	John Skeffington	c 1590	19 Nov 1651
			MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1626
19 Nov 1651		3	William Skeffington		7 Apr 1652
Apr 1652		4	John Skeffington		21 Jun 1695
			He subsequently succeeded to the
			Viscountcy of Massereene (qv) in 1665 with
			which title the baronetcy then merged until
			its extinction in 1816
			SKEFFINGTON of Skeffington,Leics
27 Jun 1786	GB	1	William Charles Farrell-Skeffington	24 Jun 1742	26 Jan 1815	72
26 Jan 1815		2	Lumley St.George Skeffington	23 Mar 1771	10 Nov 1850	79
to			Extinct on his death
10 Nov 1850
			SKENE of Curriehill
22 Feb 1628	NS	1	James Skene		10 Oct 1633
10 Oct 1633		2	John Skene		c 1680
to			On his death the baronetcy became either
c 1680			extinct or dormant
			SKINNER of Pont Street,Chelsea
9 Feb 1912	UK	1	Thomas Skinner	23 Nov 1840	11 May 1926	85
11 May 1926		2	Thomas Hewitt Skinner	12 Jun 1875	4 Oct 1968	93
4 Oct 1968		3	Thomas Gordon Skinner	29 Dec 1899	22 Nov 1972	72
22 Nov 1972		4	Thomas Keith Hewitt Skinner	6 Dec 1927
			SKIPWITH of Prestwould,Leics
20 Dec 1622	E	1	Henry Skipwith		c 1658
c 1658		2	Henry Skipwith	c 1616	c 1663
c 1663		3	Grey Skipwith		c 1680
c 1680		4	William Skipwith	c 1670	c 1730
c 1730		5	Grey Skipwith	c 1700	c 1750
c 1750		6	William Skipwith	1703	26 Feb 1764	60
26 Feb 1764		7	Peyton Skipwith		9 Oct 1805
9 Oct 1805		8	Grey Skipwith	17 Sep 1771	13 May 1852	80
			MP for Warwickshire 1831-1832 and
			Warwickshire South 1832-1835
13 May 1852		9	Thomas George Skipwith	9 Feb 1803	30 Nov 1863	60
30 Nov 1863		10	Peyton Estoteville Skipwith	12 Feb 1857	12 May 1891	34
12 May 1891		11	Gray Humberston d'Estoteville Skipwith	1 Dec 1884	3 Feb 1950	65
3 Feb 1950		12	Patrick Alexander d'Estoteville Skipwith	1 Sep 1938
			SKIPWITH of Newbold Hall,Warwicks
25 Oct 1670	E	1	Fulwar Skipwith		18 Nov 1677
18 Nov 1677		2	Fulwar Skipwith	24 Jun 1676	14 May 1728	51
			MP for Coventry 1713-1715
14 May 1728		3	Francis Skipwith	c 1705	6 Dec 1778
6 Dec 1778		4	Thomas George Skipwith	c 1735	28 Jan 1790
to			MP for Warwickshire 1769-1780 and
28 Jan 1790			Steyning 1780-1784
			Extinct on his death
			SKIPWITH of Metheringham,Lincs
27 Jul 1678	E	1	Thomas Skipwith	c 1620	2 Jun 1694
			MP for Grantham 1659 and 1660
2 Jun 1694		2	Thomas Skipwith	c 1652	15 Jun 1710
			MP for Malmesbury 1696-1698
15 Jun 1710		3	George Brydges Skipwith	7 Nov 1686	4 Jun 1756	69
to			Extinct on his death
4 Jun 1756
			SLADE of Maunsell House,Somerset
30 Sep 1831	UK	1	John Slade	1762	13 Aug 1859	97
13 Aug 1859		2	Frederick William Slade	21 Jan 1801	8 Aug 1863	62
8 Aug 1863		3	Alfred Frederic Adolphus Slade	28 May 1834	19 Jul 1890	56
			For information about the Slade baronetcy case
			of 1867,see the note at the foot of this page
19 Jul 1890		4	Cuthbert Slade	10 Apr 1863	9 Feb 1908	44
9 Feb 1908		5	Alfred Fothringham Slade	17 Jan 1898	28 Oct 1960	62
28 Oct 1960		6	Michael Nial Slade	30 Jul 1900	15 Apr 1962	61
15 Apr 1962		7	Benjamin Julian Alfred Slade	22 May 1946
			SLANNING of Maristow,Devon
19 Jan 1663	E	1	Nicholas Slanning	Jun 1643	c Apr 1691
			MP for Plympton Erle 1667-1679 and
			Penrhyn 1679-1689
c Apr 1691		2	Andrew Slanning	c 1674	21 Nov 1700
to			Extinct on his death
21 Nov 1700
			SLEIGHT of Weelsby Hall,Lincs
29 Jun 1920	UK	1	George Frederick Sleight	26 Mar 1853	19 Mar 1921	67
19 Mar 1921		2	Ernest Sleight	14 Oct 1873	16 Jul 1946	72
16 Jul 1946		3	John Frederick Sleight	13 Apr 1909	12 Feb 1990	80
12 Feb 1990		4	Richard Sleight	27 May 1946
			SLINGSBY of Scriven,Yorks
23 Oct 1628	E	1	Anthony Slingsby		1630
to			Extinct on his death
1630
			SLINGSBY of Scriven,Yorks
2 Mar 1638	NS	1	Henry Slingsby	14 Jan 1602	8 Jun 1658	56
			MP for Knaresborough 1625, 1640 and
			1640-1642
8 Jun 1658		2	Thomas Slingsby	15 Jun 1636	1 Mar 1688	51
			MP for Yorkshire 1670-1679, Knaresborough
			1679-1685 and Scarborough 1685-1687
Mar 1688		3	Henry Slingsby	c 1660	15 Sep 1691
			MP for Knaresborough 1685-1689
Sep 1691		4	Thomas Slingsby	c 1668	15 Nov 1726
Nov 1726		5	Henry Slingsby	c 1693	18 Jan 1763
			MP for Knaresborough 1714-1715 and
			1722-1763
18 Jan 1763		6	Thomas Slingsby	c 1695	18 Jan 1765
18 Jan 1765		7	Savile Slingsby	c 1698	Nov 1780
Nov 1780		8	Thomas Turner Slingsby	c 1741	14 Apr 1806
14 Apr 1806		9	Thomas Slingsby	10 Jan 1775	26 Feb 1835	60
26 Feb 1835		10	Charles Slingsby	22 Aug 1824	4 Feb 1869	44
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
4 Feb 1869			For further information on the death of this
			baronet,see the note at the foot of this page
			SLINGSBY of Bifrons,Kent
19 Oct 1657	E	1	Arthur Slingsby	c 1623	12 Feb 1666
Feb 1666		2	Charles Slingsby		after 1677
to			On his death the baronetcy is presumed to
after 1677			have become either extinct or dormant
			SLINGSBY of Newcells,Herts
16 Mar 1661	E	1	Robert Slingsby	c 1611	26 Oct 1661
to			Extinct on his death
26 Oct 1661
			SLOANE of Chelsea,Middlesex
3 Apr 1716	GB	1	Hans Sloane	10 Apr 1660	11 Jan 1753	92
to			Extinct on his death
11 Jan 1753
			SMIJTH of Hill Hall,Essex
28 Nov 1661	E		See "Bowyer-Smyth"
			SMILEY of Drumalis,Larne,co. Antrim
			and Gallowhill,Paisley,Renfrewshire
13 Oct 1903	UK	1	Hugh Houston Smiley	5 Jan 1841	1 Mar 1909	68
1 Mar 1909		2	John Smiley	28 Oct 1876	13 Apr 1930	53
13 Apr 1930		3	Hugh Houston Smiley	14 Nov 1905	1 Nov 1990	84
1 Nov 1990		4	John Philip Smiley	24 Feb 1934
			Sir Henry John Seton, 6th baronet  [NS 1663]
			Sir Henry died in 1868 after being run down by a hansom cab. The following report appeared
			in the "Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald" on 28 July 1868:-
			'On Wednesday evening [22 July 1868] Mr. St.Clare Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, held
			an inquest at St.James's Vestry-hall, Piccadilly, on the body of Sir Henry John Seaton [sic],
			aged 71, who was run over in St.James's-street on the previous Saturday. Mr. R. B. Mackay,
			an East India merchant, said that on Saturday evening, a little before seven o'clock, he was
			in a hansom cab driving up St.James's-street, Piccadilly. When opposite the end of King-
			street he observed deceased endeavouring to cross the street, and shouted to him. He looked
			at the cab, and seemed to think that he could get across in time, but became confused, and
			stepped back, and then forward right in front of the horse. The shaft of the cab struck him on
			the right shoulder, throwing him down in the roadway. The wheel went on him and over his
			side, but just as it was going over his head the driver pulled up so vigorously as to avert it.
			Witness jumped out of the cab, and rendered what assistance he could to deceased, whom
			he found quite insensible, and he was carried in a chair to his rooms in King-street. The driver
			of the cab was quite sober, and could not have avoided the occurrence. The deceased stepped
			into the roadway when the cab was so close to him that it was impossible to pull up in time
			to prevent the accident.
			'Mr. William Friker said he witnessed the whole occurrence, and that the cab was not going
			faster than six miles an hour.
			'Mr. W. Miller, surgeon, said that he was called to deceased immediately after the accident.
			He was insensible, but he recovered for a minute and said, "Let me go to the Club." He again
			became insensible, and never uttered any more words. Two of his ribs were fractured, and he
			had received a blow on the forehead which had produced concussion of the brain. Everything
			possible was done for his relief, but he remained insensible throughout Sunday and Monday,
			and on Tuesday morning he died.
			'Samuel Standen, the driver of the cab, said he did see deceased until he was close to the
			horse's head.
			'The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
			death."
			Sir Alexander Hay Seton, 10th baronet  [NS 1663]
			The following report appeared in 'The Irish Times' of 29 March 1937:-
			'Sir Alexander Seton, of Edinburgh, believes he and his family are "haunted" by a sacred bone,
			supposed to carry with it the curse of a Pharaoh.
			'So serious and persistent have been a series of accidents suffered by his family since the bone
			has been in their possession that Lady Seton is to make a special trip to Egypt shortly to
			replace the bone in the tomb from which it was acquired last year.
			'Speaking from Edinburgh yesterday, Sir Alexander told the Press Association that since the
			bone was brought to his home, Prestonfield House, Duddingston, by Lady Seton, their life had
			been made miserable by accidents that could not be coincidences.
			'He and Lady Seton visited Egypt last year. As a curio Lady Seton brought back a glass case,
			containing a piece of bone believed to be part of the skeleton of a Pharaoh of one of the lesser
			dynasties, and the curio was given a place of honour in the lounge.
			'From the moment it was placed there an unprecedented series of happenings occurred in the
			household. Sudden illnesses attacked the family and staff, two fires broke out, and visitors still
			complain of a mysterious robed figure which wanders through the house at night. Glassware put
			away in cabinets was found smashed to atoms in other parts of the room in the morning, and
			on Saturday, when no-one was near the lounge, the glass case fell only two feet from the
			table and yet was pounded to splinters while the bone was undamaged.
			'Maids will not stay in the house more than one night, and each complained of meeting the
			spectral robed figure.
			"This is the last straw," said Sir Alexander yesterday. "My friends have laughed at the whole
			affair - until they stayed here a night - and though I have tried to have an open mind this is far
			more than coincidence. It is perfectly astounding how we have been dogged by this shadow of
			ill-luck ever since that wretched bone was brought into the house."
			'Sir Alexander, a soldier, business man and diplomat, has received about 80 offers for the bone,
			but he is determined that no one else shall suffer the experiences of Lady Seton and himself.
			"That bone is going to be replaced in the tomb we took it from as quickly as possible," he said,
			"and Lady Seton is making the trip herself to ensure that it gets there. This ghastly business
			has got to stop, and we are taking no chances."
			'Sir Alexander once gave the bone to a surgeon, and that very night the surgeon's maid broke
			a leg running away in terror, as she said, from a robed figure. He brought it back next day.'
			Sir James Lumsden Seton, 8th baronet  [NS 1683]
			Sir James committed suicide in September 1884. The following report on the subsequent inquest
			appeared in the 'Leeds Mercury' on 1 October 1884:-
			'An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at Kensington on the body of Sir James Lumsden
			Seton, Bart., who had committed suicide by cutting his throat. Lady Elizabeth Seton, wife of
			the deceased, said Sir James, who was 49 years of age,  had lately been in depressed spirits.
			He went to his bath-room on Sunday morning about eight o'clock, and an hour later, the door
			being forced, he was found dead. Other evidence showed that the deceased had an extensive
			gash in his throat. Lieut.-Colonel William Samuel Seton, of Penally, near Denbigh, stated that
			some years ago the deceased had a fall from his horse, and in consequence had suffered
			mentally at varying intervals. A verdict of "Suicide whilst in a state of unsound mind" was
			returned.'
			Sir John Shiffner, 5th baronet
			Sir John accidentally shot himself while cleaning his rifle. The following report of the subsequent
			inquest is taken from 'The Times' of 7 April 1914:-
			'The death of Sir John Shiffner on Sunday formed the subject of an inquiry at Bevern Bridge
			House, Chailey, near Lewes, Sir John's residence, yesterday afternoon. The inquiry was held
			by Dr. Dow, Deputy-Coroner for East Sussex, and Mr. W.W. Grantham, son of the late Mr.
			Justice Grantham, was foreman of the jury.
			'Lord Calthorpe gave evidence of identification, stating that Sir John Shiffner was a retired
			captain of the Royal Artillery and was 56 years of age. Lady Shiffner and Miss Betty Shiffner
			had been staying with the witness, and the latter was returning to Chailey on the evening
			of the occurrence and Lady Shiffner was to follow at the end of the week.
			'Mr. Douglas Crocket, living at Barcombe, said he was invited to lunch by Sir John Shiffner
			on Sunday and arrived about 10 minutes past 1. A servant let him in and went to the study.
			She came running back saying, "Do come here. Whatever has happened?" He went into the
			study and found Sir John dead with a bullet wound in his face. He locked the room up and
			hailing the first motor-car which passed the house, drove into Lewes for medical assistance.
			'Police-constable Lyon, of Chailey, said he found Sir John sitting in an arm chair in his study.
			He had the barrel of a rifle between his legs, and another rifle was lying on the floor. There
			was a cleaning rag in the right hand and other articles for cleaning rifles were on the floor.
			In the barrel between the legs was a spent bullet case. It appeared that this had become
			fixed in the barrel and that an attempt had been made to dislodge it with a screw driver, and
			then by means of the extractor. This caused the cartridge to explode.
			'Dr. Andrews, of Lewes, said Sir John Shiffner was evidently smoking a pipe at the time, for
			there was one on the floor at his side. All the evidence, added the witness, suggested that
			Sir John was cleaning the rifle and was not aware that the cartridge was a live one.
			The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
			Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd baronet
			After the death of Sir John Sinclair, the following article appeared in the 'Washington Post' on
			5 October 1912:-
			'Sir Archibald Sinclair, 22 years of age, a lieutenant in the Second life guards, and who is half
			American, has just succeeded to the title and the immense estates of his nonagenarian
			grandfather, the late Sir John Tollemache Sinclair. [Sir Archibald later became the 1st Viscount
			Thurso].
			'The landed property is very great, extending over an area of 100 square miles in Scotland,
			comprising some of the finest shooting in the northern kingdom, and the wonderfully
			picturesque castle of Thurso, which looks over the stormy tides of the Pentland Firth, and
			is so close to the sea that one can literally fish from the spray-flecked windows.
			'Just east of the castle, which is exceedingly spacious, is Harold's Tower, containing the tomb
			of Earl Harold, who was the possessor at one time of half or Orkney, of Shetland, and of
			Caithness, and who fell in battle against his namesake, Earl Harold the Wicked, in 1190.
			'Sir Archibald's mother was Mabel, the beautiful daughter of Mahlon Sands, of New York, and
			through her he is connected by ties of kinsmanship with a number of New York families,
			including the Rutherfurds and the Vanderbilts. Sir Archibald will be known henceforth north of
			the Tweed as the Laird of Ulbster, and has now become chieftain of one of the branches of
			that great clan of Sinclair of which the seventeenth Earl of Caithness is the head.
			'His grandfather, the late Sir John, was a very eccentric character. He rarely, if ever, dined at
			a restaurant in vogue, never used to go to a theater or to the opera or even to a music hall,
			rarely dined out, and was never seen at a ball or party. In spite of his great wealth, he had
			neither carriages, horse, nor automobiles; walked by preference, and when riding was
			imperative, made use of the democratic omnibus.
			'He would live on herrings and hominy, cooked in his lodgings just off St. James street by
			himself over a spirit lamp, and then on the following day would fuss over the merits or demerits
			of the world-famed chef of the Travelers, the most exclusive club in London, of which this
			wonderful old laird, with his odd-looking wig and his beard, his erect and spare, tall figure, and
			his extraordinary flow of conversation was one of the oldest members.
			'In spite of his numerous castles, country seats, and houses in England, Scotland, and on the
			Continent, he lived entirely, during the last 30 years of his life, in his lodgings off St. James
			street, the walls of which were hung with the not particularly attractive Sinclair tartan. Its
			hues, however, were more or less concealed by the most heterogeneous collection of pictures,
			some of them priceless gems, others the most worthless daubs. In one word, his rooms, like
			his castles and country seats, were filled with a mixture of art treasures and art rubbish.
			'Sir John may be said to have commenced his public career rather early, since he was page of
			honor to Queen Adelaide in the reign of William IV, receiving, on his resignation of that post,
			at the age of 17, the customary commission in the Scots Guards. He married away back in the
			early fifties one of the beautiful Anglo-French Standishes of Duxbury Park, and this naturally
			brought him into close contact with the court of the Tuileries, and with the great world in Paris
			during the palmy days of the empire.
			'Indeed, Sir John was at one time a familiar a figure in Paris as in London, and it is no
			exaggeration to assert that he met and was personally acquainted more or less intimately with
			nearly every notable personage of the Victorian era, from Nicholas I of Russia and the great
			Duke of Wellington to the present czar and Emperor William, and comprising Prince Bismarck,
			with whom he stayed at Friedrichsruhe: Count Cavour, Mazzini, Garibaldi, Empress Eugenie,
			both prior and subsequent to her marriage: Marshal Prim, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, Thiers
			etc.
			'His "Reminiscences" which he printed for private circulation, and of which he sent me a copy
			some years ago, contain many things that are trivial, almost to the point of childishness, and
			here and there something of real importance. But such as they are, they all help to increase
			the understanding of the personages with whom they deal.
			'To record Sir John's eccentricities would fill a volume. Some years ago he endeavored to
			relieve the monotony of the poorhouses all over England and Scotland by presenting them
			with gramophones, the records consisting, however, not of popular tunes, but of speeches
			which he delivered and of recitations which he had given, either of his own works or of his
			favorite authors.
			'Among the latter, first and foremost, was Byron, among the most extraordinary memorials
			that have ever been designed to perpetuate the name of this or any other bard is that which
			Sir John conceived and put into execution. Instead of taking the form of a statue, it assumed
			the altogether utilitarian shape of an office building, occupying the site of the old offices of
			the London comic weekly Punch, on the south side of Fleet street, near St. Bride's Church.
			'Every stone of the hall pavement of this great office building, which will bring in a large
			income to his grandson and heir, the now baronet, young Sir Archibald, in the way of rental,
			is inscribed, "Byron, the Pilgrim of Eternity," and the dates of his birth and death. Each tile is
			adorned with the words "Crede Byron," while on every block of marble lining the walls are
			verses from his poems, particularly stanzas from "Childe Harold" and "Don Juan."
			'And as if Byron's verses were not sufficient, other inscriptions on the walls record the opinions
			expressed concerning him by such men as Schiller, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Lamartine, Tennyson,
			Chateaubriand, Sir Walter Scott and Matthew Arnold. Yet another inscription on the wall states
			that the British Museum library catalogue devotes 28 pages to Byron and only 10 to Tennyson.
			On still another, Sir John Sinclair records the fact that one edition for the blind has been
			published of Byron's works, and none of Tennyson's. Over the entrance is a beautiful medallion
			portrait of Byron in white marble, with Shelley's splendid epitaph, "The Pilgrim of Eternity," and I
			need scarcely say that the office building bears the name of Byron House.
			'One would be apt to imagine that the overwhelming quantity of Byronic quotations, adorning
			as they do every vacant place, every stone and tile, and all the walls, floors and ceilings,
			would be apt to get on the nerves of the occupants. But apparently this is not the case. The
			building is full of tenants.'
			Sir George Reresby Sitwell, 4th baronet
			The following is extracted from "The Emperor of the United States of America and Other
			Magnificent British Eccentrics" by Catherine Caufield (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981)
			Although Sir George Sitwell lived in the 19th and 20th centuries, his heart and mind were in the
			fourteenth. He was lord of the manor of Eckington in Derbyshire for eighty-one years, a position
			that suited him to perfection, or would have if the world hadn't changed so much in the last
			500 years. A sign in his house ran: 'I must ask anyone entering the house never to contradict
			me in any way, as it interferes with the functioning of the gastric juices and prevents my
			sleeping at night.'
			His interests, though obscure, were wide-ranging. Seven sitting-rooms at Renishaw Hall were
			co-opted to serve as his studies. All were littered with books and notes, each subject filed in
			its own specially constructed box. Some of the more intriguing titles for possible future
			monographs were:
			The Black Death at Rotherham
			The Use of the Bed
			Osbert's Debts
			Acorns as an Article of Medieval Diet
			Sachie's Mistakes
			Pig Keeping in the Thirteenth Century
			The History of the Fork
			Domestic Manners in Sheffield in the Year 1250
			My Advice on Poetry
			Lepers' Squints [my personal favourite]
			Wool-Gathering in Medieval Times and Since
			The Errors of Modern Parents
			The Eckington Dump
			The Origin of the Word Gentleman
			The History of the Cold
			My Inventions
			Any article on the last subject would have to include the Sitwell Egg. With a yolk of smoked
			meat, a white of compressed rice and a shell of synthetic lime, this was intended to be a
			convenient and nourishing meal for travellers. Sir George decided to put the marketing of his
			egg into the experienced hands of Mr Gordon Selfridge, founder of the famous Oxford Street
			shop. Wearing a silk hat and frock coat, he appeared in Selfridge's office one morning without
			an appointment, and announced, 'I'm Sir George Sitwell and I've brought my egg with me.' He
			told no one what Selfridge said, but soon after this encounter the egg project was quietly
			shelved. There were other inventions, however, including a musical toothbrush that played
			'Annie Laurie' and a small revolver for killing wasps.
			Sir George's strength of personality was matched by that of his three talented children, or
			nearly so, for although they all managed successful careers of their own in the end, his
			disapproval of virtually everything they did was a major factor in their development. When
			Osbert announced that he was thinking of writing a novel, he was told, 'Oh I shouldn't do that
			if I were you! My cousin, Stephen Arthington, had a friend who utterly ruined his health writing
			a novel!' Of Edith's literary aspirations, his comment was: 'Edith made a great mistake by not
			going in for lawn tennis.' He was also an enthusiastic advocate of gymnastics: ' Nothing a
			young man likes so much as a girl who's good at the parallel bars.' This is at least as useful a
			piece of advice as another of his favourite maxims: 'Nothing makes a man so popular as singing
			after dinner.' Sitwell's attitude towards his children is summarised in his comment to Osbert: 'It
			is dangerous for you to lose touch with me for a single day. You never know when you may
			need the benefit of my experience and advice.'
			Losing touch for as many days as possible became a major preoccupation for Osbert and
			Sacheverell who invented a mythical yacht, the Rover, and had headed notepaper printed on
			which they wrote to their father regretting that as the itinerary was as yet unsettled they
			could not give him an address where they might be contacted. All this time they were in London
			or Italy, but in spite of Sir George's not infrequent excursions to both places, they were in little
			danger of being discovered since he rarely recognised his children outside the home.
			Of course the temptation, one might almost say the need, to tease such a father was great.
			Sir George was particularly vulnerable with regard to modern developments, say since 1650. He
			knew nothing of modern slang. Shocked by the bad behaviour of an acquaintance who offered
			him a piece of jewellery and failed to deliver it, Sir George complained to Osbert about modern
			manners. 'Such a pity to promise people things and then forget about them. It is most
			inconsiderate - really inexcusable.' The cause of this lament was the parting remark: 'I'll give
			you a ring, Sir George, on Thursday.'
			At one period Osbert used the word 'blotto' frequently and deliberately until his father finally
			rose to the bait and asked what it meant. He seemed interested to learn that it was slang for
			very tired. Shortly afterwards he took the opportunity of demonstrating how au fait he was
			with modern ways by suggesting to two guests that they should take a rest after lunch as
			they both seemed quite blotto.  The children once got him to book a month's holiday at a
			lunatic asylum by representing it as a charming retreat, affectionately nicknamed 'the bin' by a
			core of loyal residents would could hardly bear to tear themselves away.
			Sir George's ignorance of, or refusal to acknowledge, the facts of modern life was extraordinary.
			He proposed, in the 1930s, an artist's ball, to which he suggested inviting Degas, Renoir, Rodin
			and Sergeant. [Degas had died in 1917, Renoir in 1919, Rodin in 1917 and Sargent, whom I
			presume is meant by 'Sergeant', in 1925.] For a while farming was his passion and he gave his
			long-suffering agent many valuable hints on how it was done in the fourteenth century. During
			this time he tried to pay, whenever possible, in kind: offering pigs and potatoes to Eton for
			Sacheverell's school fees. Osbert managed to get his allowance paid in currency, but his father
			arrived at the proper amount by studying the allowance granted the eldest son of the Lord of
			the Eckington Manor at the time of the Black Death. Lady Ida, Sir George's wife, got involved
			with an unscrupulous money-lender and, when her husband refused on principle to bail her out,
			became the centre of a painful and notorious lawsuit. This dreadful experience confirmed Sir
			George in his misanthropic views - as he said to Osbert, 'such a mistake to have friends.' - and
			drove him even further into the life of a recluse.
			Sir George was acutely conscious of his many acts of generosity. What some misguided people
			saw as meddling, was, he knew only too well, self-sacrifice: the dedication of his time and
			thought to advance the good of others. This could be wearying and occasionally he gave vent
			to an exhausted plea for understanding. To a Salvation Army lass soliciting funds for Self-Denial
			Week, he sighed, 'For some people, self-denial week is every week.'
			He gave Osbert the benefit of his experience when in 1914 he wrote from Scarborough to his
			son, who was then an officer in the trenches: 'though you will not, of course, have to
			encounter anywhere abroad the same weight of gunfire that your mother and I had to face
			here, yet my experience may be useful to you. Directly you hear the first shell, retire, as I did,
			to the Undercroft, and remain there quietly until all firing had ceased. Even then a bombardment
			…..is a strain upon the nervous system - but the best remedy for that, as always, is to keep
			warm and have plenty of plain, nourishing food at frequent but regular intervals. And, of course,
			plenty of rest, I find a nap in the afternoon most helpful…….and I advise you to try it whenever
			possible.'
			Among his characteristic acts were banning electricity from Renishaw during his lifetime; limiting
			guests to two candles apiece; and insisting that the family drink cold boiled water rather than
			wine during travels in Italy.
			On his journeys alone through Italy Sir George stayed at very primitive inns, quite often sharing
			a dormitory with eight or ten other men in what was little more than a doss house. But he had
			with him his valet, Henry Moat, known as 'the Great Man', whose responsibility it was to rig the
			mosquito net each night and lay out the formal evening dress in which Sir George insisted on
			appearing for dinner at these tumbledown inns. The mosquito net was basic equipment - at
			home and abroad - for someone with Sir George's dread of disease and germs. He travelled with
			an extensive supply of medicines, all mislabelled to discourage - or at least to punish - anybody
			wanting to sample. His inflatable air cushion, another ever-present companion, was doughnut-
			shaped so that Sir George could slip it over his arm when not in using it.
			Decorating his two houses, Renishaw in Derbyshire and Montegufoni in Italy, and redesigning
			their gardens were Sir George's greatest pleasures. He spent enormous sums of money and a
			great deal of his own and other people's time on an endless succession of alterations and
			improvements. As Henry Moat said, 'He never entered any place, but he commencing pulling
			down and building up.'
			Sir George thought nothing of lowering lawns by several feet, making hills, relocating vast trees,
			creating or draining lakes. He had schemes for constructing or importing fountains, aqueducts,
			cascades, and statues of all descriptions. Four thousand men were set to work on an artificial
			lake at Renishaw. A plan was mooted to stencil Chinese blue-willow patterns on his white cows,
			but the cows' objections put an end to the project. Wooden survey towers loomed out of the
			lake to provide a vantage point for plotting further changes to the landscape. Nothing was ever
			completed, but that didn't prevent new projects being planned. And each new scheme struck
			terror into someone's heart; visiting his son Sacheverell's home in Weston in Northamptonshire
			in 1924, Sir George casually remarked as he looked out across the grounds. 'I don't propose to
			do much here; just a sheet of water and a line of statues.'
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			Sir George's wife, Lady Ida, was the daughter of the 1st Earl of Londesborough. She had little,
			if any, notion of the value of money and didn't have the first idea of any matter connected
			with business. This led to appear in court on several occasions over money matters, as referred
			to above. She appeared in court in January 1899, October 1913 and November 1914, each
			appearance being related to her financial affairs. The most serious case was, however, in March
			1915, when she was convicted on charges of conspiracy to cheat and defraud and sentenced
			to three months' imprisonment.
			The Slade baronetcy case of 1867
			Like so many nineteenth century claims to titles, this case revolved around the legality of an
			earlier marriage ceremony, and the consequent legitimacy of the children born of that marriage.
			In 1867, General Marcus Slade challenged the legality of his brother's marriage, and claimed
			that the baronetcy and estates were rightfully his, rather than his nephew's. The following
			summary of the case appeared in the 'Newcastle Courant' on 17 May 1867:-
			'Celebrated as are the superior law courts for cases of romantic interest, it is seldom that a
			trial occurs involving more remarkable incidents than are to be found in that  which has just
			been brought to a termination in the Court of Exchequer. It is called the Slade baronetcy case,
			by which the disposal of considerable estates in Somersetshire is challenged, the legitimacy of
			a family which has unquestionably been brought up on the estates, on the supposition of the
			right of inheritance, is impugned, and the question of the validity of the marriage of her who
			has passed for many years, and still passes, under the name of Lady Slade, is raised.
			'To trace the affair from its source, we must begin with the entail of the estates in 1832 by
			General Sir John Slade. To him succeeded, in turn, his sons Henry and Charles, but they both
			died without issue, and the estates then devolved upon the third son, Frederick, so well known
			in legal circles under the name Sir Frederick William Slade. It appears that Sir Frederick, then
			Mr. Slade, probably without any expectation of succeeding to the family inheritance, whilst
			travelling on the continent about forty years since made the acquaintance of a Miss Mostyn,
			who lived with her mother. She was of good family, accomplished, and beautiful, apparently
			wealthy, and in social position by no means inferior to her admirer. From the evidence it would
			seem that Miss Mostyn's appearance had created quite a furore in Northern Italy, and Italians
			are still living who can speak with fervour of her beauty in 1825. This is not the only romantic
			recollection attached to the lady's life, but it may be passed over for the present. About 1833
			she was married to Mr. Slade in England. This is beyond all question, though it is affirmed that
			the marriage was not made public till 1848, when her husband succeeded to the baronetcy
			and estates in Somersetshire [This is certainly not correct - he did not succeed to the title
			until 1859]. Since that period, however, Sir Frederick and Lady Slade lived in the enjoyment
			of social rank and distinction, their children were called by the family name, and no cloud -
			at least no cloud apparent to the public - obscured their happiness till the death of Sir
			Frederick in 1863.
			'Then a singular difficulty arose, which has yet to be solved by the judges of the Exchequer
			Court. They have heard the evidence, and it is for them to decide what is legal or otherwise.
			In the meanwhile, the history may be given without prejudicing what is to follow. Miss Mostyn's
			beauty, while some gentlemen, who cannot be called chickens, still remember, did not alone
			move the impressionable Italians. One Baron Von Korber, a lieutenant in the Austrian service,
			was struck by it. He sought her hand, and won it. This was in 1825. But there was a difficulty
			in the way. The baron was a Protestant, the lady belonged to the Roman Catholic Church.
			Now the lovers were in Lombardy, where, as elsewhere, mixed marriages were forbidden except
			by express permission of the Pope, and it is certain that in this case the permission of the Pope
			was not obtained. Von Korber applied to the priest of the parish in Milan in which Miss Mostyn
			resided, but he declined to tie the conjugal knot. He knew the law, and he obeyed it. But his
			refusal, it seems, daunted neither Von Korber nor Miss Mostyn, for they, or he, at least, applied
			to a military chaplain of superior rank, and the thing was done.
			'But the marriage was a most unhappy one. In six months the young couple separated never to
			meet again. A divorce a mensa et thoro [i.e. "from table and bed" - it refers to a type of
			divorce in which a couple is legally separated, but the marriage is still considered to be valid.
			The legitimacy of any children in the marriage remains intact, but the partners may not
			re-marry. This type of divorce allows partners to live apart without fear of being taken to court
			for desertion] was granted to them, and Von Korber's conscience permitted him to accept an
			annuity from his divorced wife in lieu of her affection and household management.
			'The question which the Court of Exchequer must decide is the legality or illegality of this
			marriage. It is apparent that there was an incompatibility of temper, but that is not the matter
			at issue, because it is not sufficient to establish the validity of the divorce or the invalidity of
			the marriage. Both sides agree that, according to the Austrian law, the only person competent
			to celebrate a marriage is the man who had the cure of souls over one of the bridal persons,
			and the military chaplain could have no ecclesiastical authority over Miss Mostyn. Had he any
			over Von Korber? On one side it is contended that he had none whatever. Von Korber was a
			Protestant, and the regimental chaplain, who belonged to another sect, could not have had any
			ecclesiastical authority over him. But then, it is said, a soldier in the Austrian service differs
			from a civilian in this respect. It is insisted that an Austrian soldier is under special legislation,
			which "cures" him spiritually whether he is willing or not, so that Von Korber in this sense was
			performing a strictly legal act when he, a Protestant soldier, went to a Roman Catholic priest
			to be married.
			'The business of the Court of Exchequer is to clear up and decide these subtle points; but
			though the solution of them will decide this important case, something still remains to be told of
			the interesting history. The plaintiff [General Marcus Slade], who claims the estates and the
			baronetcy, is a younger [twin] brother of the late Sir Frederick. He is a general in the army,
			and he holds the position of Governor of Guernsey Castle. He declares that he challenged the
			marriage of his brother as illegal as soon as he heard of it in 1848, and the correspondence is
			extant to prove his assertion. In 1860, his nephew, the eldest son of Sir Frederick Slade, wrote
			to him on the subject, and the general in reply urged him to settle the case by law. He
			acknowledged him as the son of his brother, but not as his legitimate son, for Von Korber did
			not die till 1854, and then he added that, whatever the legal decision might be, his nephew
			might reckon upon him as a friend at all times. His letter was frank and manly in tone, nor was
			that of his nephew at all deficient in these qualities. For the estates, he said, he did not care,
			but for his legitimacy he did, and if his uncle would help him to procure a legal decision, he
			would have the case cleared up as soon as possible.
			'In this painful romance there is, therefore, no family bitterness or animosity. It is one of the
			curiosities of the law of entail, one of the pleasures the landed gentry indulge in by the rule of
			primogeniture. It is absurd to suppose that Sir Frederick and Lady Slade did not believe they
			were married in 1833. It is contrary to evidence to imagine that they did not bring up their
			family since 1848 according to the rules of legitimacy prevailing in their circle, and yet, though
			Sir Frederick Slade could, and no doubt did, dispose of his personalty by will, he must leave to
			a law court to resolve whether those nearest to him in blood and love could succeed to the
			property he enjoyed in his lifetime, or whether it must go to others over whom he had no legal
			control or direction.'
			When the Court of Exchequer gave its judgment in June 1867, the four judges were locked at
			2-all. The Chief Baron, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and one of the other three Puisne Barons, Sir Samuel
			Martin found in favour of Sir Alfred Slade. The remaining two Barons, Sir George Bramwell (later
			Baron Bramwell) and Sir Gillery Pigott, found in favour of General Slade. In the event of a split
			decision, it was the custom at that time for the junior Baron (in this case, Sir Gillery Pigott) to
			withdraw his opinion, and the case to be then transferred to the House of Lords for judgment.
			Before this could occur, however, the case was settled out of court, as reported in the
			'Aberdeen Journal' of 31 July 1867:-
			'The Slade baronetcy case has been compromised. General Slade, according to the terms of
			arrangement brought about by the action of mutual friends, abandons all claim to the title and
			the estates, receiving from his nephew, the present inheritor, £28,000, and the amount of
			costs for which he had become liable in connection with the recent litigation.'
			Sir Benjamin Julian Alfred Slade, 7th baronet
			Sir Benjamin is a magnificent eccentric whose exploits have appeared in the newspapers in
			recent years. His major goal in life appears to be the discovery of a male heir to inherit his
			13th century estate, variously valued at between £7 million to £20 million.
			In February 2007, it was reported that Sir Benjamin "is a firm believer  in his aristocratic
			bloodline, claiming that he can trace his ancestry back to Alfred the Great. For this reason,
			he hopes to use DNA testing to find his closest genetic relative in the U.S. 'I'm hoping it won't
			be some cowpoke or someone who lives on a trailer park surrounded by rattlesnakes. I would
			have a screaming fit if I found out it was some chap like that. I want someone with a bit of
			money and a couple of yachts.' "
			Sir Benjamin later changed tack and began seeking a woman to give him an heir. "I need a male
			heir. I'm the last of the line. Father would be appalled. It's a terrible disgrace. When you die
			without an heir they cut your crest in half on your coffin with a sword and some other lot go
			and grab it. Awful. It's like losing your rugger colours."
			When describing the ideal woman, Sir Benjamin said, "They wouldn't want to be gypsies. They
			wouldn't want to be Guardian readers either. Africa's out. So is anywhere that's got green in
			its flag, begins with an 'I' or where they don’t wear overcoats in the winter. Iceland, Ireland,
			Israel, Iraq, Iran - all out. I won't go to holidays in these places. I don't want anything to do
			with them. Oh, and the breeders couldn't be too eccentric because I'm eccentric, so you'd
			get someone coming out who's utterly raving."
			Sir Benjamin said he has nine months supply of "little wrigglers" frozen and ready for the right
			woman to carry his child. The French, drug users, communists, and homosexuals have also
			been ruled out.
			In keeping with Sir Benjamin's sense of civic duty, he offered the services of his dog as a
			best man for gay weddings at his country seat. According to his master, the dog, a labrador-
			dobermann cross named Jasper, is ideally suited for this task. "Jasper is absolutely perfect for
			the role. For one thing, he is gay himself. He may also appeal to the more cosmopolitan among
			potential same-sex suitors as he is anti-hunting, a pacifist and probably supports New Labour."
			In October 2007, Sir Benjamin made a claim on his insurers for £4,000 after he alleged that a
			randy peacock had 'sexually attacked' one of his employee's cars. He subsequently banned
			peacock blue Lexus cars from the estate's car park. According to Sir Benjamin, the incident
			proved that the peacock was gay, since peahens are brown and only males are blue. He said
			that the peacock had damaged the car because it looked like "another peacock boy. He
			attacked the panels so hard that the car needs a total respray. The insurers are not very
			happy about it. They've had claims for all sorts of things like lions biting people, but never have
			they heard of a peacock sexually attacking a car."
			For an hilarious interview with Sir Benjamin, cut and paste the following link into your browser:-
			http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-benjamin-slade-i-am-going-to-be-a-mega-megastar-815130.html
			Sir Charles Slingsby, 10th baronet
			Sir Charles, along with five others, was drowned in 1869 when the boat upon which he was
			crossing a river capsized. The following edited account of the accident appeared in the Dublin
			'Freeman's Journal' on 8 February 1869:-
			'[After describing at length the names of the persons who had met for a fox-hunt]…..no fox
			was found until the hounds reached Monckton Whin; but a good run of about an hour's duration
			was had towards Copgrove and Newby Hall, and near the latter the fox and the pack crossed
			the river Ure. Several of the gentlemen who were in pursuit attempted to cross the river at a
			ford some distance up the stream, but Sir Charles Slingsby and a majority of those who were
			close up made for the ferry, which is almost directly opposite Newby-hall, and signalled for the
			boat to be sent across. Swollen by the late rains, and to a great extent diverted from its
			natural channel, the river, at this point some fifty or sixty yards broad, swept along with a
			strong deep current.
			'With little or no hesitation the master of the hounds [Sir Charles] sprang into the boat, to be
			piloted across by the Newby-hall gardener and his son, and this example was so largely
			followed that in a very short time some twelve or fourteen gentlemen with their horses,
			crowded into a vessel intended to accommodate only half that number….[a number of others]
			who were either unable to find room in the boat or had their doubts as to its safety, remained
			on the banks awaiting its return. No warning voice cautioned them when they started on what
			proved to some of them a fatal journey; indeed, their apparent luck in having gained the start
			of the others was looked on many envious eyes. Any such feeling was, however, of short
			duration.
			'Seizing the chain by which the flat-bottomed boat is propelled, Captain Vyner and his brother
			pushed it off from the river side, and sent the vessel right into the stream. Before one-third of
			the distance had been traversed, Sir Charles Slingsby's horse became restive, and kicked the
			animal belonging to Sir George Wombwell. The latter - a high-mettled chestnut - returned the
			kick, and something very like a panic arose among the horses. The boat was swayed first to
			one side and then to the other, and finally it was fairly turned bottom upwards.
			'The scene which then ensued was of a very painful character. For a moment the slimy bottom
			of the boat, rocked to and fro by the struggling of the men and horses, was all that could be
			seen by the spectators on the bank; then here and there in different parts of the stream heads
			began to appear only to sink again amid agonised cries, and hands and arms were flung up in
			despair.  Horses were seen to battle with the current, striking out regardless of the injuries
			they inflicted on their masters, who were also swept by the current out of the reach of those
			anxious to afford relief.  In some cases, however, the prompt measures taken by the
			spectators were effectual. Those who could swim cast off their coats and plunged to save their
			friends, while others, not so happily gifted, took less vigorous, though not less useful, steps.
			Lines formed of whips tied together, and thrown within reach of the drowning men, and several
			beams of wood which fortunately lay scattered about, were quickly launched on the stream.
			'Captain Vyner was one of the first to get his head out of water, and to save himself from the
			current by clinging to the upturned vessel. After a vigorous struggle he reached the top of the
			boat and was able to assist first Sir George Wombwell and afterwards one of the York officers
			to the same position. Mr. White got on shore by means of the chain stretched across the ferry,
			while others were rescued by means adopted for their safety from the banks. In a very few
			minutes, however, it was found that six men and 11 horses had been drowned. Two horses
			were rescued.
			'Sir Charles Slingsby was seen by the spectators on the bank to strike out for the opposite
			shore, but when nearing it he threw up his hands, and the last seen of him was his body
			floating down the river with his head and legs under water…….The body of Sir Charles Slingsby
			was discovered 300 yards below the scene of the accident.'
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