BARONETAGE
			Last updated 15/01/2025
			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
			FAGGE of Wiston,Sussex
11 Dec 1660	E	1	John Fagg	4 Oct 1627	18 Jan 1701	73
			MP for Rye 1645-1653, Sussex 1654-1659
			and 1681 and Steyning 1660-1701
18 Jan 1701		2	Robert Fagg	c 1649	22 Aug 1715
			MP for New Shoreham 1679-1681 and
			Steyning 1690-1695 and 1701-1702
22 Aug 1715		3	Robert Fagg	9 Aug 1673	22 Jun 1736	62
			MP for Steyning 1708-1710
22 Jun 1736		4	Robert Fagg	20 Sep 1704	14 Sep 1740	35
			MP for Steyning 1734-1740
14 Sep 1740		5	William Fagg	c 1726	14 Nov 1791
14 Nov 1791		6	John Fagg	c 1760	23 Sep 1822
23 Sep 1822		7	John Fagg	8 Sep 1798	16 Apr 1873	74
16 Apr 1873		8	John William Charles Fagge	10 Oct 1830	13 Apr 1909	78
13 Apr 1909		9	John Charles Fagge	6 Apr 1866	17 Jan 1930	63
17 Jan 1930		10	John Harry Lee Fagge	25 Sep 1868	18 Mar 1940	71
			For further information on this baronet,see the
			note at the foot of this page
18 Mar 1940		11	John William Frederick Fagge	28 Sep 1910	5 Oct 2000	90
			For further information on this baronet,see the
			note at the foot of this page
5 Oct 2000		12	John Christopher Fagge	30 Apr 1942
			FAIRBAIRN of Ardwick,Lancs
2 Nov 1869	UK	1	William Fairbairn	19 Feb 1789	18 Aug 1874	85
			For further information on this baronet,see the
			note at the foot of this page
18 Aug 1874		2	Thomas Fairbairn	18 Jan 1823	12 Aug 1891	68
12 Aug 1891		3	Arthur Henderson Fairbairn	11 Apr 1852	2 Jun 1915	63
			For further information on this baronet,see the
			note at the foot of this page
2 Jun 1915		4	Thomas Gordon Fairbairn	26 May 1854	19 Dec 1931	77
19 Dec 1931		5	William Albert Fairbairn	6 Apr 1902	18 Dec 1972	70
18 Dec 1972		6	James Brooke Fairbairn	10 Dec 1930	28 Apr 2017	86
28 Apr 2017		7	Robert William Fairbairn	10 Apr 1965
			FAIRFAX of Holmes,Roxburgh
14 Mar 1836	UK		See "Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy"
			FAIRLIE-CUNINGHAME of Robertland,Ayr
25 Nov 1630	NS	1	David Cuninghame		c 1665
c 1665		2	David Cuninghame		c 1671
c 1671		3	Alexander Cuninghame		c 1690
c 1690		4	David Cuninghame		c 1708
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1708
3 Aug 1778		5	William Cuninghame		25 Oct 1781
25 Oct 1781		6	William Cuninghame-Fairlie		15 Oct 1811
15 Oct 1811		7	William Cuninghame-Fairlie	c 1777	1 Feb 1837
			MP for Leominster 1818-1819 and 1820-1826
1 Feb 1837		8	John Cuninghame-Fairlie	29 Jul 1779	28 Feb 1852	72
28 Feb 1852		9	Charles Cuninghame-Fairlie	22 Sep 1780	1 Jun 1859	78
1 Jun 1859		10	Arthur Percy Cuninghame-Fairlie	22 Oct 1815	21 Sep 1881	65
21 Sep 1881		11	Charles Arthur Fairlie-Cuninghame	2 Jan 1846	26 Dec 1897	51
			For further information on this baronet's death,
			see the note at the foot of this page
26 Dec 1897		12	Alfred Edward Fairlie-Cuninghame	20 Apr 1852	14 Nov 1901	49
14 Nov 1901		13	William Edward Fairlie-Cuninghame	2 Feb 1856	5 May 1929	73
5 May 1929		14	Hussey Burgh Fairlie-Cuninghame	22 Aug 1890	7 Feb 1939	48
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page
7 Feb 1939		15	William Alan Fairlie-Cuninghame	31 Jan 1893	1981	88
1981		16	William Henry Fairlie-Cuninghame	1 Oct 1930	1999	68
1999		17	Robert Henry Fairlie-Cuninghame	19 Jul 1974
			FALCONER of Glenfarquhar,Kincardine
30 Mar 1670	NS	1	Alexander Falconer		c 1700
c 1700		2	Alexander Falconer		17 Mar 1727
			He subsequently succeeded to the Barony
			of Falconer (qv) in 1724 with which title
			the baronetcy then merged until the baronetcy's
			extinction in 1727
			FALKINER of Anne Mount,Cork
24 Aug 1778	I	1	Riggs Falkiner		24 Apr 1797
24 Apr 1797		2	Samuel Falkiner	c 1745	22 Dec 1825
22 Dec 1825		3	Riggs Falkiner	1789	25 Jan 1850	60
25 Jan 1850		4	Charles Leslie Falkiner	1790	7 Feb 1858	67
7 Feb 1858		5	Samuel Edmund Falkiner	1791	30 Dec 1867	76
30 Dec 1867		6	Samuel Edmund Falkiner	2 Feb 1843	12 May 1893	50
12 May 1893		7	Leslie Edmund Percy Riggs Falkiner	2 Oct 1866	17 Jan 1917	50
17 Jan 1917		8	Terence Edmond Patrick Falkiner	17 Mar 1903	19 Feb 1987	83
19 Feb 1987		9	Edmond Charles Falkiner	24 Jun 1938	20 Sep 1997	59
20 Sep 1997		10	Benjamin Simon Patrick Falkiner	16 Jan 1962
			FALKINER of Abbotstown,Dublin
21 Dec 1812	UK	1	Frederick John Falkiner	8 Apr 1768	14 Sep 1824	56
to			MP for co. Dublin 1801-1807 and co. Carlow
14 Sep 1824			1812-1818
			Extinct on his death
			For further information on this baronet, see
			the note at the foot of this page
			FALLE of Plaisance,Jersey
7 Jul 1916	UK	1	Bertram Godfrey Falle	21 Nov 1859	1 Nov 1948	88
			He was subsequently created Baron Portsea
			(qv) in 1934 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1948
			FALSHAW of Edinburgh
6 Sep 1876	UK	1	James Falshaw	21 Mar 1810	14 Jun 1889	79
to			Extinct on his death
14 Jun 1889
			FANSHAWE of Donamore,Ireland
2 Sep 1650	E	1	Richard Fanshawe	12 Jun 1608	16 Jun 1666	58
			MP for Cambridge University 1661-1666
16 Jun 1666		2	Richard Fanshawe	6 Aug 1665	12 Jul 1694	28
to			Extinct on his death
12 Jul 1694
			FARMER of Mount Pleasant,Sussex
19 Jan 1780	GB	1	George Farmer	c 1762	26 May 1814
26 May 1814		2	George Richard Farmer	28 Dec 1788	1 Jun 1855	66
1 Jun 1855		3	George Farmer	3 Jun 1829	1 Dec 1883	54
1 Dec 1883		4	George Richard Hugh Farmer	5 Jun 1873	1891	18
1891		5	Richard Henry Kenrick Farmer	11 Aug 1841	7 Jan 1916	74
to			Extinct on his death
7 Jan 1916
			FARNABY of Keppington,Kent
21 Jul 1726	GB	1	Charles Farnaby	31 May 1674	26 Apr 1741	66
26 Apr 1741		2	Thomas Farnaby	c 1708	24 Mar 1760
24 Mar 1760		3	Charles Farnaby [Farnaby-Radcliffe from 1784]	c 1740	20 Oct 1798
			MP for East Grinstead 1765-1768,Kent 1769-1774
			and Hythe 1774-1798
Oct 1798		4	John Farnaby	4 Apr 1743	19 Aug 1802	59
19 Aug 1802		5	Charles Francis Farnaby	17 Oct 1787	29 Aug 1859	71
to			Extinct on his death
29 Aug 1859
			FARQUHAR of London
1 Mar 1796	GB	1	Walter Farquhar	Oct 1738	21 Mar 1819	80
21 Mar 1819		2	Thomas Harvie Farquhar	27 Jun 1775	12 Jan 1836	60
12 Jan 1836		3	Walter Rockliffe Farquhar	4 Jun 1810	15 Jul 1900	90
15 Jul 1900		4	Henry Thomas Farquhar	13 Sep 1838	15 Jan 1916	77
15 Jan 1916		5	Walter Randolph Fitzroy Farquhar	31 May 1878	15 Oct 1918	40
15 Oct 1918		6	Peter Walter Farquhar	8 Oct 1904	2 Jun 1986	81
2 Jun 1986		7	Michael Fitzroy Henry Farquhar	29 Jun 1938
			FARQUHAR of Mauritius
21 Aug 1821	UK		See "Townsend-Farquhar"
			FARQUHAR of Cavendish Square,London
25 Oct 1892	UK	1	Horace Brand Farquhar	18 May 1844	30 Aug 1923	79
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Farquhar (qv) in 1898 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1923
			FARRAR of Chicheley Hall,Bucks
2 Feb 1911	UK	1	Sir George Herbert Farrar	17 Jun 1859	19 May 1915	55
to			Extinct on his death
19 May 1915
			FARRER of Abinger,Surrey
22 Oct 1883	UK	1	Thomas Henry Farrer	24 Jun 1819	11 Oct 1899	80
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Farrer (qv) in 1893 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1964
			FARRINGTON of Chichester,Sussex
17 Dec 1697	E	1	Richard Farrington	c 1644	7 Aug 1719
to			MP for Chichester 1681,1698-1700,1708-
7 Aug 1719			1713 and 1715-1719
			Extinct on his death
			FARRINGTON of Blackheath
2 Dec 1818	UK	1	Anthony Farrington	6 Feb 1742	3 Nov 1823	81
3 Nov 1823		2	Charles Henry Farrington	26 Sep 1794	26 Mar 1828	33
26 Mar 1828		3	Henry Maturin Farrington	31 Mar 1778	4 Oct 1834	56
4 Oct 1834		4	Henry Anthony Farrington	7 May 1811	19 Sep 1888	77
19 Sep 1888		5	William Hicks Farrington	26 Jan 1838	5 Jan 1901	62
5 Jan 1901		6	Henry Anthony Farrington	1 Oct 1871	6 Sep 1944	72
6 Sep 1944		7	Henry Francis Colden Farrington	25 Apr 1914	11 Mar 2004	89
11 Mar 2004		8	Henry William Farrington	27 Mar 1951
			FAUDEL-PHILLIPS of
			Grosvenor Gardens,London
27 Aug 1897	UK	1	George Faudel Faudel-Phillips	29 Jul 1840	28 Dec 1922	82
28 Dec 1922		2	Benjamin Samuel Faudel-Phillips	21 Jul 1871	11 Jan 1927	55
11 Jan 1927		3	Lionel Lawson Faudel Faudel-Phillips	11 Apr 1877	12 Mar 1941	63
to			Extinct on his death
12 Mar 1941
			FAYRER of Devonshire Street,St.Marylebone
11 Feb 1896	UK	1	Sir Joseph Fayrer	6 Dec 1824	21 May 1907	82
21 May 1907		2	Joseph Fayrer	8 Mar 1859	13 Apr 1937	78
13 Apr 1937		3	Joseph Herbert Spens Fayrer	20 Oct 1899	23 Jul 1976	76
23 Jul 1976		4	John Lang Macpherson Fayrer	18 Oct 1944	9 Mar 2017	72
to			Extinct on his death
9 Mar 2017
			FEILDEN of Feniscowles,Lancs
21 Jul 1846	UK	1	William Feilden	13 Mar 1772	21 May 1850	78
			MP for Blackburn 1832-1847
21 May 1850		2	William Henry Feilden	15 Nov 1812	12 Jan 1879	66
12 Jan 1879		3	William Leyland Feilden	5 Nov 1835	9 May 1912	76
9 May 1912		4	William Henry Feilden	8 Mar 1866	23 Feb 1946	79
23 Feb 1946		5	William Morton Buller Feilden	20 May 1893	22 Jun 1976	83
22 Jun 1976		6	Henry Wemyss Feilden	1 Dec 1916	12 Dec 2010	94
12 Dec 2010		7	Henry Rudyard Feilden	26 Sep 1951	20 Sep 2024	72
20 Sep 2024		8	William Henry Feilden	5 Apr 1983
			FELLOWS of Carshalton,Surrey
20 Jan 1719	GB	1	John Fellows	c 1671	26 Jul 1724
to			Extinct on his death
26 Jul 1724
			FELTON of Playford,Suffolk
20 Jul 1620	E	1	Henry Felton		18 Sep 1624
18 Sep 1624		2	Henry Felton	27 Jul 1619	20 Oct 1690	71
			MP for Suffolk 1656-1658,1659,1660
			and 1661-1679
Oct 1690		3	Adam Felton	after 1637	9 Feb 1697
			MP for Orford 1695-1697
9 Feb 1697		4	Thomas Felton	12 Oct 1649	3 Mar 1709	59
			MP for Orford 1690-1700 and Bury
			St.Edmunds 1701-1709
3 Mar 1709		5	Compton Felton	c 1650	18 Nov 1719
to			Extinct on his death
18 Nov 1719
			FENTON of Mitchelstown,Cork
22 Jul 1661	I	1	Maurice Fenton	c 1622	1664
1664		2	William Fenton	c 1655	18 Mar 1671
to			Extinct on his death
Mar 1671
			FENWICK of Fenwick,Northumberland
9 Jun 1628	E	1	John Fenwick	c 1573	c 1658
			MP for Northumberland 1624-1625,1625,
			1626,1628-1629,1640 and 1642-1644 and
			Cockermouth 1640-1642
c 1658		2	William Fenwick	c 1617	by Jul 1676
			MP for Northumberland 1645-1648,1654,1656,
			1659.1660-1676
by Jul 1676		3	John Fenwick	c 1644	27 Jan 1697
to			MP for Northumberland 1677-1689
27 Jan 1697			Extinct on his death
			For information on an apparent assumption of
			this baronetcy during the mid-19th century,see
			the note at the foot of this page
			FERGUSON of Londonderry
7 Oct 1801	UK	1	Andrew Ferguson	7 Oct 1761	17 Jul 1808	46
			For further information on this baronet, see
			the note at the foot of this page
17 Jul 1808		2	Robert Alexander Ferguson	26 Dec 1796	13 Mar 1860	63
to			MP for Londonderry 1830-1860
13 Mar 1860			Lord Lieutenant Londonderry 1840-1860
			Extinct on his death
			FERGUSON of Springhall,Dumfries
18 Jul 1906	UK		See "Johnson-Ferguson"
			FERGUSON-DAVIE of Creedy,Devon
9 Jan 1847	UK	1	Henry Robert Ferguson-Davie	1797	30 Nov 1885	88
			MP for Haddington 1847-1878
30 Nov 1885		2	John Davie Ferguson-Davie	27 Oct 1830	16 Jun 1907	76
			MP for Barnstaple 1859-1865
16 Jun 1907		3	William Augustus Ferguson-Davie	13 Apr 1833	18 Jan 1915	81
18 Jan 1915		4	William John Ferguson-Davie	17 Jun 1863	12 Jul 1947	84
12 Jul 1947		5	Arthur Patrick Ferguson-Davie	17 Mar 1909	23 Jan 1988	78
23 Jan 1988		6	Antony Francis Ferguson-Davie	23 Mar 1952	19 May 1997	45
19 May 1997		7	John Ferguson-Davie	1 May 1906	8 Jan 2000	93
8 Jan 2000		8	Michael Ferguson-Davie	10 Jan 1944
			FERGUSSON of Kilkerran,Ayr
30 Nov 1703	NS	1	John Fergusson		Feb 1729
Feb 1729		2	James Fergusson	c 1687	20 Jan 1759
			MP for Sutherland 1734-1736
20 Jan 1759		3	Adam Fergusson	7 May 1733	25 Sep 1813	80
			MP for Ayrshire 1774-1780,1781-1784 and
			1790-1796 and Edinburgh 1784-1790
25 Sep 1813		4	James Fergusson	20 Oct 1765	10 Apr 1838	72
10 Apr 1838		5	Charles Dalrymple Fergusson	26 Aug 1800	18 Mar 1849	48
18 Mar 1849		6	James Fergusson	18 Mar 1832	14 Jan 1907	74
			MP for Ayrshire 1854-1857 and 1859-1868
			and Manchester NE 1885-1906. Governor of
			South Australia 1868-1873, New Zealand
			1873-1874 and Bombay 1880-1885. Postmaster
			General 1891-1892.  PC 1868
14 Jan 1907		7	Charles Fergusson	17 Jan 1865	20 Feb 1951	86
			Governor General of New Zealand 1924-
			1930. Lord Lieutenant Ayrshire 1937-1950
20 Feb 1951		8	James Fergusson	18 Sep 1904	25 Oct 1973	69
			Lord Lieutenant Ayrshire 1969-1973
25 Oct 1973		9	Charles Fergusson	10 May 1931	30 Mar 2021	89
30 Mar 2021		10	Adam Fergusson	29 Dec 1962
			FERGUSSON of Spitalhaugh,Peebles
23 Jan 1866	UK		See "Colyer-Fergusson"
			FERMOR of Easton Neston,Northants
6 Sep 1641	E	1	William Fermor	7 Nov 1621	14 May 1661	39
14 May 1661		2	William Fermor	3 Aug 1648	7 Dec 1711	63
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Leominster (qv) in 1692 with which title
			the baronetcy then merged until its
			extinction in 1867
			FERMOR of Welches,Sussex
4 May 1725	GB		See "Eversfield"
			FERMOR-HESKETH of Rufford,Lancs
5 May 1761	GB	1	Thomas Hesketh	21 Jan 1727	4 Mar 1778	51
			For details of the special remainder included
			in this creation, see the note at the foot of
			this page
4 Mar 1778		2	Robert Hesketh (Juxon from 1792)	23 Apr 1728	30 Dec 1796	68
30 Dec 1796		3	Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh	13 Jan 1777	27 Jul 1842	65
27 Jul 1842		4	Thomas Henry Hesketh	11 Feb 1799	10 Feb 1843	44
10 Feb 1843		5	Thomas George Hesketh (Fermor-Hesketh
			from 8 Nov 1867)	11 Jan 1825	20 Aug 1872	47
			MP for Preston 1862-1872
20 Aug 1872		6	Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh	9 Jan 1847	28 May 1876	29
28 May 1876		7	Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh	9 May 1849	19 Apr 1924	74
			For information on his younger son,see the
			note at the foot of this page
19 Apr 1924		8	Thomas Fermor-Hesketh	17 Nov 1881	20 Jul 1944	62
			He was subsequently created Baron Hesketh
			(qv) in 1935 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			FERRERS of Skellingthorpe,Lincs
19 Dec 1628	E	1	Henry Ferrers		1663
1663		2	Henry Ferrers	c 1630	1675
to			Extinct on his death
1675
			FETHERSTON of Blakesware,Herts
4 Dec 1660	E	1	Heneage Fetherston	c 1628	23 Oct 1711
23 Oct 1711		2	Henry Fetherston	c 1654	17 Oct 1746
to			Extinct on his death
17 Oct 1746
			FETHERSTON of Ardagh,Longford
4 Aug 1776	I	1	Ralph Fetherston	by 1731	3 Jun 1780
3 Jun 1780		2	Thomas Fetherston	1759	19 Jul 1819	60
			MP for Longford 1801-1819
19 Jul 1819		3	George Ralph Fetherston	4 Jun 1784	12 Jul 1853	69
			MP for Longford 1819-1830
12 Jul 1853		4	Thomas Francis Fetherston	1800	28 Aug 1853	53
28 Aug 1853		5	ThomasJohn Fetherston	22 Jul 1824	21 Sep 1869	45
21 Sep 1869		6	George Ralph Fetherston	8 Apr 1852	11 Feb 1923	70
to			Extinct on his death
11 Feb 1923
			FETHERSTONHAUGH
			of Fetherstonhaugh,Northumberland
3 Jan 1747	GB	1	Matthew Fetherstonhaugh	c 1714	18 Mar 1774
			MP for Morpeth 1755-1761 and Portsmouth
			1761-1774
18 Mar 1774		2	Henry Fetherstonhaugh	22 Dec 1754	24 Oct 1846	91
to			MP for Portsmouth 1782-1796
24 Oct 1846			Extinct on his death
			FETTES of Comely Bank,Edinburgh
13 Jun 1804	UK	1	William Fettes	25 Jun 1750	27 May 1836	85
to			Extinct on his death
27 May 1836
			FETTIPLACE of Childrey,Berks
30 Mar 1661	E	1	John Fettiplace		26 Sep 1672
26 Sep 1672		2	Edmund Pettiplace	c 1654	1707
1707		3	Charles Fettiplace		Dec 1713
Dec 1713		4	Lorenzo Fettiplace	c 1662	4 Sep 1725
Sep 1725		5	George Fettiplace	13 Oct 1668	8 Apr 1743	74
to			Extinct on his death
8 Apr 1743
			FFOLKES of Hillington,Norfolk
26 May 1774	GB	1	Martin Browne Folkes	21 May 1749	11 Dec 1821	72
			MP for Kings Lynn 1790-1821
11 Dec 1821		2	William John Henry Browne Folkes	20 Aug 1786	24 Mar 1860	73
			MP for Norfolk 1830-1832 and Norfolk
			West 1832-1837
24 Mar 1860		3	William Hovell Browne Ffolkes	21 Nov 1847	9 May 1912	64
			MP for Kings Lynn 1880-1885
9 May 1912		4	William Everard Browne Ffolkes	15 Feb 1861	15 Dec 1930	69
15 Dec 1930		5	Francis Arthur Stanley Ffolkes	8 Dec 1863	18 Oct 1938	74
18 Oct 1938		6	Edward John Patrick Boschetti Ffolkes	16 Jan 1899	27 Mar 1960	61
27 Mar 1960		7	Robert Francis Alexander Ffolkes	2 Dec 1943
			FFRENCH of Clogher,co.Galway
17 Aug 1779	I	1	Charles French		Jul 1784
Jul 1784		2	Thomas Ffrench	c 1765	9 Dec 1814
			He subsequently succeeded to the Barony
			of Ffrench (qv) in 1805 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			FIENNES of Banbury,Oxon
30 Jun 1916	UK		See "Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes"
			FILMER of East Sutton,Kent
26 Dec 1674	E	1	Robert Filmer	28 Feb 1622	22 Mar 1676	54
22 Mar 1676		2	Robert Filmer	16 Oct 1648	14 Apr 1720	71
14 Apr 1720		3	Edward Filmer	30 May 1683	10 Feb 1755	71
10 Feb 1755		4	John Filmer	30 Sep 1716	22 Feb 1797	80
			MP for Steyning 1767-1774
22 Feb 1797		5	Beversham Filmer	21 Apr 1719	31 Dec 1805	86
31 Dec 1805		6	Edmund Filmer	7 May 1727	27 Jun 1810	83
27 Jun 1810		7	John Filmer	19 Mar 1760	15 Jul 1834	74
15 Jul 1834		8	Edmund Filmer	14 Jun 1809	8 Jan 1857	47
			MP for Kent West 1838-1857
8 Jan 1857		9	Edmund Filmer	11 Jul 1835	17 Dec 1886	51
			MP for Kent West 1859-1865 and Kent Mid
			1880-1884
17 Dec 1886		10	Robert Marcus Filmer	25 Feb 1878	27 Jan 1916	37
to			Extinct on his death
27 Jan 1916
			FINCH of Eastwell,Kent
29 Jun 1611	E	1	Moyle Finch	c 1550	18 Dec 1614
			MP for Weymouth 1576-1584, Kent 1593
			and Winchilsea 1601
18 Dec 1614		2	Theophilus Finch	c 1573	c 1619
			MP for Great Yarmouth 1614
c 1619		3	Thomas Finch	13 Jun 1578	4 Nov 1639	61
			He subsequently succeeded to the Earldom
			of Winchilsea (qv) in 1634 with which
			title the baronetcy remains merged
			FINCH of Raunston,Bucks
7 Jun 1660	E	1	Heneage Finch	23 Dec 1621	18 Dec 1682	60
			He was subsequently created Earl of
			Nottingham (qv) in 1681 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			FINDLAY of Aberlour,Banff
25 Jun 1925	UK	1	Sir John Ritchie Findlay	13 Jan 1866	13 Apr 1930	64
			Lord Lieutenant Banffshire 1928-1930
13 Apr 1930		2	John Edmund Ritchie Findlay	14 Jun 1902	6 Sep 1962	60
			MP for Banffshire 1935-1945
6 Sep 1962		3	Roland Lewis Findlay	14 Jul 1903	28 Jul 1979	76
to			Extinct on his death
28 Jul 1979
			FINLAY of Epping,Essex
31 Dec 1964	UK	1	Graeme Bell Finlay	29 Oct 1917	21 Jan 1987	69
			MP for Epping 1951-1964
21 Jan 1987		2	David Ronald James Bell Finlay	16 Nov 1963	17 Apr 2021	57
17 Apr 2021		3	Tristan James Bell Finlay	5 Apr 2001
			FIREBRACE of London
28 Jul 1698	E	1	Basil Firebrace	1652	7 May 1724	71
			MP for Chippenham 1690-1692
7 May 1724		2	Charles Firebrace	5 Jun 1680	2 Aug 1727	47
2 Aug 1727		3	Cordell Firebrace	20 Feb 1712	28 Mar 1759	47
to			MP for Suffolk 1735-1759
28 Mar 1759			Extinct on his death
			FIRTH of The Flush,Yorks
20 Jul 1909	UK	1	Thomas Freeman Firth	23 Aug 1825	29 Nov 1909	84
29 Nov 1909		2	Algernon Freeman Firth	15 Sep 1856	1 Nov 1936	80
to			Extinct on his death
1 Nov 1936
			FISH of Lissameon,Cavan
12 Feb 1622	I	1	John Fish		9 Mar 1623
9 Mar 1623		2	Edward Fish	c 1598	28 Jul 1658
Jul 1658		3	Edward Fish	c 1628	c 1670
to			Extinct on his death
c 1670
			FISHER of Packington,Warwicks
7 Dec 1622	E	1	Robert Fisher	29 Nov 1579	29 Mar 1647	67
29 Mar 1647		2	Clement Fisher	9 Mar 1613	13 Apr 1683	70
			MP for Coventry 1661-1679
13 Apr 1683		3	Clement Fisher	c 1657	9 Apr 1729
9 Apr 1729		4	Robert Fisher		1739
to			Extinct or dormant on his death
1739
			FISHER of St Giles,Middlesex
19 Jul 1627	E	1	Thomas Fisher		22 May 1636
22 May 1636		2	Thomas Fisher	c 1623	9 Sep 1670
Sep 1670		3	Thomas Fisher	c 1643	14 Apr 1671
Apr 1671		4	Richard Fisher	22 Jan 1629	7 Oct 1707	78
to			Extinct on his death
7 Oct 1707
			FISON of Greenholme,Yorks
27 Jul 1905	UK	1	Frederick William Fison	4 Dec 1847	20 Dec 1927	80
			MP for Doncaster 1895-1906
20 Dec 1927		2	Francis Geoffrey Fison	12 Mar 1873	19 Jan 1948	74
19 Jan 1948		3	William Guy Fison	25 Oct 1890	6 Dec 1964	74
6 Dec 1964		4	Richard Guy Fison	9 Jan 1917	1 Oct 2008	91
1 Oct 2008		5	Charles William Fison	6 Feb 1954
			FITTON of Gawsworth,Cheshire
2 Oct 1617	E	1	Edward Fitton	3 Dec 1572	10 May 1619	46
10 May 1619		2	Edward Fitton	Aug 1603	c Aug 1643
to			Extinct on his death
c Aug 1643
			FITZGERALD of Clenlish,Limerick
8 Feb 1644	I	1	Edmond Fitzgerald		c 1665
c 1665		2	John Fitzgerald		11 Jul 1708
to			He was attainted and the baronetcy
1691			forfeited
			FITZGERALD of Lisheen,Tipperary
5 Aug 1801	UK		See "Judkin-Fitzgerald"
			FITZGERALD of Newmarket on Fergus,Clare
5 Jan 1822	UK	1	Augustine Fitzgerald		3 Dec 1834
			For details of the special remainder included
			in the creation of this baronetcy,see the note
			at the foot of this page
3 Dec 1834		2	William Fitzgerald		30 May 1847
30 May 1847		3	Edward Fitzgerald	1806	13 Mar 1865	58
13 Mar 1865		4	Augustine Fitzgerald	12 Mar 1809	31 Jan 1893	83
31 Jan 1893		5	George Cumming Fitzgerald	Aug 1823	10 May 1908	84
to			Extinct on his death
10 May 1908
			FITZGERALD of Valencia,co.Kerry
8 Jul 1880	UK	1	Peter George Fitzgerald	15 Sep 1808	6 Aug 1880	71
6 Aug 1880		2	Maurice Fitzgerald	5 Feb 1844	22 Oct 1916	72
22 Oct 1916		3	John Peter Gerald Maurice Fitzgerald	14 May 1884	19 Feb 1957	72
19 Feb 1957		4	Arthur Henry Brinsley Fitzgerald	6 Jul 1885	30 Nov 1967	82
30 Nov 1967		5	George Peter Maurice Fitzgerald	27 Feb 1917	6 Apr 2001	84
6 Apr 2001		6	Adrian James Andrew Denis Fitzgerald	24 Jun 1940
			FITZGERALD of Lisquinlan,Cork
4 Aug 1896	UK		See "Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald"
			FITZGERALD of Geraldine Place,Cork
10 Oct 1903	UK	1	Edward FitzGerald	24 Nov 1846	22 Jun 1927	80
22 Jun 1927		2	John Joseph FitzGerald	20 Feb 1876	1957	81
1957		3	Edward Thomas FitzGerald	7 Mar 1912	13 Aug 1988	76
13 Aug 1988		4	Daniel Patrick FitzGerald	28 Jun 1916	9 Aug 2016	100
9 Aug 2016		5	Andrew Peter FitzGerald	Jul 1950
			FITZHARRIS of Kilfinin,Limerick
4 Nov 1622	I	1	Edward Fitzharris		3 Mar 1640
3 Mar 1640		2	Edward Fitzharris		c 1690
c 1690		3	William Fitzharris	c 1645	c 1704
to			Extinct on his death
c 1704
			FitzHERBERT of Tissington,Derby
22 Jan 1784	GB	1	William FitzHerbert	27 May 1748	30 Jul 1791	43
30 Jul 1791		2	Anthony Perrin FitzHerbert	21 Jul 1779	2 Apr 1798	18
2 Apr 1798		3	Henry FitzHerbert	4 Aug 1783	1 Jun 1858	74
1 Jun 1858		4	William FitzHerbert	2 Jun 1808	12 Oct 1896	88
12 Oct 1896		5	Richard FitzHerbert	12 Apr 1846	4 Jan 1906	59
4 Jan 1906		6	Hugo Meynell FitzHerbert	3 Jul 1872	12 Sep 1934	62
12 Sep 1934		7	William FitzHerbert	21 Sep 1874	8 Oct 1963	89
8 Oct 1963		8	John Richard Frederick FitzHerbert	15 Sep 1913	21 Mar 1989	75
21 Mar 1989		9	Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert	2 Nov 1963
			FITZWYGRAM of Walthamstow,Essex
30 Oct 1805	UK		See "Wigram"
			FLANNERY of Wethersfield Manor,Essex
13 Dec 1904	UK	1	Sir James Fortescue-Flannery	16 Dec 1851	5 Oct 1943	91
			MP for Shipley 1895-1906 and Maldon
			1910-1922
5 Oct 1943		2	Harold Fortescue Flannery	13 Dec 1883	19 Apr 1959	75
to			Extinct on his death
19 Apr 1959
			FLAVELLE of Toronto,Canada
18 Jul 1917	UK	1	Joseph Wesley Flavelle	15 Feb 1858	7 Mar 1939	81
7 Mar 1939		2	Joseph Ellsworth Flavelle	25 May 1892	19 Dec 1977	85
19 Dec 1977		3	Joseph David Ellsworth Flavelle	9 Nov 1921	27 Feb 1985	63
to			Extinct on his death
27 Feb 1985
			FLEETWOOD of Caldwick,Staffs
29 Jun 1611	E	1	Richard Fleetwood		1649
1649		2	Thomas Fleetwood	c 1609	c 1670
c 1670		3	Richard Fleetwood	c 1628	c 1700
c 1700		4	Thomas Fleetwood		Dec 1739
Dec 1739		5	John Fleetwood		1741
1741		6	Thomas Fleetwood	1741	10 Dec 1802	61
to			Extinct on his death
Dec 1802
			FLEETWOOD of Rossall Hall,Lancs
20 Jul 1838	UK		See "Hesketh-Fleetwood"
			FLEMING of Farme,Glasgow
25 Sep 1661	NS	1	Archibald Fleming		Jan 1662
Jan 1662		2	William Fleming	2 Jun 1639	6 Feb 1707	67
6 Feb 1707		3	Archibald Fleming		14 Apr 1714
14 Apr 1714		4	Archibald Fleming		Aug 1738
Aug 1738		5	Gilbert Fleming		c 1740
c 1740		6	William Fleming	28 Dec 1699	25 Nov 1746	46
25 Nov 1746		7	Collingwood Fleming		17 Apr 1764
to			On his death the baronetcy became either
17 Apr 1764			extinct or dormant
			FLEMING of Rydal Hall,Westmorland
4 Oct 1705	E		See "Le Fleming"
			FLEMING of Brompton Park,Middlesex
22 Apr 1763	GB	1	John Fleming	c 1701	5 Nov 1763
to			Extinct on his death
5 Nov 1763
			FLETCHER of Hutton le Forest,Cumberland
19 Feb 1641	E	1	Henry Fletcher		24 Sep 1645
24 Sep 1645		2	George Fletcher	c 1633	23 Jul 1700
			MP for Cumberland 1661-1679,1681-1685 and
			1689-1700
23 Jul 1700		3	Henry Fletcher	Apr 1661	19 May 1712	51
to			MP for Cockermouth 1689-1690
19 May 1712			Extinct on his death
			FLETCHER of Clea,Cumberland
20 May 1782	GB		See "Aubrey-Fletcher"
			FLETCHER of Betley Court,Staffs
24 Aug 1798	GB		See "Boughey"
			FLETCHER of Carrow,Cork
14 Dec 1812	UK	1	Richard Fletcher	1768	31 Aug 1813
31 Aug 1813		2	Richard John Fletcher	3 Feb 1805	25 Dec 1876	71
to			Extinct on his death
25 Dec 1876
			FLETCHER of Bryony Hill,Surrey
17 May 1919	UK	1	John Samuel Fletcher	3 Nov 1841	20 May 1924	82
to			MP for Hampstead 1905-1918
20 May 1924			Extinct on his death
			Sir John Harry Lee Fagge, 10th baronet
			The following article appeared in the "Daily Mail" of 28 January 1930:-
			'Pepperell, Massachusetts - When Mr. John Henry Fagge, the occupier of an unpretentious
			cottage here, heard last week of his elevation to the British baronetage through the death of
			his brother, Sir John Charles Fagge, at Dover on January 17 last, his first thought was to inform
			his daughter.
			'Miss Lucy Harriet Fagge has, since the death of her mother, lived with her grandmother in
			Boston. Her father sent for her and explained to her just what the change would mean. She was
			delighted for his sake, but showed a little alarm as to her future in another land.
			"I have only been part of the way through the grammar school," she said. "Aren't daughters of
			titled men supposed to be very wise?" Miss Fagge, it is stated, worked in a factory for month
			last autumn in order to bring a little aid to her father.
			'The new baronet said today that it was an advertisement in a London paper that brought him
			from England to the United States in 1887, when he was 19 years old. The advertisement
			described Florida as "The Land of Perpetual Flowers." His father paid the passage and gave him
			£5 pocket-money, but Florida did not come up to his expectations. After working in a citrus
			grove for 30s a month he decided to move elsewhere.
			"I went to Savannah," said Sir John, "and worked as a clerk in the goods department of the
			Savannah railway. After a brief stay there I continued my travels until I arrived in Boston,
			where I worked as a stable boy and groom." Later he became a hotel clerk and settled in
			Pepperell in 1895. He has paid two visits to England.'
			"The Daily Mail" of 22 October 1930:-
			'The secret marriage of Sir John Fagge, the odd-job man who returned home from America to
			Dover in March to claim a baronetcy, to Mrs. Murdoch, a wealthy widow, of Boston, United
			States on October 15 was revealed yesterday.
			'While Sir John, who is 61, and has been newspaper boy, cowboy, waiter, and shoelace maker
			in Pepperell, Massachusetts, came to England in March, on finding himself heir to the family
			title, he met in the liner Mrs. Murdoch, a Staffordshire woman, daughter of Mr. Goss, who
			founded the Goss China Works, and widow of a wealthy American manufacturer. The friendship
			then made resulted in the wedding, and last Saturday Sir John and Lady Fagge sailed for
			America in the liner Scythia to make their home in Boston.
			'A nephew of Lady Fagge said yesterday: "The wedding took place in St. Michael's Church,
			Stafford, and was a complete secret. No relatives were present. Sir John and my aunt each
			have a grown-up daughter. My aunt was very beautiful in her youth and was known as the Belle
			of Stoke."
			Sir John William Frederick Fagge, 11th baronet
			The Hobart (Tasmania) "Mercury" of 10 July 1940 contains the following article headed "Dream
			Romance":-
			'A "dream romance" such as many girls have pondered over came true last month for Miss Ivy
			Frier, a charming 27-year old domestic servant, of Newington, Kent. She was married very
			simply in the village church at Sittingbourne to Sir John Fagge, a 29-year old farm labourer who
			unexpectedly inherited a baronetcy from an uncle in America a few weeks before the wedding
			took place.
			'Practically the whole of the village turned out. They saw the bride, better known to all as "Ivy,"
			leave her parents' cottage on the arm of her father, a labourer, and later emerge from the
			church, on the arm of her bridegroom as Lady Fagge, member of a family whose history fills
			nearly a whole page in Debrett.
			'She was attended by two sisters and a cousin of the bridegroom as bridesmaids. Twenty of the
			Faversham A[uxiliary] F[ire] S[ervice], of which the bridegroom is a voluntary member, formed a
			guard of honour outside the church. They cheered Sir John and Lady Fagge as they dashed into
			a hired car, which drove them to a reception at the Women's Institute.
			'John and Ivy, as friends call them, have courted for four years. Two or three nights a week Sir
			John cycled 15 miles to see his bride, and neither had any idea when they fixed the date a year
			ago that they would become titled people.
			"Ivy has been in domestic service ever leaving school," the bride's mother told the News of the
			World. She and her husband have a lovely little house, and she has spent her spare time getting
			it ready since she left her last situation."
			Sir William Fairbairn, 1st baronet  [UK 1869]
			The following information on the life of Sir William Fairbairn appeared in the "Sydney Mail and
			New South Wales Advertiser" of 12 September 1891:-
			'There is no name more honoured in the realms of industrial science than that of Sir William
			Fairbairn, the intimate friend of George Stephenson, the famous railway engineer, and the
			inventor of the iron tubular bridge which spans the Menai Straits, and is justly regarded as one
			of the great mechanical wonders of modern times. Sir William and his brother, Sir Peter Fairbairn,
			of Leeds, were each, at the time of death, at the head of large industrial establishments,
			representing a capital of many thousand pounds, and affording employment to considerable
			numbers of skilled mechanics; yet when they made their start in life they possessed no advant-
			ages which are not enjoyed by an ordinary artisan in Australia. Their parents were in extremely
			poor circumstances, and when William Fairbairn, at the age of 14, succeeded in obtaining work
			as a mason's labourer, his scanty earnings proved a welcome addition to the family funds. But
			the assistance was short-lived. When only a few days at this toilsome employment, William
			suffered a dire misfortune. By the clumsy management of a companion in carrying a handbarrow,
			a heavy stone fell on his leg, inflicting a deep wound, and throwing him out of work for nearly
			three months. During this period the family were brought to the verge of starvation: but at the
			last moment William's father obtained charge of a small farm belonging to a colliery. He was
			enabled to secure William employment as a coal-cart driver, in which position he remained for
			some time, when he was bound apprentice to the colliery engineer, starting with 5s a week as
			wages. Here he employed his leisure time in the acquisition of useful knowledge, especially
			arithmetics, mensuration, mathematics, and trigonometry, devoting his spare pence to the
			purchase of the necessary text books. His attention and abilities attracted the notice of his
			employers, and at last, as a kind of promotion, he was removed from the workshop to take
			charge of the colliery steam-engine and pumps.
			'While thus engaged, William made the acquaintance of George Stephenson, who had the charge
			of an engine at Willington Ballast Hill, only a mile or two from where young Fairbairn was
			employed. Stephenson, who had recently married, was somewhat pinched in the means of live-
			lihood, and to enable him to earn a few extra shillings, William frequently took charge of the
			engine, while George took a turn at heaving ballast out of the colliery vessels. At the close of
			his apprenticeship William, who was now 22, went to London to obtain employment under
			[George] Rennie [1791-1866], who was then engaged in the work of building Waterloo Bridge,
			but the Millwrights' Trade Society, which assumed the right of determining who should be
			employed, would not allow work to be given to a non-unionist. William Fairbairn was, in conse-
			quence, reduced to severe privations, but his spirit was in nowise daunted. Becoming
			acquainted with other non-unionists, they formed themselves into an association of "free and
			independent labourers," and by their assistance he obtained employment at a ropery, where he
			remained for about two years. William was next found at Dublin, where he was employed for
			some time in the construction of nail-making machinery, after which he went to Manchester,
			where he obtained work which enabled him, in the course of two years, to save £20, on the
			strength of which he married the daughter of a Morpeth farmer. With the responsibilities of
			married life came the necessity for increased industrial exertion, and in due course William found
			himself entering into partnership with a mechanic named Lillie as a millwright. The two men had
			very little money, but plenty of brains, and when they saw their chances they were not slow in
			utilising them. Undertaking some works in connection with the cotton manufacturing industry,
			they performed their share of the contracts so satisfactorily that they were entrusted with the
			works of a new cotton-mill for Mr. Kennedy, partner in the firm of McConnel and Kennedy, then
			the largest cotton-spinners in the United Kingdom. Their success brought further contracts, and
			at the end of five years the two young men found themselves possessed of plant and tools
			valued at over £2000. Large and commodious premises were erected, and contracts for gigantic
			works were undertaken in England, Scotland, and Switzerland.
			"Fairbairn," says Dr. Chambers, "lived at a time when the world was startled with the marvels of
			steam traction on railways, and he fancied that a similar means of propulsion could be adopted
			on canals. In this, after several costly experiments, he found himself mistaken, and the drainage
			of money was so great as to lead to a dissolution of his partnership with Mr. Lillie. Now, he
			rested entirely on his own energies and resources, but, strong in self-reliance, he had no fear
			of the result. He turned his attention to a new branch of engineering, that of iron-shipbuilding.
			For a time he had two establishments, one in London, the other in Manchester, and collectively
			employed two thousand hands.
			"In 1835 he began his famous investigations into the strength of iron, as regards girders, beams,
			pillars, and so forth, his experiments being of much scientific and mechanical importance, and
			influencing very largely the work of railway construction, leading to iron bridges being more
			largely used in place of those of stone or brick. Indeed, it may be said of William Fairbairn that
			his researches aided largely in the development of the railway system, by indicating the manner
			in which iron could be most efficiently and economically introduced into the work of construct-
			ion. About the same time, owing to a strike of boilermakers at Manchester, he invented the
			method of riveting the plates of boilers by machinery, which at once superseded hand-labour.
			No loner were people assailed with the din of a hundred hammers riveting together iron plates;
			the machine of Fairbairn's invention substituted a rapid, noiseless, and comparatively cheap
			method of construction."
			'There is no need to continue the history of William Fairbairn. His business steadily increased, as
			did that of his brother at Leeds, and at last, having become wealthy, famous, and powerful,
			they both had their merits and services formally recognised by the Queen bestowing upon each
			the rank of baronet, an honour little dreamt of by them when earning their bread by the sweat
			of their brows, and having to be content with a few shillings a week. [The statement that both
			men were created baronets is incorrect - while William was created a baronet, his brother Peter
			was merely knighted.]
			'Dr. Chambers, who was personally acquainted with the two Fairbairns says: "From both
			brothers we learned a variety of details relevant to their respective professional pursuits, and
			on all occasions were struck with the strong practical common sense and tact which had guided
			them through life. From the humblest possible circumstances, each in his own way had attained
			distinction by the exercise of sound judgment and persevering industry connected with the
			manufacture of machinery. The lesson which their lives afforded was this: That success in life
			is less generally due to genius than to indomitable diligence along with integrity of character."
			Sir Arthur Henderson Fairbairn, 3rd baronet
			Sir Arthur, who was known as the "deaf and dumb baronet," did not allow his afflictions to
			adversely impact upon his life. The following appreciation of his good works appeared in 'The
			Washington Post' of 29 May 1904:-
			'At the recent entertainment at the St.Saviour's Social Club, all of whose members are deaf
			mutes, the central figure was Sir Arthur Fairbairn, the "deaf and dumb baronet," as he is widely
			known all over England. Possessed of an abundant fortune, a keen and cultivated intelligence,
			and rare artistic tastes, Sir Arthur would hardly have been deemed a selfish man had he
			devoted his means to getting all the enjoyment possible out of an existence in which he is
			doomed to play a silent part. But his own sore affliction has only stimulated him to devote his
			time and means to ameliorating the lot of those who similarly stricken, and have in addition the
			burden of poverty to contend with. And that this work has brought him happiness in far greater
			measure than would have come to him had he simply used his wealth to minister to his own
			pleasures no one who notes his bright, animated countenance, his sparkling eye, and, above all,
			his cheery smile, can doubt. In his philanthropic labor he is ably seconded by his sister, Miss
			Constance Fairbairn, who is also deaf and dumb.
			'To enumerate all the associations for promoting the welfare of the deaf with which Sir Arthur
			is connected would require a long catalogue. The various offices he fills in them are no
			sinecures. They entail a vast amount of correspondence and much travelling. Any invention,
			idea, or suggestion which promises increased educational facilities or other advantages for
			those who dwell in silence receives his prompt attention and support, if good for anything.
			'Although he cannot talk, there are few men in England who "address" more public meetings
			in various parts of the country, his audiences being, like himself, mutes. With his fingers he can
			"speak" as rapidly, and, judging by the effect on adepts in sign language, quite as eloquently
			and persuasively as many who have a wide reputation for oratory. No important meeting of the
			deaf is deemed complete without a "speech" from the baronet.
			'His home in Brighton reveals his many sided culture. Beautiful pictures hang on the walls. The
			library is well stocked with books. Many rare works of art and historic mementoes adorn the
			various apartments. Travel is one of his passions. He has been all over Europe and has visited
			the principal cities in the United States. His collections of bric-a-brac are largely the result of
			these peregrinations. Some of the objects were discovered in the slums of Paris, Christiana
			[i.e. Oslo] or New York. A lock of the great Napoleon's hair, finely framed, accompanied by
			three autograph documents attesting its genuineness, was bought by Sir Arthur in a mean,
			little back street in Paris for 6 louis. It stands near to an exquisite vase, a gift from Emperor
			William the First, who in his old age humiliated the descendants of the man who wore that hair.
			This superb vase, with its artful Cupids upholding a female form, was the Kaiser's present to
			Sir Arthur's father who was chairman of the great Manchester exhibition of 1862. Another large
			vase was the gift of the third Napoleon, as well as an exquisite tea service, each piece marked
			with the imperial cipher and crown.
			'Sir Arthur is now fifty-two years old. He enjoys vigorous health, which may be attributed to
			the fact that despite the great amount of hard work he does, he finds time to indulge his tastes
			as a sportsman with the rod and gun. Cycling is another form of recreation of which he is very
			fond.'
			Sir Charles Arthur Fairlie-Cuninghame, 11th baronet
			Sir Charles committed suicide in December 1897. The following report of the subsequent
			inquest appeared in the London 'Daily News' of 15 January 1898:-
			'With reference to the death of Sir Charles Fairlie-Cuninghame which was announced some days
			ago, it appears that Sir Charles committed suicide at a London hotel. The inquest was held a
			few days later at St.Martin's Town Hall, by Mr. Troutbeck, the Westminster enquirer. That
			gentleman was seen yesterday afternoon by a representative of the London Press Agency who
			states that the evidence given at the enquiry was to the following effect.
			'Mr Alfred Edward Fairlie-Cuninghame, of Dawlish, Devonshire, identified the body as that of his
			brother, who he last saw alive about a year ago. He had no idea where the deceased had been
			living since then. He was parted from his wife.
			'Emily Mary Peacock, chambermaid at the Hotel Victoria, stated that the deceased baronet had
			resided at the hotel for a week prior to his death. In the evening of December 26th, at about
			seven o'clock she heard a noise proceeding from his room. The noise was like the slamming of a
			door. She heard a second noise shortly after the first and a third noise a few seconds later.
			Becoming suspicious she went to the door and called out, but receiving no answer she entered
			the room and found that the inner door was locked. She opened it with her master key, and in
			the room saw Sir Charles huddled up in a corner. There was a wound in his head.
			'Mr. Arthur Guest, manager of the hotel, deposed that the deceased baronet had frequently
			stayed there. Nothing peculiar had been noticed about him. At about 6.30 on the evening of
			Sunday, Dec. 26th, witness saw him in the smoking-room, and he then seemed to be all right.
			He was informed of the noises heard in Sir Charles's room, and of his being found in the corner
			as described. He went into the room himself, and found the deceased with a wound in his head.
			'Dr. G.E. Haslip, of Northumberland-avenue, said he was called to Hotel Victoria to the
			deceased. When he arrived Sir Charles was dead. He had a wound in his head, and there was
			blood about. The deceased was sitting in front of the looking-glass when he shot himself. Death
			was due to a bullet wound. The bullet had flattened against the opposite side of the skull to
			which it had entered. To all appearances the wound had been self-inflicted. There appeared to
			have been two shots fired. One bullet was found in the head, and another had in all probability
			been fired up the chimney to test the weapon.
			'A letter, identified by Mr. Alfred Edward Fairlie-Cuninghame [as] being in the deceased's hand-
			writing, was produced. It expressed regret to the hotel authorities for any annoyance and
			inconvenience he was about to cause them, and requested that his relatives and Lady
			Cuninghame might be communicated with. It also gave directions for the handing over of certain
			of his personal effects; further, that his body should not be taken to a public mortuary.
			'The jury returned a verdict of suicide, adding that there was no evidence to show the state
			of the deceased's mind at the time.'
			Sir Hussey Burgh Fairlie-Cuninghame, 14th baronet  [NS 1630]
			Sir Hussey died following a tractor accident in 1939. The following report appeared in the "Glen
			Innes Examiner' of 9 February 1939:-
			'Manilla [in northern New South Wales] and district was shocked yesterday afternoon to hear of
			the tragic death of Sir Hussey Fairlie-Cuninghame, farmer and grazier of Keepit. Only a few days
			ago he returned from a visit to Sydney. He was working a tractor hauling pine logs to a sawing
			plant. Some of these logs were across a gully and Sir Hussey took the tractor up the gully in
			order to go up the bank at a shallow point. On a stump near where the accident occurred are
			definite marks of the tractor having struck it. Whether this was the cause of the accident is not
			known but a few yards farther on the tractor either slid or turned too sharply, lost its balance,
			and turned over. A man named Gus Wheeler was working about 200 yards away and saw the
			tractor turn over. He hurried to the scene and without difficulty extracted Sir Hussey from the
			machine. Deceased had been thrown clear except that his foot had been held by a handle on
			the tractor. He was alive when removed but died shortly afterwards. The whole of his right side
			was terribly crushed and this was the cause of death. There were slight marks on the head but
			these were not of a serious nature. It is not sure what caused the crushing injuries, but it is
			apparent that after this happened deceased was freed from the weight of the machine.
			Tamworth ambulance and Dr. Raysen were immediately called to the scene of the accident, and
			the body was conveyed to Manilla morgue. An inquest will be held.
			Sir Hussey Burgh Fairlie-Cuninghame was the 14th baronet of Robertland, Ayrshire, and
			succeeded his father, the late Sir William Fairlie-Cuninghame, Bart of Windemere, Young, New
			South Wales, in 1929. The family descended from the Hon. William Cuninghame, second son of
			the first Earl of Glencairn and the baronetcy dates from November 25, 1603. The late Sir Hussey
			was born at Mansfield, Victoria, and was in his 49th year. He served in the Great War as a
			gunner and later as a lieutenant in the A.I.F. from 1916 to 1919.'
			Sir Frederick John Falkiner, 1st baronet
			Falconer sat in the Irish House of Commons for Athy between 1791 and 1797 and co. Dublin
			between 1797 and 1800. After the Union, he represented co.Dublin from 1801 to 1807, and
			co. Carlow from 1812-1818. After he left parliament in 1818, he moved firstly to Paris and then
			to Naples, where he lived in a state of abject poverty.
			A letter published in the "Morning Chronicle" of 8 October 1824 states:-
			'Sir Frederick Falconer, an Irish gentleman, who has been resident here for several years, put a
			period to his existence in a melancholy manner on Tuesday last, the 14th instant. Ever since
			his arrival here, in 1819, he has been labouring under great pecuniary embarrassments; he had
			been repeatedly arrested for debts, and as frequently almost immediately liberated by the
			kindness and generosity of the English residents with whom he was acquainted. A rapid
			succession of these circumstances, and his own unpardonable imprudence, at length tired
			even the warmest-hearted and the best intentioned of his friends, who, one by one, had
			refused to lend him any further assistance. Last week he was on the point of being carried to
			prison for the trifling sum of fifty-six ducats, and was relieved by a Neapolitan Nobleman, to
			whom he was already deeply indebted. On Tuesday morning, the Huissiers and the Juge de
			Paix surprised him in bed, at his lodgings at the Riviera de Chiaja, and presented him with a
			fresh writ for a debt of six hundred ducats. He requested them to wait while he dressed; they
			retired into another room accordingly, and after waiting more than a quarter of an hour they
			re-entered his chamber, and found him in bed with the sheet, stained with blood, drawn over
			his head; they removed it, and found him dead! His throat was dreadfully mangled; he had
			repeated the stroke three times; the razor with which he had committed the deed lay beside
			him. The judicial authorities, at the instance of Mr. Hamilton, our Minister, were put under
			arrest on account of some irregularities, inconsistent with the treaty with this country, which
			they had committed in the arrest; they were, however, admitted to bail after a day's
			confinement. The wife of the unfortunate man, Lady Falconer, who is connected with some of
			the first families of Ireland, has had the most humane attentions paid to her. The body was
			deposited yesterday evening in a garden, near the Orto Botanico, the only spot in Naples
			allotted to the burial of Protestants. This melancholy catastrophe has excited a deep interest
			in the societies of this city, among which Sir Frederick and his Lady had long mixed in an
			intimate manner.'
			The apparent assumption of the Fenwick baronetcy in the mid-19th century
			During the middle years of the 19th century, the baronetcy of Fenwick appears to have been
			wrongfully assumed, if any credence can be placed in the following report which appeared in
			'The Belfast News-Letter' of 21 February 1861. The report appears to have been reprinted
			from the 'Chicago Democrat.' The story would make a good plot for a melodrama.
			'In the year 1837 or 38, Sir John N. Fenwick, of Fenwick Hall, England, a wealthy nobleman,
			married Clara Seymour, the daughter of a poor clergyman, who lived on the Cumberland Hills, at
			whose house Sir John had been detained for some weeks by an accident received while upon a
			hunting excursion. The father of Clara died a short time before her marriage, and she brought
			to her husband no dower but her beauty and her love. The wedded pair made the tour of the
			Continent, and soon after their return to England Lady Fenwick presented her lord with a son
			and heir, who was named John North Fenwick, and who became the heir-presumptive to his
			father's title and wealth.
			'Sir John had no other relatives save two sisters, who resided with him, and who, while
			pretending to approve of the match he had made and to love and esteem his beautiful young
			wife, were in reality scheming against her and determined upon ruining her. But their
			machinations produced no effect, save to occasionally render Sir John morose and cold towards
			his wife, until the boy had reached the age of seventeen years.
			'Then suddenly, one day, these two sisters, in the presence of Sir John and Lady Clara,
			accused the latter of the most horrible crimes, and declared that she had herself confessed
			that her son was the fruit of an illicit amour between herself and a certain French Count, to
			whom Sir John had introduced her at Venice during the honeymoon. Stunned by these terrible
			and unexpected accusations, Lady Clara swooned; and her husband, completely carried away
			by passion, and convinced that the story told him by his sisters was true, ordered her and the
			boy to be expelled from the hall, and immediately hurried to the sea-board and embarked for
			the Continent.
			'The shock had rendered the unhappy wife and mother insane; and in this condition her sisters-
			in-law caused her to be removed from the hall and conveyed to a neighbouring village, where
			she remained for some time, on the very brink of the grave. Her only friend, during this sad
			period, was a certain Captain Edward O'Neil, of the Enniskillen Dragoons, at that time quartered
			near Fenwick Hall, and who had seen Lady Clara often enough to love her. He nursed her
			through her illness, and when her health and reason had returned, besought her to accompany
			him to his home in Ireland, and share it with him.
			'For a long while she resisted his appeals, but finally, ascertaining that her husband had taken
			steps to obtain a divorce from her, and that Captain O'Neil was her only friend, she consented.
			They went to Galway, Ireland, where they were married privately, and took up their residence.
			'Her son, in the meantime, manifested a desire to travel, and his mother furnished him with
			£1,000, which she obtained by the sale of her jewels, and placed him on board the steamer
			Adriatic, with instructions to sail to New York, and from thence to Texas, to visit a cousin of
			hers named Somerville, who resided there as a wealthy planter. Without any misfortune, our
			youth arrived at his cousin's ranch, situated on the frontier of Texas, where he was cordially
			received, and made welcome.
			'His cousin had a daughter named Estelle, of about his own age, and very handsome, with whom
			he fell in love, and in whose society he passed six months. But on one fatal night the ranch was
			attacked by a party of Comanche Indians, his cousin and Estelle were murdered, and he
			carried off into captivity. He remained a captive for three months, when, seizing a favourable
			opportunity and a tomahawk, he killed the Indian with whom he was, and made his escape to
			Brownsville, Texas. Here he met three Texas drovers , who were about to start with an
			immense drove of cattle to Carlinville, Manoupin County, Illinois. Rendered destitute by being
			deprived of everything by the marauders, he gladly accepted their offer and went.
			'Arriving at Carlinville, he determined to return to England, and boldly pronounce his rights.
			Accordingly, he took the cars for the East. While travelling on the New York and Erie Railroad he
			fell in with a noble-hearted farmer, named Preston F. Sappington, of Point Isabel, Clinton
			County, who induced him to return with him to Clinton, for the purpose of studying law with Mr.
			L. Weldon.
			'Our hero, however, disliked the profession, and was employed in the office of the Clinton Herald
			by Mr. Sackett, and lately by Mr. Stransbury. While here during the October term of the Circuit
			Court, he stated his case to Hon. Abraham Lincoln, who immediately wrote to the British Consul
			at Chicago. Two days afterwards the British Consul, Hon. Mr. Wilkins, arrived in Clinton. After
			listening to Fenwick's story, and having a consultation with Messrs. Lincoln and Stransbury, he
			took him to Chicago and employed him in his office.
			'Meantime the Consul wrote to England, making inquiries in regard to Sir John Fenwick, but could
			only hear that he was travelling on the Continent, but could not ascertain the precise spot. The
			Prince of Wales while travelling in this country [in 1860], it will be recollected, stopped in
			Chicago. Here the Consul introduced Fenwick to the Prince, who became convinced of the truth
			of his statement. He accompanied the Prince on his tour through the Unites States, and went
			with him to England.
			'On arriving in England, Fenwick proceeded immediately to his ancestral hall, where he was
			informed by the servants that one of his aunts, who had caused him and his mother so much
			trouble and unhappiness, was now on her death-bed, attended by her brother, Sir John
			Fenwick. He entered the chamber of death. The ghostly visage of the dying woman became still
			ghastlier when she beheld the boy whom she and her sister had so deeply wronged.
			'She immediately confessed the tale they had invented to blast the reputation of Lady Clara,
			and ruin his and her innocent son, was without foundation - that Clara was a good and true
			wife until he drove her away and spurned her. Lord [sic] Fenwick folded his long-lost son to his
			heart and shed tears of joy over him. The woman died in a few minutes after making the
			confession. Her sister is at present the inmate of the convent, and strives to atone for her
			black-hearted treachery by fasting, penitence, and prayer.
			'The health of Lady Clara greatly failed after the departure of her son for America, and Captain
			O'Neil took her to the South of France in the hope of restoring it. But she soon died, and not
			long afterwards the captain was killed in a duel. By a will he bequeathed his property, which
			was of great value, to his wife's son, John N. Fenwick. The young man is now in Fenwick Hall.'
			'The following is a portion of a letter sent by him to a friend in Clinton...."So you may imagine
			my feelings at present. To those persons in Clinton who doubted my statements, and ridiculed
			me, I have no unkind feelings. I entertain toward the people of Clinton a lively feeling of gratit-
			ude for their many kindnesses and favors. To Robert Lewis, Esq., I desire you to return my most
			sincere thanks. Tell him I still have the boots he presented me, which together with the gold
			pen from Charles Dennett, I shall keep in remembrance of them, and my once humble condition
			in life. My best respects to my ever good friend, Mr. Stransbury, to whom I send in your
			package a breastpin. My love to Mrs. C---- and the children. I have many times, since I left
			your roof, thought of them, and longed to see them.....The package I send to you I hope will
			entirely clear you of debt, and make you independent in life. Tell Al. Blackford I will send him
			a splendid Manton fowling-piece by the next steamer. He has my likeness, which I would be
			glad to have left with Miss Julia C----
			----Yours, as ever,
			"JOHN NORTH FENWICK, Bart."
			A postscript appeared at the foot of the story which stated that "we have carefully searched
			Dod's Peerage, but cannot find that such a person as "John North Fenwick, Bart.," exists. We,
			therefore, presume that the writer of the letter is an adventurer."
			Sir Andrew Ferguson, 1st baronet
			Ferguson sat in the Irish House of Commons for Londonderry City between 1798 and 1800.
			Having voted for the Union in 1800, Ferguson was rewarded with a baronetcy shortly
			afterwards.
			The following report of Ferguson's death appeared in the "Aberdeen Journal" of 3 August
			1808:-
			'A Gentleman in Belfast has received a letter from a friend, dated Londonderry, 18th July
			which says - "As Sir Andrew Ferguson, Bart., and his son Harvey, were returning home
			about 12 last night in a gig, they came to a bridge [at Moville, co. Donegal], which the
			servant knowing to be very much broken, called to his master to stop a moment till he would
			lead the horse along it. Before the servant, however, had got hold of the reins, Sir Andrew
			whipped the horse, and in a moment the whole were precipitated over the bridge! Sir Andrew
			was killed on the spot, but his son did not receive the smallest injury." '
			The special remainder to the baronetcy of Hesketh (later Fermor-Hesketh)
			created in 1761
			From the "London Gazette" of 9 May 1761 (issue 10103, page 1):-
			'The King has been pleased to grant unto Thomas Hesketh, of Rufford, in the County of
			Lancaster Esq; and his lawful Issue Male, the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great
			Britain, and in Default of such Issue, to his Brother Robert Hesketh, of Rufford in the said
			County, Esq; and his lawful Issue Male.'
			Frederick Fermor-Hesketh (24 Sep 1883 - on or after 29 Oct 1910), younger son of Sir
			Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 7th baronet
			Frederick disappeared in October 1910 and was never positively seen again, despite a number
			of reports that he had been located in Montana and Wyoming.
			The following [edited] report appeared in the Adelaide 'Mail' of 18 May 1912:-
			'The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, second son of
			Sir Thomas and Lady Fermor-Hesketh, who was given up for dead, appears to be solved. Mr.
			Hesketh, who was a lieutenant in the 9th Lancers, was last seen at Kingstown Pier, Ireland,
			on October 30, 1910, dressed in a rough serge suit, and without any baggage. His intention
			was to go to America to amass a fortune. A communication received in New York from Dr.
			B.F. Woodard, of Gillette, Wyoming, asked whether any was known of a missing Englishman,
			answering to the following description:- A man about 30 years of age, black curly hair,
			slightly grey, blue eyes, 6ft tall, name Frederick or Hespeth, of military bearing, highly
			cultured.
			'The description exactly fits the officer for whom the Scotland Yard and New York police were
			asked to search 18 months ago. It appears that Dr. Woodard, while in Tromberg, Montana,
			two days ago, accidentally met a man who seemed somewhat strange in manner. He talked
			about having been born in Europe, but said that his mother came from New York or San
			Francisco. He claimed to have been in South America, but was unable to understand the
			language, and returned to the United States. The stranger declared that his mother's father,
			Sr. [Senator] Sharon, of San Francisco, had made a fortune in America, and he thought he
			could do the same. [William Sharon (1821-1885) was Senator for Nevada 1875-1881 and
			made a fortune from the Comstock silver lode in Virginia City, Nevada]. He had a soldierly
			bearing, polished manner, and quick actions. Dr. Woodard says he found that the man was
			stranded, so he gave him three dollars for a night's lodging, and secured him a position on
			the Sullivan sheep ranch, about 90 miles south-west of Clearmont, Wyoming.
			'Mr. Frederick Fermor-Hesketh is the second son of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, seventh
			baronet of Easton Neston, Towcester. He was formerly a lieutenant in the 9th Lancers, and
			at the time of his disappearance was home on leave, his regiment then being stationed in
			South Africa. Mr. Hesketh was staying with his mother at Chedshurst Manor, Kineton, when
			Lady Fermor-Hesketh had rented for the shooting season. On October 29, 1910, he was
			motoring back from Easton Neston, when he met his mother outside Banbury. He stopped
			and spoke to her in a perfectly natural manner, informing her that he would not return until
			rather later, as he had to leave a dog at a veterinary surgeon's at Banbury. That was the
			last time Lady Hesketh saw her son. Enquiries made subsequently showed that he had left
			the car in Banbury and travelled to London. A brown leather bag, a rug, and some other
			articles were found on the steamer which reached Kingstown from Holyhead on October 30.
			'The steward of the steamer was positive that he saw Mr. Hesketh land, but after that all
			trace of him was lost. He was in good health, and, so far as was known, had no reason for
			concealing his whereabouts. It was accordingly presumed that he was suffering from loss
			of memory, and a thorough search for him was instituted.'
			However, no trace of Frederick Fermor-Hesketh was ever found. His name was removed
			from the Army List in February 1911 due to his absence without leave.
			Eventually, in October 1925, leave was granted by the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty
			Division of the High Court of Justice to presume Frederick's death, as reported in 'The
			Times' on 20 October:-
			'In the Estate of Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, presumed deceased - This was a petition for
			leave to depose to the death of Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, the younger son of Sir Thomas
			George Fermor-Hesketh, Bt., of Easton Neston, Towcester.
			'Mr. Noel Middleton said that Frederick Fermor-Hesketh disappeared on October 29, 1910.
			He was then a lieutenant in the 9th Lancers and was aged 27 years. He had returned to
			England on leave from South Africa at the beginning of September, 1910, and was living with
			his mother at Chedshurst Manor, Kineton, in Warwickshire. On October 29 he was motoring
			from Easton Neston and he met Lady Fermor-Hesketh, who was in her car, outside Banbury.
			He stopped and spoke to her. He said that he would be late as he had to leave a dog with
			a veterinary surgeon at Banbury, adding - "I will follow you in a few minutes." He was not
			seen again by his mother. Inquiries showed that he had put his car into a garage and taken
			the 5.15 p.m. train to London. Some personal baggage belonging to him was found in the
			steamship Leinster, which arrived at Kingstown in Ireland at 6 a.m. on October 30, 1910. But
			from that all trace of the missing man was lost. He was in his usual health and unembarrassed
			by any financial or domestic trouble, and no reason could be assigned for his disappearance.
			'The President - It seems probable that he fell overboard from the boat. Mr. Middleton - Yes.
			'His Lordship gave leave to the applicant, Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh (his brother), to swear
			that the presumed deceased died on or since October 29, 1910.'
			The special remainder to the baronetcy of Fitzgerald created in 1822
			From the "Edinburgh Gazette" of 21 December 1821 (issue 2972, page 295):-
			The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the
			United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said
			United Kingdom to Augustine Fitzgerald of Newmarket on Fergus, in the county of Clare, Esq.
			Major-General in the army, and the heirs-male of his body lawfully begotten; with remainder,
			in default of issue-male, to his brother, William Fitzgerald, Esq. and the heirs-male of his body
			lawfully begotten.'
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