| BARONETAGE | ||||||
| Last updated 03/12/2025 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| LITTLETON of Pillaton Hall,Staffs | ||||||
| 28 Jun 1627 | E | 1 | Edward Littleton | c 1599 | c 1657 | |
| MP for Staffordshire 1640 and 1640-1644 | ||||||
| c 1657 | 2 | Edward Littleton | c 1632 | 31 Jul 1709 | ||
| MP for Staffordshire 1663-1678 | ||||||
| Jul 1709 | 3 | Edward Littleton | 2 Jan 1742 | |||
| 2 Jan 1742 | 4 | Edward Littleton | c 1725 | 18 May 1812 | ||
| to | MP for Staffordshire 1784-1807 | |||||
| 18 May 1812 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LITTLETON of Stoke Milburgh,Suffolk | ||||||
| 14 Oct 1642 | E | 1 | Adam Littleton | 6 Sep 1647 | ||
| Sep 1647 | 2 | Thomas Littleton | c 1621 | 12 Apr 1681 | ||
| MP for Wenlock 1640,1640-1644 and 1661, East | ||||||
| Grinstead 1679 and Yarmouth (IOW) 1681 | ||||||
| 12 Apr 1681 | 3 | Thomas Littleton | 3 Apr 1647 | 31 Dec 1709 | 62 | |
| to | MP for Woodstock 1689-1702, Castle | |||||
| 31 Dec 1709 | Rising 1702-1705, Chichester 1705-1708 | |||||
| and Portsmouth 1708-1709. Speaker of the | ||||||
| House of Commons 1698-1700 | ||||||
| Extinct on his death | ||||||
| LIVESEY of East Church,Kent | ||||||
| 11 Jul 1627 | E | 1 | Michael Livesey | 1611 | c 1663 | |
| to | MP for Queenborough 1645 | |||||
| 1660 | He was attainted and the baronetcy | |||||
| forfeited | ||||||
| LIVINGSTON of Glentirran,Stirling | ||||||
| 20 Jul 1685 | NS | 1 | Alexander Livingston | Jul 1698 | ||
| Jul 1698 | 2 | James Livingston | 30 Apr 1771 | |||
| 30 Apr 1771 | 3 | James Campbell (formerly Livingston) | c 1719 | 21 Nov 1788 | ||
| MP for Stirlingshire 1747-1768 | ||||||
| 21 Nov 1788 | 4 | Alexander Campbell | 19 Sep 1810 | |||
| to | On his death the baronetcy became either | |||||
| 19 Sep 1810 | extinct or dormant | |||||
| LIVINGSTON of Westquarter,Stirling | ||||||
| 30 May 1699 | NS | 1 | James Livingston | 27 Nov 1701 | ||
| 27 Nov 1701 | 2 | Alexander Livingston | 13 Nov 1720 | |||
| 13 Nov 1720 | 3 | George Livingston | 1729 | |||
| 1729 | 4 | Alexander Livingston | 1766 | |||
| 1766 | 5 | William Livingston | 22 Feb 1769 | |||
| 22 Feb 1769 | 6 | Alexander Livingston | 8 Apr 1795 | |||
| 8 Apr 1795 | 7 | Thomas Livingston | 20 Nov 1769 | 1 Apr 1853 | 83 | |
| to | On his death the baronetcy became either | |||||
| 1 Apr 1853 | extinct or dormant | |||||
| LIVINGSTONE of Dunnipace,Stirling | ||||||
| 30 May 1625 | NS | 1 | David Livingstone | c 1634 | ||
| to | On his death the baronetcy became dormant | |||||
| c 1634 | ||||||
| LIVINGSTONE of Newbiggin,Lanark | ||||||
| 29 Jun 1627 | NS | 1 | Thomas Livingstone | c 1660 | ||
| c 1660 | 2 | Thomas Livingstone,later [1696] 1st | ||||
| Viscount Teviot | c 1651 | 14 Jan 1711 | ||||
| 14 Jan 1711 | 3 | Alexander Livingstone | 1718 | |||
| to | On his death the baronetcy became dormant | |||||
| 1718 | ||||||
| LIVINGSTONE of Kinnaird.Perth | ||||||
| 29 Jun 1627 | NS | 1 | John Livingstone | Mar 1628 | ||
| Mar 1628 | 2 | James Livingstone | c 1622 | 6 Dec 1670 | ||
| He was subsequently created Viscount | ||||||
| Newburgh (qv) in 1647 with which title the | ||||||
| baronetcy then merged until it became | ||||||
| dormant in 1694 | ||||||
| LLEWELLYN of Penllergaer,Glamorgan | ||||||
| 20 Mar 1890 | UK | See "Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn" | ||||
| LLEWELLYN of Bwllfa,Glamorgan | ||||||
| 31 Jan 1922 | UK | 1 | David Richard Llewellyn | 9 Mar 1879 | 15 Dec 1940 | 61 |
| 15 Dec 1940 | 2 | Rhys Llewellyn | 9 Mar 1910 | 25 Apr 1978 | 68 | |
| 25 Apr 1978 | 3 | Henry Morton Llewellyn | 18 Jul 1911 | 15 Nov 1999 | 88 | |
| 15 Nov 1999 | 4 | David St.Vincent Llewellyn | 2 Apr 1946 | 13 Jan 2009 | 62 | |
| 13 Jan 2009 | 5 | Roderic Victor Llewellyn | 9 Oct 1947 | |||
| LLEWELLYN of Baglan,Glamorgan | ||||||
| 20 Jan 1959 | UK | 1 | Sir (Robert) Godfrey Llewellyn | 13 May 1893 | 3 Oct 1986 | 93 |
| 3 Oct 1986 | 2 | Michael Rowland Godfrey Llewellyn | 15 Jun 1921 | 8 Sep 1994 | 73 | |
| to | Lord Lieutenant West Glamorgan 1987-1994 | |||||
| 8 Sep 1994 | Extinct or dormant on his death | |||||
| LLOYD of Yale,Denbigh | ||||||
| 21 Jun 1647 | E | 1 | Evan Lloyd | c 1622 | Oct 1663 | |
| Oct 1663 | 2 | Evan Lloyd | c 1654 | 6 Apr 1700 | ||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 6 Apr 1700 | ||||||
| LLOYD of Garth,Montgomery | ||||||
| 10 May 1661 | E | 1 | Charles Lloyd | c 1678 | ||
| MP for Montgomeryshire 1654-1655 and | ||||||
| 1656-1658 and Montgomery 1659 | ||||||
| c 1678 | 2 | Charles Lloyd | c 1691 | |||
| c 1691 | 3 | Charles Lloyd | Nov 1743 | |||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| Nov 1743 | ||||||
| LLOYD of Woking,Surrey | ||||||
| 28 Feb 1662 | E | 1 | John Lloyd | c 1617 | 1 Jan 1664 | |
| MP for Carmarthenshire 1646-1648 and | ||||||
| 1660-1661 | ||||||
| 1 Jan 1664 | 2 | John Lloyd | c 1651 | 1674 | ||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 1674 | ||||||
| LLOYD of Mitfield,Cardigan | ||||||
| 1 Apr 1708 | GB | 1 | Charles Lloyd | c 1662 | 28 Dec 1723 | |
| MP for Cardigan 1698-1700 | ||||||
| 28 Dec 1723 | 2 | Charles Cornwallis Lloyd | c 1706 | 25 Feb 1729 | ||
| 25 Feb 1729 | 3 | Lucius Christianus Lloyd | c 1710 | 1750 | ||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 1750 | ||||||
| LLOYD of Peterwell,Cardigan | ||||||
| 26 Jan 1763 | GB | 1 | Herbert Lloyd | 1719 | 19 Aug 1769 | 50 |
| to | MP for Cardigan 1761-1768 | |||||
| 19 Aug 1769 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LLOYD of Pengwern,Flint | ||||||
| 29 Aug 1778 | GB | 1 | Edward Lloyd | c 1710 | 26 May 1795 | |
| 26 May 1795 | 2 | Edward Pryce Lloyd | 17 Sep 1768 | 3 Apr 1854 | 85 | |
| He was subsequently created Baron Mostyn | ||||||
| (qv) in 1831 with which title the | ||||||
| baronetcy remains merged | ||||||
| LLOYD of Lancing,Sussex | ||||||
| 30 Sep 1831 | UK | 1 | James Martin Lloyd | 21 May 1762 | 24 Oct 1844 | 82 |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 24 Oct 1844 | ||||||
| LLOYD of Bromwydd,Cardigan | ||||||
| 21 Jan 1863 | UK | 1 | Thomas Davies Lloyd | 19 May 1820 | 21 Jul 1877 | 57 |
| MP for Cardiganshire 1865-1868 and | ||||||
| Cardigan 1868-1874 | ||||||
| 21 Jul 1877 | 2 | Marteine Owen Mowbray Lloyd | 8 Feb 1851 | 4 Apr 1933 | 82 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 4 Apr 1933 | ||||||
| LLOYD of Rhu,Dumbarton | ||||||
| 23 Jul 1960 | UK | 1 | Sir Ernest Guy Richard Lloyd | 7 Aug 1890 | 22 Sep 1987 | 97 |
| MP for Renfrewshire East 1940-1959 | ||||||
| 22 Sep 1987 | 2 | Richard Ernest Butler Lloyd | 6 Dec 1928 | 13 Aug 2022 | 93 | |
| 13 Aug 2022 | 3 | Richard Timothy Butler Lloyd | 12 Apr 1956 | |||
| LOCKHART of Stevenson,Haddington | ||||||
| 18 Jun 1636 | NS | See "Sinclair-Lockhart" | ||||
| LOCKHART of Lee,Lanark | ||||||
| For information on the "Lee Penny," a famous | ||||||
| Scottish amulet held by the Lockhart family, | ||||||
| see the note at the foot of this page | ||||||
| 24 May 1806 | UK | 1 | Alexander Macdonald Lockhart | 22 Jun 1816 | ||
| MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1807-1812 | ||||||
| 22 Jun 1816 | 2 | Charles Macdonald Lockhart | 8 Feb 1799 | 8 Dec 1832 | 33 | |
| 8 Dec 1832 | 3 | Norman Macdonald Lockhart | 10 Dec 1802 | 9 May 1849 | 46 | |
| 9 May 1849 | 4 | Norman Macdonald Lockhart | 1845 | 20 May 1870 | 24 | |
| 20 May 1870 | 5 | Simon Macdonald Lockhart | 13 Mar 1849 | 25 Mar 1919 | 70 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 25 Mar 1919 | ||||||
| LOCKHART-DENHAM of Westshield,Lanark | ||||||
| 31 Jan 1694 | NS | See "Denham" | ||||
| LOCKHART-ROSS of Carstairs,Lanark | ||||||
| 28 Feb 1672 | NS | 1 | William Lockhart | 1710 | ||
| 1710 | 2 | James Lockhart | 31 Jul 1755 | |||
| 31 Jul 1755 | 3 | William Lockhart | c 1715 | 26 Jun 1758 | ||
| 26 Jun 1758 | 4 | James Ross-Lockhart | c 1717 | 30 Sep 1760 | ||
| 30 Sep 1760 | 5 | George Lockhart | c 1718 | 13 Aug 1778 | ||
| 13 Aug 1778 | 6 | John Lockhart-Ross | 11 Nov 1721 | 9 Jun 1790 | 68 | |
| MP for Lanark 1761-1768 and Lanarkshire | ||||||
| 1768-1774 | ||||||
| 9 Jun 1790 | 7 | Charles Lockhart-Ross | c 1763 | 8 Feb 1814 | ||
| MP for Tain Burghs 1790-1796, Ross-shire | ||||||
| 1796-1806 and Linlithgow Burghs 1806-1807 | ||||||
| 8 Feb 1814 | 8 | Charles William Frederick Augustus | ||||
| Lockhart-Ross | 19 Jan 1812 | 26 Jul 1883 | 71 | |||
| 26 Jul 1883 | 9 | Charles Henry Augustus Frederick | ||||
| to | Lockhart-Ross | 4 Apr 1872 | 28 Jun 1942 | 70 | ||
| 28 Jun 1942 | For further information on the 7th, 8th and 9th | |||||
| baronets, see the note at the foot of this page. | ||||||
| Extinct on his death | ||||||
| LOCOCK of Speldhurst,Kent | ||||||
| 8 May 1857 | UK | 1 | Charles Locock | 21 Apr 1799 | 23 Jul 1875 | 76 |
| 23 Jul 1875 | 2 | Charles Brodie Locock | 21 Jul 1827 | 9 Jan 1890 | 62 | |
| 9 Jan 1890 | 3 | Charles Bird Locock | 22 Nov 1878 | 18 Sep 1965 | 86 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 18 Sep 1965 | ||||||
| LODER of Whittlebury,Northants | ||||||
| and the High Beeches,Sussex | ||||||
| 27 Jul 1887 | UK | 1 | Robert Loder | 7 Aug 1823 | 27 May 1888 | 64 |
| MP for New Shoreham 1880-1885 | ||||||
| 27 May 1888 | 2 | Edmund Giles Loder | 7 Aug 1849 | 14 Apr 1920 | 70 | |
| 14 Apr 1920 | 3 | Giles Rolls Loder | 10 Nov 1914 | 24 Feb 1999 | 84 | |
| 24 Feb 1999 | 4 | Edmund Jeune Loder | 26 Jun 1941 | |||
| LOFTUS of Mount Loftus,Kilkenny | ||||||
| 16 Jul 1768 | I | 1 | Edward Loftus | 1742 | 17 May 1818 | 75 |
| 17 May 1818 | 2 | Nicholas Loftus | 1763 | 16 Aug 1832 | 69 | |
| 16 Aug 1832 | 3 | Francis Hamilton Loftus | 1778 | 12 Mar 1864 | 85 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 12 Mar 1864 | ||||||
| LOFTUS of Tottenham Green,co.Wexford | ||||||
| 18 Dec 1780 | I | 1 | John Tottenham | 4 Jul 1714 | 29 Dec 1786 | 72 |
| 29 Dec 1786 | 2 | Charles Loftus | 23 Jan 1738 | 22 Mar 1806 | 68 | |
| He was subsequently created Marquess of | ||||||
| Ely (qv) in 1800 with which title the | ||||||
| baronetcy remains merged,although as at | ||||||
| 30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear | ||||||
| on the Official Roll of the Baronetage | ||||||
| LOMBE of Sall Park,Norfolk | ||||||
| 22 Jan 1784 | GB | See "Jodrell" | ||||
| LONG of Whaddon,Wilts | ||||||
| 26 Mar 1661 | E | 1 | Walter Long | 1672 | ||
| MP for Salisbury 1625, Wiltshire 1626, | ||||||
| Bath 1628-1629 and Ludgershall 1642-1648 | ||||||
| 1672 | 2 | Walter Long | 1627 | 21 May 1710 | 82 | |
| to | MP for Bath 1679-1681 | |||||
| 21 May 1710 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LONG of Westminster,London | ||||||
| 1 Sep 1662 | E | 1 | Robert Long | c 1600 | 13 Jul 1673 | |
| MP for Devizes 1626 and 1628-1629, | ||||||
| Midhurst 1640, Tewkesbury 1659 and | ||||||
| Boroughbridge 1661-1673 | ||||||
| 13 Jul 1673 | 2 | James Long | 12 Jan 1617 | 23 Jan 1692 | 75 | |
| MP for Malmesbury 1679-1685 and 1690-1692 | ||||||
| 23 Jan 1692 | 3 | Robert Long | 1673 | 26 Jan 1692 | 18 | |
| 26 Jan 1692 | 4 | Giles Long | 1675 | 1697 | 22 | |
| 1697 | 5 | James Long | c 1681 | 16 Mar 1729 | ||
| MP for Chippenham 1705-1713, Wootton | ||||||
| Bassett 1715-1722 and Wiltshire 1727-1729 | ||||||
| 16 Mar 1729 | 6 | Robert Long | 1705 | 10 Feb 1767 | 61 | |
| MP for Wootton Bassett 1734-1741 and | ||||||
| Wiltshire 1741-1767 | ||||||
| 10 Feb 1767 | 7 | James Long (Tylney-Long from 1784) | 1736 | 28 Nov 1794 | 58 | |
| MP for Marlborough 1762-1780, Devizes | ||||||
| 1780-1788 and Wiltshire 1788-1794 | ||||||
| 28 Nov 1794 | 8 | James Tylney-Long | early 1794 | 14 Sep 1805 | 11 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 14 Sep 1805 | ||||||
| LONGMAN of Windlesham,Surrey | ||||||
| 23 Jul 1909 | UK | 1 | Hubert Harry Longman | 29 Nov 1856 | 16 Mar 1940 | 83 |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 16 Mar 1940 | ||||||
| LONGUEVILLE of Wolverton,Bucks | ||||||
| 17 Dec 1638 | NS | 1 | Edward Longueville | 23 Apr 1604 | 6 Aug 1661 | 57 |
| Aug 1661 | 2 | Thomas Longueville | c 1631 | 25 Jun 1685 | ||
| He broke his neck when he fell from his horse | ||||||
| 25 Jun 1685 | 3 | Edward Longueville | 27 Jul 1662 | 28 Aug 1718 | 56 | |
| He died in the same manner as his father above, | ||||||
| breaking his neck in a fall from his horse | ||||||
| 28 Aug 1718 | 4 | Thomas Longueville | 1759 | |||
| to | On his death the baronetcy became either | |||||
| 1759 | extinct or dormant | |||||
| LONSDALE of Pavilion,Armagh | ||||||
| 7 Jul 1911 | UK | 1 | John Brownlee Lonsdale | 23 Mar 1850 | 11 Jun 1924 | 74 |
| He was subsequently created Baron | ||||||
| Armaghdale (qv) in 1918 with which the | ||||||
| baronetcy then merged until its extinction | ||||||
| in 1924 | ||||||
| LOPES of Maristow House,Devon | ||||||
| 1 Nov 1805 | UK | 1 | Manasseh Masseh Lopes | 27 Jan 1755 | 26 Mar 1831 | 76 |
| For details of the special remainder included | ||||||
| in the creation of this baronetcy,see the note | ||||||
| at the foot of this page | ||||||
| MP for New Romney 1802-1806,Evesham | ||||||
| 1807-1808,Barnstaple 1812-1820 and Westbury | ||||||
| 1820-1829 | ||||||
| 26 Mar 1831 | 2 | Ralph Lopes | 10 Sep 1788 | 23 Jan 1854 | 65 | |
| MP for Westbury 1814-1819,1831-1837 and | ||||||
| 1841-1847 and Devonshire South 1849-1854 | ||||||
| 23 Jan 1854 | 3 | Massey Lopes | 14 Jun 1818 | 20 Jan 1908 | 89 | |
| MP for Westbury 1857-1868 and Devonshire | ||||||
| South 1868-1885. Civil Lord of the | ||||||
| Admiralty 1874-1880. PC 1885 | ||||||
| 20 Jan 1908 | 4 | Henry Yarde Buller Lopes | 24 Mar 1859 | 14 Apr 1938 | 79 | |
| He was subsequently created Baron Roborough | ||||||
| (qv) in 1938 with which title the baronetcy then | ||||||
| merged and so remains | ||||||
| LORAINE of Kirke Harle,Northumberland | ||||||
| 26 Sep 1664 | E | 1 | Thomas Loraine | 1638 | 10 Jan 1718 | 79 |
| 10 Jan 1718 | 2 | William Loraine | c Sep 1658 | 22 Jan 1744 | 85 | |
| MP for Northumberland 1701-1702 | ||||||
| 22 Jan 1744 | 3 | Charles Loraine | 1701 | 29 Apr 1755 | 53 | |
| 29 Apr 1755 | 4 | William Loraine | 17 Jun 1749 | 19 Dec 1809 | 60 | |
| 19 Dec 1809 | 5 | Charles Loraine | 19 Apr 1779 | 18 Jan 1833 | 53 | |
| 18 Jan 1833 | 6 | William Loraine | 9 Apr 1801 | 29 May 1849 | 48 | |
| 29 May 1849 | 7 | Charles Vincent Loraine | 20 Jul 1807 | 19 Aug 1850 | 43 | |
| 19 Aug 1850 | 8 | Henry Claude Loraine | 4 Apr 1812 | 4 Jan 1851 | 38 | |
| 4 Jan 1851 | 9 | William Loraine | 10 Oct 1780 | 1 Mar 1851 | 70 | |
| 1 Mar 1851 | 10 | John Lambton Loraine | 30 Jul 1784 | 11 Jul 1852 | 67 | |
| 11 Jul 1852 | 11 | Lambton Loraine | 17 Nov 1838 | 13 May 1917 | 78 | |
| For further information on this baronet, see the | ||||||
| note at the foot of this page. | ||||||
| 13 May 1917 | 12 | Percy Lyham Loraine | 5 Nov 1880 | 23 May 1961 | 80 | |
| to | PC 1933 | |||||
| 23 May 1961 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LORT of Stackpoole Court,Pembroke | ||||||
| 15 Jul 1662 | E | 1 | Roger Lort | c 1608 | 1663 | |
| 1663 | 2 | John Lort | c 1637 | c 1673 | ||
| c 1673 | 3 | Gilbert Lort | c 1670 | 19 Sep 1698 | ||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 19 Sep 1698 | ||||||
| LOUIS of Chelston,Devon | ||||||
| 1 Apr 1806 | UK | 1 | Thomas Louis | 17 May 1807 | ||
| 17 May 1807 | 2 | John Louis | 1785 | 31 Mar 1863 | 77 | |
| 31 Mar 1863 | 3 | John Louis | 28 Aug 1832 | 16 Nov 1893 | 61 | |
| 16 Nov 1893 | 4 | Charles Louis | 1813 | 6 Feb 1900 | 86 | |
| 6 Feb 1900 | 5 | Charles Louis | 9 Apr 1859 | 27 Jul 1949 | 90 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 27 Jul 1949 | ||||||
| LOVETT of Liscombe House,Bucks | ||||||
| 23 Oct 1781 | GB | 1 | Jonathan Lovett | c 1730 | 30 Jan 1812 | |
| to | For information on a new creation of this | |||||
| 30 Jan 1812 | baronetcy in 1808, which contained a special | |||||
| Sep 1808? | UK | 1 | remainder, see the note at the foot of this page. | |||
| to | It is unclear, however, whether this new creation | |||||
| 30 Jan 1812 | ever passed the Great Seal | |||||
| Extinct on his death | ||||||
| LOW of Kilmaron,Fife | ||||||
| 27 Nov 1908 | UK | See "Morrison-Low" | ||||
| LOWE of Edgbaston,Warwicks | ||||||
| 30 Jan 1918 | UK | 1 | Sir Francis William Lowe | 8 Jan 1852 | 12 Nov 1929 | 77 |
| MP for Edgbaston 1898-1929. PC 1929 | ||||||
| 12 Nov 1929 | 2 | Francis Gordon Lowe | 21 Jun 1884 | 17 May 1972 | 87 | |
| 17 May 1972 | 3 | Francis Reginald Gordon Lowe | 8 Feb 1931 | 28 May 1986 | 55 | |
| 28 May 1986 | 4 | Thomas William Gordon Lowe | 14 Aug 1963 | |||
| LOWSON of Westlaws,Perth | ||||||
| 27 Jun 1951 | UK | 1 | Denys Colquhoun Flowerdew Lowson | 22 Jan 1906 | 10 Sep 1975 | 69 |
| 10 Sep 1975 | 2 | Ian Patrick Lowson | 4 Sep 1944 | |||
| LOWTHER of Lowther,Westmorland | ||||||
| c 1638 | NS | 1 | John Lowther | 20 Feb 1606 | 30 Nov 1675 | 69 |
| MP for Westmorland 1628-1629 and 1660 | ||||||
| 30 Nov 1675 | 2 | John Lowther,later [1696] 1st Viscount Lonsdale | 25 Apr 1655 | 10 Jul 1700 | 45 | |
| MP for Westmorland 1677-1679 and 1681-1696 | ||||||
| 10 Jul 1700 | 3 | Richard Lowther,2nd Viscount Lonsdale | 1692 | 1 Dec 1713 | 21 | |
| 1 Dec 1713 | 4 | Henry Lowther,3rd Viscount Lonsdale | 1694 | 12 Mar 1751 | 56 | |
| 12 Mar 1751 | 5 | James Lowther | 5 Aug 1736 | 24 May 1802 | 65 | |
| He was subsequently created Earl of | ||||||
| Lonsdale (qv) in 1784 with which the | ||||||
| baronetcy then merged until it became | ||||||
| either extinct or dormant in 1802 | ||||||
| LOWTHER of Whitehaven,Cumberland | ||||||
| 11 Jun 1642 | E | 1 | Christopher Lowther | Apr 1644 | ||
| Apr 1644 | 2 | John Lowther | 20 Nov 1642 | 17 Jan 1706 | 63 | |
| MP for Cumberland 1665-1701 | ||||||
| Jan 1706 | 3 | Christopher Lowther | c 1666 | 2 Oct 1731 | ||
| 2 Oct 1731 | 4 | James Lowther | 5 Aug 1673 | 2 Jan 1755 | 81 | |
| to | MP for Carlisle 1694-1702, Appleby 1723- | |||||
| 2 Jan 1755 | 1727 and Cumberland 1708-1722 and | |||||
| 1727-1755. PC 1714 | ||||||
| Extinct on his death | ||||||
| LOWTHER of Marske,Yorks | ||||||
| 15 Jun 1697 | E | 1 | William Lowther | 4 Jan 1676 | 6 Apr 1705 | 29 |
| MP for Lancaster 1702-1705 | ||||||
| 6 Apr 1705 | 2 | Thomas Lowther | 23 Mar 1745 | |||
| MP for Lancaster 1722-1745 | ||||||
| 23 Mar 1745 | 3 | William Lowther | 1727 | 15 Apr 1756 | 28 | |
| to | Lord Lieutenant Westmorland 1753-1756 | |||||
| 15 Apr 1756 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LOWTHER of Swillington,Yorks | ||||||
| 6 Jan 1715 | GB | 1 | William Lowther | 8 Jun 1663 | 6 Mar 1729 | 65 |
| MP for Pontefract 1701-1710 and 1716-1729 | ||||||
| 6 Mar 1729 | 2 | William Lowther | c 1694 | 22 Dec 1763 | ||
| to | MP for Pontefract 1729-1741 | |||||
| 22 Dec 1763 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LOWTHER of Swillington,Yorks | ||||||
| 22 Aug 1764 | GB | 1 | William Lowther | 10 Jul 1707 | 15 Jun 1788 | 80 |
| 15 Jun 1788 | 2 | William Lowther | 29 Dec 1757 | 19 Mar 1844 | 86 | |
| He was subsequently created Earl of | ||||||
| Lonsdale (qv) in 1807 with which the | ||||||
| baronetcy remains merged | ||||||
| LOWTHER of Swillington,Yorks | ||||||
| 3 Nov 1824 | UK | 1 | John Lowther | 1 Apr 1759 | 11 May 1844 | 85 |
| MP for Cockermouth 1780-1786,Carlisle 1786, | ||||||
| Haslemere 1786-1790 and Cumberland 1796-1831 | ||||||
| 11 May 1844 | 2 | John Henry Lowther | 23 Mar 1793 | 23 Jun 1868 | 75 | |
| MP for Cockermouth 1816-1826 and 1831-1832, | ||||||
| Wigtown 1826-1831 and York 1835-1847 | ||||||
| 23 Jun 1868 | 3 | Charles Hugh Lowther | 26 Sep 1803 | 6 Nov 1894 | 91 | |
| 6 Nov 1894 | 4 | Charles Bingham Lowther | 22 Jul 1880 | 22 Jan 1949 | 68 | |
| 22 Jan 1949 | 5 | William Guy Lowther | 9 Oct 1912 | 7 May 1982 | 69 | |
| 7 May 1982 | 6 | Charles Douglas Lowther | 22 Jan 1946 | 2 Oct 2018 | 72 | |
| 2 Oct 2018 | 7 | Patrick William Lowther | 15 Jul 1977 | |||
| LOWTHER of Belgrave Square,London | ||||||
| 19 Jan 1914 | UK | 1 | Gerard Augustus Lowther | 16 Feb 1858 | 5 Apr 1916 | 58 |
| to | PC 1908 | |||||
| 5 Apr 1916 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LOWTHER-CROFTON of the Mote,Roscommon | ||||||
| 12 Jun 1758 | I | See "Crofton" | ||||
| LUBBOCK of Lammas,Norfolk | ||||||
| 9 Apr 1806 | UK | 1 | John Lubbock | 20 Aug 1744 | 24 Feb 1816 | 71 |
| For details of the special remainder included | ||||||
| in the creation of this baronetcy,see the note | ||||||
| at the foot of this page | ||||||
| 24 Feb 1816 | 2 | John William Lubbock | 27 Dec 1773 | 22 Oct 1840 | 66 | |
| MP for Leominster 1812-1820 | ||||||
| 22 Oct 1840 | 3 | John William Lubbock | 26 Mar 1803 | 21 Jun 1865 | 62 | |
| 21 Jun 1865 | 4 | John Lubbock | 30 Apr 1834 | 28 May 1913 | 79 | |
| He was subsequently created Baron Avebury | ||||||
| (qv) in 1900 with which title the | ||||||
| baronetcy remains merged | ||||||
| LUCAS of Fenton,Lincs | ||||||
| 20 May 1644 | E | 1 | Gervase Lucas | 28 Jul 1611 | c 1668 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| c 1668 | ||||||
| LUCAS of Ashtead Park,Surrey | ||||||
| and Lowestoft,Suffolk | ||||||
| 25 Jul 1887 | UK | 1 | Thomas Lucas | 18 Jul 1822 | 6 Mar 1902 | 79 |
| 6 Mar 1902 | 2 | Arthur Lucas | 22 May 1853 | 14 Jun 1915 | 62 | |
| 14 Jun 1915 | 3 | Edward Lingard Lucas | 15 Feb 1860 | 3 Aug 1936 | 76 | |
| 3 Aug 1936 | 4 | Jocelyn Morton Lucas | 27 Aug 1889 | 2 May 1980 | 90 | |
| MP for Portsmouth South 1939-1966 | ||||||
| 2 May 1980 | 5 | Thomas Edward Lucas | 30 Sep 1930 | |||
| LUCAS-TOOTH of Queens Gate,London | ||||||
| 26 Jul 1906 | UK | 1 | Robert Lucas Lucas-Tooth | 7 Dec 1844 | 19 Feb 1915 | 70 |
| For further information on this baronet, see | ||||||
| the note at the foot of this page | ||||||
| 19 Feb 1915 | 2 | Archibald Leonard Lucas Lucas-Tooth | 3 Jun 1884 | 12 Jul 1918 | 34 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 12 Jul 1918 | ||||||
| LUCAS-TOOTH of Bught,Inverness | ||||||
| 1 Dec 1920 | UK | 1 | Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth (Munro- | |||
| Lucas-Tooth from 1965) | 13 Jan 1903 | 18 Nov 1985 | 82 | |||
| For information on the special remainder | ||||||
| included in this creation, see the note at | ||||||
| the foot of this page | ||||||
| MP for Isle of Ely 1924-1929 and Hendon | ||||||
| South 1945-1970 | ||||||
| 18 Nov 1985 | 2 | Hugh John Lucas-Tooth | 20 Aug 1932 | |||
| LUCKYN of Little Waltham,Essex | ||||||
| 2 Mar 1629 | E | 1 | William Luckyn | 1594 | c 1660 | |
| c 1660 | 2 | Capell Luckyn | 8 May 1622 | 23 Jan 1680 | 57 | |
| MP for Harwich 1648,1660 and 1664-1679 | ||||||
| 23 Jan 1680 | 3 | William Luckyn | c 1708 | |||
| c 1708 | 4 | Harbottle Luckyn | 16 Jan 1684 | 4 Feb 1737 | 53 | |
| 4 Feb 1737 | 5 | William Grimston | 31 Dec 1684 | 15 Oct 1756 | 71 | |
| He had previously been created Viscount | ||||||
| Grimston (qv) in 1719.The 4th Viscount was | ||||||
| created Earl of Verulam (qv) in 1815 with | ||||||
| which title the baronetcy remains merged | ||||||
| LUCKYN of Waltham,Essex | ||||||
| 15 Nov 1661 | E | 1 | William Luckyn | c 1633 | c 1678 | |
| c 1678 | 2 | William Luckyn | c 1700 | |||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| c 1700 | ||||||
| LUCY of Broxbourn,Herts | ||||||
| 11 Mar 1618 | E | 1 | Richard Lucy | c 1592 | 6 Apr 1667 | |
| MP for Old Sarum 1647-1653 and | ||||||
| Hertfordshire 1654-1655 and 1656-1658 | ||||||
| 6 Apr 1667 | 2 | Kingsmill Lucy | c 1649 | 20 Sep 1678 | ||
| MP for Andover 1673-1678 | ||||||
| 20 Sep 1678 | 3 | Berkeley Lucy | c 1672 | 19 Nov 1759 | ||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 19 Nov 1759 | ||||||
| LUCY of Holmes,Roxburgh | ||||||
| 14 Mar 1836 | UK | 1 | See "Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy" | |||
| LUMLEY of Bradfield Magna,Essex | ||||||
| 8 Jan 1641 | E | 1 | Martin Lumley | c 1596 | c 1651 | |
| MP for Essex 1641-1648 | ||||||
| c 1651 | 2 | Martin Lumley | c 1628 | 11 Sep 1702 | ||
| Sep 1702 | 3 | Martin Lumley | 27 Mar 1662 | 12 Jan 1711 | 48 | |
| 12 Jan 1711 | 4 | James Lumley | c 1697 | 11 Dec 1771 | ||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 11 Dec 1771 | ||||||
| LUMM of Lumville,King's Co, | ||||||
| 24 Feb 1775 | I | 1 | Francis Lumm | c 1732 | 8 Mar 1797 | |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 8 Mar 1797 | ||||||
| LUMSDEN of Auchindour,Aberdeen | ||||||
| 9 Aug 1821 | UK | 1 | Harry Niven Lumsden | 15 Dec 1821 | ||
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 15 Dec 1821 | ||||||
| LUSHINGTON of South Hill Park,Berks | ||||||
| 26 Apr 1791 | GB | 1 | Stephen Lushington | 17 Jun 1744 | 12 Jan 1807 | 62 |
| MP for Hedon 1783-1784, Helston 1790- | ||||||
| 1796, Mitchell 1796-1802, Penrhyn | ||||||
| 1802-1806 and Plympton Erle 1806-1807 | ||||||
| 12 Jan 1807 | 2 | Henry Lushington | 27 Oct 1775 | 25 Jun 1863 | 87 | |
| 25 Jun 1863 | 3 | Henry Lushington | 10 Oct 1803 | 26 Sep 1897 | 93 | |
| 26 Sep 1897 | 4 | Henry Lushington | 24 Jan 1826 | 15 Mar 1898 | 72 | |
| 15 Mar 1898 | 5 | Arthur Patrick Douglas Lushington | 19 Jan 1861 | 13 Apr 1937 | 76 | |
| 13 Apr 1937 | 6 | Herbert Castleman Lushington | 15 Sep 1879 | 5 Oct 1968 | 89 | |
| 5 Oct 1968 | 7 | Henry Edmund Castleman Lushington | 2 May 1909 | 6 Sep 1988 | 79 | |
| 6 Sep 1988 | 8 | John Richard Castleman Lushington | 28 Aug 1938 | |||
| LUSK of Colney Park,Herts | ||||||
| 4 Aug 1874 | UK | 1 | Andrew Lusk | 18 Sep 1810 | 21 Jul 1909 | 98 |
| to | MP for Finsbury 1865-1885 | |||||
| 21 Jul 1909 | Extinct on his death | |||||
| LYDE of Ayot St Lawrence,Herts | ||||||
| 13 Oct 1772 | GB | 1 | Lyonel Lyde | 9 May 1724 | 25 Jun 1791 | 67 |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 25 Jun 1791 | ||||||
| LYELL of Kinnordy,Forfar | ||||||
| 22 Aug 1864 | UK | 1 | Sir Charles Lyell | 14 Nov 1797 | 22 Feb 1875 | 77 |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 22 Feb 1875 | ||||||
| LYELL of Kinnordy,Angus | ||||||
| 1 Jan 1894 | UK | 1 | Leonard Lyell | 21 Oct 1850 | 18 Sep 1926 | 75 |
| He was subsequently created Baron Lyell | ||||||
| (qv) in 1914 with which title the baronetcy | ||||||
| remained merged until the death of the 3rd | ||||||
| Baron in 2017 when it became extinct | ||||||
| LYLE of Greenock,Renfrew | ||||||
| 26 Jun 1915 | UK | 1 | Robert Park Lyle | 17 Oct 1859 | 11 Jul 1923 | 63 |
| to | Extinct on his death | |||||
| 11 Jul 1923 | ||||||
| LYLE of Glendelvine,Perth | ||||||
| 26 Mar 1929 | UK | 1 | Alexander Park Lyle | 2 Aug 1849 | 10 Dec 1933 | 84 |
| 10 Dec 1933 | 2 | Archibald Moir Park Lyle | 5 Feb 1884 | 4 Dec 1946 | 62 | |
| 4 Dec 1946 | 3 | Gavin Archibald Lyle | 14 Oct 1941 | |||
| LYLE of Canford Cliffs,Dorset | ||||||
| 22 Jun 1932 | UK | 1 | Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle | 22 Jul 1882 | 6 Mar 1954 | 71 |
| He was subsequently created Baron Lyle of | ||||||
| Westbourne (qv) in 1945 with which the | ||||||
| baronetcy then merged until its extinction | ||||||
| in 1976 | ||||||
| LYNCH-BLOSSE of Galway | ||||||
| 8 Jun 1622 | I | 1 | Henry Lynch | 21 Feb 1635 | ||
| 21 Feb 1635 | 2 | Robert Lynch | 1667 | |||
| 1667 | 3 | Henry Lynch | 1691 | |||
| 1691 | 4 | Robert Lynch | c 1720 | |||
| c 1720 | 5 | Henry Lynch | 1762 | |||
| 1762 | 6 | Robert Lynch-Blosse | 1775 | |||
| 1775 | 7 | Henry Lynch-Blosse | 14 Oct 1749 | 1788 | 38 | |
| 1788 | 8 | Robert Lynch-Blosse | 23 Feb 1774 | Jan 1818 | 43 | |
| Jan 1818 | 9 | Francis Lynch-Blosse | Aug 1801 | 5 Jul 1840 | 38 | |
| 5 Jul 1840 | 10 | Robert Lynch-Blosse | 15 Feb 1825 | 3 Dec 1893 | 68 | |
| 3 Dec 1893 | 11 | Henry Lynch-Blosse | 21 Apr 1857 | 17 Aug 1918 | 61 | |
| 17 Aug 1918 | 12 | Robert Lynch-Blosse | 14 Feb 1861 | 23 Jun 1942 | 81 | |
| 23 Jun 1942 | 13 | Robert Cyril Lynch-Blosse | 17 Jan 1887 | 4 Jul 1951 | 64 | |
| 4 Jul 1951 | 14 | Robert Geoffrey Lynch-Blosse | 1 Apr 1915 | 21 Apr 1963 | 48 | |
| 21 Apr 1963 | 15 | Henry Lynch-Blosse | 29 Oct 1884 | 17 May 1969 | 84 | |
| 17 May 1969 | 16 | David Edward Lynch-Blosse | 24 Nov 1925 | 15 Oct 1971 | 45 | |
| 15 Oct 1971 | 17 | Richard Hely Lynch-Blosse | 26 Aug 1953 | |||
| LYNCH-ROBINSON of Foxrock | ||||||
| 30 Jan 1920 | UK | 1 | Sir Henry Augustus Robinson | 20 Nov 1857 | 16 Oct 1927 | 69 |
| PC [I] 1902 | ||||||
| 16 Oct 1927 | 2 | Christopher Henry Robinson (Lynch-Robinson | ||||
| from 13 Feb 1947) | 18 Oct 1884 | 22 Nov 1958 | 74 | |||
| 22 Nov 1958 | 3 | Niall Bryan Lynch-Robinson | 24 Feb 1918 | 3 Jun 1996 | 78 | |
| 3 Jun 1996 | 4 | Dominick Christopher Lynch-Robinson | 30 Jul 1948 | 30 Apr 2025 | 76 | |
| 30 Apr 2025 | 5 | Christopher Henry Jake Lynch-Robinson | 1 Oct 1977 | |||
| LYONS of Christchurch,Hants | ||||||
| 29 Jul 1840 | UK | 1 | Edmund Lyons | 21 Nov 1790 | 23 Nov 1858 | 68 |
| He was subsequently created Baron Lyons | ||||||
| (qv) in 1856 with which the baronetcy then | ||||||
| merged until its extinction in 1887 | ||||||
| LYONS of St.James's Place,Westminster | ||||||
| 3 Mar 1937 | UK | 1 | Sir Henry Edward Lyons | 29 Aug 1877 | 17 Aug 1963 | 85 |
| He was subsequently created Baron | ||||||
| Ennisdale (qv) in 1939 with which the | ||||||
| baronetcy then merged until its extinction | ||||||
| in 1963 | ||||||
| LYTTELTON of Frankley,Worcs | ||||||
| 25 Jun 1618 | E | 1 | Thomas Lyttelton | c 1593 | 22 Feb 1650 | |
| MP for Worcestershire 1621-1622,1624- | ||||||
| 1625,1625,1626 and 1640 | ||||||
| 22 Feb 1650 | 2 | Henry Lyttelton | c 1624 | 24 Jun 1693 | ||
| MP for Lichfield 1678-1679 | ||||||
| 24 Jun 1693 | 3 | Charles Lyttelton | 1628 | 2 May 1716 | 87 | |
| MP for Bewdley 1685-1687 | ||||||
| 2 May 1716 | 4 | Thomas Lyttelton | 14 Sep 1751 | |||
| MP for Worcestershire 1721-1734 and | ||||||
| Camelford 1734-1741 | ||||||
| 14 Sep 1751 | 5 | George Lyttelton,later [1756] 1st | ||||
| Baron Lyttelton | 17 Jan 1709 | 22 Aug 1773 | 64 | |||
| 22 Aug 1773 | 6 | Thomas Lyttelton,2nd Baron Lyttelton | 30 Jan 1744 | 27 Nov 1779 | 35 | |
| 27 Nov 1779 | 7 | William Henry Lyttelton | 24 Dec 1724 | 14 Sep 1808 | 83 | |
| He was subsequently created Baron | ||||||
| Lyttelton (qv) in 1794 with which title | ||||||
| the baronetcy then merged. At present,the | ||||||
| baronetcy is merged with the Viscountcy | ||||||
| of Cobham,although as at 30/06/2014 the | ||||||
| baronetcy does not appear on the Official | ||||||
| Roll of the Baronetage | ||||||
| LYTTON of Knebworth,Herts | ||||||
| 18 Jul 1838 | UK | 1 | Edward George Earle Lytton | 25 May 1803 | 18 Jan 1873 | 69 |
| He was subsequently created Baron Lytton | ||||||
| (qv) in 1866. The 2nd Baron was | ||||||
| subsequently created Earl of Lytton with | ||||||
| which title the baronetcy remains merged | ||||||
| The "Lee Penny" owned by the Lockhart family | ||||||
| The Lockhart family are descended from Sir Simon Loccard of the Lee, a fourteenth century | ||||||
| Scottish crusader who first obtained an amulet (the "Lee Penny") which, over the ensuing | ||||||
| centuries, became famous throughout Scotland, and which has been immortalised in literature | ||||||
| as the basis for Sir Walter Scott's "The Talisman," although that novel is set during the time | ||||||
| of Richard the Lionheart. | ||||||
| After the death of Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce) in June 1329, Sir James Douglas | ||||||
| was given the task of carrying Robert's heart to the Holy Land for burial in the Holy Sepulchre | ||||||
| in Jerusalem, but while on his way there, he joined King Alfonso XI of Castile in a crusade | ||||||
| against the Moors in Granada in Spain, where Douglas was killed at the Battle of Teba on | ||||||
| 25 August 1330. Douglas was accompanied by Sir Simon Loccard, who held the key to the | ||||||
| casket in which Douglas carried the late king's heart. This is reflected in the family motto of | ||||||
| the Lockharts - "Corda Serrata Pando" - "I open locked hearts" and also in the family name. | ||||||
| During the course of one of the battles in this campaign, Sir Simon captured a wealthy | ||||||
| Moorish emir. The emir's mother (or wife in other versions of the story) offered Sir Simon a | ||||||
| large sum of money to ransom him, and whilst counting out the ransom money, she dropped | ||||||
| what appeared to be a pebble. She was so anxious to pick it up that Sir Simon felt that the | ||||||
| pebble must be a valuable gem and demanded that it be added to the ransom. | ||||||
| The woman agreed and further explained that the stone possessed healing powers that would | ||||||
| cure all diseases known to man and beast. The stone is dark red in colour, and is set in a silver | ||||||
| groat (i.e. a 4 penny coin) minted during the reign of Edward I of England. According to the | ||||||
| emir's mother, the coin was to be dipped into water three times and swirled around, with the | ||||||
| water then being used to wash the diseased portion of the person or animal concerned. No | ||||||
| money was to be asked for or accepted from those seeking to be cured. | ||||||
| According to tradition, the amulet was frequently used to cure illness and disease. In 1629, | ||||||
| during an outbreak of plague amongst oxen in Newcastle, the amulet was said to have been | ||||||
| used to cure them, although the good folk of that town were required to deposit £6,000 to | ||||||
| ensure the amulet's safe return. On another occasion, it is related that Lady Baird of | ||||||
| Sauchtonhall, who had been bitten by a mad dog and was showing the symptoms of rabies, | ||||||
| was washed in water in which the amulet had been dipped, and made a complete recovery. | ||||||
| During this time, the local Presbyterians attempted to charge the current owner of the amulet | ||||||
| with sorcery, but their action failed because it was demonstrated that the use of the amulet | ||||||
| had not been accompanied by the speaking of any words which could be seen as being an | ||||||
| incantation. | ||||||
| As far as I am aware, the amulet remains in the possession of the Lockhart family. | ||||||
| Sir Charles Henry Augustus Frederick | ||||||
| Lockhart-Ross,9th baronet | ||||||
| Sir Charles succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1883, when the new | ||||||
| baronet was only 11 years old. | ||||||
| According to a gossip column published in The Washington Post of 3 December 1901, "[Sir | ||||||
| Charles] comes from a family which is renowned for its eccentricity, and he distinguished | ||||||
| himself as soon as he came of age by instituting an extraordinary lawsuit against his widowed | ||||||
| mother for having, during his minority, spent more of the revenues of his estates upon | ||||||
| than she was entitled to by law or by the terms of the will. In her defense it must be said | ||||||
| that her only extravagances were in cases where he was concerned. While he was at school | ||||||
| at Eton, she furnished him with a magnificent ocean-going steam yacht, a large sailing yacht, | ||||||
| the most superbly appointed and biggest steam launch for river use on the Thames, a coach | ||||||
| and four, and heaven only knows what else besides. In fact, in all of the history of Eton, | ||||||
| extending over six centuries, there has never been a boy there who enjoyed such a command | ||||||
| of money as Charlie Ross. …… | ||||||
| "Of Sir Charles Ross' father it is told that one winter he became greatly irritated over the fact | ||||||
| that he could find nothing for the army of workmen on one of his Scotch estates to do owing | ||||||
| to the frost and snow. So at last, he hit on a plan. He gave out that he had lost a sixpence | ||||||
| somewhere in the grounds, and set the men to find it. They searched and searched among the | ||||||
| snow with no success. In the end, one of them, anxious to relieve himself and his fellow- | ||||||
| employees of so ridiculous a task, even at the sacrifice of a bit of silver, handed his master a | ||||||
| sixpence, and informed him that he had found the coin. Sir Charles instantly dismissed him for | ||||||
| lying, explaining that he had not really lost any money at all. | ||||||
| "His father [i.e. the 7th baronet] was still more odd, for he was so passionately fond of poultry | ||||||
| that he insisted on having all the rooms at Balnagowan Castle littered with straw so that he | ||||||
| might enjoy the pleasure of watching the chickens scratch and scrape among it. In his days | ||||||
| there was not a room in the castle in which was not apt to tread upon a sitting hen, or a | ||||||
| new laid egg, hidden among the straw, and one of the very first things that his successor was | ||||||
| obliged to do on succeeding to the property was to floor and wainscot afresh every room in | ||||||
| the castle." | ||||||
| The special remainder to the baronetcy of Lopes created in 1805 | ||||||
| From the "London Gazette" of 1 October 1805 (issue 15848, page 1245):- | ||||||
| 'The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great | ||||||
| Britain and Ireland to Manasseh Lopes, of Maristow-House, in the County of Devon, Esq; with | ||||||
| Remainder to his Nephew, Ralph Franco, Esq.' | ||||||
| Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th baronet | ||||||
| Sir Lambton pursued a naval career, eventually retiring as a Rear-Admiral. In 1873, he was in | ||||||
| command of the British warship 'Niobe' when he became a central figure of an incident which | ||||||
| has passed into history as the "Virginius Incident." | ||||||
| At the time of our story, Cuba had been under Spanish rule for over 350 years. During this | ||||||
| period, there were frequent rebellions against the authoritarian rule of the Spanish, culminating | ||||||
| in the 'Ten Year War' which occurred between 1868 and 1878. During this period, the Cuban | ||||||
| insurgents received help from American and British 'filibusters', who used the US-flagged | ||||||
| 'Virginius' to transport men and guns to aid the rebels. | ||||||
| The 'Virginius' was a sidewheel steamer of around 500 tons which had previously been a | ||||||
| blockade-runner during the American Civil War. Because of its role in assisting the Cuban | ||||||
| rebels, the Spanish authorities viewed the 'Virginius' as being a pirate ship | ||||||
| On 23 October 1873, the 'Virginius' steamed out of Kingston, Jamaica, loaded with around 160 | ||||||
| men. Many of these men were, however, mere passengers who had no idea of the alternative | ||||||
| purpose of the voyage. At Port-au-Prince in Haiti, 300 Remington rifles and 300,000 rounds of | ||||||
| ammunition were taken on board. The 'Virginius' then set sail for Cuba, but about six miles from | ||||||
| the Cuban coast. off present-day Guantanamo, it was intercepted by the Spanish warship | ||||||
| 'Tornado'. Then began a desperate chase; the 'Virginius' steamed towards Jamaica, throwing | ||||||
| overboard all that could be spared (including the guns and ammunition) in order to lighten the | ||||||
| ship, but the 'Tornado' finally caught up with the fleeing 'Virginius' about 6 miles off the | ||||||
| Jamaican coast (in British territorial waters) and the captain of the 'Virginius' had no option | ||||||
| other than to surrender. | ||||||
| The 'Virginius' was towed by the 'Tornado' into the harbour of Santiago de Cuba, where they | ||||||
| arrived on 1 November 1873. There were immediate protests made by the American and British | ||||||
| authorities. The 'Virginius' was sailing (illegally) under the American flag, and had been captured | ||||||
| in British waters. The Spanish commandante refused to meet with the US and British consuls | ||||||
| and sentenced the vast majority of the 'Virginius's' complement to death on charges of | ||||||
| piracy. A number of men were sentenced to terms of imprisonment, ranging from 4 years to life. | ||||||
| The four ranking officers of the Cuban insurgents were executed by firing squad on 4 November | ||||||
| 1873. On 7 November, another 37 were executed and a further 12 on 8 November. | ||||||
| News of the capture of the 'Virginius' and the subsequent executions reached Jamaica via a | ||||||
| clandestine message sent by a Cuban employee of the British Cable agency in Santiago de | ||||||
| Cuba. Since it was suspected that some members of the ship's crew were British and that the | ||||||
| ship had been captured in British waters, the 'Niobe' was sent to investigate the situation. The | ||||||
| 'Niobe' arrived on 8 November and Sir Lambton immediately sent the following note to the | ||||||
| Spanish commandante :- | ||||||
| 'I have no instructions from my government because they are unaware of what is happening; | ||||||
| but I assume the responsibility and am convinced that my conduct will be approved by Her | ||||||
| Britannic Majesty, because my actions are pro-humanity and pro-civilization. I demand that | ||||||
| you stop this dreadful butchery that is taking place here. I do not believe that I need to | ||||||
| explain what my actions will be in case my demand is not heeded.' | ||||||
| The commandante gave in to Sir Lambton's implied threat and immediately suspended any | ||||||
| further executions. Some sources say that Sir Lambton had threatened to sink all of the | ||||||
| shipping in the harbour and to bombard the town, but this appears to be a later embellishment, | ||||||
| and, in any event, gets the town wrong by stating it was Havana, rather than Santiago de | ||||||
| Cuba. The Americans were very grateful for Sir Lambton's intervention - he was given the | ||||||
| freedom of the city of New York and was presented with a gold brick from the miners of | ||||||
| Montana and a silver brick from the miners of Virginia City, Nevada. | ||||||
| The special remainder to the baronetcy of Lovett created [?] in 1808 | ||||||
| From the "London Gazette" of 3 September 1808 (issue 16178, page 1195):- | ||||||
| 'The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great | ||||||
| Britain and Ireland to Sir Jonathan Lovett, of Liscombe-House, in the County of Buckingham, | ||||||
| Baronet of Great Britain, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, with Remainders | ||||||
| severally to the first and every other Son and Sons successively of Elizabeth Lovett, his eldest | ||||||
| Daughter, and of Letitia Lovett and Arabella Lovett, two other Daughters of the said Sir | ||||||
| Jonathan Lovett, and their respective Heirs Male.' | ||||||
| It is not clear, however, whether this creation ever passed the Great Seal, and therefore came | ||||||
| into existence. The creation of 1808 does not appear in Burke's "Extinct Baronetage." | ||||||
| The special remainder to the baronetcy of Lubbock created in 1806 | ||||||
| From the "London Gazette" of 1 April 1806 (issue 15906, page 422):- | ||||||
| 'The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great | ||||||
| Britain and Ireland unto John Lubbock, of Lamas, in the County of Norfolk, Esq; and the Heirs | ||||||
| Male of his Body lawfully begotten; with Remainder to John William Lubbock, of Lamas, in the | ||||||
| County of Norfolk aforesaid, Esq; Nephew of the said John Lubbock, Esq; and the Heirs Male | ||||||
| of his Body lawfully begotten.' | ||||||
| The two baronetcies of Lucas-Tooth | ||||||
| After all the heirs to the baronetcy of 1906 had been killed in World War I, and the baronetcy | ||||||
| had, as a result, become extinct, the baronetcy was re-created in 1920 for the then 17-year- | ||||||
| old grandson of the original grantee. The recreated baronetcy contained a special remainder | ||||||
| which was detailed in the "London Gazette" of 10 December 1920 (issue 32159, page 12190):- | ||||||
| 'Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | ||||||
| conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon Hugh Vere Huntly Duff | ||||||
| Lucas-Tooth (heretofore Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Warrand), of Bught, in the County of Inverness, | ||||||
| Esquire, eldest son of Hugh Monro Warrand, Esquire, Major on the Retired List of His Majesty's | ||||||
| Army, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten; and in default of such | ||||||
| issue to the other heirs male lawfully begotten of the body of Beatrice Maude Lucas eldest | ||||||
| daughter of Sir Robert Lucas Lucas-Tooth, late of Queen's Gate, in the Royal Borough of | ||||||
| Kensington, and of Kameruka, in the County of Auckland, in the State of New South Wales and | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Australia, Baronet, deceased, now wife of the said Hugh Munro Warrand.' | ||||||
| According to an article in "The Washington Post" of 2 January 1921:- | ||||||
| 'King George has done a very gracious thing in reviving the baronetcy originally bestowed upon | ||||||
| Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth, the great Australian multimillionaire and philanthropist. Sir Robert had | ||||||
| three sons, all of whom took part in the great war. | ||||||
| 'The two eldest boys [Douglas and Selwyn] fell in the early months of the conflict, the second, | ||||||
| an officer of the Ninth Lancers, displaying so much heroism that he was awarded the | ||||||
| Distinguished Service Order after his death. Sir Robert, overwhelmed with grief, succumbed | ||||||
| early in 1915, leaving the baronetcy to his youngest son, Archibald, who went through the | ||||||
| entire campaign, dying on the very eve of the armistice [actually 4 months before it] of | ||||||
| wounds, shell shock, and of consequent illness contracted at the front in France. | ||||||
| 'The eldest daughter of Sir Robert, that is to say, the sister of these three brothers who gave | ||||||
| their lives for their country in the great war, is married to Major Hugh Munro Warrand, of Bught, | ||||||
| Inverness-shire. Her eldest son, Hugh, was a favourite of his grandfather, Sir Robert, and the | ||||||
| latter a short time before his demise made a will, according to the terms of which, in the event | ||||||
| of his only surviving son, Archibald, dying without male issue, Hugh was to succeed to the bulk | ||||||
| of his fortune, and to assume the name of Lucas-Tooth, as well as his armorial bearings. The | ||||||
| young fellow therefore became Hugh Lucas-Tooth, and it is in his favor that King George has | ||||||
| revived his grandfather's baronetcy.' | ||||||
| 'The late Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth was not Australian born [yes, he was, in Sydney], as are so | ||||||
| many of those Antipodean multimillionaires, but hailed from Cranbrook, in Kent, and as Robert | ||||||
| Lucas rowed in the Eton eight, in 1863. While quite young he emigrated [i.e. returned] to | ||||||
| Australia where his uncle, Frederick Tooth, was one of the early land owners of the city of | ||||||
| Sydney. As Sydney developed in size and importance, Frederick Tooth acquired colossal wealth, | ||||||
| thanks to the phenomenal increase in the value of his real estate holdings [and, in particular, | ||||||
| the value of the brewer, Tooth & Co., in which he was a partner, and later managing director]. | ||||||
| 'His [Frederick's] only daughter and heiress [Helen] married her first cousin, Robert Lucas, who | ||||||
| added his father-in-law's name to his own patronymic and who after sitting in the Parliament | ||||||
| of New South Wales went to England to live. He contested unsuccessfully the Loughborough | ||||||
| division of Leicester in 1895 on the Conservative ticket, contributed most generously to the | ||||||
| Unionist party exchequer, and received his reward on the fall of the Unionist government in | ||||||
| 1905 in the shape of a baronetcy. | ||||||
| 'The late Sir Robert was regarded as the leading authority on Australian finance, and was chair- | ||||||
| man of the Bank of New South Wales. He was one of the chief backers of Sir Edward | ||||||
| Shackleton's Antarctic expedition, and shortly before the war gave a quarter of a million dollars | ||||||
| [£50,000] toward a boys' military training fund in London, after the model of the Australian | ||||||
| cadet system, founded at the instance of Lord Kitchener after the latter's visit to the Antipodes | ||||||
| in 1909. Sir Robert also furnished the money needed for the organisation at the front in France | ||||||
| of a complete Australian field hospital, with several hundred beds, of which the late Lady | ||||||
| Dudley, wife of the former governor general of Australia, assumed the direction, and acted as | ||||||
| superintendent.' | ||||||
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