BARONETAGE
			Last updated 06/07/2024
			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
			SABINE of Ion House,Beds
22 Mar 1671	E	1	John Sabine	c 1639	26 Nov 1704
to			Extinct on his death
Nov 1704
			SABINE-PASLEY of Craig,Dumfries
1 Sep 1794	GB		See "Pasley"
			SADLIER of Temple Dinsley,Herts
3 Dec 1661	E	1	Edwyn Sadlier	c 1620	Jul 1672
Jul 1672		2	Edwin Sadlier	c 1656	14 Jul 1719
to			Extinct on his death
14 Jul 1719
			ST.AUBYN of Clowance,Cornwall
11 Dec 1671	E	1	John St. Aubyn	6 Apr 1645	24 Jun 1687	42
			MP for Mitchell 1679-1681
Jun 1687		2	John St. Aubyn	13 Jan 1670	20 Jun 1714	44
			MP for Helston 1689-1695
20 Jun 1714		3	John St. Aubyn	c 1702	15 Aug 1744
			MP for Cornwall 1722-1744
15 Aug 1744		4	John St.Aubyn	12 Nov 1726	12 Oct 1772	45
			MP for Launceston 1747-1754 and 1758-59
			and Cornwall 1761-1772
12 Oct 1772		5	John St. Aubyn	17 May 1758	10 Aug 1839	81
to			MP for Truro 1784, Penrhyn 1784-1790
10 Aug 1839			and Helston 1807-1812
			Extinct on his death
			ST.AUBYN of Pencarrow,Cornwall
19 Jul 1689	E		See "Molesworth-St.Aubyn""
			ST.AUBYN of St Michaels Mount,Cornwall
31 Jul 1866	UK	1	Edward St.Aubyn	6 Nov 1799	30 Nov 1872	73
30 Nov 1872		2	John St.Aubyn	23 Oct 1829	14 May 1908	78
			He was subsequently created Baron
			St.Levan (qv) in 1887 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			ST.BARBE of Broadlands,Hants
30 Dec 1663	E	1	John St.Barbe	c 1655	7 Sep 1723
to			MP for Ilchester 1681-1685
7 Sep 1723			Extinct on his death
			ST.CLAIR-FORD of Ember Court,Surrey
22 Feb 1793	GB	1	Francis Ford	15 Nov 1758	17 Jun 1801	42
			MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1793-1796
17 Jun 1801		2	Francis Ford	15 Jan 1787	13 Apr 1839	52
13 Apr 1839		3	Francis John Ford	14 Aug 1818	26 Nov 1850	32
26 Nov 1850		4	Francis Colville Ford	11 Jun 1850	16 Nov 1890	40
16 Nov 1890		5	Francis Charles Rupert Ford	5 Apr 1877	28 Feb 1948	70
28 Feb 1948		6	Aubrey St.Clair-Ford	29 Feb 1904	8 Apr 1991	87
8 Apr 1991		7	James Anson St.Clair-Ford	16 Mar 1952	3 Aug 2009	57
3 Aug 2009		8	Colin Anson St.Clair-Ford	19 Apr 1939	3 Dec 2012	73
3 Dec 2012		9	Robin Sam St.Clair-Ford	6 Jun 1941	12 May 2016	74
12 May 2016		10	William Sam St.Clair-Ford	24 Jan 1982
			ST.ETIENNE of France
30 Nov 1629	NS	1	Claude St.Etienne		c 1645
c 1645		2	Charles St.Etienne		c 1660
to			On his death the baronetcy is presumed to
c 1660			have become extinct
			ST.GEORGE of Carrickdrumrusk,Leitrim
5 Sep 1660	I	1	Oliver St.George	by 1640	Oct 1695
Oct 1695		2	George St.George	c 1658	18 Aug 1735
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Saint George (qv) in 1715 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1735
			ST.GEORGE of Athlone,co.Westmeath
12 Mar 1766	I	1	Richard St.George	1718	25 Feb 1789	70
25 feb 1789		2	Richard Bligh St.George	5 Jun 1765	29 Dec 1851	86
29 Dec 1851		3	Theophilus John St.George	5 Oct 1816	27 Jul 1857	40
27 Jul 1857		4	Richard de Latour St.George	2 Apr 1837	14 Oct 1861	24
14 Oct 1861		5	John St.George	3 Apr 1851	21 Dec 1938	87
21 Dec 1938		6	Theophilus John St.George	25 Feb 1856	19 Aug 1943	87
19 Aug 1943		7	Robert Alan St.George	20 Mar 1900	21 Apr 1983	83
21 Apr 1983		8	Denis Howard St.George	Sep 1902	25 Apr 1989	86
25 Apr 1989		9	George Bligh St.George	23 Sep 1908	19 Apr 1995	86
19 Apr 1995		10	John Avenel Bligh St.George	18 Mar 1940
			ST.JOHN of Lydiard Tregoze,Wilts
22 May 1611	E	1	John St.John		1648
			MP for Wiltshire 1624-1625
1648		2	John St.John	c 1637	13 Apr 1656
13 Apr 1656		3	Walter St.John	May 1622	3 Jul 1708	86
			MP for Wiltshire 1656-1658, 1679-1685
			and 1690-1695 and Wootton Bassett
			1661-1679
3 Jul 1708		4	Henry St.John	17 Oct 1652	8 Apr 1742	89
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			St.John (qv) in 1716 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
			ST.JOHN of Woodford,Northants
28 Jun 1660	E	1	Oliver St.John	c 1624	3 Jan 1662
3 Jan 1662		2	St.Andrew St.John	16 Oct 1658	10 Feb 1709	50
			MP for Northamptonshire 1690-1698
10 Feb 1709		3	Oliver St.John	c 1683	c 1710
c 1710		4	St.Andrew St.John	c 1685	early 1711
early 1711		5	Paulet St.Andrew St.John		10 May 1714
			He subsequently succeeded to the Barony
			of St.John of Bletso (qv) in 1711 with
			which title the baronetcy then merged
			ST.JOHN of Longthorpe,Northants
10 Sep 1715	GB	1	Francis St.John	c 1680	Sep 1756
to			Extinct on his death
Sep 1756
			ST.JOHN-MILDMAY of Farley
9 Oct 1772	GB	1	Paulet St.John	7 Apr 1704	8 Jun 1780	76
			MP for Winchester 1734-1741 and 1751-1754
			and Hampshire 1741-1747
8 Jun 1780		2	Henry Paulet St.John	Jul 1737	8 Aug 1784	47
			MP for Hampshire 1772-1780
8 Aug 1784		3	Henry Paulet St.John (St.John-Mildmay from
			8 Dec 1790)	30 Sep 1764	11 Nov 1808	44
			MP for Westbury 1796-1802, Winchester
			1802-1807 and Hampshire 1807-1808
			For further information on this baronet, see
			the note at the foot of this page.
11 Nov 1808		4	Henry St.John Carew St.John-Mildmay	15 Apr 1787	7 Jan 1848	60
			MP for Winchester 1807-1818
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page.
7 Jan 1848		5	Henry Bouverie Paulet St.John-Mildmay	31 Jul 1810	16 Jul 1902	91
16 Jul 1902		6	Henry Paulet St.John-Mildmay	28 Apr 1853	24 Apr 1916	62
24 Apr 1916		7	Gerald Anthony Shaw-Lefevre St.John-
			Mildmay	30 Oct 1860	22 Feb 1929	68
22 Feb 1929		8	Anthony St.John-Mildmay	13 Aug 1894	3 Oct 1947	53
3 Oct 1947		9	Henry Gerald St.John-Mildmay	17 Apr 1926	4 Nov 1949	23
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page.
4 Nov 1949		10	Aubrey Neville St.John-Mildmay	14 Feb 1865	30 Mar 1955	90
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
30 Mar 1955
1997		11	Walter John Hugh St.John-Mildmay	3 Sep 1935	1 Oct 2022	87
			Proved his right to the title in 1998
1 Oct 2022		12	Michael Hugh Paulet St.John-Mildmay	28 Sep 1937
			ST.PAUL of Snarford,Lincs
29 Jun 1611	E	1	George St.Paul	c 1562	28 Oct 1613
to			MP for Lincolnshire 1588-1589 and 1593
28 Oct 1613			and Grimsby 1604-1611
			Extinct on his death
			ST.PAUL of Ewart Park,Northumberland
17 Nov 1813	UK	1	Horace David Cholwell St.Paul	6 Jan 1775	10 Oct 1840	65
			MP for Bridport 1812-1820 and 1820-1832
10 Oct 1840		2	Horace St.Paul	29 Dec 1812	28 May 1891	78
to			MP for Worcestershire East 1837-1841
28 May 1891			Extinct on his death
			ST.QUINTIN of Harpham,Yorks
8 Mar 1642	E	1	William St.Quintin	1579	8 Oct 1649	70
Oct 1649		2	Henry St.Quintin	c 1605	Nov 1695
Nov 1695		3	William St.Quintin	c 1662	30 Jun 1723
			MP for Hull 1695-1723
30 Jun 1723		4	William St.Quintin	c 1700	9 May 1770
			MP for Thirsk 1722-1727
9 May 1770		5	William St.Quintin	4 Jul 1729	22 Jul 1795	66
to			Extinct on his death
22 Jul 1795
			SALOMONS of Broomhill,Kent
26 Oct 1869	UK		See "Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons"
			SALT of Saltaire and Crow Nest,Yorks
30 Oct 1869	UK	1	Titus Salt	20 Sep 1803	29 Dec 1876	73
			MP for Bradford 1859-1861
29 Dec 1873		2	William Henry Salt	5 Dec 1831	7 Jul 1892	60
7 Jul 1892		3	Shirley Harris Salt	4 May 1857	11 Feb 1920	62
11 Feb 1920		4	John William Titus Salt	30 Nov 1884	22 Jan 1953	68
22 Jan 1953		5	David Shirley Salt	14 Jun 1930	3 Dec 1978	48
3 Dec 1978		6	Anthony Houlton Salt	15 Sep 1931	16 Jan 1991	59
16 Jan 1991		7	Patrick MacDonnell Salt	25 Sep 1932	12 Jun 2024	91
12 Jun 2024		8	Daniel Alexander Salt	15 Aug 1943
			SALT of Standon and Weeping Cross,Staffs
8 Aug 1899	UK	1	Thomas Salt	12 May 1830	8 Apr 1904	73
			MP for Stafford 1859-1865, 1869-1880,
			and 1881-1892
8 Apr 1904		2	Thomas Anderson Salt	8 Jan 1863	22 Jun 1940	77
22 Jun 1940		3	Thomas Henry Salt	26 Nov 1905	15 Aug 1965	59
15 Aug 1965		4	Thomas Michael John Salt	7 Nov 1946
			SALUSBURY of Llewenny,Denbigh
10 Nov 1619	E	1	Henry Salusbury		2 Aug 1632
2 Aug 1632		2	Thomas Salusbury		Aug 1643
			MP for Denbighshire 1640
Aug 1643		3	Thomas Salusbury	8 Jun 1634	1658	24
1658		4	John Salusbury		23 May 1684
to			MP for Denbigh 1661-1684
23 May 1684			Extinct on his death
			SALUSBURY of Llanwern,Monmouth
4 May 1795	GB	1	Robert Salusbury	10 Sep 1756	17 Nov 1817	61
			MP for Monmouthshire 1792-1796 and
			Brecon 1796-1812
17 Nov 1817		2	Thomas Robert Salusbury	18 May 1783	14 Feb 1835	51
14 Feb 1835		3	Charles John Salusbury	7 Feb 1792	30 Mar 1868	76
to			Extinct on his death
30 Mar 1868
			SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY
			of Trelawney,Cornwall
1 Jul 1628	E	1	John Trelawny	24 Apr 1592	16 Feb 1664	71
Feb 1664		2	Jonathan Trelawny	c 1623	5 Mar 1681
			MP for East Looe 1660-1661 and 1679-1681,
			Cornwall 1661-1679 and Liskeard 1679-1681
Mar 1681		3	Jonathan Trelawny	24 Mar 1650	19 Jul 1721	71
19 Jul 1721		4	John Trelawny	26 Jul 1691	2 Feb 1756	64
			MP for West Looe 1713-1715 and 1722-1727,
			Liskeard 1715-1722 and East Looe 1727-1734
2 Feb 1756		5	Harry Trelawny	15 Feb 1687	7 Apr 1762	75
			MP for East Looe 1708-1710
7 Apr 1762		6	William Trelawny	c 1722	11 Dec 1772
			MP for West Looe 1757-1767. Governor of
			Jamaica 1767
11 Dec 1772		7	Harry Trelawny	26 Jun 1756	24 Feb 1834	77
24 Feb 1834		8	William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny	4 Jul 1781	15 Nov 1856	75
			MP for Cornwall East 1832-1837. Lord
			Lieutenant Cornwall 1839-1856
15 Nov 1856		9	John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny	2 Jun 1816	4 Aug 1885	69
			MP for Tavistock 1843-1852 and 1857-1865
			and Cornwall East 1868-1874
4 Aug 1885		10	William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny	26 Aug 1844	30 Nov 1917	73
30 Nov 1917		11	John William Salusbury-Trelawny	6 May 1869	7 Feb 1944	74
7 Feb 1944		12	John William Robin Maurice Salusbury-
			Trelawny	16 Jan 1908	28 Nov 1956	48
28 Nov 1956		13	John Barry Salusbury-Trelawny	4 Sep 1934	29 Jul 2009	75
29 Jul 2009		14	John William Richard Salusbury-Trelawny	30 Mar 1960
			SAMBROOKE of London
31 Jan 1701	E	1	Nicholas Vanacker	c 1651	19 Feb 1702
19 Feb 1702		2	John Vanacker		24 Mar 1711
Mar 1711		3	Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke	c 1677	27 Dec 1714
			MP for Bramber 1704-1705 and Great
			Bedwyn 1708-1710
27 Dec 1714		4	Jeremy Vanacker Sambrooke	c 1703	5 Jul 1740
			MP for Bedford 1731-1740
5 Jul 1740		5	Jeremy Sambrooke		4 Oct 1754
to			Extinct on his death
4 Oct 1754
			SAMMAN of Routh,Yorks
19 Jan 1921	UK	1	Henry Samman	14 Jul 1849	7 Mar 1928	78
7 Mar 1928		2	Henry Samman	18 Feb 1881	1 Dec 1960	79
to			Extinct on his death
1 Dec 1960
			SAMUEL of Nevern Square,London
8 Mar 1898	UK	1	Sir Saul Samuel	2 Nov 1820	29 Aug 1900	79
29 Aug 1900		2	Edward Levien Samuel	28 Apr 1868	24 Nov 1937	69
24 Nov 1937		3	Edward Louis Samuel	6 Nov 1896	25 Apr 1961	64
25 Apr 1961		4	John Oliver Cecil Samuel	24 Jun 1916	24 Oct 1962	46
24 Oct 1962		5	John Michael Glen Samuel	25 Jan 1944
			SAMUEL of the Mote and Portland Place
26 Aug 1903	UK	1	Marcus Samuel	5 Nov 1853	17 Jan 1927	73
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Bearsted (qv) in 1925 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			SAMUEL of Chelwood Vetchery,Sussex
8 Jul 1912	UK	1	Stuart Montagu Samuel	24 Oct 1856	13 May 1926	69
to			MP for Whitechapel 1900-1916
13 May 1926			Extinct on his death
			SAMUEL of Mancroft,Norfolk
15 Jan 1932	UK	1	Arthur Michael Samuel	6 Dec 1872	17 Aug 1942	69
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Mancroft (qv) in 1937 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged. The 2nd baronet had
			previously changed his surname to Mancroft by
			deed poll in 1925
			SAMUELSON of Bodicote Grange,Oxon
			and Prince's Gate,Westminster
29 Jul 1884	UK	1	Bernhard Samuelson	22 Nov 1820	10 May 1905	84
			MP for Banbury 1859 and 1865-1895.
			PC 1895
10 May 1905		2	Henry Bernhard Samuelson	30 Sep 1845	14 Mar 1937	91
			MP for Cheltenham 1868-1874 and Frome
			1876-1885
14 Mar 1937		3	Francis Samuelson	26 Feb 1861	3 Jan 1946	84
3 Jan 1946		4	Francis Henry Bernard Samuelson	22 Feb 1890	8 Jan 1981	90
8 Jan 1981		5	Bernard Michael Francis Samuelson	17 Jan 1917	21 Nov 2008	91
21 Nov 2008		6	James Francis Samuelson	20 Dec 1956
			SAMWELL of Upton,Northants
22 Dec 1675	E	1	Thomas Samwell	c 1654	23 Feb 1694
			MP for Northamptonshire 1689-1690 and
			Northampton 1690-1694
23 Feb 1694		2	Thomas Samwell	14 Apr 1687	16 Nov 1757	70
			MP for Coventry 1715-1722
16 Nov 1757		3	Thomas Samwell	28 Feb 1711	3 Dec 1779	68
3 Dec 1779		4	Wenman Samwell	24 Oct 1728	18 Oct 1789	60
to			Extinct on his death
18 Oct 1789
			SANDEMAN of Kenlygreen,St Andrews,Fife
5 Jul 1929	UK	1	Nairne Stewart Sandeman	12 Oct 1876	23 Apr 1940	63
to			MP for Middleton and Prestwich 1923-1940
23 Apr 1940			Extinct on his death
			SANDERS of Bayford,Somerset
28 Jan 1920	UK	1	Robert Arthur Sanders	20 Jun 1867	24 Feb 1940	72
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Bayford (qv) in 1929 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1940
			SANDERSON of Greenwich,Kent
19 Jul 1720	GB	1	William Sanderson		17 May 1727
17 May 1727		2	William Sanderson	20 Sep 1692	16 Jan 1754	61
16 Jan 1754		3	William Sanderson	30 Mar 1746	30 Oct 1760	14
to			Extinct on his death
30 Oct 1760
			SANDERSON of London
6 Dec 1794	GB	1	James Sanderson	30 Dec 1741	21 Jun 1798	56
to			MP for Malmesbury 1792-1796 and
21 Jun 1798			Hastings 1796-1798
			Extinct on his death
			SANDERSON of Banbury Road
10 Aug 1899	UK		See "Burden-Sanderson"
			SANDERSON of Malling Deanery,Sussex
26 Jun 1920	UK	1	Frank Bernard Sanderson	4 Oct 1880	18 Jul 1965	84
			MP for Darwen 1922-1923 and 1924-1929,
			Ealing East 1931-1945 and Ealing East 1945-1950
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
18 Jul 1965		2	Frank Philip Bryan Sanderson	18 Feb 1910	4 Dec 1992	82
4 Dec 1992		3	Frank Linton Sanderson	21 Nov 1933	9 Dec 2023	89
9 Dec 2023		4	David Frank Sanderson	26 Feb 1962
			SANDFORD of Howgill,Westmorland
11 Aug 1641	E	1	Thomas Sandford		c 1655
			MP for Cockermouth 1642-1644
c 1655		2	Richard Sandford		8 Sep 1675
8 Sep 1675		3	Richard Sandford	8 Sep 1675	2 Apr 1723	47
to			MP for Westmorland 1695-1700 and 1701-
2 Apr 1723			1702, Morpeth 1701 and 1705-1713 and
			Appleby 1713-1723
			Extinct on his death
			For further information on the coincidence of the
			date of death of the 2nd baronet and the date
			of birth of the 3rd baronet,see the note at the
			foot of this page
			SANDS of Dublin
21 Dec 1676	I	1	William Sands		14 Aug 1687
14 Aug 1687		2	John Sands		c 1704
to			Extinct on his death
c 1704
			SANDYS of Wilberton,Cambs
25 Nov 1611	E	1	Miles Sandys	29 Mar 1563	1645	82
			MP for Cambridge University 1614,
			Huntingdon 1621-1622 and Cambridgeshire
			1628-1629
1645		2	Miles Sandys		23 Feb 1654
to			Extinct on his death
Feb 1654
			SANDYS of Northborne,Kent
15 Dec 1684	E	1	Richard Sandys	6 Jan 1670	5 May 1726	56
to			Extinct on his death
5 May 1726
			SANDYS of Missenden,Gloucs
26 Sep 1809	UK		See "Bayntun-Sandys"
			SARSFIELD of Carrickleamlery,Cork
30 Sep 1619	I	1	Dominick Sarsfield		Dec 1636
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Sarsfield (qv) in 1627 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its forfeiture
			in 1691
			SASSOON of Kensington Gore,London
22 Mar 1890	UK	1	Albert Abdullah David Sassoon	25 Jul 1818	24 Oct 1896	78
			For information on this baronet (and his father),
			see the note at the foot of this page
24 Oct 1896		2	Edward Albert Sassoon	20 Jun 1856	24 May 1912	55
			MP for Hythe 1899-1912
24 May 1912		3	Philip Albert Gustave Sassoon	4 Dec 1888	3 Jun 1939	50
to			MP for Hythe 1912-1939. First Commissioner
3 Jun 1939			of Works 1937-1939.  PC 1929
			Extinct on his death
			SASSOON of Bombay,India
9 Feb 1909	UK	1	Jacob Elias Sassoon	1843	22 Oct 1916	73
			For details of the special remainder included
			in the creation of this baronetcy,see the note
			at the foot of this page
23 Oct 1916		2	Edward Elias Sassoon	6 Jan 1853	2 Dec 1924	71
2 Dec 1924		3	Ellice Victor Sassoon	30 Dec 1881	12 Aug 1961	79
to			Extinct on his death
12 Aug 1961
			SAS VAN BOSCH of Holland
22 Oct 1680	E	1	Gelebrand Sas van Bosch		c 1720
to			Presumed extinct on his death
c 1720
			SAUMEREZ of Guernsey
13 Jun 1801	UK	1	James Saumerez	11 Mar 1757	9 Oct 1836	79
			He was subsequently created Baron de
			Saumerez (qv) in 1831 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			SAUNDERS-PRYSE of Gogerddan,Cardigan
28 Jul 1866	UK		See "Pryse"
			SAUNDERSON of Saxby,Lincs
25 Nov 1611	E	1	Nicholas Saunderson	c 1561	17 May 1630
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Castleton (qv) in 1627 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1723
			SAVAGE of Rocksavage,Cheshire
29 Jun 1611	E	1	John Savage		14 Jul 1615
Jul 1615		2	Thomas Savage	c 1586	20 Nov 1635
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Savage (qv) in 1626 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1735
			SAVILE of Thornhill,Yorks
29 Jun 1611	E	1	George Savile	c 1550	12 Nov 1622
			MP for Boroughbridge 1586-1587 and
			Yorkshire 1592
12 Nov 1622		2	George Savile	c 1611	19 Dec 1626
19 Dec 1626		3	William Savile	c 1612	24 Jan 1644
			MP for Yorkshire 1640 and Old Sarum
			1641-1642
24 Jan 1644		4	George Savile,Marquess of Halifax	11 Nov 1633	5 Apr 1695	61
5 Apr 1695		5	William Savile,Marquess of Halifax	1665	31 Aug 1700	35
31 Aug 1700		6	John Savile	15 Feb 1651	c 1704
c 1704		7	George Savile	18 Feb 1678	16 Sep 1743	65
			MP for Yorkshire 1728-1734
16 Sep 1743		8	George Savile	18 Jul 1726	10 Jan 1784	57
to			MP for Yorkshire 1759-1784
10 Jan 1784			Extinct on his death
			SAVILE of Methley,Yorks
29 Jun 1611	E	1	Henry Savile	6 Oct 1579	23 Jun 1632	52
to			MP for Aldborough 1604 and 1614,and
23 Jun 1632			Yorkshire 1629
			Extinct on his death
			SAVILE of Copley,Yorks
24 Jul 1662	E	1	John Savile	c 1640	1689
to			Extinct on his death
1689
			SAVORY of The Woodlands,Bucks
24 Mar 1890	UK	1	William Scovell Savory	30 Nov 1826	4 Mar 1895	68
4 Mar 1895		2	Borradaile Savory	5 Oct 1855	12 Sep 1906	50
12 Sep 1906		3	William Borradaile Savory	14 May 1882	16 Sep 1961	79
to			Extinct on his death
16 Sep 1961
			SAVORY of Buckhurst Park,Berks
14 Sep 1891	UK	1	Joseph Savory	23 Jul 1843	1 Oct 1921	78
to			MP for Appleby 1892-1900
1 Oct 1921			Extinct on his death
			SAWLE of Penrice,Cornwall
22 Mar 1836	UK		See "Graves-Sawle"
			SAXTON of Circourt,Berks
26 Jul 1794	GB	1	Charles Saxton	c 1730	11 Nov 1808
11 Nov 1808		2	Charles Saxton	2 Oct 1773	25 Jan 1838	64
to			MP for Cashel 1812-1818
25 Jan 1838			Extinct on his death
			SCARISBRICK of Greaves Hall,Lancs
17 Jul 1909	UK	1	Thomas Talbot Leyland Scarisbrick	28 Apr 1874	18 May 1933	59
			MP for Dorset South 1906-1910
18 May 1933		2	Everard Talbot Scarisbrick	10 Dec 1896	29 Aug 1955	58
to			Extinct on his death
29 Aug 1955
			SCHRODER of The Dell,Berks
13 Dec 1892	UK	1	John Henry William Schroder	13 Feb 1825	20 Apr 1910	85
to			Extinct on his death
20 Apr 1910
			SCHUSTER of Collingham Road,London
24 Jul 1906	UK	1	Felix Schuster	21 Apr 1854	13 May 1936	82
13 May 1936		2	Felix Victor Schuster	26 May 1885	22 Dec 1962	77
22 Dec 1962		3	Felix James Moncrieff Schuster	8 Jan 1913	12 Mar 1996	83
to			Extinct on his death
12 Mar 1996
			SCLATER of Cambridge,Cambs
25 Jul 1660	E	1	Thomas Sclater	9 Jul 1615	10 Dec 1684	69
to			Extinct on his death
10 Dec 1684
			SCOTT of Kew Green,Middlesex
9 Aug 1653	E	1	William Scott		1681
1681		2	William Scott		c 1700
c 1700		3	William Scott		1723
1723		4	William Scott		c 1775
to			On his death the baronetcy became either
c 1775			dormant or extinct
			SCOTT of Thirlstane,Selkirk
22 Aug 1666	NS	1	Francis Scott	11 May 1645	7 Mar 1712	66
7 Mar 1712		2	William Scott	c 1680	8 Oct 1725
8 Oct 1725		3	Francis Napier	c 1702	11 Apr 1773
			He had previously succeeded to the Barony
			of Napier of Merchistoun (qv) in 1706 with
			which title the baronetcy then merged,although,
			as at 30/06/2014,the baronetcy does not appear
			on the Official Roll of the Baronetage
			SCOTT of Ancrum,Roxburgh
27 Oct 1671	NS	1	John Scott		1712
1712		2	Patrick Scott		1734
1734		3	John Scott		21 Feb 1746
21 Feb 1746		4	William Scott		16 Jun 1769
16 Jun 1769		5	John Scott		24 Dec 1812
24 Dec 1812		6	William Scott	26 Jul 1803	12 Oct 1871	68
			MP for Carlisle 1829-1830 and
			Roxburghshire 1859-1870
12 Oct 1871		7	William Monteath Douglas Scott	1829	21 May 1902	72
to			Extinct on his death
21 May 1902
			SCOTT of Great Barr,Staffs
30 Apr 1806	UK	1	Joseph Scott	31 Mar 1752	17 Jun 1828	76
			MP for Worcester 1802-1806
17 Jun 1828		2	Edward Dolman Scott	22 Oct 1793	27 Dec 1851	58
			MP for Lichfield 1831-1837
27 Dec 1851		3	Francis Edward Scott	25 Feb 1824	21 Nov 1863	39
			He had previously succeeded to the
			baronetcy of Bateman of Hartington Hall,
			Derby (qv) in 1824 when the baronetcies
			merged
21 Nov 1863		4	Edward William Dolman Scott	23 Dec 1854	1 Apr 1871	16
1 Apr 1871		5	Arthur Douglas Bateman Scott	3 Sep 1860	18 Mar 1884	23
18 Mar 1884		6	Edward Dolman Scott	12 Feb 1826	8 Mar 1905	79
8 Mar 1905		7	Douglas Edward Scott	2 Feb 1863	22 Aug 1951	88
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
22 Aug 1951		8	Edward Arthur Dolman Scott	14 Dec 1905	Jan 1980	74
			For further information on this baronet and his
			wife, see the notes at the foot of this page
Jan 1980		9	Douglas Francis Scott	26 Aug 1908	?
			SCOTT of Dunninald,Forfar
13 Dec 1806	UK	1	James Sibbald		17 Sep 1819
			For details of the special remainder included
			in the creation of this baronetcy,see the note
			at the foot of this page
17 Sep 1819		2	David Scott Scott	25 Jul 1782	18 Jun 1851	68
			MP for Yarmouth IOW 1806
18 Jun 1851		3	James Sibbald David Scott	14 Jun 1814	26 Jun 1885	71
26 Jun 1885		4	Francis David Sibbald Scott	30 Mar 1851	11 Aug 1906	55
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
11 Aug 1906		5	Francis Montagu Sibbald Scott	23 Jul 1885	10 Aug 1945	60
to			Extinct on his death
10 Aug 1945
			SCOTT of Hartington Hall,Derby
15 Dec 1806	UK		See "Bateman"
			SCOTT of Abbotsford,Roxburgh
22 Apr 1820	UK	1	Walter Scott	15 Aug 1771	21 Sep 1832	61
21 Sep 1832		2	Walter Scott	28 Oct 1801	8 Feb 1847	45
to			Extinct on his death
8 Feb 1847
			SCOTT of Lytchet Minster,Dorset
8 Sep 1821	UK	1	Claude Scott	11 May 1742	27 Mar 1830	87
27 Mar 1830		2	Samuel Scott	29 Apr 1772	30 Sep 1849	77
			MP for Malmesbury 1802-1806,Camelford
			1812-1818 and Whitchurch 1818-1832
30 Sep 1849		3	Claude Edward Scott	15 Apr 1804	27 Jul 1874	70
27 Jul 1874		4	Claude Edward Scott	11 Jul 1840	28 Jun 1880	39
28 Jun 1880		5	Edward Henry Scott	19 Feb 1842	1 Aug 1883	41
1 Aug 1883		6	Samuel Edward Scott	25 Oct 1873	21 Feb 1943	69
			MP for Marylebone West 1898-1918 and
			St.Marylebone 1918-1922
			For further information on this baronet's wife
			and the scandal in which she was involved, see
			the note at the foot of this page.
21 Feb 1943		7	Robert Claude Scott	25 Oct 1886	21 Dec 1961	75
to			Extinct on his death
21 Dec 1961
			SCOTT of Connaught Place,London
23 Feb 1899	UK	1	John Edward Arthur Murray Scott	23 Feb 1847	17 Jan 1912	64
to			Extinct on his death
17 Jan 1912			For further information on this baronet, see the
			notes at the foot of the pages containing
			details of the baronetcy of Wallace, created in
			1871 and the barony of Sackville
			SCOTT of Beauclerc,Northumberland
27 Jul 1907	UK	1	Walter Scott	17 Aug 1826	8 Apr 1910	83
8 Apr 1910		2	John Scott	23 Aug 1854	29 Apr 1922	67
29 Apr 1922		3	Walter Scott	31 Mar 1895	8 Jun 1967	72
8 Jun 1967		4	Walter Scott	29 Jul 1918	29 Nov 1992	74
29 Nov 1992		5	Walter John Scott	24 Feb 1948
			SCOTT of The Yews,Westmorland
27 Jul 1909	UK	1	James William Scott	23 Jun 1844	4 Aug 1913	69
4 Aug 1913		2	Samuel Haslam Scott	7 Aug 1875	23 Jun 1960	84
23 Jun 1960		3	Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott	6 Nov 1922	4 Nov 2016	93
4 Nov 2016		4	Christopher James Scott	16 Jan 1955
			SCOTT of Witley,Surrey
3 Feb 1913	UK	1	Sir Percy Moreton Scott	10 Jul 1853	18 Oct 1924	71
18 Oct 1924		2	Douglas Winchester Scott	4 Feb 1907	10 Apr 1984	77
10 Apr 1984		3	Anthony Percy Scott	1 May 1937	2019	82
2019		4	Henry Douglas Edward Scott	1964
			SCOTT of Abbotsford,Roxburgh
23 Jun 1932	UK		See "Maxwell-Scott"
			SCOTT of Rotherfield,Hants
16 Feb 1962	UK	1	Jervoise Bolitho Scott	3 Feb 1892	21 Jun 1965	73
21 Jun 1965		2	James Walter Scott	26 Oct 1924	2 Nov 1993	69
			Lord Lieutenant Hampshire 1982-1993
2 Nov 1993		3	James Jervoise Scott	12 Oct 1952
			SCOTT-DOUGLAS of Maxwell,Roxburgh
27 Jun 1786	GB		See "Douglas"
			SCOTTER of Eastbourne,Sussex
16 Jul 1907	UK	1	Sir Charles Scotter	22 Oct 1835	13 Dec 1910	75
13 Dec 1910		2	Frederick Charles Scotter	29 Jun 1868	26 Nov 1911	43
to			Extinct on his death
26 Nov 1911
			SCOURFIELD of Williamston,Pembroke
18 Feb 1876	UK	1	John Henry Scourfield	30 Jan 1808	3 Jun 1876	68
			MP for Haverfordwest 1852-1868 and
			Pembrokeshire 1868-1876. Lord Lieutenant
			Haverfordwest 1857-1876
3 Jun 1876		2	Owen Henry Philipps Scourfield	10 Oct 1847	5 Feb 1921	73
to			Extinct on his death
5 Feb 1921
			SCROPE of Cockerington,Lincs
16 Jan 1667	E	1	Carr Scrope	20 Sep 1649	1680	30
to			Extinct on his death
1680
			SCUDAMORE of Holme Lacy,Hereford
1 Jun 1620		1	John Scudamore	22 Mar 1601	19 May 1671	70
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Scudamore (qv) in 1628 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1716
			SCUDAMORE of Ballingham,Hereford
23 Jun 1644	E	1	John Scudamore	2 Aug 1600	c 1649
c 1649		2	John Scudamore	30 Jul 1630	22 Aug 1684	54
Aug 1684		3	Barnaby Scudamore		c 1720
to			Extinct on his death
c 1720
			SEAGER of St Mellons,Monmouth
1 Jul 1952	UK	1	George Leighton Seager	11 Jan 1896	17 Oct 1963	67
			He was subsequently created Baron Leighton
			of St.Mellons (qv) in 1962 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
			SEALE of Mount Boone,Devon
31 Jul 1838	UK	1	John Henry Seale	25 Dec 1780	29 Nov 1844	63
			MP for Dartmouth 1832-1844
29 Nov 1844		2	Henry Paul Seale	17 Feb 1806	17 Dec 1897	91
17 Dec 1897		3	John Henry Seale	14 Nov 1843	29 Jul 1914	70
29 Jul 1914		4	John Carteret Hyde Seale	23 Jul 1881	22 May 1964	82
22 May 1964		5	John Henry Seale	3 Mar 1921	26 Jan 2017	95
26 Jan 2017		6	John Robert Charters Seale	17 Aug 1954
			SEAMAN of Bouverie Street,London
17 Mar 1933	UK	1	Sir Owen Seaman	18 Sep 1861	2 Feb 1936	74
to			Extinct on his death
2 Feb 1936
			SEBRIGHT of Besford,Worcs
20 Dec 1626	E	1	Edward Sebright	c 1585	c 1658
c 1658		2	Edward Sebright	c 1645	11 Sep 1679
11 Sep 1679		3	Edward Sebright	1668	15 Dec 1702	34
15 Dec 1702		4	Thomas Saunders Sebright	11 May 1692	12 Apr 1736	43
			MP for Hertfordshire 1715-1736
12 Apr 1736		5	Thomas Saunders Sebright	21 Dec 1723	30 Oct 1761	37
30 Oct 1761		6	John Sebright	19 Oct 1725	23 Feb 1794	68
			MP for Bath 1763-1774 and 1775-1780
23 Feb 1794		7	John Saunders Sebright	23 May 1767	15 Apr 1846	78
			MP for Hertfordshire 1807-1835
15 Apr 1846		8	Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright	1802	29 Aug 1864	62
29 Aug 1864		9	John Gage Saunders Sebright	20 Aug 1843	15 Nov 1890	47
15 Nov 1890		10	Egbert Cecil Saunders Sebright	12 Jun 1871	1 Apr 1897	25
1 Apr 1897		11	Edgar Reginald Saunders Sebright	27 May 1854	25 Dec 1917	63
25 Dec 1917		12	Guy Thomas Saunders Sebright	19 Aug 1856	11 Sep 1933	77
			For further information on this baronet, see
			the note at the foot of this page
11 Sep 1933		13	Giles Edward Sebright	12 Nov 1896	9 Dec 1954	58
9 Dec 1954		14	Hugo Giles Edmund Sebright	2 Mar 1931	16 Apr 1985	54
16 Apr 1985		15	Peter Giles Vivian Sebright	2 Aug 1953	25 Oct 2003	50
25 Oct 2003		16	Rufus Hugo Giles Sebright	31 Jul 1978
			SEDLEY of Ailesford,Kent
29 Jun 1611	E	1	William Sedley	c 1558	27 Feb 1618
27 Feb 1618		2	John Sedley	c 1597	13 Aug 1638
13 Aug 1638		3	Henry Sedley	c 1623	1641
1641		4	William Sedley		1656
1656		5	Charles Sedley	30 Mar 1639	20 Aug 1701	62
to			MP for New Romney 1668-1681,1690-1695 and
20 Aug 1701			1696-1701
			Extinct on his death
			SEDLEY of Great Chart,Kent
24 Sep 1621	E	1	Isaack Sedley		1627
1627		2	John Sedley	c 1600	21 Nov 1673
Nov 1673		3	Isaac Sedley		by 1695
by 1695		4	Charles Sedley		Oct 1702
Oct 1702		5	John Sedley		c 1710
c 1710		6	George Sedley	27 Feb 1665	by 1722
by 1722		7	George Sedley		5 Aug 1737
Aug 1737		8	Charles Sedley		c 1770
to			Extinct on his death
c 1770
			SEDLEY of Southfleet,Kent
10 Jul 1702	E	1	Charles Sedley	c 1695	18 Feb 1730
18 Feb 1730		2	Charles Sedley	c 1721	23 Aug 1778
to			MP for Nottingham 1747-1754 and 1774-1778
23 Aug 1778			Extinct on his death
			SEELY of Sherwood Lodge,Notts
			and Brooke House,Isle of Wight
19 Feb 1896	UK	1	Charles Seely	11 Aug 1833	16 Apr 1915	81
			MP for Nottingham 1869-1874 and 1880-1885
			and Nottingham West 1885-1886 and
			1892-1895
16 Apr 1915		2	Charles Hilton Seely	7 Jul 1859	26 Feb 1926	66
			MP for Lincoln 1895-1906 and Mansfield 1916-1918
26 Feb 1926		3	Hugh Michael Seely,later [1941] 1st
			Baron Sherwood	2 Oct 1898	1 Apr 1970	71
1 Apr 1970		4	Victor Basil John Seely	18 May 1900	10 May 1980	79
10 May 1980		5	Nigel Edward Seely	28 Jul 1923
			SELBY of Whitehouse,Durham
3 Mar 1664	E	1	George Selby		Sep 1668
Sep 1668		2	George Selby		Sep 1668
to			Extinct on his death - he held the
Sep 1668			baronetcy for only one hour
			SELBY-BIGGE of Kings Sutton,Northants
14 Feb 1919	UK	1	Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge	3 Apr 1860	24 May 1951	91
24 May 1951		2	John Amherst Selby-Bigge	20 Jun 1892	3 Oct 1973	81
to			Extinct on his death
3 Oct 1973
			Sir Henry Paulet St.John-Mildmay, 3rd baronet [GB 1772]
			From 'The Times' of 16 December 1797:-
			'Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart, a few days since, met with the following extraordinary
			accident at his seat in Hampshire: returning from a hard chace [sic] with his horse, Telegraph,
			(which he bought of Lord Villiers for 600 guineas) he dismounted, and told his groom he thought
			he might venture to pat him, and accordingly put his right hand towards his neck, when the
			horse seized it in his mouth, and held it there for more than a minute, in despite of all the
			endeavours of two grooms to disengage it. The consequence was, that Sir Henry was
			compelled to suffer an amputation of all of his fingers from that hand in the course of the day.'
			Sir Henry St.John Carew St.John-Mildmay, 4th baronet [GB 1772]
			Sir Henry committed suicide in January 1848. The following report on the subsequent inquest
			appeared in 'The Morning Chronicle' of 19 January 1848:-
			'An inquest was held this morning by Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Bedford Arms, Pont-street,
			Cadogan-place, Chelsea, on the body of Sir Henry St.John Mildmay, Bart., aged 62 [sic], who
			committed suicide on Monday morning last, under the following circumstances:-
			'Thomas Tremier, valet to deceased, proved finding him dead in bed at 1/4 to six on Monday
			morning last, having called him at 5 by his own request. Witness put out deceased's clothes
			for him, as they were about going into the country. At half-past 5, witness returned to
			deceased's bed-room, when he asked for his box, which witness gave him, and then left the
			room. At twenty minutes to 6, witness went to see if deceased was up, when he looked very
			strangely at him, and said something witness could not understand. He did not speak in his
			usual way. Witness was about to take the box away, but at deceased's request he left [it]
			on the bed, and went down stairs; and in about three minutes heard a noise in the room, like
			that caused by the falling of table. In two minutes he returned to deceased's room, and found
			him still in bed, with a pistol in both hands. He was quite dead. Witness called the landlord,
			and then went for a surgeon, Mr. Tirann, who came immediately. His services were useless.
			'By the Coroner: I do not know where the deceased had obtained the pistol. He had no pistol
			case, and did not keep powder or bullets. Lived with deceased for seven years, and noticed a
			strange alteration in his manner for three days previously to his death. He gave his orders in a
			strange way. On Saturday evening he appeared very low, and said he had met with an
			accident - broken the shaft of his brougham. He said he wished particularly to go into Hampshire
			on the following day to join his brother on a shooting excursion. Six weeks ago he was seriously
			indisposed, complained of his head, and passed sleepless nights. Knew of nothing to annoy him
			particularly. No letter or scrap of paper had been found addressed by Sir Henry to anybody.
			'Deceased's coachman and landlord were examined, and merely said that they had observed
			lately a slight change in his manner.
			'Mr. Augustus Warren, solicitor to deceased, said he saw him on Sunday evening, when he
			appeared in a most undetermined state relative to pecuniary embarrassments, which, he said,
			he was quite sure he could not face. He feared being arrested, or taken in execution on
			Monday, and said he had better be out of the world. Witness believed he hardly knew what he
			was doing. His judgment was not in a sound state.
			'Mr. Thorne, deceased's medical adviser, said that about a month ago he was labouring under
			great depression of mind.
			'Verdict, "Temporary Insanity."
			Sir Henry Gerald St.John-Mildmay, 9th baronet [GB 1772]
			"The Times" of 10 November 1949:-
			'Sir Henry St.John-Mildmay, 9th baronet, was killed in a motor car accident near Kampala,
			Uganda, on Friday [4 November] at the age of 23, according to a message from our
			Kampala Correspondent. He was the only son of Captain Sir Anthony St.John-Mildmay,
			the eighth baronet, and was educated at Eton. He was gazetted a lieutenant in the
			Grenadier Guards in 1945 and served with them in the occupation forces in Germany. About
			a year ago he went to Uganda, where he was employed by a firm of estate agents. The
			heir to the baronetcy is his kinsman the Rev. Aubrey Neville St.John-Mildmay, a descendant
			of the second son of the third baronet.'
			Sir Frank Bernard Sanderson, 1st baronet
			Sir Frank made a valiant, but ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to rescue a child who had fallen
			into a stream, as described in an article in 'The Irish Times' of 11 October 1927:-
			'Alfred Reginald Tillstone, of Spring Gardens, Lewes, was drowned in a stream at Lewes
			yesterday afternoon. Sir Frank Sanderson, Bart., M.P., who lives at Lewes, was attracted by
			the cries of the mother, and dived, fully dressed, into the water and brought the boy to land.
			While artificial respiration was being applied he ran to telephone for the police and a doctor, and
			afterwards lent his car to take the boy to hospital, but all efforts at revival were unavailing.
			"The spot where the child fell in," said Sir Frank Sanderson, "was near to some fields which
			adjoin my estate. I was out walking when I saw a woman on the bank of the stream waving
			frantically and pointing to something floating on the water. I ran towards her, and she cried:
			"My child, my child!" I then saw the poor little child floating downstream. I immediately plunged
			in and brought him to the bankside.
			"I left the boy with his mother and gave her instructions how to try and revive him, while I
			dashed for the police and a doctor, whom I summoned by telephone. I then had my car brought
			out and took the child to hospital. All efforts to revive him were in vain.
			"He had been playing with a little friend by the side of the stream and had accidentally fallen in.
			His little friend, frightened by what had happened, ran to Tillstone's mother, who lives nearby,
			and told her of the accident. She immediately ran to the bankside, and that was where I saw
			her when she attracted my attention."
			Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd baronet
			At first glance, the date of birth of the 3rd baronet, when considered in conjunction with the
			date of death of his father, the 2nd baronet, might seem to be incorrect. The natural inference
			would be that I have incorrectly copied the date of death of the father as being the date of
			of birth of the son. However, the dates as they stand are correct. The reason for these dates
			is simply that the 2nd baronet was murdered in Whitefriars, London, on the same day (some
			sources say the same hour) as his son was born. The 3rd baronet therefore inherited the
			baronetcy on the day he was born. The murderers of the 2nd baronet, two men named Henry
			Symbal and William Jones, were both executed shortly afterwards.
			Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st baronet, and his father, David Sassoon
			(1792-1864)
			The following article, which traces the rise of the Sassoon family, appeared in the Australian
			monthly magazine "Parade" in its issue for February 1954:-
			'The crowd at famous Epsom racecourse went wild with delight as the winner, Pinza, passed
			the finishing post in the greatest race of the century - last year's [i.e.1953] Coronation Derby.
			They would have liked the Queen's horse, Aureole, to win, but not even that disappointment
			could dampen the general delight that Gordon Richards, the champion jockey, had at last won
			the greatest race in the world and become Sir Gordon in the same week. It is not surprising,
			therefore, that, in the ovation given to Sir Gordon, only the discriminating had a thought for
			the immaculate, quietly-dignified owner who walked to the enclosure beside the  winner.
			To Sir Victor Sassoon, the victory crowned a record of family achievement which reads like a
			chapter from the Arabian Nights.
			'The rise of the Sassoon family is one of the great romances of modern times. Their ancestors,
			driven from Bagdad by the strangling mutes of the Sultan, had in two generations built an
			industrial and trading empire which girdled the world. They were the intimates of the tolerant,
			pleasure-loving Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). In their mansions in London and
			Brighton they entertained the Prince and the sparkling bare-shouldered beauties of his
			"Marlborough House Set," which included the glamorous Lily Langtry.
			It was a far cry from the Royal enclosure at Epsom to the teeming, colourful streets of old
			Bagdad, where the ancestors of the Sassoon dynasty lived for centuries in the small Jewish
			settlement of traders and money-changers. They had a proud heritage, claiming descent from
			a famous family of Spanish Jews in Toledo which produced scholars, merchants and physicians
			until the Jews were driven from Spain in 1492. According to family tradition, the Sassoons fled
			from Spain eastward to Salonika, then to Constantinople and finally to Bagdad.
			'Mesopotamia (now Iraq) was part of the Turkish empire. Bagdad was ruled for the Sultans by
			a series of corrupt, bloody and licentious pashas. By the end of the 18th century the Sassoons
			had become the acknowledged leaders of the colony of 5000 Jews clustered on the northern
			bank of the historic River Tigris. Head of the family was Sason ben Sakeh. He was Treasurer to
			the Pasha, and had been granted the ancient Jewish title of "Prince of the Nativity." This gave
			him great power over the Jewish colony, including the right to punish criminals by flogging on
			the soles of their feet with bastinadoes or by death.
			'His son David, founder of the modern family fortune, was born in 1792. By the time he reached
			manhood the Jewish settlement was threatened with extermination from an attack of plague
			and the persecutions of Daoud, the most savage pasha of all. Four-fifths of the colony had
			been wiped out. Several leading merchants had been strangled with the bowstring by Daoud's
			officers. Sason ben Saleh himself had been threatened with hanging. It was then that the aged
			patriarch and his son decided to fly for their lives. Heaping as much gold as they could into two
			small chests, father and son fled the city one moonless night in 1829 and bribed an Arab
			boatman to take them down river to Basra. The threats of the infuriated Pasha still pursued
			them, so they escaped again across the Persian Gulf to the little port of Bushire. The hardship
			of the journey killed the 80-years-old Sason ben Saleh.
			'Alone in the world, his son David set painfully to work rebuilding the family fortunes from what
			remained of the two small chests of gold. British officials at Bushire advised him not to waste
			time on the trumpery bazaars of Persia, but go to India, where vast opportunities were waiting
			under the peaceful rule of the British Raj. Their stories of the splendour of the princes' courts
			dazzled him. The thought of the millions of Indian customers waiting to buy his goods appealed
			to his shrewd business instincts.
			'Accordingly, in 1833, he transferred his business to Bombay - the gateway to western India.
			The decision was momentous for the Sassoon dynasty. Bombay in the early 19th century was a
			raw, bustling, rapidly-growing city where a handful of British, Parsee, Arab and Jewish traders
			were making fortunes. Into this scramble for power and riches David Sassoon flung himself with
			energy. He sold Lancashire textiles to Persia and Mesopotamia, importing in return Oriental
			cloths and carpets which he sold to traders in India for re-export to Britain. By 1845 he was
			the largest merchant in the Persian Gulf trade and was reaching out for more. He scattered his
			eight sons over all the strategic trading centres of the East. His chartered ships carried opium
			and Indian cotton yarn to China and Japan, and brought back silk and lacquer ware. Sheffield
			cutlery, Birmingham pots and pans, and Manchester cotton goods from the Sassoon ware-
			houses in Bombay poured into every bazaar in the East.
			'He was already a millionaire when the American Civil War of 1861-65 doubled his fortune. The
			war cut American supplies of cotton from the voracious mills of Lancashire. The price of Indian
			cotton rocketed from 6d to 24d a pound, and Sassoon was the biggest exporter. Despite his
			fabulous wealth, David Sassoon remained to the end a simple, dignified patriarch. He lived
			mostly in a few rooms above his Bombay counting-house. He always wore the turban, robes
			and slippers of his ancestors, and preferred learned discussions on the Talmud to the
			ostentatious splendour of other merchant princes. He gave vast sums to charity. A poor native
			of Bombay could be educated in a Sassoon school, improve his mind in a Sassoon library or
			museum, be nursed in a Sassoon hospital, be taken in hand by a Sassoon model reformatory,
			and, finally, be buried in a Sassoon-financed cemetery.
			'When David died of fever at Poona in 1864 his rocketing trade empire was taken over by his
			eldest son Albert Abdullah. Albert inherited all his father's business acumen, but none of his
			taste for the simple, austere life. His display of wealth dazzled the snobbish European official
			caste. He abandoned his father's antique Oriental dress and customs and built himself a huge
			mansion in Bombay, modelled on an Italian Renaissance palace and named Sans Souci [Without
			Care], after the Kaiser's palace at Potsdam. Fir summer retreats he had two sumptuous villas
			in the hills above Poona.
			Albert's hospitality was on an equally fabulous scale. When the Prince of Wales visited Bombay
			in 1875 the 1400 guests in the glittering Sassoon ballroom included the Prince himself, the
			Viceroy of India, and many Indian princes and rajahs. His social ambitions did not prevent Albert
			Sassoon from greatly extending the family's trading and industrial empire. With his brothers he
			built up a huge cotton clothing industry in Bombay. His factories played a major part in turning
			the city from an exotic Eastern metropolis into a smoke-grimed, sprawling industrial giant. His
			most spectacular feat was the Sassoon Dock, It enabled the biggest cargo steamers to reach
			Bombay, and swept the picturesque Arab and Indian sailing ships out of the Indian Ocean for
			ever.
			'The Sassoon star was now racing in the ascendant. In 1872 Albert was knighted. The following
			year he went to live permanently in England, where several of his younger brothers, armed with
			their share of the family fortune, were already cutting sensational figures in London society.
			The doors of Queen Victoria's stiff, sedate, and lonely Court were closed to swarthy Eastern
			millionaires, no matter how rich. Nevertheless, the Sassoons found a ready welcome in the gay,
			cosmopolitan set that surrounded the jovial Prince of Wales, who was still sowing his wild oats.
			Albert's younger brothers, Reuben and Arthur, were soon among the Prince's most intimate
			companions at country house card tables, shooting boxes in Scotland, and Continental casinos.
			'Arthur Sassoon, who had one of the most beautiful hostesses in London as his wife, settled in
			a mansion in Knightsbridge. Reuben's palace in Belgrave Square had the stables at the top of
			the house. Horses and carriages had to be taken up and down in a lift. The extravagant Prince
			was fascinated by the financial genius of the Sassoons. He insisted they accompany him in the
			Royal boxes at Ascot and Newmarket to look after his bets. One spiteful rival described Arthur
			as "that Jew pageboy who bobs up from his seat after every race to put on the Royal bets."
			Reuben, wearing more jewels than English gentlemen thought becoming, was frequently seen
			in the Prince's box at the theatre. It was even rumoured that, in his unofficial capacity of
			"keeper of the Prince's purse for pastimes," he lent his host money.
			'The Royal friendship was not without strains. The Prince, who had a schoolboy fondness of
			practical jokes, once slipped a costly jewel into Reuben's pocket in a jeweller's shop in Germany
			and left his embarrassed friend to explain to the irate and suspicious shopkeeper. On another
			occasion, resenting what he regarded as undue familiarity, the Prince pushed Reuben so
			violently that he fell down the marble staircase of his Belgrave Square mansion and was badly
			bruised.
			'The highlight of Sir Albert Sassoon's hospitality was the visit of the Shah of Persia to Britain
			in 1889. When the Shah visited Britain 16 years earlier his hosts were distressed by his
			unfortunate behaviour in feminine company and by the trail of unpaid bills left by his suite.
			Only at the Prince of Wales' urgent request did the City of London grudgingly consent to
			give the Shah an official reception on his second visit. There was a sigh of relief, therefore,
			when the urbane Sir Albert Sassoon, who had been given the Order of the Lion by the Shah for
			his services to Persian trade and banking, offered to be personally responsible for the
			embarrassing guest and to send him away happy. Sassoon knew his man. He hired a theatre in
			Brighton, engaged a company of shapely ballet dancers - a gesture warmly appreciated by the
			Shah - and provided a costly and sumptuous banquet of Oriental dishes. The visit was a
			diplomatic and social success [and no doubt was a factor behind Sir Albert receiving a
			baronetcy in the following year].
			'Sir Albert Sassoon died on October 24, 1896, and was buried in his exotic private mausoleum
			at Brighton.'
			The special remainder to the baronetcy of Sassoon created in 1909
			From the "London Gazette" of 2 February 1909 (issue 28220, page 826):-
			'The King has been pleased to give directions for the preparation of a Warrant for His Majesty's
			Royal Sign Manual, authorizing Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United
			Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United
			Kingdom upon Jacob Elias Sassoon, of the City of Bombay, in the Empire of India, Esquire, and
			the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to Edward Elias Sassoon, of
			Grosvenor-place, in the City of Westminster, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully
			begotten.'
			Lady Sophia Cadogan (1874-1937), wife of Sir
			Samuel Edward Scott, 6th baronet
			After succeeding to the baronetcy as a child of 9, Sir Samuel married, on 29 June 1896, Sophia
			Beatrix Mary Cadogan, younger daughter of the 5th Earl Cadogan, the then Lord Lieutenant of
			Ireland. She was born 6 April 1874, and she was therefore 22 at the time of her marriage.
			On 17 April 1899, Lady Scott suddenly disappeared. She drove from her residence in
			Grosvenor Square to Bond Street to do some shopping. Once there, she dismissed her
			coachman and subsequently failed to return to her house.
			The following summary of the resulting scandal is taken from the 'Chicago Daily Tribune' of 5
			December 1901:-
			'………Lady Sophie...…..became afflicted in 1899 with melancholia, the result of a severe illness,
			following the premature birth of a child [presumably a miscarriage]. It was while suffering from
			this melancholia that she allowed herself to be persuaded by Algernon Burnaby, one of her
			husband's fellow officers and best friends, to desert Sir Samuel, leaving a letter behind her
			telling him that she had eloped.
			'According to the story told at the time by the relatives and friends of the family, and which
			was popularly believed, Lady Sophie before reaching Dover, on her way to the Continent - that
			is to say, within a couple of hours of her elopement - recovered her senses sufficiently to
			become aware of what she was doing, and, parting from the companion of her flight, sought
			refuge with some of her cousins in the south of England.
			'According to the story Sir Samuel, realising that his wife had not been responsible for her
			action, asked her parents to take care of her until she had recovered her health, and then,
			resigning his commission in the army, started off on a yachting trip with her around the world.
			They had reached India when the war in south Africa broke out. Sir Samuel, who is 29, sent his
			wife home, presented his magnificent yacht to the government for use as a hospital ship, and
			rejoined the army, taking an active share in the campaign, and, since his return to England,
			after distinguishing himself in the field, has been living on the happiest terms with his wife,
			whose canvassing contributed largely to his election to Parliament.
			'Society received her everywhere, taking the story, which had been circulated as true, and
			regarding her rather as the irresponsible victim of a false friend, at a time when her mind was
			unbalanced by illness, rather than guilty of any serious wrongdoing. True, she has not
			reappeared at court, but she has been repeatedly received by Queen Alexandra and by her
			daughters privately and been treated by the royal family with the utmost kindness and
			consideration. In fact, the story published in the newspapers, according to which she has been
			subjected to ostracism since the elopement episode, is altogether untrue, and as the law had
			not been invoked in the case, there was no reason why Lady Sophia should not in course of
			time reappear at court.
			'Sir Samuel, Lord Cadogan, and their relatives and friends, however, counted without the Hon.
			Sybil Burnaby, that is to say, the wife of the officer who eloped with Lady Sophie, for he was
			a married man. Apparently the Hon. Mrs Burnaby, sister of Lord Delamere, is anxious to marry,
			and for this purpose to secure a dissolution of her marriage to Algernon Burnaby. So, in spite
			of all the influence that could be brought to bear by the King, the royal family, and by the
			most powerful leaders of London society, she proceeded to sue her husband for a divorce,
			naming Lady Sophie as co-respondent, and producing evidence to show that the story until
			now current about Lady Sophie was untrue, in so far that it asserted that she had left
			Burnaby within a couple of hours after her elopement, and that she had quitted him as soon
			as ever the London train had reached Dover. For, according to the testimony on the strength
			of which Mrs Burnaby got her divorce, Lady Sophie had spent nearly two months at Baggrave
			Hall, the Leicestershire county seat of Algernon Burnaby, that is to say the time when,
			according to the story hitherto believed, she had been under the care of relatives in the
			south of England.
			'Of course the publication of this evidence does not in any way affect the statement that
			Lady Sophie was mentally irresponsible at the time when she deserted her husband. But the
			placing on official record in court that she had lived with Algernon Burnaby at Baggrave
			Hall as his wife for a couple of months practically destroys her position in London society,
			in spite of her reconciliation with her husband and renders it impossible that she should ever
			resume her place at King Edward's court.'
			After being reconciled to her husband, it appears that they lived happily together until Lady
			Sophie died in 1937. The former Mrs Burnaby died in May 1911, as a result of falling out of a
			third-floor window at her house in Wilton Place. Algernon Burnaby was quietly dismissed from
			the army and, after being divorced by Sybil, married an American heiress, Minna Field, in
			1906. Burnaby, prior to his involvement in the scandal, was already well-known in England. He
			was the nephew of Colonel Fred Burnaby, one of England's most famous soldiers of the 19th
			century. Algernon had also gained fame as one of the participants of the famous midnight
			steeplechase which had taken place at Melton Mowbray in March 1890, this event having
			arisen from a challenge made at a dinner party at the home of Lady Augusta Fane. The
			riders had hoped for a moonlit night, but when it the moon was obscured by clouds, they
			borrowed sufficient oil-lamps from the local railway station to light the 3-mile course, while
			all of the riders wore white night-shirts. Burnaby died in November 1938 at the age of 70,
			having been Master of the Quorn, probably the most famous hunt in England, for 14 years.
			Sir Douglas Edward Scott, 7th baronet of Great Barr [UK 1806]
			Sir Douglas appeared before the courts in March 1918, charged with bigamy. The following
			report appeared in 'The Times' on 29 March 1918:-
			'At Westminster Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Francis, the Rev. Sir Douglas Edward
			Scott, 54, of Devonshire House, Theale, Berks, was charged with marrying Vanda Marion
			Williams at Caversham, his wife, Lady Scott, being alive; with obtaining a naval uniform and
			a lady's costume, and other articles, from Messrs. Burberry by false pretences; and with
			obtaining £15 by false pretences from Messrs. Selfridge's.
			'Lady Scott deposed that she was the wife of the prisoner, and resided at Theale. She was
			married on December 11, 1899, at the Registry Office, Lambeth. During the last three years
			they had lived at Theale. There were six children of the marriage, five living. She last saw her
			husband before his arrest on January 14. Ostensibly he left for France in connexion with the
			Church Army.
			'Vanda Marion Williams, a young woman living at St.George's-road, Pimlico, stated that she was
			the widow of a Cardiff shipping clerk. Since last Easter she had been employed as assistant in
			the refreshment room at Reading Railway Station. She made the acquaintance of the defendant
			there. He asked her if she would assist him in France, and she sais she had no desire to go.
			Afterwards the defendant said that he cared for her, and that he had lost his wife two years
			ago. Her asked her on several occasions to become his wife. At first she refused him, but
			ultimately agreed to marry him on December 24. Arrangements were made for the banns to be
			put up at St.Peter's Church, Caversham. At the beginning of the year Sir Douglas went
			hurriedly to France, but returned in February. They were married on February 18, and stayed
			at hotels in London. The witness remained with the defendant at the Grosvenor Hotel until
			his arrest. Their marriage was announced in the Morning Post on the instruction of the
			defendant.
			'Detective-sergeant Purkiss stated that while the defendant was in custody he (the witness)
			asked him if the lady at the Grosvenor Hotel was his wife. The defendant replied "Certainly
			she is. Lady Scott, my first wife, is dead." On March 21, when identified by the real Lady
			Scott and told that he would be charged with bigamy, the defendant said, "I quite expected
			that would happen. I am sorry I told you a lie." The prisoner, in reply to the statutory charge,
			said, "I will reserve what I have to say for elsewhere."
			Another report, which appeared in the Melbourne 'Argus' on 29 June 1918, stated that Sir
			Douglas had pretended that he was a commander in the navy, hence the naval uniform already
			mentioned above. The article further states that Sir Douglas was an undischarged bankrupt,
			and that he appeared to be a serial bigamist, since it reports that "becoming engaged to a
			well-connected young woman in the north, he inserted in a newspaper an untrue statement
			of Lady Scott's death. The banns were published, but the young woman's father discovered
			the facts. She gave birth to a child."
			At the conclusion of his trial, Sir Douglas was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months'
			imprisonment with hard labour.
			Sir Edward Arthur Dolman Scott, 8th baronet of Great Barr  [UK 1806]
			After leaving England as a 17-year-old, Scott lived in Australia, and while living there succeeded
			his father as 8th baronet in 1951. He told his story in an interview with the Adelaide "Mail" which
			was published on 8 December 1951:-
			'Adelaide's 46 year old baronet Sir Edward Arthur Dolman Scott, who is a painter and decorator of
			Plympton, in an exclusive story to "The Mail" today told how he ran away from his ancestral home
			on the Thames near London when he was 17.
			'This week cables from London announced that Mr. Scott had inherited the title from his father,
			Sir Douglas Edward Scott, seventh baronet of Great Barr, Staffordshire, England who died on
			August 22 this year.
			'Mr. Scott has been living in a comfortable home in Alice street, South Plympton, with his wife and
			12-year-old daughter for the past 11 years.
			'I found the Scott family taking the news of the title calmly. Mr. Scott, just back from a painting
			job at Salisbury, had changed into shorts. Sun-tanned and quietly spoken, he told the story of
			the decision he made early in his life 'to see the world and make my way through life on my own
			merits.' He said: "Australia sounded like the 'promised land.' "I knew going there would virtually
			mean cutting myself off from my family. But I have never regretted my decision. I boarded a boat
			in England and landed in Adelaide as Ted Scott, without a friend in the world and with less than
			£2 in my pocket. I was then about 17. In England I had learned painting and decorating. Soon
			after arriving here, I resumed this trade and have since been all over the country enjoying the
			free, open life that is typically Australian. Thirteen years ago I married Dorothy Winchcombe, from
			Yorketown, SA. Two years later we settled in our present home. We knew that I, as the eldest
			son, would automatically inherit the baronetcy and the whole of its estates on my father's death.
			But we never mentioned it to anyone. I rarely corresponded with my parents or my brother and
			two sisters in England.
			"At the end of August this year an airmail letter arrived from my mother, now about 80, briefly
			stating that my father had died on August 22, and telling me I was now Sir Edward Arthur Dolman
			Scott, Baronet. I wrote back immediately for further particulars. Apart from the title I hadn't the
			faintest idea what the estate consisted of, or what the baronetcy might mean to me financially.
			My wife and I will visit England in 1953, when I hope to finish straightening everything out.
			"Our daughter, Jeanette, will be finished her schooling by then, and will be able to go with us.
			But we will come back here to live. All our interests are here. We have a comfortable seven-room
			home we've worked hard for. I have never received a penny from England. We have been "Ted
			and Dot" to a lot of friends here for so long, and we want it to go on like that. As far as we know
			now, I will continue with my painting and decorating, and my wife will still run her two hairdress-
			ing salons at Plympton."
			For information on his wife, see the next note below….
			Dorothy Elsie Scott, wife of Sir Edward Arthur Dolman Scott, 8th baronet of
			Great Barr [UK 1806]
			In 1970 Lady Scott took legal action against the large paper products company Bowater-Scott,
			alleging that they had used her name without permission in an advertising campaign for toilet
			paper. The following report is from "The Canberra Times" of 26 August 1970 [in common with
			almost every newspaper when referring to a baronet's or knight's wife, she is wrongly referred to
			as 'Lady Dorothy Scott' - the only occasions when the style Lady [Christian name] [Surname] is
			correct is if that person is the daughter of a duke, a marquess or an earl - for example, Lady
			Diana Spencer.]
			'Adelaide's Lady Dorothy Scott [sic] is upset because of a national advertisement urging people
			to buy Lady Scott lavatory paper. She says it is embarrassing for her.
			"I am not very pleased about it, carrying my name and all," she said today. "People think it was
			done with my sanction. They say to me, 'We knew you were a good businesswoman. But now
			you have it made. We all have to use it.' Some of the things that women say to me when they
			come into my hairdressing salons are embarrassing," she said. [Lady Scott has several hair-
			dressing salons in Adelaide suburbs.] Even schoolchildren are singing the tune to the ad," she
			said.
			'She had received a number of offensive anonymous letters. Recently a group came past her
			house in Sussex Street, Glenelg, singing the song, she said. "I don't know where the kiddies
			came from. I didn't even know that they knew I lived there, but I don't blame them. How
			would Sir Ian Bowater like the name of the toilet roll changed to 'Lady Bowater toilet rolls.'
			Then he would see how awful it would be." [The toilet rolls are manufactured by Bowater-Scott,
			the family company of Sir Ian Bowater, the Lord Mayor of London (1969-1970), who is now in
			Melbourne.]
			'Lady Scott said she had asked the Adelaide solicitor and former Liberal Cabinet Minister, Sir
			Baden Pattinson [1899-1978], to see what he could do to stop the advertisement appearing.
			Sir Baden has written to the company in Melbourne and a company spokesman said today that
			the advertisement had been withdrawn a fortnight ago. Company solicitors were looking at the
			position, he said.
			'The advertisement has had full-page treatment in national womens' magazines and 30 and 60-
			second showings on national television. Part of the advertisement invites viewers to "have an
			affair with Lady Scott." Some of the lyrics to the tune read, "Lady Scott tissues are so soft,
			tra-la, soft pastels in your tra-la-la."
			"We consulted the Broadcasting Control Board right from the copy stage of the commercial.....
			it approved the ad's issue," a Bowater-Scott spokesman said tonight. "The Board had a seminar
			on how to treat personal products in a tasteful fashion and picked our ad to show how." The
			spokesman would not say whether the company was considering pulling "Lady Scott" off the
			market.'
			Lady Scott continued with her legal action and was eventually successful, as reported in "The
			Canberra Times" on 10 October 1970:-
			'Lady Scott, of Adelaide, announced yesterday that she had received "X amount of thousands
			of dollars" from the Bowater-Scott Tissue Company, after threatening legal action.
			'The company recently offended Lady Scott in an advertising campaign. It has increased its
			profits during recent publicity.
			'Lady Scott, of Glenelg, an Adelaide suburb, said it was "embarrassing" when Bowater-Scott
			screened a television commercial to advertise toilet tissue which used the same name as her
			own. The commercial was taken off TV for four weeks after Lady Scott threatened legal
			action. But it will be on screen again from today.
			"I won't say how much I got, but I feel it covers the damage done to me," Lady Scott said.
			'The general manager of Bowater-Scott, Mr. B.F. Turner, said he could not disclose what
			settlement had been reached. He said that Bowater-Scott sales had increased "considerably"
			during recent weeks of publicity. "I can't say if the Lady Scott matter has been the reason,
			but sales have gone up and up," he said.'
			The special remainder to the baronetcy of Scott created in 1806
			From the "London Gazette" of 8 November 1806 (issue 15973, page 1466):-
			'The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great
			Britain and Ireland to James Sibbald, of Sittwood Park, in the County of Berks, Esq; with
			Remainder to David Scott, of Dunninald, in the County of Forfar, Esq; Nephew to the said James
			Sibbald, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.'
			Sir Francis David Sibbald Scott, 4th baronet  [UK 1806]
			Sir Francis committed suicide in August 1906. The result of the subsequent inquest was
			reported in the London "Telegraph" of 14 August 1906:-
			'In connection with the tragic death of Sir Francis David Sibbald Scott, fourth baronet, of
			Dunninald, who was found shot at his residence, Waterloo Villa, near Portsmouth, on Saturday,
			there were some painful revelations at the inquest, which was held yesterday by the South
			Hampshire county coroner (Mr. E. Goble).
			'It was stated that the deceased baronet had given way extensively to intemperance, and
			when under the influence of drink he had threatened to commit suicide. His son, Lieutenant
			Francis Montagu Sibbald Scott, the successor to the title, informed the coroner, however,
			that he did not believe his father intended to carry out the threat. He was obliged to have an
			attendant to look after his father, who was not allowed to use a gun. All cartridges in the
			house were locked up.
			'Lilian Marshall Brown, a certificated nurse, had been nursing Sir Francis on and off for five
			years. She described how he "gave her the slip" on Saturday, and afterwards admitted having
			gone to an hotel, whence he returned in half an hour. Sir Francis was having his luncheon, and
			witness had left him to get some more soup when the report of the gun was heard. Asked if
			deceased had ever threatened suicide, witness replied, "When he has been under the influence
			of drink he has talked of committing suicide, but said that when he is sober he would not have
			the pluck to do it." Latterly deceased's drinking bouts had been much more frequent - about
			every fortnight - and he had not got over the last one properly. Witness found the cartridge
			produced in deceased's despatch-box, which was open. This the deceased kept locked, as it
			contained private papers, and he wore the key on his watch-chain. In the box there was a
			small bottle of gin.
			'William Garland, of Eastney, who had also been in attendance upon Sir Francis, stated that
			when he entered deceased's service on the 7th inst Sir Francis had a very bad attack, and
			was inclined to be very violent. Witness tried to keep drink from him.
			'Dr. T. Baker described the finding of the body. The muzzle of the gun had evidently been
			placed under the right eye and discharged. The wound was self-inflicted.
			'The jury returned a verdict of suicide during a fit of temporary insanity.'
			Sir Guy Thomas Saunders Sebright, 12th baronet
			Sir Guy was the victim in a conspiracy to blackmail him, commonly known as a "badger game."
			The following article appeared in the London "Daily Mail" on 28 October 1930:-
			'A plot by a man and his wife to catch a 74-years-old baronet in a compromising position
			in the flat which he provided for the woman was described in the Divorce Court yesterday.
			'An application, said to be without precedent, was made in a suit in which Mr. Henry Gladwin
			Grayson, an estate agent of Marlborough-place, St.John's Wood, N.W., obtained a decree
			nisi with costs and £500 damages on November 15 last on the ground of adultery between
			his wife and Sir Guy Sebright.
			'The case was not defended, but later the King's Proctor intervened, with the result that
			the decree was rescinded. The questions of the payment out to Sir Guy of the damages and
			the King's Proctor's costs arose.
			'The matter was postponed until yesterday, when Mr. F.L. Hodson, for Sir Guy Sebright, asked
			for the dismissal of the petition and for the payment out of court to Sir Guy of the £500
			damages. Mr. W.N. Stable, for the King's Proctor, contended that this was a case where the
			King's Proctor ought to be paid his costs as a condition of Sir Guy recovering the £500. The
			wife had been the mistress for some time of the co-respondent, who did not know apparently
			that Mrs. Grayson was a married woman. A flat was provided by the co-respondent for the
			wife, where the husband also resided, and the husband, when it was suspected that the co-
			respondent would call, would conveniently disappear.
			'Apparently, said Mr. Stable, the generosity of Sir Guy had its limits, but these two people,
			thinking they could get more money out of him, staged a surprise visit when the wife would
			be caught flagrante delicto with Sir Guy. Then the husband filed a divorce petition, claiming
			£3,000 damages, but only recovered £500.
			'Mr. Justice Bateson: It looks as if they succeeded in blackmailing the co-respondent and now
			the co-respondent wants the damages. Mr. Stable: I am told that the petitioner and his wife
			are people of no substance, and the question is whether the costs of the King's Proctor's
			intervention should fall on the taxpayer or on the co-respondent.
			'Mr. Justice Bateson said as he understood the case husband and wife put their heads together
			to catch Sir Guy in a compromising position so that the husband, by divorcing his wife, could
			get damages against Sir Guy, the latter not knowing the woman was married. Sir Guy was no
			party to the trick which was being played on him by which the husband obtained £500
			damages. Neither was Sir Guy a party to the King's Proctor's intervention.
			'In the circumstances it did not seem right that Sir Guy should pay those costs. The £500
			damages would be paid out to Sir Guy's solicitor and the petition dismissed, with costs against
			both husband and wife.'
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