Darell baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Darell, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. As of 2014 one creation is extant.
The Darell Baronetcy, of West Woodhay in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 June 1622 for John Darell. The title became extinct on his death in circa 1657.[1]
The Darell Baronetcy, of Richmond Hill in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 12 May 1795 for Lionel Darell, Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis and Hedon. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1887. The sixth Baronet was a Colonel in the 1st Life Guards, a county councillor and Alderman for Gloucestershire and High Sheriff of the county in 1924. The eighth Baronet was a Brigadier in the Coldstream Guards and served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire from 1985 to 1986. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's son, the ninth Baronet, who succeeded in 2013.
Darell baronets, of West Woodhay (1622)
- Sir John Darell, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1657)
Darell baronets, of Richmond Hill (1795)
- Sir Lionel Darell, 1st Baronet (1742–1803)
- Sir Harry Darell, 2nd Baronet (1768–1828)
- Sir Harry Darell, 3rd Baronet (1814–1853)
- Sir William Darell, 4th Baronet (1817–1883)
- Sir Lionel Darell, 5th Baronet (1845–1919)
- Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet (1876–1954) m. 1903[2] Lady Eleanor Marian Heathcote (1871–1953)[3][4][5]
- Sir William Darell, 7th Baronet (1910–1959)
- Sir Jeffrey Darell, 8th Baronet (1919–2013) [6]
- Sir Guy Darell, 9th Baronet (born 1961)
The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Harry Thomas Adair Darell (born 1995).
Notes
- ↑ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900
- ↑ FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- ↑ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England
- ↑ Fretherne Parish. Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucestershire, England.
- ↑ "Brig Sir Jeffrey Lionel Darell, MC, 8th Baronet (1919–2013)".
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets