Ouseley baronets explained

Ouseley baronets
Creation Date:1808[1]
Status:extinct
Extinction Date:1889
Motto:Mors lupi agnis vita, Death of the wolf is life to the lamb

The Ouseley Baronetcy, of Claremont in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 October 1808 for the entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat, Gore Ouseley.[2] He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a composer, organist, and musicologist. The title became extinct on his death in 1889.[3]

The first Baronet was the brother of Sir William Ouseley and the uncle of Sir William Gore Ouseley.[2]

Ouseley baronets, of Claremont (1808)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage . 1850 . Burke's Peerage Limited. . 769 . en.
  2. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire . 1883 . Nichols and Sons . Westminster . 476–477 .
  3. Watkins. Shaw. Ouseley, Sir Frederick Arthur Gore, second baronet. 20953.