Whichcote baronets explained
| Whichcote baronets |
| Creation Date: | 1660[1] |
| Status: | extinct |
| Extinction Date: | 1949 |
| Motto: | Juste et droit, Just and right |
The Whichcote Baronetcy, of the Inner Temple in the City of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 April 1660 to reward Jeremy Whichcote for his services to the exiled King Charles II.[2] Whichcote, previously Solicitor-General to Prince Rupert of the Rhine, bought the post of Warden of Fleet Prison and, during the Commonwealth, was able to shelter the king's friends and agents in this way.[3]
The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1777, the fifth baronet in 1790, the seventh Baronet in 1837 and the ninth Baronet in 1900. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1949.
Benjamin Whichcote was the elder brother of the first Baronet.
Whichcote baronets, of the Inner Temple (1660)
- Sir Thomas Whichcote, 5th Baronet (1763–1828)[1]
- Sir Thomas Whichcote, 6th Baronet (1787–1829)[1]
- Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Baronet (1813–1892)[1]
- Sir George Whichcote, 8th Baronet (1817–1893)[1]
- Sir George Whichcote, 9th Baronet (1870–1946)
- Sir Hugh Christopher Whichcote, 10th Baronet (1874–1949)
Notes and References
- Book: Foster . Joseph . The baronetage and knightage . 1881 . Nichols and Sons . 652 . en.
- Web site: Complete baronetage Volume 3 . W. Pollard & co . 20 October 2018.
- Hendon & District Archaeological Society Hendon House
- Book: Johnson . Richard . The Baronetage of England:: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets Now Existing: with Their Descents, Marriages, and Memorable Actions Both in War and Peace. Collected from Authentic Manuscripts, Records, Old Wills, Our Best Historians, and Other Authorities. Illustrated with Their Coats of Arms, Engraven on Copper-plates. Also, a List of All the Baronets, who Have Been Advanced to that Dignity, from the First Institution Thereof. To which is Added, An Account of Such Nova-Scotia Baronets as are of English Families; and a Dictionary of Heraldry, Explaining Such Terms as are Commonly Used in English Armory . 1771 . G. Woodfall, J. Fuller, E. Johnson, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, W. Johnston, [and 11 others in London] . 4 . en.
- Web site: Whichcote, Francis (c.1692-1775), of Quy Hall, Cambs. and Aswarby, Lincs., History of Parliament Online . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
