Shakespeare baronets explained

The Shakespeare Baronetcy, of Lakenham in the City of Norwich, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for the Liberal politician Geoffrey Shakespeare. The third and current Baronet is a geneticist and sociologist.

The Shakespeare baronets descend from Richard Shakespeare, the grandfather of the playwright William Shakespeare.^[1]

Shakespeare baronets of Lakenham (1942)

• Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, 1st Baronet (1893 - 1980)
• Sir William Geoffrey Shakespeare, 2nd Baronet (1927 - 1996). Shakespeare was a highly respected general practitioner who practised at the Bedgrove Health Centre in Aylesbury. He had achondroplasia.^[2] He inherited the baronetcy in 1980 on the death of his father. The title passed to the eldest of his children, Tom Shakespeare, on his death in 1996.^[3]
• Sir Thomas William "Tom" Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet (born 1966)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother James Douglas Geoffrey Shakespeare (born 1971).

Escutcheon:	Or on a bend between in chief a portcullis and in base an anchor Sable a spear of the field.
Crest:	In front of a portcullis Sable an eagle rising grasping with the dexter claw a spear Or barbed Argent.^[4]

See also

• Shakespeare coat of arms

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

Notes and References

1. The Lives of Dwarfs: Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation, Betty M. Adelson, Rutgers University Press, 2005, p. 341
2. Web site: Pass it on » Tom Shakespeare.
3. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3578
4. Book: Burke's Peerage . 1949.