Sir Thomas Neville Abdy, 1st Baronet (1810–1877) was the son of Anthony Abdy and Grace Rich. His father was the grandson of Thomas Rutherford and great-grandson of Sir William Abdy, 4th Baronet; the Rutherfords adopted the Abdy surname after the failure of the original male line of Abdys. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and after unsuccessfully contesting Maldon in 1841, sat as Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis from 1847 to 1852. In 1849, he was created a baronet, and was High Sheriff of Essex in 1875. Abdy married Harriet Alston in 1841, by whom he had one daughter and four sons; three of his sons succeeded him as baronets.[4]
Sir William Abdy, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Neville Abdy, 2nd Baronet (18 June 1844 – 9 August 1910) was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He succeeded his father in 1877. Educated at Merton College, Oxford, he served as a Justice of the Peace for Essex, and was named High Sheriff of the county in 1884. He married three times, but had no children, and was succeeded by his brother Anthony.[5]
Sir Anthony Charles Abdy, 3rd Baronet
Sir Anthony Charles Sykes Abdy, 3rd Baronet (19 September 1848 – 17 May 1921) was a British soldier, the second son of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He served in the 2nd Life Guards, rising to the rank of captain, and fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War. Abdy was a military attaché in Vienna in 1885. He married Hon. Alexandrina Victoria Macdonald, daughter of Godfrey Macdonald, 4th Baron Macdonald and Maria Anne Wyndham, on 11 November 1886. They had three daughters: Grace Lillian (1887–1983), married Henry Butler, 8th Earl of Lanesborough in 1917, Violet (1892–1957), married Hugh Godsal in 1925, and Constance Mary (1895–1981), married Harold Frederic Andorsen in 1941. Upon the death of his elder brother William in 1910 without children, Anthony succeeded to the baronetcy.[6]
Sir Henry Abdy, 4th Baronet
Sir Henry Beadon Abdy, 4th Baronet (13 July 1853 – 1 December 1921) was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He married Anna Adele Coronna (d. 21 March 1920) on 22 March 1891, and had two sons by her: William Neville (1895–1911), who predeceased him, and Robert (1896–1976). He succeeded to the baronetcy when his brother Anthony died in May 1921, leaving only daughters, but Sir Henry died that December, and was succeeded by his only surviving son.[7]
Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Baronet
Sir Robert Henry Edward Abdy, 5th Baronet (11 September 1896 – 17 November 1976) was the second son of Sir Henry Abdy, 4th Baronet. He was educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and subsequently was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars. Abdy married Iya De Gay (formerly Jongejans; 1897-1993) on 23 June 1923, but they were divorced in 1928. Through this marriage, he became the stepfather of actor George Gaynes. Two years later, on 10 February 1930, he married Lady Diana Bridgeman (1907–1967), daughter of the 5th Earl of Bradford. They had one son, Valentine (b. 1937), before being divorced in 1962. Sir Robert's third wife was Jane Noble, whom he married on 5 September 1962 and divorced in 1973. After the divorce Jane continued to look after Robert until his death. Jane, Lady Abdy died in 2015.[8][9]
Sir Valentine Abdy, 6th Baronet
Sir Valentine Robert Duff Abdy, 6th Baronet (11 September 1937 – 27 June 2012) was the only son of Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Baronet. Educated at Eton College, he was a European Representative at the Smithsonian Institution, 1983–1995, serving in 1995 as a member of the National Board. He was Special Advisor to the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture, UNESCO in 1991. He was a member of the Organising Committee, Cité de l'Espace, Toulouse from 1999. Sir Valentine married Mathilde Marie Alexe Christianne de la Ferté in 1971, and they had one son, Robert Etienne Eric Abdy, before divorcing in 1982.[10]
Robert Etienne Eric Abdy is the heir of the 6th Baronet.[10]As of 2021[update] the baronetcy is listed as Vacant on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, meaning he has yet to prove his claim to the title.[3]
Viscount Hardinge, of Lahore and of Kings Newton in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1846 for the soldier and Tory politician Sir Henry Hardinge. His son, the second Viscount, represented Downpatrick in Parliament. His great-great-grandson, the sixth Viscount, succeeded a distant relative as eighth Baronet, of Belle Isle in the County of Fermanagh, in 1986. This title had been created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1801 for Richard Hardinge. He was the third son of Nicolas Hardinge, younger brother of Reverend Henry Hardinge and uncle of the latter's third son Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge. The baronetcy was created with special remainder to the heirs male of Richard Hardinge's father.
The Stronge baronetcy of Tynan was conferred in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 June 1803. The family were northern Irish landowners of Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, also possessing the residence of Lizard Manor, Aghadowey, County Londonderry.
The Anson baronetcy, of Birch Hall in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom held by a branch of the Anson family.
Sir Thomas Neville Abdy, 1st Baronet, DL JP was a British baronet and politician.
Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.
Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet was a British baronet and Tory politician.
Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet FSA, of Albyns, Essex, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1748.
Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 5th Baronet, KC was a British barrister and Whig politician.
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Miller, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2008.
The Bonham Baronetcy, of Malmesbury in the County of Wiltshire is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 November 1852 for the colonial administrator George Bonham. He was Governor of Hong Kong from 1848 to 1854.
The Hogg, later Lindsay-Hogg Baronetcy, of Rotherfield Hall in Rotherfield in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 December 1905 for Lindsay Hogg, Conservative Member of Parliament for Eastbourne from 1900 to 1906. He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Lindsay before that of Hogg in 1906.
Lt.-General Godfrey Bosville Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald of Sleat was a Scottish aristocrat.
The Payne, later Payne-Gallwey, and from 1967 Frankland-Payne-Gallwey Baronetcy, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 December 1812 for General William Payne, Governor of the Leeward Islands. Payne-Gallwey was the half-brother of Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington, who also served as Governor of the Leeward Islands.
The Fletcher, later Boughey Baronetcy, of Newcastle-under-Lyme and of Betley both in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 August 1798 for Thomas Fletcher, of Betley Court, Staffordshire, High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1783 and 1789 and Deputy Lieutenant of the county. He was the husband of Elizabeth Fenton, granddaughter of George Boughey, of Audley, Staffordshire whose will provided for his great-grandson to inherit the Audley estate.
The Lynch Baronetcy of Galway – which later became Lynch-Blosse Baronetcy – is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 8 June 1622 for Henry Lynch, a member of an Anglo-Norman family and one of the merchant Tribes of Galway. Both he and the second Baronet represented County Galway in the Irish House of Commons. The third Baronet was a Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). Forced to flee to France after the Glorious Revolution, his eldest son succeeded to the title and estates. The family seat was Athavallie House, Castlebar, County Mayo. The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Blosse, having married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Francis Barker, heir of Tobias Blosse. The seventh Baronet also served in the Irish House of Commons representing Tuam.
The Jervoise, later Clarke-Jervoise Baronetcy, of Idsworth in the County of Southampton, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 13 November 1813 for Rev. Samuel Jervoise, born Samuel Clarke, who assumed the surname of Jervoise by royal licence in 1808.
Lady Helen Diana Abdy was an English socialite and fashion leader included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton.
The Abdy baronetcy, of Felix Hall, in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 14 July 1641 for Thomas Abdy who was High Sheriff of Essex. The title became extinct in 1868.
The Abdy baronetcy, of Albyns, in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 9 June 1660 for Robert Abdy. It became extinct on the death in 1759 of the 4th baronet.
The Hamilton baronetcy, of Silvertonhill in the County of Lanark, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1646 for Robert Hamilton, a Royalist and favourite of Charles I. He was a descendant of Alexander Hamilton of Silvertonhill, brother of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton.
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