Edwards baronets of Pye Nest (1866)

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Baronets of Pye Nest
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The Edwards baronetcy, of Pye Nest in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 August 1866 for Henry Edwards. [2] He represented Halifax and Beverley in the House of Commons as a Conservative. He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1871.

Edwards baronets, of Pye Nest (1866)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son David Charles Priestley Edwards (born 1974). [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage. 1914.
  2. ↑ "No. 23143". The London Gazette . 24 July 1866. p. 4164.
  3. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1880. p. 429.
  4. ↑ "Edwards, Sir Henry Coster Lea" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ "Edwards, Sir John Henry Priestley Churchill" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ "Edwards, Sir Henry Charles Serrell Priestley" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. 1 2 "Edwards, Sir Christopher (John Churchill)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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