Ffolkes baronets

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Escutcheon of the ffolkes baronets of Hillington
Creation date1774 [1]
Statusextant
MottoQui sera sera, What will happen, will happen [1]

The ffolkes Baronetcy, of Hillington in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 May 1774 for Martin ffolkes, FRS later High Sheriff of Norfolk and Member of Parliament for King's Lynn. The second Baronet represented Norfolk and Norfolk West in the House of Commons while the third Baronet represented King's Lynn. The fifth Baronet was Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Edward VII and George V and Chaplain to Edward VIII and George VI.

The family surname is pronounced "Foakes", and is correctly spelled with two lowercase "f"s. See word-initial ff.

ffolkes baronets, of Hillington (1774)

There is no heir to the title. [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B384. ISBN   033354577X.
  2. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 224.
  3. "Ffolkes, Sir William Hovell Brown" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2021.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Ffolkes, Sir (William) Everard (Browne)" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2021.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Ffolkes, Rev. Sir Francis Arthur Stanley" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2021.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Ffolkes, Capt. Sir (Edward John) Patrick (Boschetti)" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2021.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Ffolkes, Sir Robert (Francis Alexander)" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2021.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "ffolkes (GB) 1774, of Hillington, Norfolk". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 4437–4438. ISBN   978-1-999767-0-5-1.

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