The Halford baronetcy of Wistow, Leicestershire, was created in 1641 for Richard Halford in the Baronetage of England. It became extinct in 1780 with the death of the seventh and last baronet. [1]
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Sir Richard Halford, 5th Baronet, was succeeded by his eldest son
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The Halford baronetcy of Wistow, Leicestershire was created on 27 September 1809 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom for Henry Halford, a prominent society physician who was physician extraordinary to the George III from 1793. Descended maternally from the 5th Baronet of the first creation, born Henry Vaughan, he changed his surname to Halford by Act of Parliament in expectation of inheriting Wistow Hall. The baronetcy became extinct with the death of his grandson, the fourth baronet, in 1897.