Halford baronets of Wistow (second creation, 1809)

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Original escutcheon of the Halford baronets of Wistow, later augmented by the 1st Baronet

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. [1] The baronetcy became extinct with the death of his grandson, the fourth baronet, in 1897.

Halford baronets, of Wistow (1809)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Sir Henry Halford, RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk.
  2. "Wistow Hall" Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 March 2009
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Halford, (Sir) Henry (Bart.) (2)"  . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co via Wikisource.
  4. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Halford, (Sir) Henry St. John (Bart.)"  . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co via Wikisource.
  5. Lock, Julian. "Halford, Sir Henry St John, third baronet (1828–1897)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11920.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Halford, Rev. Sir John Frederick" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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