Moon baronets

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There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Moon, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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The Moon Baronetcy, of Portman Square, in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 May 1855 for the printseller and publisher Francis Moon. [1] He was Lord Mayor of London from 1854 to 1855.

The Moon Baronetcy, of Copsewood Grange, in the parish Stoke, in the County of Warwick, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 July 1887 for Richard Moon, [2] Chairman of the London and North Western Railway from 1861 to 1891.

Moon baronets, of Portman Square (1855)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Arthur Sidney Graham-Moon (born 1992).

Moon baronets, of Copsewood Grange (1887)

Notes

  1. ↑ "No. 21704". The London Gazette . 1 May 1855. p. 1665.
  2. ↑ "No. 25728". The London Gazette . 9 August 1887. p. 4313.
  3. ↑ "Sir Peter Graham-Moon Bt obituary". The Times. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Moon, Sir Richard"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 802.
  5. ↑ "Mr Humphrey Moon". England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2022. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

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