The Palliser Baronetcy, of The Vache in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 6 August 1773 for the naval commander Admiral Hugh Palliser. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1868.
Sir Hugh, 2nd Baronet, died on 17 November 1813 in Troyes France. He was succeeded by his only son Hugh Palliser Palliser (formerly Walters). [12]
Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (b. 1723), died unmarried on 19 March 1796. The estate of The Vache was inherited by Sir Hugh's illegitimate son George Thomas. [2]
The Palliser surname has been assumed by several people:
When the Palliser Baronetcy became extinct in 1868 Mary Jane Keane née Palliser (1801–1881), the sister of the 3rd Baronet, and the wife of the future 3rd Baron Keane, made provision for the continuation of the Palliser surname. Her Will dated 28 December 1868 made provision 'for my dear and early friend ... Major [John Sidney] Farrell late of the Royal Artillery ... Provided always that the said Henry [John] Farrell [the second son of Major John Sidney Farrell] and his issue male ... shall ... obtain a license from the Crown to assume and use the surname of Palliser either alone or in addition to his own name so that the name Palliser shall be the last and Principal name and thenceforth use the said Surname'. [33] Major Henry John Farrell died in 1889, his son Major Henry John William Farrell (1867–1917) assumed the additional surname Palliser in 1902. [32] Major Henry John William Farrell Palliser married Kathleen Mary Murray (1878–1970) daughter of Major Patrick Murray on 8 December 1902 at St John's Ahmednagar, India [34] and had two children:
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