Walsham baronets

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Walsham baronets
Escutcheon of the Walsham baronets of Knill Court (1831).svg
Escutcheon of the Walsham baronets of Knill Court
Creation date1831 [1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date2019
Motto Sub libertate quietem , Peace only under liberty. [1]

The Walsham Baronetcy, of Knill Court in the County of Hereford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. [2] It was created on 30 September 1831 for John James Walsham. He received the baronetcy as the eldest co-heir and representative of Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet (a title which had become extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1767; see Morgan baronets, of Llangatock). The second Baronet was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China from 1885 to 1892 and to Romania from 1892 to 1893. The fourth Baronet was a rear admiral in the Royal Navy.

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Walsham baronets, of Knill Court (1831)

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  1. 1 2 3 Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 638.
  2. "No. 18851". The London Gazette . 16 September 1831. pp. 1897–1898.
  3. Addison, Henry Robert. (1901). Who's Who Vol. 53, p. 1156 , p. 1156, at Google Books
  4. 1 2 "Walsham, Sir John" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 4 April 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Walsham, Sir John Scarlett" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 4 April 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Walsham, Rear-Adm. Sir John Scarlett Warren" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 4 April 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Walsham, Sir Timothy (John)" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 4 April 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  9. WALSHAM, Sir Gerald Percy Robert, 6th and last Baronet (1939–2019) TITLE EXTINCT
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Walsham baronets
of Knill Court

30 September 1831
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