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Whitehead baronets
Escutcheon of the Whitehead baronets of Highfield House, Berkshire (1889).svg
Escutcheon of the Whitehead baronets of Highfield House, Berkshire
Creation date1889 [1]
Statusextant [2]
MottoVirtute et labore, By pluck and work [1]
Sir Rowland Whitehead, 3rd Baronet Rowland Whitehead MP.jpg
Sir Rowland Whitehead, 3rd Baronet

The Whitehead Baronetcy, of Highfield House in Catford Bridge in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 November 1889 for James Whitehead, Lord Mayor of London between 1888 and 1889 and later member of parliament for Leicester. His younger son, the third baronet, was also a Member of Parliament.

Whitehead baronets of Highfield House, Berkshire (1889)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Orlando James Rathbone Whitehead (born 1994).

Notes

  1. 1 2 Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B1100. ISBN   033354577X.
  2. "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. "Whitehead, Sir James" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Whitehead, Sir George Hugh" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Whitehead, Sir Rowland Edward" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Whitehead, Major Sir Philip Henry Rathbone" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Whitehead, Sir Rowland (John Rathbone)" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Whitehead, Sir Philip Henry Rathbone" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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