The Worsley baronetcy, of Hovingham Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1838 for William Worsley, a Deputy Lieutenant for the North Riding. [2] [3] The 4th Baronet was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire and father of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. The 5th Baronet was a Conservative politician.
The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Marcus William Bernard Worsley (born 1995), only son of the 6th Baronet. [8]
The botanist and explorer Arthington Worsley was a younger brother of the 3rd Baronet.
The 4th Baronet had a daughter, Katherine, who married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a grandson of King George V and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II), in 1961, becoming a member of the British royal family.
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