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Braithwaite Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Braithwaite, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct. * Braithwaite baronets of Poston (1802) * Braithwaite baronets, of Burnham (1954): see Sir Gurney Braithwaite, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Gurney Braithwaite, 1st Baronet (24 May 1895 – 25 June 1958) was an English Conservative Party politician. Gurney Braithwaite came from a Quaker family, the youngest son of Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (stockbroker). He was educated at ... (1895–1958) {{DEFAULTSORT:Braithwaite Set index articles on titles of nobility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braithwaite Baronets Of Poston (1802)
The Braithwaite baronetcy, of Poston in the County of Hereford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 December 1802 for Major-General John Braithwaite. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1809. Braithwaite baronets, of Poston (1802) *Sir John Braithwaite, 1st Baronet Major-General Sir John Braithwaite, 1st Baronet (3 February 1739 – 16 August 1803) was Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army. Background He was born in South Carolina, the only son of Colonel John Braithwaite (1696–1740), author, soldier an ... (1739–1803) *Sir George Charles Braithwaite, 2nd Baronet (1762–1809) Notes {{s-end Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Gurney Braithwaite, 1st Baronet
Sir Joseph Gurney Braithwaite, 1st Baronet (24 May 1895 – 25 June 1958) was an English Conservative Party politician. Gurney Braithwaite came from a Quaker family, the youngest son of Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (stockbroker). He was educated at Downs School, Colwall and Bootham School , York. During World War I, he served in the Royal Navy at the Suvla Bay landing, Gallipoli, and in Palestine. He became a stockbroker and company director. Braithwaite contested Rotherhithe without success in 1929, and was elected the member of parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hillsborough at the 1931 general election, losing the seat in 1935 to the previous incumbent, A. V. Alexander. He re-entered Parliament in a 1939 by-election for Holderness. In Parliament, he was active on issues relating to ex-servicemen and the Navy, and was himself a lieutenant-commander in the RNVR. During World War II he helped organise convoys in the Thames area. At the 1950 general election, Braithwaite's Holderne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
