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Jebb Baronets
The Jebb Baronetcy, of Trent Place in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 4 September 1778 for Richard Jebb, Physician-in-Extraordinary to George III. The title became extinct on his death in 1787. Jebb baronets, of Trent Place (1778) *Sir Richard Jebb, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Jebb, 1st Baronet M.D. (1729–1787) was an English physician. He was noted for his success as a society doctor and royal physician. Life The son of Samuel Jebb, he was born at Stratford, Essex, being baptised there on 30 October 1 ... (1729–1787) References * * External linksRoyal College of Physicians Sir Richard Jebb {{DEFAULTSORT:Jebb Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of Great Britain
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) 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 £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 in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George III Of The United Kingdom
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland from 25 October 1760 until Acts of Union 1800, the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820. He was the longest-lived and longest-reigning king in British history. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was a monarch of the House of Hanover but, unlike his two predecessors, he was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language and never visited Hanover. George's life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Jebb, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Jebb, 1st Baronet M.D. (1729–1787) was an English physician. He was noted for his success as a society doctor and royal physician. Life The son of Samuel Jebb, he was born at Stratford, Essex, being baptised there on 30 October 1729. He entered at St. Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1747, but as a nonjuror could not graduate, and went to Marischal College, Aberdeen, where he graduated M.D. 23 September 1751. Jebb took rooms in Parliament Street, London, and was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, on 24 March 1755. He was physician to Westminster Hospital from 1754 to 1762, when (7 May) he was elected physician to St. George's Hospital. He went to Italy to attend the Duke of Gloucester, and became a favourite of George III, who granted him a crown lease of Trent Park, 385 acres of Enfield Chase. He built a small house on it, enclosed it with a fence, and kept deer. In 1771 Jebb was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians, and in 1774 he deliver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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