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Oakes Baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Oakes, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations were in favour of the same person. * Oakes baronets of the Army (1813): see Hildebrand Oakes * Oakes baronets of Hereford (1815), Hildebrand Oakes being 1st Baronet * Oakes baronets of Nassau (1939) {{DEFAULTSORT:Oakes 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] |
Hildebrand Oakes
Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet, GCB (19 January 1754 – 9 September 1822) was a British Army officer. Military career Oakes was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1767 and served in the American War of Independence under Lord Cornwallis. He became deputy quartermaster-general in Corsica in May 1794, quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in June 1794 and quartermaster-general in Portugal in December 1796. He served in the Egyptian Campaign in 1800 as second-in-command under Sir John Moore. He went on to be brigadier-general at Malta in October 1802, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in November 1804 and a commissioner of military inquiry in June 1805. After that he became quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in July 1806, commander of the Malta garrison in March 1808 and Civil Commissioner of Malta in May 1810. In his final months as Civil Commissioner of Malta, Oakes was res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakes Baronets Of Hereford (1815)
The Oakes baronetcy of Hereford was created on 1 June 1815 for the soldier Hildebrand Oakes in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom; a second patent, in addition to one created for Oakes on 2 November 1813, it had a special remainder to his brother Henry. The 1813 creation became extinct on his death in 1822 while he was succeeded in the 1815 creation according to the special remainder by Henry, the 2nd Baronet. This title became extinct on the death of the 4th Baronet, in 1927. Oakes baronets, of Hereford (1815) *Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet, GCB (19 January 1754 – 9 September 1822) was a British Army officer. Military career Oakes was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1767 and served in the American War of Indepe ... (1754–1822) * Sir Henry Oakes, 2nd Baronet (1756–1827) *Sir Henry Thomas Oakes, 3rd Baronet (1795–1850) *Sir Reginald Louis Oakes, 4th Baronet (1847–1927), died without heir. Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakes Baronets Of Nassau (1939)
The Oakes baronetcy, of Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau in the Bahama Islands, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 July 1939 for the gold-mine owner and philanthropist Harry Oakes. Oakes baronets, of Nassau (1939) *Harry Oakes, Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet (1874–1943) *Sir Sydney Oakes, Sir Sydney Oakes, 2nd Baronet (1927–1966) *Sir Christopher Oakes, Sir Christopher Oakes, 3rd Baronet (born 1949) The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Victor Oakes (born 1983), only son of the 3rd Baronet. Notes {{reflist Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
