The Bromhead Baronetcy, of Thurlby Hall in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 19 February 1806 for the soldier Lieutenant-General Gonville Bromhead. His eldest son, the second Baronet, was a mathematician. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. He was a Major in the Army and fought at the

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. His eldest son, the fourth Baronet, was a Colonel in the

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. He was succeeded by his grandson, the fifth Baronet. He was a

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in the Indian Army. As of 2007 the title is held by his son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1981. However he does not use his title. The

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recipient

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was the youngest son of the third Baronet. The family surname is pronounced "Brumhead".

Bromhead baronets, of Thurlby Hall (1806)

Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Baronet Lieutenant-General Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Baronet (20 September 1758 – 18 May 1822) was a British soldier who served in the Saratoga Campaign during the American Revolutionary War and fought against the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Early lif ...

(1758–1822) * Sir Edward Francis Bromhead, 2nd Baronet (1789–1855) *Sir Edmund de Gonville Bromhead, 3rd Baronet (1791–1870) * Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, CB, 4th Baronet (1838–1935) * Sir Benjamin Denis Gonville Bromhead, OBE, 5th Baronet (1900–1981) * Sir John Desmond Gonville Bromhead, 6th Baronet (born 1943). While he is recorded on the Official Roll, he does not use the title. The

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is his first cousin John Edmund de Gonville Bromhead (born 1939), eldest son of the brother of the 5th Baronet.

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