The Durand Baronetcy, of Ruckley Grange in the
County of Shropshire
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, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
. It was created on 8 April 1892 for Edward Durand, British
Resident
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in
Nepal
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from 1888 to 1891. He was the eldest son of
Sir Henry Marion Durand and the elder brother of
Sir Mortimer Durand, and he had served on the
Afghan Boundary Commission from 1884 to 1886.
[ Salisbury, Robert (2020). ''William Simpson and the Crisis in Central Asia, 1884-5''. ] The third Baronet was a
Brigadier
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in the Army.
Durand baronets, of Ruckley Grange (1892)
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Sir Edward Law Durand, 1st Baronet (1845–1920)
*Sir Edward Percy Marion Durand, 2nd Baronet (1884–1955)
*Sir Alan Algernon Marion Durand, 3rd Baronet (1893–1971)
*The Rev. Sir (Henry Mortimer) Dickon Marion St George Durand, 4th Baronet (1934–1992)
*Sir Edward Alan Christopher David Percy Durand, 5th Baronet (born 1974)
The heir to the baronetcy is Ezra Solaris Amairgin Nehemiah Ashwood Durand (born 2016), the son of the current Baronet.
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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