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There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Everard, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only one creation is extant as of 2010. The Everard Baronetcy, of Ballyboy in the County of
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, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 30 April 1622 for Richard Everard of
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. He was the second son of Sir John Everard (died 1624), justice of the
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, and member of the
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for
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. Sir John was a devout
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, and this led both to his dismissal from the Bench and his disqualification from office after his election as
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in the Irish Parliament of 1613; but the fact that his son was created a
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in his father's lifetime suggests that Sir John was still held in high regard by the Crown. Richard shared his father's religious beliefs: he was a prominent member of
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, and was condemned to death by the victorious
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forces in 1651, but he was reprieved and allowed to die in prison about 10 years later.O'Hart, John ''The Irish and Anglo-Irish Gentry'' Dublin 1884 Vol. 1 p.67 The third Baronet was killed at the
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in 1691, fighting on the losing side. His estates were forfeited, but his son later recovered them. The fourth Baronet was created Viscount Everard in the Jacobite Peerage in 1723. The titles became extinct on his death in exile in
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in 1742, without issue. The Everard Baronetcy, of Much Waltham in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 January 1629 for Richard Everard. The second Baronet represented
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in Parliament from 1661 to 1678. The fourth Baronet served as Governor of North Carolina from 1725 to 1731. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1745.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 2'' 1900
/ref> The Everard Baronetcy, of Randlestown in the County of Meath, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 June 1911 for
Nugent Everard Sir Nugent Talbot Everard, 1st Baronet (24 October 1849 – 12 July 1929) was an Irish senator nominated to the 1922 Seanad Éireann. He was born 24 October 1849 in Torquay, Devonshire, England, the eldest son of Captain Richard Nugent Everard, ...
. He was Lord-Lieutenant of County Meath and a Senator of the
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from 1922 to 1928.


Everard baronets, of Ballyboy (1622)

*Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet (died c.1660) *Sir Redmond Everard, 2nd Baronet (died 1687) *Sir John Everard, 3rd Baronet (died 1691) * Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Baronet (died 1742)


Everard baronets, of Much Waltham (1629)

* Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet (died 1680) * Sir Richard Everard, 2nd Baronet (1625–1694) *Sir Hugh Everard, 3rd Baronet (c. 1654–1706) *
Sir Richard Everard, 4th Baronet Sir Richard Everard (24 June 1683–17 February 1733) was a British soldier and colonial official who served as the fourth governor of North Carolina from 1725 to 1731. Early life and career Everard was born on 24 June 1683 at Langleys, Much ...
(c. 1683–1733) * Sir Richard Everard, 5th Baronet (died 1742) *Sir Hugh Everard, 6th Baronet (died 1745)


Everard baronets, of Randlestown (1911)

* Sir Nugent Talbot Everard, 1st Baronet (1849–1929) * Sir Richard William Everard, 2nd Baronet (1874–1929) *Sir Nugent Henry Everard, 3rd Baronet (1905–1984) *Sir Robin Charles Everard, 4th Baronet (1939–2010) *Sir Henry Peter Charles Everard, 5th Baronet (born 1970) The
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is the present holder's son, Benjamin Richard Nugent Everard (born 2005).


Notes


References

*Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt , date=February 2013, E


External links


Picture and short biography of Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet, at askaboutireland.ie
Everard Everard is a given name and surname which is the anglicised version of the old Germanic name Eberhard. Notable people with the name include: People First name *Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps (1835–1857), English East India officer awarded the V ...
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland