The Farmer Baronetcy, of Mount Pleasant in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 19 January 1780 for George Farmer, in honour of his late father, Captain George Farmer, who was killed when commanding in a naval battle with superior French forces off

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. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1913.

Farmer baronets, of Mount Pleasant (1780)

*Sir George William Farmer, 1st Baronet (–1814) *Sir George Richard Farmer, 2nd Baronet (1788–1855) *Sir George Farmer, 3rd Baronet (1829–1883) *Sir George Richard Hugh Farmer, 4th Baronet (1873–1891) *Sir Richard Harry Kenrick Farmer, 5th Baronet (1841–1913), married on 1878 Jane, daughter of Robert Smyth. And had issue: **Ethel **Mary **Gladys **Florence

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain