The Floyd Baronetcy is a title in the

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 E ...

. It was created on 30 March 1816 for General John Floyd. He was second-in-command at the

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in 1799. Floyd's daughter Julia was the wife of Prime Minister

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

. The fifth Baronet was a

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in the

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and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as

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. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of

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in 1968. The fourth baronet's youngest son,

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, was a prominent businessman, surveyor and land agent.

Floyd baronets (1816)

Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet General Sir John William Floyd, 1st Baronet (22 February 1748 – 10 January 1818), was a British cavalry officer. Family and early life Born on 22 February 1748, he was the oldest child of Captain John Floyd and Mary Floyd (née Bate). Career H ...

(1748–1818) *Sir Henry Floyd, 2nd Baronet (1793–1868) *Sir John Floyd, 3rd Baronet (1823–1909) *Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet (1855–1915) *Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet (1899–1968) *Sir John Duckett Floyd, 6th Baronet (1903–1975) *Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet (born 1932), married Lady Gillian Cecil, daughter of

David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG KStJ (9 February 1905 – 22 October 1981), styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party pol ...

. The

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to the baronetcy is David Henry Cecil Floyd (born 1956), eldest son of the 7th Baronet.
The heir apparent's heir presumptive is Henry William Floyd (born 1994), his nephew and grandson of the 7th Baronet.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Floyd