The George Baronetcy, of Park Place in the County of Middlesex and of

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in the

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, was a

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in the

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. It was created on 18 September 1809 for Captain Sir

Rupert George Captain Sir Rupert George, 1st Baronet (16 January 1749, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland – 25 January 1823, Willesden, London Borough of Brent, Greater London, England) was a British naval officer in the American Revolution, became the ...

, First Commissioner for Conducting the Transport Service (b Dublin 1749, d Dublin 1823) married Magaret daughter of Thomas Cochrane by his first marriage, and their daughter Charlotte married 28 February 1820 her cousin Richard Verity of Dean House, Huntington (son of Isaiah Verity of Ash Hall Glamorgan). The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1856. The Georges were a

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family, whose estate was at Clophook near Stradbally.

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, younger brother of the first Baronet, was a Baron of the

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from 1794 to 1821; they were the sons of Denis George of Clophook and Saint Stephen's Green, and his wife Sarah Young.

George baronets, of Park Place and St Stephen's Green (1809)

* Sir Rupert George, 1st Baronet (1749–1823), commander in the action of 21 July 1781 *Sir Rupert Dennis George, 2nd Baronet (1796–1856), provincial secretary of

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