The Grove Baronetcy, of
Ferne House
Ferne House is a country house in the parish of Donhead St Andrew in Wiltshire, England, owned by Viscount Rothermere.
There has been a settlement on the site since 1225 AD. The current house, known as Ferne Park and the third to occupy the s ...
, in the parish of
Donhead St Andrew
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Ferne House ...
in the
County of Wiltshire
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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 18 March 1874 for
Thomas Grove
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Grove was the son of Robert Grove of Mere, Wiltshire and his wife Honor South, daughter of ...
,
Liberal
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Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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* Social liberalism
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Member of Parliament
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for
Wiltshire South and
Wilton.
The Grove family descends from John Grove, who settled in Wiltshire in the 15th century. A later member of the family,
William Grove (d. 1582), briefly represented
Shaftesbury
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in the
House of Commons
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. He purchased the Ferne estate in 1563
and the manor of
Sedgehill
Sedgehill is a former civil parish, with scattered small settlements, now within Sedgehill and Semley civil parish in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire. It lies to the west of the A350 primary route, about north of Shaftesbury ...
, Wiltshire, in 1573; the latter continued in the Grove family, albeit reduced in size, until shortly after the death of the third baronet in 1962.
The presumed fourth Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the
Official Roll of the Baronetage
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Any person who wishes to claim succession to a baronetcy must prod ...
. As of 2007 the presumed fifth and present Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1962.
Grove baronets, of Ferne House (1874)
*
Sir Thomas Fraser Grove, 1st Baronet (1823–1897)
*Sir Walter John Grove, 2nd Baronet (1852–1932)
*
Sir Gerald Grove, 3rd Baronet (1886–1962)
*Walter Felipe Grove, presumed 4th Baronet (1927–1974)
*Charles Gerald Grove, presumed 5th Baronet (born 1929)
References
Sources
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
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