The first of the Lade Baronetcies, of

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in the County of

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, was created in the

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on 11 March 1731 for

John Lade Sir John Lade, 2nd Baronet (1 August 1759 – 10 February 1838) was a prominent member of Regency society, notable as an owner and breeder of racehorses, as an accomplished driver, associated with Samuel Johnson's circle, and one of George ...

(sometimes spelled "Ladd"), a prosperous

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and MP for

. By the terms of the

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, the childless first baronet's niece's third son succeeded as second baronet, and changed his surname from Whithorne to Lade, but died without issue, when the baronetcy became extinct. However, the first baronet left his fortune to another great-nephew, John Inskip, an MP for

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, who also took the name of Lade, and who was created a baronet, also of Warbleton, in 1758. He, unfortunately, died the next year following the amputation of his leg after a fall from a horse. His wife Mary, the sister of

Henry Thrale Henry Thrale (1724/1730?–4 April 1781) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1780. He was a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Like his father, he was the proprietor of the large London brewery H. Thrale & Co. B ...

, was pregnant at the time of his death and bore a posthumous son who succeeded to the baronetcy. This

Sir John Lade Sir John Lade, 2nd Baronet (1 August 1759 – 10 February 1838) was a prominent member of Regency society, notable as an owner and breeder of racehorses, as an accomplished driver, associated with Samuel Johnson's circle, and one of George ...

was cited by

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as an example of a young man whose personal gifts were not equal to his fortune—Johnson's intimacy with the Thrales giving him an opportunity to know the young baronet. On the death without issue of the second baronet of the second creation, 10 February 1838, the second baronetcy also became extinct.

Lade baronets, of Warbleton (1731)

* Sir John Lade, 1st Baronet (1662–1740) *Sir John Lade, 2nd Baronet (1721–1747)

Lade baronets, of Warbleton (1758)

* Sir John Lade, 1st Baronet (–1759) * Sir John Lade, 2nd Baronet (1759–1838)

References

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