The Lees Baronetcy, of
Blackrock in the County of Dublin, was created 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 ...
on 30 June 1804 for the soldier and politician John Lees.
Lees baronets, of Blackrock (1804)
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Sir John Lees, 1st Baronet
Sir John Lees, 1st Baronet (c. 1737– 3 September 1811) was Secretary of the Irish Post Office and Black Rod in Ireland.
Family
John Lees was born about 1737, probably at Cumnock in Ayrshire, the son of Adam Lees and his wife Agnes Goldie. He ...
(1737–1811)
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Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Baronet
The Reverend Sir Harcourt Lees (29 November 1776 – 7 March 1852 in Blackrock, Dublin, Blackrock, near Dublin) was an Irish Cleric, clergyman and political pamphleteer on behalf of Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. He is best known for his s ...
(1776–1852)
*Sir John Lees, 3rd Baronet (1816–1892)
*Sir Harcourt James Lees, 4th Baronet (1840–1917)
*Sir Arthur Henry James Lees, 5th Baronet (1863–1949)
*Sir Jean Marie Ivor Lees, 6th Baronet (1875–1957)
*Sir Charles Archibald Edward Ivor Lees, 7th Baronet (1902–1963)
*Sir Thomas Harcourt Ivor Lees, 8th Baronet (born 1941)
The
heir presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
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is the present holder's cousin Trevor John Cathcart d'Olier-Lees (born 1961).
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom