The Briscoe Baronetcy, of Bourn Hall, in the Parish of Bourn, in the County of Cambridge, 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 12 July 1910 for John James Briscoe. He was a County
Alderman, a
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
and
Deputy Lieutenant for
Cambridgeshire. His eldest son, the second Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded from birth in 1994, his father having died earlier that year.
Briscoe baronets, of Bourn Hall (1910)
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Sir John James Briscoe, 1st Baronet
Sir John James Briscoe, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (6 December 1836 – 1 May 1919) was a British baronet.
Briscoe was the eldest son of John Briscoe and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Leigh Burrowes. He was appointed as a deputy lieutenant and justi ...
(1836–1919)
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Sir Alfred Leigh Briscoe, 2nd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only ...
(1870–1921)
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Sir John Charlton Briscoe, 3rd Baronet (1874–1960): a
Lumleian Lecturer and influential physician
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Sir John Leigh Charlton Briscoe, 4th Baronet (1911–1993)
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Sir (John) James Briscoe, 5th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
(1951–1994)
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Sir John Geoffrey James Briscoe, 6th Baronet (born 1994)
See also
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Brisco baronets
Notes
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