There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Wolseley family, one in the

Baronetage of England 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) King James I ...

and one in the

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. As of 2018, the Wolseley Baronetcy of Mount Wolseley is dormant.

History

The Wolseleys of

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(and later, Ireland) are an ancient family whose record goes back a thousand years, to Sewardus, Lord Wisele, and are descended from

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. Ralph Wolseley served as Baron of the Exchequer for

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Wolseley baronets (1628 creation)

The Wolseley Baronetcy, of Wolseley in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 24 November 1628 for Robert Wolseley, the member of an ancient

family and a Colonel in Charles I's army. The second Baronet represented

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and

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...

in the

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and was a member of

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's House of Lords. The sixth Baronet was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to

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. Many members of the Wolseleys of

Wolseley Hall Wolseley Hall was a stately home near the village of Colwich, in Staffordshire, England. It was demolished in 1966; the former gardens are now a nature reserve of the Wolseley Centre. History The manor house The estate was held by the Wolsel ...

are buried at St Michael and All Angels Church in Colwich, a short distance from

Shugborough Hall Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. The hall is situated on the edge of Cannock Chase, about east of Stafford and from Rugeley. The estate was owned by the Bishops of Lichfield until the dissolutio ...

. Inside the church are many tombs, wall tablets and other memorials connected with the landed gentry in the parish. A tablet also commemorates

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Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, (4 June 183325 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, We ...

, KP, GCB, OM,

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, VD, PC (1833–1913), a distant relative of the Wolseleys of Wolseley Hall who is buried in the crypt of

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

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. Wolseley Hall, the family seat, was at Wolseley Park near

Rugeley Rugeley ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase next to the River Trent; it is situated north of Lichfield, south-east of Stafford, nort ...

. The old house was demolished in 1954 and the commercial ventures of the 11th Baronet created financial difficulties which led to the enforced sale of the estate in 1996.

Wolseley baronets (1745 creation)

The Wolseley Baronetcy, of Mount Wolseley in the County of Carlow, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 19 January 1745 for Richard Wolseley, who sat as a member of the

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for

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. He was the younger brother of the fifth Baronet of the 1628 creation. Consequently, the holder of the baronetcy is also in remainder to the Wolseley Baronetcy of Wolseley. As of 7 May 2018, there is "no clear or undisputed successor" to the baronetcy according to the Standing Council of the Baronetage, with the title having sat dormant since the death of the 12th Baronet in 1991. The most senior known heir is James Douglas Wolseley (born 1937) of Texas. The family seat wa
Mount Wolseley House
near

Tullow Tullow (; , formerly ''Tulach Ó bhFéidhlim/ Tullowphelim'') is a market town in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney where the N81 road intersects with the R725. , the population was 4,673. History There is a statue of ...

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Holders of the titles

Wolseley baronets (1628 creation)

* Sir Robert Wolseley, 1st Baronet (–1646) *

Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – 9 October 1714), of Wolseley, Staffordshire, Wolseley in Staffordshire, was an England, English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 16 ...

(c. 1630–1714) * Sir William Wolseley, 3rd Baronet (c. 1660–1728) * Sir Henry Wolseley, 4th Baronet (died 1730) *Sir William Wolseley, 5th Baronet (died 1779) * Sir William Wolseley, 6th Baronet (1740–1817) *

Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet (20 July 1769 - 3 October 1846) was one of the Wolseley baronets of Staffordshire. Suffrage In 1819 Wolseley was elected as Birmingham's "legislatorial representative" by a large pro-reform rally held there. In 1 ...

(1769–1846) * Sir Charles Wolseley, 8th Baronet (1813–1854) *

Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, 9th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, 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 i ...

(1846–1931) * Sir Edric Charles Joseph Wolseley, 10th Baronet (1886–1954) * Sir Charles Garnet Richard Mark Wolseley, 11th Baronet (1944–2018) *

Sir Stephen Garnet Hugo Charles Wolseley, 12th 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 ...

(born 1980) The

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is the present holder's son Nicholas William Garnet Wolseley (born 2010).

Wolseley baronets (1745 creation)

*Sir Richard Wolseley, 1st Baronet (1696–1769) * Sir Richard Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (1729–1781) * Sir William Wolseley, 3rd Baronet (1775–1819) * Sir Richard Wolseley, 4th Baronet (1760–1852) * Sir Clement Wolseley, 5th Baronet (1794–1857) *

Sir John Richard Wolseley, 6th 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 ...

(1834–1874) * Sir Clement James Wolseley, 7th Baronet (1837–1889) *

Sir John Wolseley, 8th 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 ...

(1803–1890) * Sir Capel Charles Wolseley, 9th Baronet (1870–1923) * Sir Reginald Wolseley, 10th Baronet (1872–1933) *

Sir William Augustus Wolseley, 11th 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 p ...

(1865–1950) * Sir Garnet Wolseley, 12th Baronet (1915–1991), a cobbler, son of Richard Bingham Wolseley (1853–1938), of

Wallasey Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England; until 1974, it was part of the historic county of Cheshire. It is situated at the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Pe ...

, Cheshire, a descendant of the 1st Baronet. *James Douglas Wolseley, possible 13th Baronet (born 1937), son of James Douglas Wolseley (1903–1960), of

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, Texas, U.S.A., a descendant of the 1st Baronet, third cousin once removed of the 12th Baronet, and Olive, daughter of Carroll Walter Wofford.

References

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