There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Sullivan, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.
The Sullivan Baronetcy, of Thames Ditton in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1804 for the writer and MP
Richard Sullivan. The third and sixth Baronets were
Admirals in the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
. The ninth, and as of 2010 present holder of the baronetcy, does not use his title.
The Sullivan Baronetcy, of Garryduff in the County of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 December 1881 for the Irish lawyer and politician
Edward Sullivan. He was
Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1883 to 1885. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1937.
Sullivan baronets, of Thames Ditton (1804)
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Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan, 1st Baronet (1752–1806)
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Sir Henry Sullivan, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Sullivan, 2nd Baronet (13 March 1785 – 14 April 1814) was an English politician and army officer.
He was the son of Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet, a Member of Parliament, who also wrote a number of books on political matters. Ed ...
(1785–1814)
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Sir Charles Sullivan, 3rd Baronet (1789–1862), Admiral of the Blue
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Sir Charles Sullivan, 4th 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 ...
(1820–1865)
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Sir Edward Robert Sullivan, 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 p ...
(1826–1899)
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Sir Francis William Sullivan, 6th Baronet (1834–1906)
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Sir Frederick Sullivan, 7th Baronet (1865–1954)
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Sir Richard Benjamin Magniac Sullivan, 8th Baronet (1906–1977)
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Sir Richard Arthur Sullivan, 9th Baronet (born 1931)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
to the baronetcy is Charles Merson Sullivan (born 1962), eldest son of the 9th Baronet.
His heir apparent is his only son, Alun David Sullivan (born 1998).
Sullivan baronets, of Garryduff (1881)
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Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet, PC (Ire) (10 July 1822 – 13 April 1885) was an Irish lawyer, and a Liberal Member of Parliament for Mallow, 1865–1870 in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was als ...
(1822–1885)
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Sir Edward Sullivan, 2nd Baronet (1852–1928)
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Sir William Sullivan, 3rd Baronet (1860–1937)
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom