The Tate Baronetcy, of Park Hill in Streatham in the County of London, 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 27 June 1898 for the sugar magnate and philanthropist
Henry Tate
Sir Henry Tate, 1st Baronet (11 March 18195 December 1899) was an English sugar merchant and philanthropist, noted for establishing the Tate Gallery in London.
Life and career
Born in White Coppice, a hamlet near Chorley, Lancashire, Tate wa ...
. He gave
Tate Gallery
Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U ...
to the nation. The second baronet was
high sheriff of
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
in 1907. The fourth baronet served as high sheriff of
Rutland
Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.
Its greatest len ...
from 1949 to 1950. The fifth baronet served as managing director of the family company,
Tate & Lyle
Tate & Lyle PLC is a British-headquartered, global supplier of food and beverage ingredients to industrial markets. It was originally a sugar refining business, but from the 1970s it began to diversify, eventually divesting its sugar business i ...
, and was later chairman of the London Futures & Options Exchange.
As of 2014, the title is held by the latter's son, the sixth baronet, who succeeded in 2012. As of 28 February 2014, the present baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered 'vacant'.
Tate baronets, of Park Hill (1898)
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Sir Henry Tate, 1st Baronet (1819–1899)
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Sir William Henry Tate, 2nd Baronet (1842–1921)
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Sir Ernest William Tate, 3rd Baronet (1867–1939)
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Sir Henry Tate, 4th Baronet (1902–1994)
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Sir (Henry) Saxon Tate, 5th Baronet
Sir Henry Saxon Tate, 5th Baronet, (28 November 1931 – 11 July 2012) was an English businessman particularly associated with the family sugar business Tate & Lyle, with the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland, and the London Futur ...
(1931–2012)
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Sir Edward Nicholas Tate, 6th Baronet (born 1966)
The
heir presumptive
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is the present holder's brother Duncan Saxon Tate (born 1968).
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Tate
Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U ...