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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 30 September 1831 for John James Walsham. He received the baronetcy as the eldest co-heir and representative of Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet (a title which had become extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1767; see Morgan baronets, of Llangatock). The second Baronet was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China from 1885 to 1892 and to

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from 1892 to 1893. The fourth Baronet was a

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Walsham baronets, of Knill Court (1831)

*Sir John James Walsham, 1st Baronet (1805–1874) *

Sir John Walsham, 2nd Baronet Sir John Walsham, 2nd Baronet (29 October 1830 – 10 December 1905) was a British diplomat who was envoy to China and Romania. Career Walsham was the eldest son of Sir John James Walsham, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Gramma ...

(1830–1905) *Sir John Scarlett Walsham, 3rd Baronet (1869–1940) *Sir John Scarlett Warren Walsham, 4th Baronet (1910–1992) *Sir Timothy John Walsham, 5th Baronet (1939–2011) *Sir Gerald Percy Robert Walsham, 6th Baronet (1939–2019). He left no heir, and the title was extinct at his death.WALSHAM, Sir Gerald Percy Robert, 6th and last Baronet (1939–2019) TITLE EXTINCT
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Walsham baronets, of Knill Court (1831)

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