There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wells, all in the

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. Two of the creations are extinct. *The Wells baronetcy of Upper Grosvenor Street in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 11 May 1883 for the prominent surgeon

Thomas Spencer Wells Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, 1st Baronet (3 February 181831 January 1897) was surgeon to Queen Victoria, a medical professor and president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Early life He was born at St Albans, Hertfordshire and receive ...

. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1906. *The Wells baronetcy of

Felmersham Felmersham is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the River Great Ouse, about north west of Bedford. As a civil parish, it includes the hamlet of Radwell, and is sometimes known as Felmersham ...

in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 January 1944 for Richard Wells, who represented

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in the

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as a Unionist from 1922 to 1945. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1996. *The Wells baronetcy of

Hove Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th cen ...

in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 November 1948 for Frederick Wells,

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from 1947 to 1948. The title became extinct on his death in 1966.

Wells baronets of Upper Grosvenor Street (1883)

* Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, 1st Baronet (1818–1898) *Sir Arthur Spencer Wells, 2nd Baronet (1866–1906)

Wells baronets of Felmersham (1944)

* Sir (Sydney) Richard Wells, 1st Baronet (1879–1956) * Sir Charles Maltby Wells, 2nd Baronet (1908–1996) *Sir Christopher Charles Wells, 3rd Baronet (born 1936)

Wells baronets of Hove (1948)

* Sir Frederick Michael Wells, 1st Baronet (1884–1966)

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wells Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom