There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Dugdale, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Dugdale Baronetcy, ''of Merevale and Blyth in the County of Warwick'', was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 July 1936 for William Francis Stratford Dugdale. He was a descendant of the famous antiquary

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, and a maternal member of the

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. Richard Geast, maternal nephew of John Dugdale of Blyth, inherited the Dugdale family seat of

Blyth Hall Blyth Hall is a privately owned mansion house on the banks of the River Blythe situated near Shustoke, Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The estate was purchased in 1625 by Sir William Dugdale, a prominent antiquarian, who shortly th ...

and assumed by Royal Licence the surname of Dugdale ''in lieu'' of Geast in 1799. His wife Penelope Bate was the eldest daughter and co-heir of Francis Stratford of

Merevale Hall Merevale Hall is a private country house in Merevale, near Atherstone, Warwickshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. The estate descends from Merevale Abbey which once stood on the site. The Manor of Merevale was granted in 1540 to Sir Wa ...

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, from whom the Dugdales descend), ''A History of the County of Warwick – Volume 4'' (1947) pp. 142–147 from British History Online
/ref> which was inherited by their son Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, the great-grandfather of the first Baronet. The present Dugdale

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is Sir William Matthew Stratford Dugdale who inherited his father's

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in 2014. The family seat is

. The Dugdale Baronetcy, ''of Crathorne in the North Riding of the County of York'', was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 31 January 1945 for Thomas Dugdale (for more information on this creation, see the Barons Crathorne).

Dugdale baronets, of Merevale and Blyth (1936)

*Sir William Francis Stratford Dugdale, 1st Baronet (1872–1965) * Sir William Stratford Dugdale, 2nd Baronet (1922–2014) *Sir William Matthew Stratford Dugdale, 3rd Baronet (born 1959)www.burkespeerage.com
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is the present baronet's elder son, Eric Stratford Dugdale (b. 18 May 2001).

Dugdale baronets, of Crathorne (1945)

* ''See'' Baron Crathorne

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Dugdale Atherstone Stratford family