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Whitehead baronets
Escutcheon of the Whitehead baronets of Highfield House, Berkshire
Creation date1889[1]
Statusextant[2]
MottoVirtute et labore, By pluck and work[1]
Sir Rowland Whitehead, 3rd Baronet

The Whitehead baronetcy, of Highfield House in Catford Bridge in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 November 1889 for James Whitehead, Lord Mayor of London for 1888/9 and later Member of Parliament for Leicester from 1892 to 1894.[3]

His younger son, the 3rd Baronet, was also a Member of Parliament, for South East Essex from 1906 to 1910.[3]

Whitehead baronets of Highfield House, Berkshire (1889)

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The heir apparent is the present holder's son Orlando James Rathbone Whitehead (born 1994).

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  1. 1 2 Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B1100. ISBN 033354577X.
  2. "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 2126–2127.
  4. "Whitehead, Sir James". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Whitehead, Sir George Hugh". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Whitehead, Sir Rowland Edward". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Whitehead, Major Sir Philip Henry Rathbone". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Whitehead, Sir Rowland (John Rathbone)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. "Whitehead, Sir Philip Henry Rathbone". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 February 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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