Chad baronets
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The Chad baronetcy, of Thursford in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.[1] It was created on 28 July 1791 for George Chad, a barrister and landowner, and Recorder of King's Lynn.[2][3] He had purchased the Thursford Hall estate in 1753.[4]
The title became extinct on the death of his only surviving son, the 2nd Baronet, in 1855.[2]
Chad baronets, of Thursford (1791)
[edit]Extended family
[edit]The diplomat George William Chad was the second son of the 1st Baronet.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "No. 13318". The London Gazette. 18 June 1791. p. 363.
- 1 2 3 4 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 279–280.
- ↑ "Chad, George (CHT748G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland; [Ser. 1-2]. Reid. 1821. p. 125.
- ↑ Burke, John Bernard; Burke, Sir Bernard (1898). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 253.
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