Farmer baronets
Appearance

The Farmer baronetcy, of Mount Pleasant in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.[1] It was created on 19 January 1780 for George Farmer, in honour of his late father, Captain George Farmer, who was killed when commanding HMS Quebec in the naval action of 6 October 1779 against French ships off Ushant.[2] The title became extinct on the death of the 5th Baronet in 1916.[3]
Farmer baronets, of Mount Pleasant (1780)
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "No. 12025". The London Gazette. 26 October 1779. p. 1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 209–210.
- 1 2 Burke, Bernard (1937). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council and Knightage. Burke's Peerage, Limited. p. 948.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 576.