Baker Wilbraham baronets

Baker Wilbraham baronets, of Loventor
Escutcheon of the Baker Wilbraham baronets
MottoIn portu quies (There is rest in port)
ArmsQuarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent three Bends wavy Azure a Canton Ermine (Wilbraham); 2nd and 3rd, Per pale Argent and Or on a Saltire nebuly Sable five Escallops of the first on a Chief of the third a Lion passant of the second (Baker)
Crest1st, A Wolf's Head erased Argent charged on the neck with a Cross Crosslet Azure (Wilbraham); 2nd, A Dexter Arm embowed vested Azure charged with three Annulets interlaced Or cuffed Argent holding in the Hand proper an Arrow of the last (Baker)

The Baker, later Rhodes, later Baker Wilbraham Baronetcy, of Loventor in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.[1] It was created on 19 September 1776 for George Baker, Physician to George III and President of the Royal College of Physicians. His son, Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet, FRS was accidentally killed by the vane of a windmill.[2]

The 4th Baronet (the title having descended from father to son), assumed in 1878 by Royal licence the surname of Rhodes in lieu of his patronymic.[2] He did not marry. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the 5th Baronet. He married Katharine Frances, daughter and heiress of General Sir Richard Wilbraham, nephew of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale. In 1900 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Wilbraham.[3][4][5] His son, the 6th Baronet, served as First Church Estates Commissioner, as Chancellor of the Dioceses of York, Truro, Chelmsford and Durham and as Vicar-General of the Provinces of York and Canterbury.[3]

The family seat is Rode Hall, Cheshire.[6]

Baker, later Rhodes, later Baker Wilbraham baronets, of Loventor (1776)

The heir apparent is the current holder's son, Rafe George William Baker Wilbraham (born 1999).[12]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 11694". The London Gazette. 20 August 1776. p. 2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 191–192.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 2133–2134.
  4. 1 2 "Wilbraham, Sir George Barrington Baker- ([assumed name of Wilbraham by Royal Licence, 1900])". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Baker, George Barrington" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
  6. ↑ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B1109. ISBN 033354577X.
  7. ↑ "Rhodes, Sir Frederick Edward". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ↑ "No. 40188". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1954. p. 3267.
  9. ↑ "Wilbraham, Sir Philip Wilbraham Baker". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ↑ "Wilbraham, Sir Randle (John) Baker". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ↑ "Baker Wilbraham, Sir Richard". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. 1 2 "Baker Wilbraham, Sir Randle". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)