Laforey baronets
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The Laforey baronetcy, of Whitby in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 2 December 1789 for the Royal Navy officer John Laforey, that year made Commander in Chief in the Leeward Islands.[1]
He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baronet, a naval officer who became Admiral of the Blue in 1835. He did not marry, and the title became extinct on his death in 1835.[1]
Laforey baronets, of Whitby (1789)
- Sir John Laforey, 1st Baronet (c. 1729–1796)[1]
- Sir Francis Laforey, 2nd Baronet (1767–1835)[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 261.