{{Short description|British hereditary title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} thumb|Escutcheon of the Laforey baronets of Whitby (1789) 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.<ref name="Cokayne">{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=Complete Baronetage |date=1906 |publisher=W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. |location=Exeter |page=261 |volume=V |url=https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta05coka/page/261/mode/1up}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Cokayne"/>
==Laforey baronets, of Whitby (1789)== *Sir John Laforey, 1st Baronet ({{circa|1729}}–1796)<ref name="Cokayne"/> *Sir Francis Laforey, 2nd Baronet (1767–1835)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-reg|gb-bt}} {{succession box |title=20px<br />Laforey baronets<br/> ''of Whitby'' |before=Miller baronets |years=2 December 1789 |after=Buller baronets}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laforey}} Category:Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain