The Malet Baronetcy, of Wilbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 February 1791 for Charles Malet, for diplomatic services in India.[1][2]
The 2nd Baronet was Minister to the German Confederation from 1852 to 1866.[1] The 4th Baronet was Ambassador to Germany between 1884 and 1895.[3]
The 7th baronet was a Colonel in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, who served in the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First World War and was awarded a DSO and OBE.[3] The 8th Baronet was also a Colonel in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, and High Sheriff of Somerset from 1966 to 1967.[4]
Former seat
Around 1803, the 1st Baronet bought Wilbury Park, an 18th-century house in extensive grounds, in Newton Tony parish, north-east of Salisbury.[5] The estate and its farms remained in Malet ownership until they were sold by the 7th baronet, around 1925.[5]
Newton Tony parish church was rebuilt in 1844, at the expense of (according to one source) the Malet family.[6] Inside are monuments to several generations of Malets.[7] The village pub is called the Malet Arms;[8] that name has been adopted in turn by several inns since the mid-19th century.[5]
Malet Baronets, of Wilbury (1791)
- Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet (1752–1815)[1][3]
- Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet (1800–1886)[1][3]
- Sir Henry Charles Eden Malet, 3rd Baronet (1835–1904)[1][3][9]
- Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet (1837–1908)[1][3][10]
- Sir Edward St Lo Malet, 5th Baronet (1872–1909)[3][11]
- Sir Charles St Lo Malet, 6th Baronet (1906–1918)[3][12]
- Sir Harry Charles Malet, 7th Baronet (1873–1931)[3][13]
- Sir Edward William St Lo Malet, 8th Baronet (1908–1990)[3][4]
- Sir Harry Douglas St Lo Malet, 9th Baronet (born 1936)[14]
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Charles Edward St. Lo Malet (born 1970).[14]
References
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 265–266.
- ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 99th ed. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 1317–1319.
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- ^ Crowley, D. A. (ed.) (1995). "Parishes: Newton Tony". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 15. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 143–153. Retrieved 24 December 2022. – via British History Online.
- ^ "St Andrew Newton Tony: Church History". Bourne Valley Churches. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
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- ^ "The Malet Arms, Newton Tony". Retrieved 2022-12-24.
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