# Pechell baronets

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{{Infobox hereditary title
| name              = Pechell baronets
| image             = File:Escutcheon of the Pechell baronets of Paglesham (1797).svg
| image_size        = 220px
| alt               = 
| caption           = Escutcheon of the Pechell baronets of Paglesham
| creation_date     = 1797<ref name="Foster">{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage |date=1881 |publisher=Nichols & Sons |pages=488–489 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA488 |language=en}}</ref>
| status            = extinct
| extinction_date   = 1984<ref name="WW9"/>
| family_seat       = 
| former_seat       = 
| motto             = ''Vix ea nostra voco'', I scarcely call these things our own<ref name="Foster"/>
}}
The '''Pechell''', later '''Brooke-Pechell''', later '''Pechell baronetcy''', of [Paglesham](/source/Paglesham) in the County of [Essex](/source/Essex), was a title in the [Baronetage of Great Britain](/source/Baronetage_of_Great_Britain),  was created on 1 March 1797 for the army officer [Paul Pechell](/source/Paul_Pechell) (1724–1800), initially with the [1st Royal Dragoons](/source/1st_The_Royal_Dragoons). The 2nd Baronet was also an army officer; the 3rd and 4th Baronets rose to [flag rank](/source/Flag_Officer) in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy). The 2nd Baronet's mother was the heir of Thomas Brooke of Paglesham, Essex, and he took by royal licence the additional surname of Brooke.<ref name="Cokayne">{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=Complete Baronetage |date=1906 |publisher=W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. |location=Exeter |pages=316-318 |volume=V |url=https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta05coka/page/316/mode/1up}}</ref> 

The 2nd Baronet was Member of Parliament for [Downton](/source/Downton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) as a client of the [Earl of Radnor](/source/Jacob_Pleydell-Bouverie%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Radnor).<ref name="HoP2">{{cite web |last1=Thorne |first1=R. G. |title=Brooke Pechell, Sir Thomas, 2nd. Bt. (1753-1826), of Aldwick, Suss., History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/brooke-pechell-sir-thomas-1753-1826 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> The 3rd Baronet sat for [Helston](/source/Helston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1830 to 1831, and for [New Windsor](/source/New_Windsor_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1832 to 1834;<ref name="HoP3">{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Terry |title=Brooke Pechell, Sir Samuel John, 3rd bt. (1785-1849), of Paglesham, Essex and Aldwick, Suss., History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/brooke-pechell-sir-samuel-1785-1849 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> the 4th Baronet was member for [Brighton](/source/Brighton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).<ref name="Burke">{{cite book|title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage|edition=99th|year=1949|publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing|location=London|pages=1560–1561}}</ref>

The 7th Baronet was a [Surgeon](/source/Surgeon) and a [Lieutenant-Colonel](/source/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)) in the [Royal Army Medical Corps](/source/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps), serving during the [Third Anglo-Burmese War](/source/Third_Anglo-Burmese_War) and later at the [Royal Hospital, Chelsea](/source/Royal_Hospital_Chelsea) during World War I.<ref name="WW7">{{Who's Who|title=Pechell, Sir (Augustus) Alexander|id=U206682|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> The 8th Baronet served with the [Essex Regiment](/source/Essex_Regiment) during World War I, and was awarded the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) for gallantry in the Field.<ref name="WW8">{{Who's Who|title=Pechell, Lt-Col Sir Paul|id=U158368|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> The 8th and 9th Baronets used the surname Pechell only. On the death of the 9th Baronet on 29 January 1984 the baronetcy became extinct.<ref name="WW9">{{Who's Who|title=Pechell, Sir Ronald (Horace)|id=U167964|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref>

==Pechell, later Brooke-Pechell, later Pechell baronets, of Paglesham (1797)==
*[Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Paul_Pechell%2C_1st_Baronet) (1724–1800)<ref name="Cokayne"/><ref name="Foster"/><ref name="Burke"/>
*[Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Thomas_Brooke-Pechell%2C_2nd_Baronet) (1753–1826)<ref name="Cokayne"/><ref name="Foster"/><ref name="Burke"/>
*[Sir Samuel John Brooke-Pechell, 3rd Baronet](/source/Sir_Samuel_Brooke-Pechell%2C_3rd_Baronet) (1785–1849)<ref name="Cokayne"/><ref name="Foster"/><ref name="Burke"/>
*[Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet](/source/Sir_George_Brooke-Pechell%2C_4th_Baronet) (1789–1860)<ref name="Cokayne"/><ref name="Foster"/><ref name="Burke"/>
*Sir George Samuel Brooke-Pechell, 5th Baronet (1819–1897)<ref name="Cokayne"/><ref name="Foster"/><ref name="Burke"/><ref>{{Who's Who|title=Pechell, Sir George Samuel Brooke-|id=U189788|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref>
*Sir Samuel George Brooke-Pechell, 6th Baronet (1852–1904)<ref name="Burke"/><ref name="Cokayne"/><ref>{{Who's Who|title=Pechell, Sir Samuel George Brooke-|id=U189789|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref>
*Sir Augustus Alexander Brooke-Pechell MB, 7th Baronet (1857–1937)<ref name="Burke"/><ref name="Cokayne"/><ref name="WW7"/>
*Sir Paul Pechell MC, 8th Baronet (1889–1972)<ref name="Burke"/><ref name="WW8"/>
*Sir Ronald Horace Pechell, 9th Baronet (1918–1984), left no heir.<ref name="WW9"/>

==Background==
The Pechells (originally de Pechels) were a noble [Huguenot](/source/Huguenots) family, and in the late 17th century after severe persecution Samuel Pechell (b.1644) and his family fled for [Geneva](/source/Geneva). After Samuel’s later escape from French captivity in the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) that was aided by the [British](/source/British_Empire), he joined his family at Owenstown in [County Kildare](/source/County_Kildare); as a cavalry officer he received a pension from [King William III](/source/William_III_of_England). The family later moved to [England](/source/England) and on 21 November 1705, a petition was made to Queen Anne’s parliament for the naturalisation of Samuel's son, Jacob Pechell (for de Péchels), which was granted. His son Paul was the 1st Baronet.<ref name="Burke"/> 

==Extended family==
* George Douglas Brooke-Pechell, son of the 7th Baronet, was killed on 21 December 1916 while flying.<ref name="Burke"/> He was at Filton Aerodrome in Gloucestershire,  attached to 66 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps as a Lieutenant. 
* Gladys May Mabel Brooke-Pechell, daughter of the 7th Baronet, married in 1913 [Bonamy Dobrée](/source/Bonamy_Dobr%C3%A9e).<ref name="Burke"/> As [Valentine Dobrée](/source/Valentine_Dobr%C3%A9e), she was part of the [Bloomsbury Group](/source/Bloomsbury_Group) in the 1920s, known as a poet, painter and writer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Finzi |first1=Gerald |title=Gerald Finzi's Letters, 1915-1956 |date=2021 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78327-572-4 |page=91 note 305 |url=https://www.google.com/books?id=6FutEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 |language=en}}</ref>

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