Brunner baronets

The Brunner Baronetcy, of Druids Cross in the parish of Little Woolton in the County Palatine of Lancaster; of Winnington Old Hall in the parish of Winnington in the County Palatine of Chester; and of Ennismore Gardens in the parish of St Margaret's, Westminster in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.^[1]

Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet

It was created on 27 July 1895 for the industrialist, Liberal politician and philanthropist John Brunner. He was the second son of Reverend John Brunner, of Zürich, Switzerland. The second and third Baronets were also Liberal politicians. The fourth Baronet was a cousin of Katharine, Duchess of Kent.

Brunner baronets, of Druids Cross, Winnington Old Hall and Ennismore Gardens (1895)

• Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet (1842–1919)
• Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner, 2nd Baronet (1865–1929)
• Sir Felix John Morgan Brunner, 3rd Baronet (1897–1982)
• Sir John Henry Kilian Brunner, 4th Baronet (1927–2015)^[2]
• Sir Nicholas Felix Minturn Brunner, 5th Baronet (born 1960)^[3]

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Mark Jonathan Irving Brunner (born 1962).

References

1. "No. 26648". The London Gazette. 30 July 1895. p. 4300.
2. "Sir John Henry Kilian Brunner, 4th Baronet". Peerage News. 20 November 2015.
3. "Official Roll of the Baronetage » the Standing Council of the Baronetage -". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets