Sebright baronets

For other uses, see Sebright (disambiguation).

The Sebright Baronetcy, of Besford in the County of Worcester, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 20 December 1626 for Edward Sebright, High Sheriff of Worcestershire who later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. He was the son of John Sebright of Blakeshall, Wolverley and was the heir of his uncle William Sebright (1541–1620) of Besford, who established by his will in 1620 the charity "Sebright's Endowed Schools", still surviving today and very richly endowed as "Sebright's Educational Foundation".^[2] The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire. The sixth Baronet represented Bath in the House of Commons. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire and also became known as an agriculturalist. The family's fortunes ebbed by the end of the nineteenth century, with the ninth Baronet leaving only £5 at his death.^[3] The current baronet is Sir Rufus Hugo Giles Sebright, born 1978 in Nîmes, France.

Arms of Sebright: Argent, three cinquefoils sable. Crest: A (heraldic) tiger sejant argent maned and crowned or. Motto: Servare Mentem, "To preserve equanimity"^[1]

Sebright baronets, of Besford (1626)

Escutcheon of the Sebright baronets of Besford

• Sir Edward Sebright, 1st Baronet (c. 1585–c. 1658)
• Sir Edward Sebright, 2nd Baronet (c. 1645–1679)
• Sir Edward Sebright, 3rd Baronet (1668–1702)
• Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright, 4th Baronet (1692–1736)
• Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright, 5th Baronet (1723–1761)
• Sir John Saunders Sebright, 6th Baronet (1725–1794)
• Sir John Saunders Sebright, 7th Baronet (1767–1846)
• Sir Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright, 8th Baronet (1802–1864)
• Sir John Gage Saunders Sebright, 9th Baronet (1843–1890)
• Sir Egbert Cecil Saunders Sebright, 10th Baronet (1871–1897)
• Sir Edgar Reginald Saunders Sebright, 11th Baronet (1854–1917)
• Sir Guy Thomas Saunders Sebright, 12th Baronet (1856–1933)
• Sir Giles Edward Sebright, 13th Baronet (1896–1954)
• Sir Hugo Giles Edmund Sebright, 14th Baronet (1931–1985)
• Sir Peter Giles Vivian Sebright, 15th Baronet (1953–2003)
• Sir Rufus Hugo Giles Sebright, 16th Baronet (born 1978)

There is apparently no heir to the title.^[4]

See also

• Wolverley

Notes

1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.721
2. Victoria County History, Worcestershire, Vol.3, 1913, Parishes: Wolverley, pp. 567–573
3. The Wealth of the English Landed Gentry, 1870-1935, Mark Rothery, in The Agricultural History Review, vol. 55, no. 2, British Agricultural History Society, 2007, p. 254
4. Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Sebright (E) 1626, of Besford, Worcestershire". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 5502–5503. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.

References

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

External links

• Sebright's Educational Foundation