Hort baronets

The Hort baronetcy, of Castle Strange in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 8 September 1767 for John Hort, Consul-General at Lisbon, Portugal.[1][2][3] He was the second son of Josiah Hort, Archbishop of Tuam.[1][2][3]

The 2nd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Kildare from 1831 to 1832.[4][5] The 3rd Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army and fought in the Crimean War.[4]

Hort baronets, of Castle Strange (1767)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son James John Fenton Hort (born 1989).[10]

Extended family

The theologian Fenton John Anthony Hort was a grandson of the 1st Baronet.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 144-145.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 1036–7.
  3. ^ a b Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. With the Arms of the Peers. London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 720.
  4. ^ a b c Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage, Titles of Courtesy and the Knightage. Kelly's Directories. 1899. p. 355.
  5. ^ "Hort, Sir Josiah William, 2nd bt. (1791-1876), of Hortland, co. Kildare, History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. ^ "Hort, Sir Fenton Josiah". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Hort, Sir Arthur (Fenton)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Hort, Sir Fenton George". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ "Hort, Sir James Fenton". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ a b "Hort, Sir Andrew (Edwin Fenton)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)