Malet baronets

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.[2][3]

The 2nd Baronet was Minister to the German Confederation from 1852 to 1866.[2] The 4th Baronet was Ambassador to Germany between 1884 and 1895.[4]

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.[4] The 8th Baronet was also a Colonel in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, and High Sheriff of Somerset from 1966 to 1967.[5]

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.[6] The estate and its farms remained in Malet ownership until they were sold by the 7th baronet, around 1925.[6]

Newton Tony parish church was rebuilt in 1844, at the expense of (according to one source) the Malet family.[7] Inside are monuments to several generations of Malets.[8] The village pub is called the Malet Arms;[9] that name has been adopted in turn by several inns since the mid-19th century.[6]

Malet Baronets, of Wilbury (1791)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Charles Edward St. Lo Malet (born 1970).[15]

References

  1. ^ Sir Thomas Malet, National Portrait Gallery, London, accessed July 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 265–266.
  3. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.
  5. ^ a b "Malet, Colonel Sir Edward William St Lo". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ a b c Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1995). "Parishes: Newton Tony". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). 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.
  7. ^ "St Andrew Newton Tony: Church History". Bourne Valley Churches. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew (1135699)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  9. ^ "The Malet Arms, Newton Tony". Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Malet, Sir Henry Charles Eden". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ "Malet, Rt Hon. Sir Edward Baldwin". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ "Malet, Sir Edward St Lo". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ^ "Malet, Sir Charles St Lo". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  14. ^ "Malet, Sir Harry Charles". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  15. ^ a b "Malet, Sir Harry (Douglas St Lo)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)