Paul baronets of Rodborough (first creation, 1762)

The Paul baronetcy of Rodborough in the County of Gloucester was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 3 September 1762 for the clothier Onesiphorus Paul. He was in business at Woodchester, and was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1760.[1] The 2nd Baronet was a philanthropist and prison reformer and also served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, in 1780. The title became extinct on his death in 1820.[2]

Paul baronets, of Rodborough (1762)

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 123–124.
  2. ^ Herbert, Nicholas. "Paul, Sir George Onesiphorus, second baronet (1746–1820)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21597. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
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