Lighton Baronets

The Lighton Baronetcy, of Merville in Dublin, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 1 March 1791 for the Dublin banker and politician Thomas Lighton. He sat as a Member of the Irish Parliament for Tuam from 1790 to 1797 and Carlingford from 1798 to 1800. His partner in the banking firm of Lighton, Needham & Shaw, Robert Shaw, was created a Baronet in 1821 (see Shaw Baronets).

Lighton Baronets, of Merville (1791)

*Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Baronet (d. 1805)
*Sir Thomas Lighton, 2nd Baronet (1787-1816)
*Sir Thomas Lighton, 3rd Baronet (1814-1817)
*Sir John Lees Lighton, 4th Baronet (1792-1827)
*Sir John Hamilton Lighton, 5th Baronet (1818-1844)
*Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, 6th Baronet (1819-1875)
*Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, 7th Baronet (1848-1929)
*Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, 8th Baronet (1897-1993)
*Sir Thomas Hamilton Lighton, 9th Baronet (b. 1954)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]