Shelley Baronets

There have been three Baronetcies created for members of the Shelley family, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The three recipients of the titles represented two different branches of the family with a common ancestor in John Shelley of Michelgrove (d. 1526). The most famous member of the family is the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, although he never held any title. The holders of the third and last creation were later elevated to the peerage as Baron De L'Isle and Dudley and Viscount De L'Isle.

The Shelley Baronetcy, of Michelgrove in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for John Shelley. The fourth Baronet represented Arundel and Lewes in the House of Commons while the fifth Baronet sat as a Member of Parliament for East Retford and Newark. Furthermore, the sixth Baronet represented Helston and Lewes and the seventh Baronet Gatton, Grimsby and Westminster.

The Shelley Baronetcy, of Castle Goring in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 March 1806 for Bysshe Shelley. His only son from his second marriage, John Shelley-Sidney, was created a Baronet, of Penshurst Place, in 1818 (see below). Sir Bysshe Shelley was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, the second Baronet. His eldest son and heir apparent was the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. As he predeceased his father, the second Baronet in 1844 the title was inherited by Percy Bysshe Shelley's son from his second marriage to the author Mary Shelley, Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Baronet. However, he died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin, Edward Shelley, the fourth Baronet. He was the son of John Shelley, younger son of the second Baronet. On his death in 1890 the title passed to his younger brother, the fifth Baronet. He was succeeded by his son, the sixth Baronet. He married the Hon. Eleanor Georgiana Rolls, daughter of the 1st Baron Llangattock, and in 1917 they assumed the additional surname and arms of Rolls. When he died the title passed to his younger brother, the seventh Baronet. On his death in 1965 this line of the family failed and the title was inherited by the late Baronet's kinsman, William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, who became the eighth Baronet of Castle Goring as well. For further history of the title, see the Viscount De L'Isle.

The Shelley-Sidney Baronetcy, of Penshurst Place in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 12 December 1818 for John Shelley-Sidney. He was the only son from the second marriage of the first Baronet of the 1806 creation (see above). For more information on this creation see the Viscount De L'Isle.

helley Baronets, of Michelgrove (1611)

*Sir John Shelley, 1st Baronet (d. c 1644)
*Sir Charles Shelley, 2nd Baronet (d. 1681)
*Sir John Shelley, 3rd Baronet (d. 1703)
*Sir John Shelley, 4th Baronet (1692-1771)
*Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet (c. 1730-1783)
*Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet (1772-1852)
*Sir John Villiers Shelley, 7th Baronet (1808-1867)
*Sir Frederic Shelley, 8th Baronet (1809-1869)
*Sir John Shelley, 9th Baronet (1848-1931)
*Sir John Frederick Shelley, 10th Baronet (1884-1976)
*Sir John Richard Shelley, 11th Baronet (b. 1943)

helley Baronets, of Castle Goring (1806)

*Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet (1731–1815)
*Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet (1753–1844)
*Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Baronet (1819–1889)
*Sir Edward Shelley, 4th Baronet (1827–1890)
*Sir Charles Shelley, 5th Baronet (1838–1902)
*Sir John Courtown Edward Shelley-Rolls, 6th Baronet (5 August 1871 – 18 February 1951). Shelley-Rolls was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Shelley, 5th Baronet, and his wife Mary Jane Jemima Stopford. He served in the South African and the First World Wars in the Scots Guards attaining the rank of Captain. He was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1928. Shelley-Rolls married Eleanor Georgiana Rolls, daughter of John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock, on 23 April 1898. There were no children from this marriage. In 1917 in compliance with the will of his father-in-law, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Rolls. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother the seventh Baronet.
*Sir Percy Bysshe Shelley, 7th Baronet (1872–1953)
*Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley, 8th Baronet (1880–1965)
*William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, 9th Baronet, of Castle Goring (1909–1991)"see Viscount De L'Isle for further holders"

helley Sidney, later Sidney Baronets, of Penshurst Place (1818)

*see the Viscount De L'Isle

ee also

*Castle Goring
*Penshurst Place

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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*Obituary The Times 21 February, 1951; Issue 51931