Moon Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Moon, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Moon Baronetcy, of Portman Square in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 May 1855 for the a printseller and publisher Francis Moon. He was Lord Mayor of London from 1854 to 1855.

The Moon Baronetcy, of Copsewood in Stoke in the County of Warwick, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 July 1887 for Richard Moon, Chairman of the London and North-Western Railway Company from 1861 to 1891. The presumed fifth Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The presumed sixth Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1979. For more information, follow this link.

Moon Baronets, of Portman Square (1855)

• Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Baronet (1796-1871)
• Sir Edward Graham Moon, 2nd Baronet (1825-1904)
• Sir Francis Sidney Graham-Moon, 3rd Baronet (1855-1911)
• Sir (Arthur) Wilfred Graham-Moon, 4th Baronet (1905-1954)
• Sir Peter Wilfred Giles Graham-Moon, 5th Baronet (b. 23 Oct 1942)

Moon Baronets, of Copsewood (1887)

• Sir Richard Moon, 1st Baronet (1814-1899)
• Sir Cecil Ernest Moon, 2nd Baronet (1867-1951)
• Sir Richard Moon, 3rd Baronet (1901-1961)
• Sir John Arthur Moon, 4th Baronet (1905-1979)
• Sir Edward Moon, 5th Baronet (1911-1988)
• Sir Roger Moon, 6th Baronet (b. 1914)

External links

• Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911 edition) article on Sir Richard Moon, 1st Baronet
• Painting of Sir Richard Moon, 1st Baronet

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets