Frankland-Payne-Gallwey Baronets

The Payne, later Payne-Gallwey, later Frankland-Payne-Gallwey Baronetcy, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 December 1812 for General William Payne, Governor of the Leeward Islands. Payne-Gallwey (as he became) was the half-brother of Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington, who also served as Governor of the Leeward Islands.

The second Baronet was a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire. He was also a Conservative Member of Parliament for Thirsk, (where he resided, at Thirkleby Park), for many years. He married in 1847 Emily Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet. They had four sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by the eldest son, Ralph.

The third Baronet, was a Magistrate for the North Riding of Yorkshire, having been educated at Eton. He married on April 25, 1877, Edith Alice (d. November 12, 1953 aged 98), youngest daughter of Thomas Masters Usborne, J.P., of Blackrock, county Cork, and assumed by Royal License, on April 4, 1914, the additional surname and Arms of Frankland. They had one son, William (killed in action September 14, 1914), and four daughters. He was succeeded by his nephew, John.

The fourth Baronet was the eldest son of Captain Edwin John Payne-Gallwey, and nephew of the third Baronet. He served throughout The Great War firstly as Major in the 24th Battalion of Northumberland Fusiliers, then as Lieutenant-Colonel (1915) of the Royal Engineers and was recalled in 1940 commanding the Royal Engineers at Aldershot. He was a Magistrate (1922) for the North Riding of Yorkshire. He assumed by Royal License on October 25, 1919, the additional surname of Frankland. He married on September 19, 1915, Evelyn Florence, younger daughter of James Lee, from Northampton, but they had no issue. His heir was his cousin, Reginald.

The fifth Baronet, a Companion I.E.E., was the son of Wyndham Harry Payne-Gallwey (d. 1916 - 4th son of the 2nd Bt.) and was educated at Lancing College and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He served in The Great War in the London Electrical Engineers. He married twice: (1) June 17, 1912, Rosetta, daughter of Henry Durdie, from Reading, Berkshire, (she divorced him in 1956), with one daughter, Joan (b. January 29, 1914). (2) March 28, 1956, Dorothy Gertrude, widow of Stanley Bathurst and daughter of Bertram Henry Madge, from London, where the fifth Baronet resided. His heir was his cousin, Philip.

The sixth Baronet, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Lowry Philip Payne-Gallwey, OBE, MC, by his spouse Janet (d. 1996), daughter of Albert Philip Payne-Gallwey, succeeded his cousin. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and in 1957 joined the 11th Hussars as a Lieutenant. He was authorised to take the surname of Frankland in addition to and before those of Payne and Gallwey, and to bear the Arms of Frankland quartered with those of Payne and Gallwey, by Royal Licence dated July 18, 1967. The following year he became a director of the British Bloodstock Agency plc, in London's Pall Mall, retiring in 1997. On his death, unmarried, on February 3, 2008, the Baronetcy expired.

Payne, later Payne-Gallwey, later Frankland-Payne-Gallwey Baronets (1812)

*Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet (1759 – 1831)
*Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 2nd Baronet (1807 – December 19 1881)
*Sir Ralph William Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet (August 19 1848 – November 24, 1916)
*Sir John Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 4th Baronet (December 23, 1889 – February 13 1955)
*Sir Reginald Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 5th Baronet (April 15, 1889 – January 12 1964)
*Sir Philip Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 6th Baronet (March 15, 1935 – February 3 2008)

ee also

*Baron Lavington

References

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* "Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, & Official Classes for 1943", London, 1943, p.1419.
* "Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, & Official Classes for 1962", London, 1962, p.1566.
* "Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage for 1935", London, p.283.
* Townend, Peter, editor, "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage", 105th edition, London, 1970, pps: 1070-1071.
* Black, A & C., "Who's Who 2004", London, p.1706, ISBN 0-7136-6275-1
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David, editors, "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage", St Martin's Press, New York, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]