Baker Wilbraham Baronets

The Baker, later Rhodes, later Baker Wilbraham Baronetcy, of Loventor in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 19 September 1776 for George Baker, Physician to George III and President of the Royal College of Physicians. His great-grandson, the fourth Baronet (the title having descended from father to son), assumed in 1878 by Royal license the surname of Rhodes in lieu of his patronymic. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baronet. He married Katharine Frances, daughter and heiress of General Sir Richard Wilbraham, nephew of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale. In 1900 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Wilbraham. His son, the sixth Baronet, served as First Church Estates Commissioner, as Chancellor of the Dioceses of York, Truro, Chelmsford and Durham and as Vicar-General of the Provinces of York and Canterbury. On his death the title passed to his son, the seventh Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1963 and also a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. As of 2008 the title is held by his son, the eighth Baronet, who succeeded in 1980. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1992.

The family surname is pronounced "Baker Wilbrum".

Baker, later Rhodes, later Baker Wilbraham Baronets, of Loventor (1776)

*Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet (c. 1723-1809)
*Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet (1772-1830)
*Sir George Baker, 3rd Baronet (1816-1882)
*Sir Frederick Edward Rhodes, 4th Baronet (1843-1911)
*Sir George Barrington Baker Wilbraham, 5th Baronet (1845-1912)
*Sir Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham, 6th Baronet (1875-1957)
*Sir Randle John Baker Wilbraham, 7th Baronet (1906-1980)
*Sir Richard Baker Wilbraham, 8th Baronet (b. 1934) High Sheriff of Cheshire

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]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]