Title in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Boughey baronets
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Escutcheon of the Boughey baronets of Newcastle-under-Lyme
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Creation date
| 1798
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Status
| extant
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Motto
| Nec quaerere nec spernere honorem
, Neither to seek nor to despise distinction
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The
Fletcher
, later
Boughey Baronetcy
, of
Newcastle-under-Lyme
and of
Betley
both in the
County of Stafford
, is a title in the
Baronetage of Great Britain
.
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It was created on 24 August 1798 for Thomas Fletcher, of
Betley Court
,
Staffordshire
,
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
in 1783 and 1789 and
Deputy Lieutenant
of the county. He was the husband of Elizabeth Fenton, granddaughter of George Boughey, of
Audley, Staffordshire
whose will provided for his great-grandson (Fletcher's son John) to inherit the Audley estate.
In compliance with his great-grandfather's will the second Baronet assumed by
sign-manual
the surname of Boughey in 1805. He acquired an estate at
Forton, Staffordshire
where he rebuilt
Aqualate Hall
. He later sat as
Member of Parliament
for
Newcastle-under-Lyme
(1812) and
Staffordshire
(1820?23). He was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas, the third Baronet, who was himself succeeded in turn by five of his eight sons, none of whom provided a male heir.
The eighth Baronet was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, George, the ninth Baronet. He was the son of Colonel George Fletcher Ottley Boughey, eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Fenton Fletcher Boughey, third son of the second Baronet.
John Boughey (1845?1932), second son of George Fenton Fletcher Boughey, third son of the second Baronet, was a
Major-General
in the
Wiltshire Regiment
.
Fletcher, later Boughey baronets, of Newcastle-under-Lyme (1798)
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- Sir Thomas Fletcher, 1st Baronet (1747?1812)
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- Sir John Fenton Boughey, 2nd Baronet
(1784?1823)
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- Sir Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey, 3rd Baronet (1809?1880). He served as
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
in 1832.
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- Sir Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey, 4th Baronet
(1836?1906). Son of the third Baronet, he was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1898. He died childless in 1906 and was succeeded by his younger brother, George, the fifth Baronet.
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- Reverend Sir George Boughey, 5th Baronet (1837?1910). Rector of Forton 1863?1908. He died without male issue in 1910 and was succeeded by his younger brother, William, the sixth Baronet
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- Sir William Fletcher Boughey 6th Baronet (1840?1912). A Commander in the
Royal Navy
. He died childless in 1912 and was succeeded by his younger brother, Robert, the seventh Baronet
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- Reverend Sir Robert Boughey, 7th Baronet (1843?1921). Vicar of
Betley
(1826?1921). He died unmarried in 1921 and was succeeded by his younger brother, Francis, the eighth Baronet
[8]
- Sir Francis Boughey, 8th Baronet (1848?1927). Succeeded by his cousin.
[9]
- Sir George Menteth Boughey,
CBE
, 9th Baronet (1879?1959). He was in the Indian Civil Service and served as Under-Secretary to the Government of the
Punjab
from 1912 to 1913. He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, Richard, the tenth Baronet.
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- Sir Richard James Boughey, 10th Baronet (1925?1978). He was educated at
Eton College
and served in
World War II
as a lieutenant in the
Coldstream Guards
. His seat was at Ringmer Park,
Ringmer
,
Sussex
. He was
High Sheriff of Sussex
in 1964 and
Deputy Lieutenant
of the county. His second wife, Gillian Moubray, was sister-in-law to two Dukes,
the Duke of Sutherland
and
the Duke of Richmond and Gordon
.
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As of 2008
[update]
the title was held by his eldest son, John, the eleventh Baronet, who succeeded in 1978.
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- Sir John George Fletcher Boughey, 11th Baronet (born 1959). A medical practitioner, he lived in
Andorra
.
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother James Richard Boughey (born 1960).
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