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Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
There have been two
baronetcies
created for persons with the surname
Wakeman
, one in the
Baronetage of England
and one in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
.
The
Wakeman Baronetcy
, of Beckford in the County of Gloucester, was created in the baronetage of England on 15 February 1661 for George Wakeman. However, the patent was never sealed. The title became extinct on Wakeman's death in c. 1690.
The
Wakeman Baronetcy
, of Perdiswell Hall in the County of Worcester, was created in the baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 February 1828 for Henry Wakeman, a landowner and member of the
Honourable East India Company Civil Service
and son of Thomas Wakeman, Mayor of Worcester in 1761. He built Perdiswell Hall in 1788 and married Sarah Offley of
Shropshire
.
The third baronet sold Perdiswell and in 1892 built Yeaton Peverey House,
Bomere Heath
, near
Shrewsbury
, Shropshire. The fourth baronet was a member of the
London County Council
from 1922 to 1925,
high sheriff
of Shropshire in 1934 and chairman of the
Shropshire County Council
from 1943 to 1963. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the sixth baronet in 2008.
Wakeman baronets, of Beckford (1661)
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Wakeman baronets, of Perdiswell Hall (1828)
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The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 6th Baronet.
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