Hildyard baronets

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Hildyard baronets
Escutcheon of the Hildyard baronets of Patrington
Creation date1660[1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1814[1]
Seat(s)Winestead Hall
Mottoπλέον ήμισυ παντός, the half is better than the whole[2]

The Hildyard Baronetcy, of Patrington in the

High Sheriff of Yorkshire
in 1783. On his death in 1814 the baronetcy became extinct.

History

The Hildyard family was a land owning family from Yorkshire, England. Winestead was among their primary estates. The earliest member of the family was Robert Hildyard of Normanby, who was living in 1109. Sir Robert Hildyard, son of Sir Christopher and Elizabeth (Welby) Hildyard, was created baronet, and was the ancestor of the Hildyard baronets.[4]

Hildyard baronets, of Patrington (1660)

Extended family

Anne Catherine Whyte, the niece of Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard, 4th and last Baronet, inherited the Hildyard family's estates based around

Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard) the surname Hildyard in addition to Thoroton in 1815.[9][10]

An ancient branch of Hildyard family, descending from the 1st Baronet's elder brother, Henry Hildyard (1610–1674) is extant.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. pp. 264–265.
  2. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 23. 1753. p. 14.
  3. ^ "WINESTEAD: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ Burke, Bernard (1875), Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1, H. Colburn, pp. 626–627, retrieved 18 June 2014
  5. ^ "Hildyard, Sir Robert, 2nd Bt. (c.1670-1729), of Winestead in Holderness, Yorks., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. ^ "Hildyard, Sir Robert, 3rd Bt. (1716-81), of Winstead, Yorks., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  7. The University of Nottingham
    . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  8. The University of Nottingham
    . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  9. The University of Nottingham
    . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. The University of Nottingham
    . Retrieved 7 June 2024.