Le Marchant baronets
| Le Marchant baronets | |
|---|---|
.svg) Escutcheon of the Le Marchant baronets of Chobham Place | |
| Creation date | 1841[1] |
| Status | extant |
| Motto | Me Minerva lucet, Minerva is my light[1] |
The Le Marchant Baronetcy, of Chobham Place in the County of Surrey, is a title in the
Brigadier-General in the Army. The fifth Baronet served as high sheriff of Lincolnshire
from 1958 to 1959.
The Le Marchants are an ancient Guernsey family and are descended from Peter Le Marchant, who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey in the 13th century.
Le Marchant baronets, of Chobham Place (1841)
- Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet (1795–1874)
- Sir Henry Denis Le Marchant, 2nd Baronet (1839–1915)
- Sir Denis Le Marchant, 3rd Baronet (1870–1922)
- Sir Edward Thomas Le Marchant, 4th Baronet (1871–1953)
- Sir Denis Le Marchant, 5th Baronet (1906–1987)
- Sir Francis Arthur Le Marchant, 6th Baronet (1939–2016)
- Sir Piers Alfred Le Marchant, 7th Baronet (b. 1964)
The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Edward Le Marchant (b. 1998)
Notes
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References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 409. This source has biographies of John Le Marchant and Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet.
Further reading
- Hamilton, John Andrew (1893). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 22–23.