Pelly baronets

Pelly baronets
Pelly baronets
Shield	Or on a bend engrailed Azure between two trefoils three martlets.
Motto	Deo Ducente Nil Nocet (God Guiding, Nothing Hurts)

The Pelly Baronetcy, of Upton in the County of Essex, is a title in the

John Pelly, Governor of the Bank of England and of the Hudson's Bay Company. The title descended in the direct line until the early death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1877. The late Baronet was succeeded by his half-brother, the fourth Baronet. His grandson, the sixth Baronet, was a deputy lieutenant of Hampshire and served as high sheriff

of the county from 1970 to 1971. As of 2007 the title is held by his nephew, the seventh Baronet, who succeeded in 1993. He is the son of Richard Heywood Pelly, second son of the fifth Baronet.

Several other members of the Pelly family have also gained distinction. Sir Henry Bertram Pelly (1867–1942), son of Captain Richard Wilson Pelly, fifth son of the first Baronet, was an

brigadier-general

in the army.

Pelly baronets, of Upton (1840)

Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Baronet

(1777–1852)

Sir John Henry Pelly, 2nd Baronet (1809–1864)
Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, 3rd Baronet
(1844–1877)
Sir Harold Pelly, 4th Baronet (1863–1950)
Sir (Harold) Alwyne Pelly, MC, 5th Baronet (1893–1981)
Sir John Alwyne Pelly, 6th Baronet (1918–1993)
- Richard Heywood Pelly (1920–1988)
Sir Richard John Pelly, 7th Baronet (born 1951)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Anthony Alwyne Pelly (born 1984), eldest son of the 7th Baronet.

Notes

^ Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. 1864.

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

[1] Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. 1864.

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