Territorial designation of baronets

[S. S.]

This might be a niche thing, I used to always wonder what authority, if any, would settle how baronets are styled. You will often find in London Gazette notices they tend to mention a lot more than one locale, sometimes two or even three. Standing Council of Baronetage can sometimes given another, Wikipedia and standard peerage works yet another. 

But when you look up baronets in standard works, it tends to be shortened to the most-known locale or shortened entirely. One thing that frequently comes up is the omission of the parish if mentioned in the letters patent. 

For example from CBAI, the Goschen baronetcy is given thus: 

https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/546

"erect appoint and create Our trusty and well beloved Sir Harry William Henry Neville Goschen of Durrington House in the parish of Sheering in Our County of Essex"

You would probably come across it as Goschen, of Durrington, Essex. I guess you could be pedantic, but the only way to settle how all baronets are styled is if someone went systematically through all patents and noted it down!

S.S.

[S. S.]

A few examples: 

Dudley-Williams is given as "of the City and of the County of the City of Exeter" in the London Gazette, but as "of the City and co of Exeter" in Burke's Peerage (2003, 107th edn), p 1193. 

Dudley-Williams is given as "of the City and of the County of the City of Exeter" in the London Gazette, but as "of the City and co of Exeter" in Burke's Peerage (2003, 107th edn), p 1193. The Roll of Baronets give it as “of Exeter” only.

 

Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn is given as “of Penllergaer in Llangyfelach and of Ynis-y-gerwn in Cadoxton juxta Neath in the County of Glamorgan” in the London Gazette, but as “of and of Ynis-y-gerwn” in Burke’s Peerage (2003, 107th edn), p 1151.

 

Chadwyck-Healey is given as “of Wyphurst in the parish of Cranleigh in the County of Surrey and of New Place in the Parish of Luccombe in the County of Somerset” in the London Gazette and as “of Wyphurt, Cranleigh, Surrey and New Place, Luccombe, Somerset” in Burke’s Peerage (2003, 107th edn), p 740. Roll of Baronets give as “of Wyphurt and New Place”.

 

Though to be fair, writing out the heading of "Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, of Penllergaer, Llangyfelach and of Ynis-y-gerwn, Cadoxton juxta Neath, Glamorganshire" is a mouthful!

 

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[Robert Jewell]

From my ramble through the Baronetage, some families use the original location given for the 1st Baronet, some others refer to the present Baronet's present residence, especially if the original seat is no longer in the family. There doesn't seem to be a rule.

[S. S.]

Good point Robert, but I was more focused on references in the first instance and how baronets are historically designated. The easiest option is to always list a baronetcy by the locale to which they were designated the first time they were granted a baronetcy. Lots of baronets now have lost their original seats entirely, so it really does not make sense to refer newer ones down the line, since that causes confusion. Bacon of Redgrave will remain Bacon of Redgrave, so we won't start calling it Bacon of Raveningham Hall since the present baronet lives there. 

S.S.