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Bromhead baronets

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Bromhead baronets
CrestOut of a mural crown Gules a unicorn’s head Argent horned Or in the mouth a rose Gules slipped and leaved Proper.
ShieldAzure on a bend Argent between two leopard faces Or a mural crown Gules between two fleurs-de-lis Sable.
MottoConcordia Res Crescunt[1]

The Bromhead Baronetcy, of Thurlby Hall in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 February 1806 for the soldier Lieutenant-General Gonville Bromhead.[2] His eldest son, the second Baronet, was a mathematician. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. He was a Major in the Army and fought at the Battle of Waterloo. His eldest son, the fourth Baronet, was a Colonel in the Indian Staff Corps. He was succeeded by his grandson, the fifth Baronet. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army. As of 2007 the title is held by his son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1981. However he does not use his title.

The Victoria Cross recipient Gonville Bromhead was the youngest son of the third Baronet. The family surname is pronounced "Brumhead".

Bromhead baronets, of Thurlby Hall (1806)

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The heir presumptive is his first cousin John Edmund de Gonville Bromhead (born 1939), eldest son of the brother of the 5th Baronet.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference. 1949.
  2. ^ "No. 15886". The London Gazette. 1 February 1806. p. 147.
  3. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 72–73.
  4. ^ "Bromhead, Col Sir Benjamin Parnell". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Bromhead, Sir Benjamin (Denis Gonville)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Official Roll of the Baronetage". baronetage.org. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Bromhead, (Sir) John Desmond Gonville". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bromhead baronets
of Thurlby Hall

19 February 1806
Succeeded by