Biography of Edward Kerrison 1st Baronet 1776-1853

The London Gazette 17730. Whitehall, July 27, 1821. His Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the following Gentlemen respectively, and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

Sir Edward Kerrison (age 44), of Wyke-House, in the county of Sussex, Knight, Major-General in the Army.

Sir Harry Niven Lumsden, of Auchindoir, in the county of Aberdeen, Knight.

Thomas Francis Fremantle (age 23), of Swanbourne, in the county of BucKingham, Esq (eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath); with remainder, in failure of issue male, to the heirs male of the body of the said Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, deceased.

John Dugdale Astley, of Everleigh, in the county of Wilts, Esq.

Alexander Boswell (age 45), of Auchinleck, in the county of Ayr, Esq.

Robert Shaw, of Bushy-Park, in the county of Dublin, Esq.

Arthur Chichester, of Greencastle, in the county of Donegall, Esq.

George Pocock (age 56), of Hart, in the county palatine of Durham, and of Twickenham, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. [Note. Charlotte Mary Long Lady Pocock (age 36) by marriage Lady Pocock of Hart in County Durham and Twickenham in Middlesex.]

William George Hylton Jolliffe, of Merstham, in the county of Surrey, Esq.

Robert Townsend Farquhar (age 44), Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Island of Mauritius [Baronet Farquhar of Mauritius].

Thomas Trayton Fuller Eliott Drake, of Nutwell-Court, Buckland-Abbey, or Monachorrum, Sherford, and Yarcombe, in the county of Devon, Esq. Major in the Army; with remainder in default of issue male, to his brothers William Stephen Fuller and Rose Henry Fuller, Esqrs. Commanders in the Royal Navy, and their heirs male.

John Eardley Eardley Wilmot (age 38), of BerkswellHall, in the county of Warwick, Esq.

Robert Dundas, of Beechwood, in the county of Mid-Lothian, Esq.

James Carmichael Smyth, of Nutwood, in the county of Surrey, Esq. Colonel in the Army.

David Erskine, of Cambo, in the county of Fife, Esq.

William Young, of Baileiborough Castle, in the county of Cavan, Esq.

John D'Oyly, of Kandy, in the inland of Ceylon, Esq.

David William Smith, of the province of Upper Canada, and of Preston, in the county of Northumberland, Esq.

Astley Paston Cooper (age 52), of Gadesbridge, in the county of Hertford, Esq. Surgeon to His Majesty's Person, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his nephew, Astley Paston Cooper (age 23), Esq. and his heirs male.

Thomas Phillipps (age 29), of Middle-Hill, in the county of Worcester, Esq. [Harriet Molyneux Lady Phillipps (age 26) by marriage Lady Phillipps of Middle Hill in Worcestershire]

John Dean Paul, of Rodborough, in the county of Gloucester, and of the Strand, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.

Coutts Trotter, of West-Ville, in the county of Lincoln, Esq.; with remainder in default of issue male, to the heirs male of the body of Anne, eldest daughter of the said Coutts Trotter.

Claude Scott, of Lytchet-Minster, in the county of Dorset, Esq.

George Blackman, of Harley-Street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.