Floyd Baronets
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The Floyd Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 March 1816 for General John Floyd. He was second-in-command at the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799. Floyd's daughter Julia was the wife of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet. The fifth Baronet was a Brigadier in the 15th/19th Hussars and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1968.
[edit] Floyd Baronets (1816)
- Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet (1748-1818)
- Sir Henry Floyd, 2nd Baronet (1793-1868)
- Sir John Floyd, 3rd Baronet (1823-1909)
- Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet (1855-1915)
- Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet (1899-1968)
- Sir John Duckett Floyd, 6th Baronet (1903-1975)
- Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet (b. 1932)
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
