Proctor-Beauchamp Baronets

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The Beauchamp-Proctor, later Proctor-Beauchamp Baronetcy, of Langley Park in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 20 February 1745 for the twenty-two-year-old William Beauchamp-Proctor, subsequently Member of Parliament for Middlesex. Born William Beauchamp, he assumed the additional surname of Proctor according to the will of his maternal uncle, George Proctor, of Langley Park, Norfolk. The third Baronet was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. The fourth Baronet assumed by Royal license the surname of Proctor-Beauchamp in lieu of Beauchamp-Proctor in 1852. The sixth Baronet was a Colonel in the Norfolk Regiment and was killed in action in the First World War. The seventh Baronet was a missionary in China and one of the Cambridge Seven.

Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Beauchamp, second son of Reverend William Henry Beauchamp, second son of the third Baronet, was a Liberal politician and was created a Baronet in his own right in 1911 (see Beauchamp Baronets). Edward Halhed Beauchamp, third son of George Edward Beauchamp, second son of the second Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy.

The family surname is pronounced "Proctor-Beecham".

[edit] Beauchamp-Proctor, later Proctor-Beauchamp Baronets, of Langley Park (1745)

Portrait of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Baronet, by Benjamin West, 1777.
Portrait of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Baronet, by Benjamin West, 1777.
  • Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Baronet (1722-1773)
  • Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Baronet (1756-1827)
  • Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet (1781-1861)
  • Sir Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Baronet (1815-1874)
  • Sir Reginald William Proctor-Beauchamp, 5th Baronet (1853-1912)
  • Sir Horace George Proctor-Beauchamp, 6th Baronet (1856-1915)
  • Sir Montagu Harry Proctor-Beauchamp, 7th Baronet (1860-1939)
  • Sir Ivor Cuthbert Proctor-Beauchamp, 8th Baronet (1900-1971)
  • Sir Christopher Radstock Proctor-Beauchamp, 9th Baronet (b. 1935)

[edit] References

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