Ripley Baronets

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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Ripley, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2007.

The Ripley Baronetcy, of Rawdon in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 May 1880 for the businessman and Liberal politician Henry Ripley.

The Ripley Baronetcy, of Acacia in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 September 1897 for Frederick Ripley. He was the third son of the first Baronet of the 1880 creation. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1954.

[edit] Ripley Baronets, of Rawdon (1880)

• Sir Henry William Ripley, 1st Baronet (1813-1882)
• Sir Edward Ripley, 2nd Baronet (1840-1903)
• Sir Henry William Alfred Ripley, 3rd Baronet (1879-1956)
• Sir Hugh Ripley, 4th Baronet (1916-2003)
• Sir William Hugh Ripley, 5th Baronet (b. 1950)

There is no heir to the baronetcy.

[edit] Ripley Baronets, of Acacia (1897)

• Sir Frederick Ripley, 1st Baronet (1846-1907)
• Sir Frederick Hugh Ripley, 2nd Baronet (1878-1945)
• Sir Geoffrey Arnold Ripley, 3rd Baronet (1883-1954)

[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