Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick Baronets
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The Tapps, later Tapps-Gervis, later Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick Baronetcy, of Hinton Admiral in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 28 July 1791 for the landowner and developer George Tapps. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for New Romney and Christchurch. He assumed in 1835 the additional surname of Gervis. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1878. He assumed in 1876 by Royal license the additional surname of Meyrick according to the will of Owen Fuller Meyrick, a relative on his mother's side, from whom he inherited the Bodorgan estate on the Isle of Anglesey. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1900. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1939.
The family seats are Hinton Admiral, near Bransgore, Hampshire, and Bodorgan, Anglesey.
The Tapps Coat of Arms: Azure a fesse or between three rhinoceroses argent with three scallops gules on the fesse.
[edit] Tapps, later Tapps-Gervis, later Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick Baronets, of Hinton Admiral 1791)
- Sir George Ivison Tapps, 1st Baronet (1753-1835)
- Sir George William Tapps-Gervis, 2nd Baronet (1795-1842)
- Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 3rd Baronet (1827-1896)
- Sir George Augustus Eliott Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 4th Baronet (1855-1928)
- Sir George Llewelyn Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 5th Baronet (1885-1960)
- Sir George David Eliott Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 6th Baronet (1915-1988)
- Sir George Christopher Cadafael Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 7th Baronet (b. 1941)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son George William Owen Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick (b. 1970)
[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
- London Gazette: no. 13318, page 363, 18 June 1791. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
