Troubridge Baronets
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The Troubridge Baronetcy, of Plymouth, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 30 November 1799 for Captain Thomas Troubridge, a distinguished officer of the Royal Navy, who later became an Admiral. The second Baronet was also an Admiral in the Royal Navy and sat as Member of Parliament for Sandwich. The third Baronet fought with distinction in the Crimean War where he was severely wounded. Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Norwich Troubridge, second son of the second Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy. Thomas Troubridge, a banker who was the first husband of Princess Michael of Kent, was a younger brother of the sixth Baronet.
The family surname is pronounced "Troobridge".
[edit] Troubridge Baronets, of Plymouth (1799)
- Sir Thomas St Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge, 3rd Baronet (25 May 1815-2 October 1867). Troubridge was a Colonel in the British Army and fought in the Crimean War, where he lost an arm and leg at the Battle of Inkerman. He married Louisa Jane Gurney in 1855, and had issue two sons and four daughters. The elder son succeeded him in 1867 as fourth baronet, and the younger son Ernest was the grandfather of the sixth baronet and his brother the banker Thomas Troubridge (first husband of Princess Michael of Kent)
- Sir Thomas Herbert Cochrane Troubridge, 4th Baronet (13 September 1860-5 December 1938). Troubridge married Laura Gurney in 1893, and had one son (the fifth Baronet) and two daughters.
- Sir (Thomas) St Vincent Wallace Troubridge, 5th Baronet (15 November 1895-16 December 1963). Troubridge married Pamela Clough in 1939, but had no issue.
- Sir Peter Troubridge, 6th Baronet (6 June 1927-27 September 1988). Troubridge was the eldest son of Admiral Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge (1895-1949), and succeeded his cousin in the baronetcy in 1963. He married the Hon. Venetia Daphne Weeks, daughter of Ronald Weeks, 1st Baron Weeks, in 1954, and had issue one son, the seventh Baronet, and two daughters.
- Sir Thomas Richard Troubridge, 7th Baronet (b. 1955)[1], Troubridge is married since 1984 to Hon. Rosemary Douglas-Pennant (b. 1957), younger daughter of Malcolm Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron Penrhyn, and has issue. The heir to the baronetcy is his elder son Edward Peter Troubridge (b. 10 August 1989) who is engaged to be married to Katherine Reid, of Queensland, Australia.
[edit] Footnotes
[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.
- www.thepeerage.com
