Walker-Okeover Baronets
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The Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronetcy, of Gateacre Grange in the County of Lancaster and of Osmaston Manor in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 February 1886 for Andrew Walker, a brewer, Mayor of Liverpool, High Sheriff of Lancashire and benefactor to the city of Liverpool. The second Baronet married Ethel Blanche, sister and co-heir of Haughten Ealdred Okeover, through which marriage Okeover Hall, Staffordshire, came into the family. The third Baronet assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Okeover in 1956. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1977.
Osmaston Hall, Derbyshire, was acquired by the first Baronet in 1884. The house was demolished in 1964. The family also owns House of Glenmuick, Ballater, Aberdeenshire.
[edit] Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronets, of Gateacre Grange and Osmaston Manor (1886)
- Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Baronet (1824-1893)
- Sir Peter Carlaw Walker, 2nd Baronet (1854-1915)
- Sir Ian Peter Andrew Munro Walker-Okeover, 3rd Baronet (1902-1982)
- Sir Peter Ralph Leopold Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet (1947-2003)
- Sir Andrew Peter Monro Walker-Okeover, 5th Baronet (b. 1978)
[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
