Backhouse Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Backhouse, once in the Baronetage of England and once in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.

The Backhouse Baronetcy, of London, was created in the Baronetage of England on 9 November 1660 for William Bachhouse.

The Backhouse Baronetcy, of Uplands in Darlington in the County of Durham and The Rookery in Middleton Tyas in the North Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 March 1901 for Jonathan Backhouse, a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the North Riding of Yorkshire and County Durham. The Quaker family of Backhouse were prominent linen manufacturers in Darlington. In 1774 Jonathan Backhouse and his younger brother James formed the banking firm of Backhouse & Co which merged with Barclays Bank in 1896. The first Baronet was a great grandson of Jonathan.^[1]. The third Baronet was the nephew of the second baronet and son of Roger Backhouse. He died on active service in Normandy during the Second World War.

Backhouse Baronets, of London (1660)

• Sir William Backhouse, 1st Baronet (c. 1641-22 August 1669). Backhouse was the son of Nicholas Backhouse and Christian Williams. He married Flower Backhouse on November 23, 1662 in St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England. He died on 22 August 1669 and was buried at Swallowfield, Berkshire, England. He died without an issue thus his baronetcy became extinct. He held the office of Sheriff of Berkshire from 1664 to 1665.^[2]

Backhouse Baronets, of Uplands and The Rockery (1901)

• Sir Jonathan Edmund Backhouse, 1st Baronet (1849–1918)
• Sir Edmund Trelawney Backhouse, 2nd Baronet (1873–1944)
• Sir John Edmund Backhouse, 3rd Baronet (1909–1944).
• Sir Jonathan Roger Backhouse, 4th Baronet (1939–2007)
• Sir Alfred James Stott Backhouse, 5th Baronet (b. 2002)

References

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