Tichborne baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Tichborne, both in the Baronetage of England. Both creations are extinct.

The Tichborne Baronetcy, of Tichborne in the County of Hampshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 8 March 1621 for Sir Benjamin Tichborne, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Petersfield from 1588 to 1589 and for Hampshire in 1593.^[1] Following the disappearance in 1854 of Roger Charles Tichborne, the heir to title of the 10th Baronet, the appearance in 1866 of a claimant led to a highly-publicised legal battle known as the Tichborne Case, at the end of which the claimant was declared an imposter. In 1866, the wealth of the 11th Baronet included Tichborne Park's 2,290 acres (930 ha), manors, lands and farms in Hampshire, and considerable properties in London and elsewhere,^[2] which altogether produced an annual income of over £20,000,^[3] equivalent to several millions in 21st-century terms.^[4]

The Tichborne Baronetcy, of Beaulieu in the County Louth, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 July 1697 for Henry Tichborne. He was ennobled in 1715 as Baron Ferrard of Beaulieu, with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1731. Lord Ferrard was son of Sir William Tichborne of Beaulieu, son of the judge Sir Henry Tichborne, younger son of Sir Benjamin Tichborne, 1st Baronet.^[5]

Tichborne baronets, of Tichborne (1621)

• Sir Benjamin Tichborne, 1st Baronet (c.1540 – 6 September 1629), MP for Petersfield 1588-1589 and Hampshire 1593
• Sir Richard Tichborne, 2nd Baronet (c.1578 – April 1652), MP for Lyme Regis 1597-1598, Hampshire 1614 and Winchester 1621-1629
• Sir Henry Tichborne, 3rd Baronet (c.1623 – Apr 1689)
• Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, 4th Baronet (died 15 July 1743)
• Sir John Hermengild Tichborne, 5th Baronet (died 5 May 1748)
• Sir Henry Tichborne, 6th Baronet (14 October 1710 – 16 July 1785)
• Sir Henry Tichborne, 7th Baronet (6 September 1756 – 14 June 1821)
• Sir Henry Tichborne, 8th Baronet (8 January 1779 – 3 June 1845)
• Sir Edward Doughty, 9th Baronet (27 March 1782 – 5 March 1853)
• Sir James Francis Doughty-Tichborne, 10th Baronet (3 October 1784 – 11 June 1862)
• Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, 11th Baronet (4 September 1839 – 22 February 1866)
• Sir Henry Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, 12th Baronet (28 May 1866 – 27 July 1910)
• Sir Joseph Henry Bernard Doughty-Tichborne, 13th Baronet (18 January 1890 – 23 October 1930)
• Sir Anthony Joseph Henry Doughty Doughty-Tichborne, 14th Baronet (29 June 1914 – 18 July 1968)

See also Tichborne case, for a legal case in which a claimant said that he was Roger Tichborne, who, if he had not been lost at sea, would have been the 11th Baronet.

Tichborne Baronets of Beaulieu (1697-1731)

see Baron Ferrard

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