The Nugent baronetcy, of
Waddesdon
Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone. Waddesdon was an agricultural settlement with milling, silk weaving and la ...
in the
County of Berks, was created in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain.
To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...
on 28 November 1806 for Field Marshal
Sir George Nugent. He was the illegitimate son of the Honourable Edmund Nugent, only son of
The 1st Earl Nugent (see
Earl Nugent
Earl Nugent was a title the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 21 July 1776 for Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Viscount Clare, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his son-in-law The 3rd Earl Temple and the heirs male of his body. Cr ...
).
was the younger brother of the fourth Baronet.
Nugent Baronets, of Waddesdon (1806)
*Field Marshal
Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet
Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, (10 June 1757 – 11 March 1849) was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, he fought with the Coldstream Guard ...
,
GCB, (1757–1849)
*
Sir George Edmund Nugent, 2nd Baronet (1802–1892)
*
Sir Edmund Charles Nugent, 3rd Baronet (1839–1928)
*
Sir (George) Guy Bulwer Nugent, 4th Baronet (1892–1970)
*
Sir Robin George Colborne Nugent, 5th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...
(1925–2006)
*
Sir Christopher George Ridley Nugent, 6th Baronet (born 1949)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...
the present holder's son Terence Nugent (born 1986).
Notes
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom