The Bonsor Baronetcy, of Kingswood, in the parish of
Epsom
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, in the
County of Surrey, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 January 1925 for
Cosmo Bonsor, Chairman of the
South Eastern Railway,
Conservative
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Member of Parliament
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for
Wimbledon and a Director of the
Bank of England. As of 2023 the title is held by his great-great-grandson, Alexander, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2023. He became engaged in November 2005 to Jane Troughton, marrying the following year.
The family seat is Liscombe Park,
Soulbury
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,
Buckinghamshire. It is an Elizabethan manor hall.
Bonsor baronets, of Kingswood (1925)
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Sir (Henry) Cosmo Orme Bonsor, 1st Baronet (1848–1929)
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Sir Reginald Bonsor, 2nd Baronet
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(1879–1959)
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Sir Bryan Cosmo Bonsor,
MC, 3rd Baronet (1916–1977)
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Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, 4th Baronet (1942–2023)
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Sir Alexander Cosmo Walrond Bonsor, 5th Baronet (born 1976)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Cosmo Bonsor (born 2007).
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Bonsor
1925 establishments in the United Kingdom