The Chitty Baronetcy, of
The Temple, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 January 1924 for the lawyer and legal writer
Sir Thomas Chitty. He was Master of the Supreme Court from 1900 to 1920 and Senior Master of the Supreme Court and
King's Remembrancer
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from 1920 to 1926 as well as managing editor of
Halsbury's Laws of England. Chitty was the grandson and namesake of the lawyer and legal writer
Thomas Chitty and the nephew of the lawyer
Sir Joseph Chitty. The first Baronet's grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1955, was an author (sometimes using the pen name
Thomas Hinde
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).
As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's only son, who succeeded in that year.
Chitty baronets, of The Temple (1924)
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Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 1st Baronet (1855–1930)
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Sir (Thomas) Henry Willes Chitty, 2nd Baronet (1891–1955)
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Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 3rd Baronet (1926–2014)
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Sir Andrew Edward Wiles Chitty, 4th Baronet (born 1953)
:The heir presumptive is Sebastian William Chitty (born 1958), first cousin of the 4th Baronet
:The heir presumptive's heir apparent is Ross Michael Chitty (born 2003), his only son.
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Chitty
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Chitty family