The Currie Baronetcy is a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James ...

. It was created on 11 January 1847 for Frederick Currie, Foreign Secretary to the Indian Government and a member of the Supreme Council of India. He was a grandson of William Currie (1721–1781), nephew of William Currie (1756–1829), who was

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for Upper Gatton and

Winchelsea Winchelsea () is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The ...

, and the brother of Vice-Admiral Mark John Currie.

Currie baronets, of Wickham Bishops (1847)

Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (3 February 1799 – 11 September 1875) was a British people, British diplomat, who had a distinguished career in the East India Company, British East India Company and the Indian Civil Service. His posts include ...

(1799–1875) * Sir Frederick Larkins Currie, 2nd Baronet (1823–1900) * Sir Frederick Reeve Currie, 3rd Baronet (1851–1930) * Sir Walter Louis Rackham Currie, 4th Baronet (1856–1941) * Sir (Walter) Mordaunt Cyril Currie, 5th Baronet (1894–1978)

Dormancy

*''Alick Bradley Currie, presumed 6th Baronet'' (1904–1987). He was an American great-grandson of the 1st Baronet, the immediate line of descent having come to an end. *''Donald Scott Currie, presumed 7th Baronet'' (1930–2014), nephew of Alick Bradley Currie. *''Mark Donald Currie, presumed 8th Baronet'' (born 1970) The presumed sixth Baronet was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage which shows the baronetcy dormant since 1978 on the death of the 5th Baronet.

Other family members

Henry Currie Henry Currie (1798 – 1873) was the Conservative MP for Guildford from 1847 to 1852. Early life He was the son of William Currie, of East Horsley Park, Surrey, MP for Gatton, and his wife, Percy, daughter of Francis Gore. He was the cousin of S ...

, cousin of the first Baronet, was Member of Parliament for

Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...

. * The slaveholder Isaac Currie, uncle of the first Baronet, was the father of

Raikes Currie Raikes Currie (15 April 1801 – 16 October 1881) was Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton from 1837 to 1857. He was a partner of the bank Curries & Co, along with his father, Isaac Currie, in Cornhill, City of London, and had several int ...

,Fernandes, C. ''Island Off the Coast of Asia: Instruments of statecraft in Australian foreign policy'' (Melbourne: Monash University Publishing, 2018), 14. Member of Parliament for

Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England ...

, who was the father of diplomat

Philip Currie, 1st Baron Currie Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, 1st Baron Currie, (13 October 1834 – 12 May 1906), known as Sir Philip Currie between 1885 and 1899, was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1893 to 1898 and Ambassador t ...

. *

Fendall Currie Major-General Fendall Currie (24 November 1841 – 4 December 1920) was an English first-class cricketer, barrister and British Indian Army officer. He served in the Bengal Cavalry from 1858–1898, rising to the rank of major-general, in ad ...

, sixth son of the first Baronet, was a

Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

in the Army. * Frederick Alexander Currie (d. 1902), son of Major Mark Currie and grandson of the first Baronet, was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.

References

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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom