The Grotrian Baronetcy, of
Leighton Buzzard in the
County of Bedford
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, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
It was created on 28 June 1934 for
Herbert Brent Grotrian
Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian, 1st Baronet, (1870 – 28 October 1951) was an English Member of Parliament from 1924 to 1929 who was created a baronet in 1934.
Educated at Rossall School and Trinity College, Oxford, Grotrian was the second son of ...
, who had earlier represented
Kingston upon Hull South West in the
House of Commons
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as a
Conservative
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. He was the second son of
Frederick Brent Grotrian
Frederick Brent Grotrian (1838–1905) was an English Conservative Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East constituency (1886–1892).
Biography
F. B. Grotian married Elizabeth Hunter in 1862, having eight children Ethel, Hilda, Bessi ...
, Conservative
member of parliament
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for
Kingston upon Hull East
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from 1886 to 1892.
Grotrian baronets, of Leighton Buzzard (1934)
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Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian, 1st Baronet (1870–1951)
*Sir Joseph Appelbe Brent Grotrian, 2nd Baronet (1904–1984)
*Sir (Philip) Christian Brent Grotrian, 3rd Baronet (born 1935)
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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