The Grove Baronetcy, of

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, in the parish of Donhead St Andrew in the

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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 March 1874 for

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for Wiltshire South and Wilton. The Grove family descends from John Grove, who settled in Wiltshire in the 15th century. A later member of the family, William Grove (d. 1582), briefly represented

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in the

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. He purchased the Ferne estate in 1563 and the manor of Sedgehill, Wiltshire, in 1573; the latter continued in the Grove family, albeit reduced in size, until shortly after the death of the third baronet in 1962. The presumed fourth Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the

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. As of 2007 the presumed fifth and present Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1962.

Grove baronets, of Ferne House (1874)

* Sir Thomas Fraser Grove, 1st Baronet (1823–1897) *Sir Walter John Grove, 2nd Baronet (1852–1932) * Sir Gerald Grove, 3rd Baronet (1886–1962) *Walter Felipe Grove, presumed 4th Baronet (1927–1974) *Charles Gerald Grove, presumed 5th Baronet (born 1929)

References

Sources

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Grove