The Gunston Baronetcy, of
Wickwar in the
County of Gloucester
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The county town is the city of Glouce ...
, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James ...
.
It was created on 1 February 1938 for
Derrick Gunston
Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston, 1st Baronet MC, (26 February 1891 – 13 July 1985) was a Unionist politician in the United Kingdom.
Gunston served with the Irish Guards in World War I and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918.
He was electe ...
,
Conservative
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member of parliament
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for
Thornbury from 1924 to 1945.
Gunston baronets, of Wickwar (1938)
*
Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston, 1st Baronet (1891–1985)
*Sir Richard Wellesley Gunston, 2nd Baronet (1924–1991)
*
Sir John Wellesley Gunston, 3rd Baronet (born 1962)
References
;Notes
;Sources
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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