The Hort Baronetcy, of Castle Strange in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 8 September 1767 for John Hort,

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at Lisbon,

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. He was the second son of The Right Reverend

Josiah Hort Josiah Hort (c. 1674 – 14 December 1751), was an English clergyman of the Church of Ireland who ended his career as archbishop of Tuam. Born in Marshfield, Gloucestershire, son of John Hort, and brought up as a Nonconformist, Hort went to sch ...

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. The second Baronet sat as

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for Kildare from 1831 to 1832. The third Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the

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and fought in the

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. The current Baronet is Sir Andrew Edwin Fenton Hort, of East Prawle,

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. The theologian Fenton John Anthony Hort was the grandson of the first Baronet.

Hort baronets, of Castle Strange (1767)

* Sir John Hort, 1st Baronet (1735–1807) * Sir Josiah William Hort, 2nd Baronet (1791–1876) * Sir John Josiah Hort, 3rd Baronet (1824–1882) * Sir William Fitzmaurice Hort, 4th Baronet (1827–1887) * Sir Fenton Josiah Hort, 5th Baronet (1836–1902) * Sir Arthur Fenton Hort, 6th Baronet (1864–1935), Author, schoolmaster and gardener * Sir Fenton George Hort, 7th Baronet (1896–1960) * Sir James Fenton Hort, 8th Baronet (1926–1995) * Sir Andrew Edwin Fenton Hort, 9th Baronet (born 1954) The

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is the present holder's son James John Fenton Hort (born 1989)

Sir Arthur Fenton Hort, 6th Baronet (1864–1935)

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, Euripedes and

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. He died at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire in 1935.

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References

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{wikisource, Author:Arthur Fenton Hort, Arthur Fenton Hort Hort 1767 establishments in Great Britain