en, Unmoved to the end
, crest = On a wreath of the colours in front of two swords points upwards in saltire proper pommels and hilts Or a cubit arm also Proper grasping a snake Vert.
The Macready Baronetcy, of
Cheltenham 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.
It was created on 1 March 1923 for General
Nevil Macready
General Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, (7 May 1862 – 9 January 1946), known affectionately as Make-Ready (close to the correct pronunciation of his name), was a British Army officer. He served in senior staff appointments in ...
. He was
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
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The rank of Commissioner ...
from 1918 to 1920 and
Commander-in-Chief of Ireland from 1920 to 1922. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a
Lieutenant-General in the Army and held several administrative posts in
occupied Germany
Germany was already de facto occupied by the Allies from the real fall of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945 to the establishment of the East Germany on 7 October 1949. The Allies (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and Franc ...
after the
Second World War
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. The third Baronet was managing director of
Mobil Oil
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...
from 1975 to 1985.
William Charles Macready
William Charles Macready (3 March 179327 April 1873) was an English actor.
Life
He was born in London the son of William Macready the elder, and actress Christina Ann Birch. Educated at Rugby School where he became headboy, and where now the t ...
, father of the first Baronet, was an actor.
Macready baronets, of Cheltenham (1923)
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Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet (1862–1946)
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Sir Gordon Nevil Macready, 2nd Baronet (1891–1956)
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Sir Nevil John Wilfrid Macready, 3rd Baronet (1921–2014)
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Sir Charles Nevil Macready, 4th Baronet (born 1955)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son James Nevil Macready (born 1982).
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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