The McGrigor Baronetcy, of
Campden Hill
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in the
County of Middlesex
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, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for
James McGrigor. He was a military surgeon and for many years Director-General of the Army Medical Department. Charles Rhoderick McGrigor (1860–1927), second son of the second Baronet, was a
Major-General
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in the Army and the father of
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick McGrigor. The sixth Baronet is a
Conservative
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politician.
McGrigor baronets, of Campden Hill (1831)
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Sir James McGrigor, 1st Baronet (1771–1858)
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Sir Charles Rhoderic McGrigor, 2nd Baronet (1811–1890)
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Sir James Rhoderic Duff McGrigor, 3rd Baronet (1857–1924)
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Sir Charles Colquhoun McGrigor, 4th Baronet (1893–1946)
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Sir Charles Edward McGrigor, 5th Baronet (1922–2007) m. the author Mary McGrigor, daughter of Sir Archibald Charles Edmonstone of Duntreath, 6th Baronet.
[Mary McGrigor http://www.birlinn.co.uk/author/details/Mary-McGrigor-1097/]
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Sir James Angus Rhoderick McGrigor, 6th Baronet (born 1949)
The
heir apparent
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to the baronetcy is Alexander James Edward Lyon McGrigor (born 1998), only son of the 6th Baronet.
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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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom