There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Tyrwhitt (pronounced "Tirrit"), one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Tyrwhitt Baronetcy, of Stainfield in the County of Lincoln, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for Philip Tyrwhitt. The fourth Baronet represented

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in the

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. The fifth and sixth Baronets both sat as Members of Parliament for

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. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1760.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
/ref> The Tyrwhitt Baronetcy, of Stanley Hall in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 October 1808. For more information on this creation, see the

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. The Tyrwhitt Baronetcy, of Terschelling and of Oxford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 December 1919 for the naval commander

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. He was a descendant of John Tyrwhitt, brother of the first Baronet of the 1808 creation. In 1934 Tyrwhitt was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. The second Baronet was an admiral in the

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and served as

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from 1959 to 1961. The third baronet served in the British Army as a Guardsman with Irish Guards, and as an officer in the Royal Artillery. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 2016.

Tyrwhitt baronets, of Stainfield (1611)

*Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet (died 1624) *Sir Edward Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet (1577–1628) *Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet (1598–) * Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, 4th Baronet (1633–1688) * Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Baronet (c. 1663–1741) * Sir John de la Fountain Tyrwhitt, 6th Baronet (1708–1760) Blason des 13e et 14e barons Berners

Tyrwhitt baronets, of Stanley Hall (1808)

*see the

Tyrwhitt baronets, of Terschelling and Oxford (1919)

* Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet (1870–1951) * Sir St John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet (1905–1961) *Sir Reginald Thomas Newman Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet (born 1947)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrwhitt Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom