There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Waller, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2019. The Waller Baronetcy, of Newport in the County of Tipperary, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 1 June 1780 for Robert Waller, Member of the Irish Parliament for

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and a Commissioner of Revenue. The second Baronet served as

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in 1826. As of 1 August 2018 the present Baronet was entered into the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with effect from 12 December 2000. He lives in

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. The Waller Baronetcy, of Braywick Lodge in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 May 1815 for Wathen Waller, Groom of the Bedchamber to

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. Born Wathen Phipps, he was the son of Joshua Phipps and his wife Anne, daughter of Thomas Waller, and assumed by

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in 1814 the surname of Waller in lieu of his patronymic as the heir of his maternal great-uncle James Waller. The third baronet was a

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. The seventh baronet was an author and poet and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. The title became extinct on his death in 1995.

Waller baronets, of Newport (1780)

Sir Robert Waller, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1738–1780) * Sir Robert Waller, 2nd Baronet (1768–1826) * Sir Charles Townshend Waller, 3rd Baronet (1772–1830) * Sir Edmund Waller, 4th Baronet (1797–1851), (note: Edmund Waller (disambiguation)); *

Sir Edmund Arthur Waller, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1846–1888) * Sir Charles Waller, 6th Baronet (1835–1912) * Sir William Edgar Waller, 7th Baronet (1863–1943) * Sir Roland Edgar Waller, 8th Baronet (1892–1958) *

Sir Robert William Waller, 9th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1934–2000) *

Sir John Michael Waller, 10th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(born 1962) The

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is the present holder's son John Michael Waller (born 1994).

Waller baronets, of Braywick Lodge (1815)

* Sir (Jonathan) Wathen Waller, 1st Baronet (1769–1853) *

Sir Thomas Wathen Waller, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1805–1892) *

Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet Major-General Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet (2 September 1837 – 9 October 1892) was a British Army officer who served as commanding officer of the 7th Regiment of Foot. Military career Waller was commissioned into the 7th Regiment of Fo ...

(1837–1892) *

Sir Francis Ernest Waller, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1880–1914) *

Sir Wathen Arthur Waller, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1881–1947) *

Sir Edmund Waller, 6th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1871–1954), (note: Edmund Waller (disambiguation)); * Sir John Stanier Waller, 7th Baronet (1917–1995)

References

Sources

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waller Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1780 establishments in Ireland 1815 establishments in the United Kingdom