The Welby Baronetcy, of Denton Manor in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the

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. It was created on 27 June 1801 for

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, Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1802 to 1806. The second and third Baronets also represented this constituency in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Grantham and Lincolnshire South. He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Gregory in 1876. However, none of his successors have held this surname. The fifth Baronet represented

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in Parliament as a Conservative.

Welby baronets, of Denton Manor (1801)

Sir William Earle Welby, 1st Baronet Sir William Earle Welby, 1st Baronet (c. 1734 – 6 November 1815) was a British land-owner, baronet and Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1802 to 1806. He also served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 1796 to 1797. Early life William ...

(–1815) * Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Baronet (1768–1852) * Sir Glynne Earle Welby, 3rd Baronet (1806–1875) *

Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet (4 January 1829 – 26 November 1898) was a British Conservative Party politician. Career He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham at the 1857 general election, and held the seat ...

(1829–1898) * Sir Charles Glynne Earle Welby, 5th Baronet (1865–1938) * Sir Oliver Charles Earle Welby, 6th Baronet (1902–1977) *

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(b. 1928) The heir apparent to the title is the present holder's son Charles William Hodder Welby (b. 1953).

Extended family

Several other members of the family have also gained distinction. The Right Reverend Thomas Earle Welby (1810–1899), second son of the second Baronet, was

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for many years. Sir Alfred Welby (1849–1937), seventh son of the third baronet, was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army and Conservative Member of Parliament for Taunton. Sir Christopher Welby-Everard (1909–1996), son of Edward Welby-Everard (who had assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Everard in 1894), son of Edward Montague Earle Welby, fourth son of the third baronet, was a major general in the army and the last British officer to command the Nigerian Army. Victoria, Lady Welby, wife of the fourth baronet, was a philosopher.

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