The Whitaker Baronetcy, of Babworth in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 July 1936 for Albert Edward Whitaker. He was a colonel in the army and served as a
justice of the peace,
deputy lieutenant and
high sheriff for
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
. The second baronet was a
major general
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in the
Coldstream Guards
The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. As part of the Household Division, one of its principal roles is the protection of the monarchy; due to this, it often participates in state ceremonia ...
.
The
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
politician
Benjamin Whitaker was the brother of the third baronet.
Whitaker baronets, of Babworth (1936)
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Sir Albert Edward Whitaker, 1st Baronet (1860–1945)
*
Sir John Albert Charles Whitaker, 2nd Baronet (1897–1957)
*
Sir James Herbert Ingham Whitaker, 3rd Baronet (1925–1999)
*
Sir John James Ingham Whitaker, 4th Baronet (born 1952)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
to the baronetcy is Harry James Ingham Whitaker (born 1984), only son of the 4th 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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