There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Child, two in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

and two in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. The Child Baronetcy, of Wanstead in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 July 1678. For more information on this creation, see

Earl Tylney Earl Tylney, of Castlemaine in the County of Kerry, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 11 June 1731 for Richard Child, 1st Viscount Castlemaine. The Child family descended from the merchant, economist and colonial administr ...

. The Child Baronetcy, of the City of London, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 February 1685 for the East India merchant and colonial administrator John Child. The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1753. The Child Baronetcy, of Newfield and of Stallington in the county of

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...

, and of Dunlosset, Islay, the county of

Argyll Argyll (; archaically Argyle; , ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county of western Scotland. The county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975 and most of the area ...

was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 December 1868 for the philanthropist and politician Smith Child.London Gazette Issue 23445 published on 27 November 1868. Page 1 of 128 He sat as Member of Parliament for Staffordshire North and Staffordshire West. The second Baronet represented

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in the

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. On his death in 1958 the baronetcy became extinct. The Child Baronetcy, of Bromley Place in Bromley in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 September 1919 for Coles Child. He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

. His only son, the second Baronet, was a Major in the

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and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. His son, the third Baronet, was the actor

Jeremy Child Sir Coles John Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet (20 September 1944 – 7 March 2022) was a British actor. Early life Coles John Jeremy Child was born on 20 September 1944 in Woking, Surrey, son of Foreign Office diplomat Sir Coles John Child, 2nd B ...

. As of 2022 the title is held by the latter's elder son, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded in March of that year.

Child baronets, of Wanstead (1678)

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Child baronets, of the City of London (1685)

Sir John Child, 1st Baronet Sir John Child, 1st Baronet (died 1690) was a governor of Bombay, and de facto (although not officially) the first governor-general of the British settlements in India. Life Born in London, Child was sent as a child to his uncle, the chief of ...

(died 1690) *Sir Caesar Child, 2nd Baronet (–1725) *Sir Caesar Child, 3rd Baronet (1702–1753)

Child baronets, of Newfield (1868)

Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet (5 March 1808 – 27 March 1896) was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was born at Newfield Hall, Tunstall, Staffordshire the son of John George Child and the grandson ...

(1808–1896) * Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet (1880–1958)

Child baronets, of Bromley Place (1919)

*Sir Coles Child, 1st Baronet (1862–1929) *Sir Coles John Child, 2nd Baronet (1906–1971) * Sir Coles John Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet (1944–2022) *Sir Coles John Alexander Child, 4th Baronet (born 1982) The only person currently in remainder to the baronetcy is the younger son of the 3rd Baronet, Patrick Greville Child (born 1991).

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External links

Article on Sir Smith Child, 1st BaronetArticle on Sir Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet at the Internet Movie Database

References

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