The Chitty Baronetcy, of
The Temple, is a title 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 ...
. It was created on 25 January 1924 for the lawyer and legal writer
Sir Thomas Chitty. He was Master of the Supreme Court from 1900 to 1920 and Senior Master of the Supreme Court and
King's Remembrancer
The King's Remembrancer (or Queen's Remembrancer) is an ancient judicial post in the legal system of England and Wales. Since the Lord Chancellor no longer sits as a judge, the Remembrancer is the oldest judicial position in continual existence ...
from 1920 to 1926 as well as managing editor of
Halsbury's Laws of England
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. Chitty was the grandson and namesake of the lawyer and legal writer
Thomas Chitty and the nephew of the lawyer
Sir Joseph Chitty. The first Baronet's grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1955, was an author (sometimes using the pen name
Thomas Hinde
Doctor Thomas Hinde (July 10, 1737 – September 28, 1828) was Northern Kentucky's first physician, a member of the British Royal Navy, an American Revolutionary, personal physician to Patrick Henry, and treated General Wolfe when he died in ...
). As of the title is held by the latter's only son, who succeeded in 2014.
Chitty baronets, of The Temple (1924)
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Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 1st Baronet (1855–1930)
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Sir (Thomas) Henry Willes Chitty, 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 "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...
(1891–1955)
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Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 3rd Baronet (1926–2014)
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Sir Andrew Edward Wiles Chitty, 4th Baronet (born 1953)
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Chitty
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Chitty family