The Cuyler Baronetcy, of St John's Lodge in
Welwyn
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in the
County of Hertford
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, was a
title
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in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created on 29 October 1814 for General Cornelius Cuyler. The title became extinct on the death of the 5th Baronet in 1947.
Cornelius Cuyler, the 1st Baronet, was born in
Albany, New York
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on 31 October 1740, the son of
Cornelius Cuyler and Catalyntie Schuyler, a descendant of the
Schuyler family
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. His brother
Abraham
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was the last British appointed Mayor of
Albany, New York
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, and Abraham's son
Jacob Cuyler was a British Army officer who settled near
Uitenhage
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in what was then
Cape Colony
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.
Cuyler baronets, of St John's Lodge (1814)
*General
Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet (1740–1819)
*Sir Charles Cuyler, 2nd Baronet (1794–1862)
*Sir Charles Henry Johnes Cuyler, 3rd Baronet (1826–1885)
*
Sir Charles Cuyler, 4th Baronet (1867–1919)
*Sir George Hallifax Cuyler, 5th Baronet (1876–1947)
References
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Cuyler family
Schuyler family
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