The Floyd Baronetcy 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 30 March 1816 for General John Floyd. He was second-in-command at the

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in 1799. Floyd's daughter Julia was the wife of Prime Minister

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–183 ...

. The fifth Baronet was a

Brigadier Brigadier ( ) is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore (rank), commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several t ...

in the

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and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as

Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there was n ...

. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of

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in 1968. The fourth baronet's youngest son,

Charles Murray Floyd Charles Murray Floyd (12 September 1905 – 27 June 1971) was an English businessman, surveyor, land agent and local politician. Biography Charles Murray Floyd was born on 12 September 1905,

, was a prominent businessman, surveyor and land agent.

Floyd baronets (1816)

Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet General Sir John William Floyd, 1st Baronet (22 February 1748 – 10 January 1818) was a British Army officer who served as the governor of Gravesend and Tilbury from 1812 to 1818. Early life Born on 22 February 1748, he was the oldest child ...

(1748–1818) *Sir Henry Floyd, 2nd Baronet (1793–1868) *Sir John Floyd, 3rd Baronet (1823–1909) *Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet (1855–1915) *Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet (1899–1968) *Sir John Duckett Floyd, 6th Baronet (1903–1975) *Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet (born 1932), married Lady Gillian Cecil, daughter of

David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG, KStJ (9 February 1905 – 21 October 1981), styled Lord Burghley from birth until 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservativ ...

. The

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to the baronetcy is David Henry Cecil Floyd (born 1956), elder son of the 7th Baronet. His

heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question. This is in contrast to an heir app ...

is his nephew Henry William Floyd (born 1994).

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