The Geary Baronetcy, of
Oxenheath in the County of
Kent
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, was a title in the
Baronetage of Great Britain
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 17 August 1782 for
Francis Geary, an
admiral
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in the
Royal Navy
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. His eldest son and heir, also called Francis Geary, fought in the
American War of Independence
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and was killed in
an ambush in 1776. The baronetcy therefore passed directly to Admiral Geary's second son,
Sir William Geary, who served as
Member of Parliament for
Kent
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between 1796 and 1806, and again between 1812 and 1818. The third Baronet,
Sir William Geary, served as MP for a successor constituency,
West Kent
Kent is a traditional county in South East England with long-established human occupation.
Prehistoric Kent
Recent excavations and radiometric dating at a Lower Palaeolithic site at the West Gravel Pit, Fordwich, near Canterbury confirmed the ...
, from 1835 until 1838. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet, Sir William Geary, in 1944.
Geary baronets, of Oxenheath (1782)
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Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet (1709 – 7 February 1796) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral ...
(1709–1796)
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Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet (1756–1825)
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Sir William Richard Powlett Geary, 3rd Baronet (1810–1877)
*Sir Francis Geary, 4th Baronet (1811–1895)
*Sir William Nevill Montgomerie Geary, 5th Baronet (1859–1944)
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain