Escutcheon of the Rivett-Carnac baronets

The Rivett-Carnac Baronetcy, of Derby, is a title in the

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. It was created on 12 March 1836 for

James Rivett-Carnac Sir James Rivett-Carnac, 1st Baronet (11 November 1784 – 28 January 1846) was an Indian-born British statesman and politician who served as Governor of the Bombay Presidency in British India from 1838 to 1841. Career Born in Bombay in 1784 ...

, Chairman of the

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, Member of Parliament for

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and

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. His father James Rivett had assumed by Royal warrant the additional surname of Carnac in 1801. The second Baronet represented

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in the

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as a

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. The fourth Baronet was missing for many years, with his last confirmed location being

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in 1906. After this date he was also reported to have visited

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and

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. On 11 March 1924 an order was issued in the

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of the

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, presuming his death to have occurred on 31 December 1909.

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John Rivett-Carnac was the younger brother of the first Baronet. James William Rivett-Carnac, a younger son of the sixth Baronet, was a

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in the

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. The designer

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is the daughter of the ninth Baronet.

Rivett-Carnac baronets, of Derby (1836)

* Sir James Rivett-Carnac, 1st Baronet (1784–1846) * Sir John Rivett-Carnac, 2nd Baronet (1818–1883) * Sir James Henry Sproule Rivett-Carnac, 3rd Baronet (1846–1909) * Sir Claud James Rivett-Carnac, 4th Baronet (1877–1909) * Sir William Percival Rivett-Carnac, 5th Baronet (1847–1924) * Sir Clennell George Rivett-Carnac, 6th Baronet (1851–1932) * Sir Henry George Crabbe Rivett-Carnac, 7th Baronet (1889–1972) *

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Sir (Thomas) Nicholas Rivett-Carnac, 8th Baronet (1927–2004) * Sir Miles James Rivett-Carnac, 9th Baronet (1933–2009) * Sir Jonathan James Rivett-Carnac, 10th Baronet (born 1962) The

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is the present baronet's nephew Tom Alexander Miles Rivett-Carnac (born 1996).

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Canon Sir Nicholas Rivett-Carnac, 8th Baronet
obituary. ''The Daily Telegraph'', 19 May 2004. {{s-end Rivett-Carnac Rivett-Carnac family