The Beecham Baronetcy, of Ewanville in the Parish of Huyton in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 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 17 July 1914 for the

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

pill manufacturer Joseph Beecham. Joseph was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas, a conductor who founded the

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Thomas Beecham, Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a riv ...

in 1932. The 4th and 5th Baronets were absent from the Official Roll and, , the title is considered dormant.

Beecham baronets, of Ewanville (1914)

Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet (8 June 1848 – 23 October 1916) was a British businessman. Beecham was the eldest son of Thomas Beecham and Jane Evans. He played a large part in the growth and expansion of his father's medicinal pill busin ...

(1848–1916) * Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet (1879–1961) * Sir Adrian Welles Beecham, 3rd Baronet (1904–1982) * John Stratford Roland Beecham, presumed 4th Baronet (1940–2011), succeeded his father, the 3rd Baronet, but never appeared on the Official Roll as the 4th Baronet * Robert Adrian Beecham (born 1942), succeeded his brother, the 4th Baronet, but has not appeared on the Official Roll as the 5th Baronet The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Michael John Beecham (born 1972).

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