The Womersley Baronetcy, of Grimsby in the County of Lincoln, 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 3 September 1945 for the

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

politician and former Minister of Pensions,

Walter Womersley Sir Walter James Womersley, 1st Baronet (5 February 1878 – 15 March 1961) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of Pensions during the Second World War. He was born in Marley Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, the son ...

. As of the title is held by his grandson, the second Baronet, who succeeded in 1961.

Womersley baronets, of Grimsby (1945)

* Sir Walter James Womersley, 1st Baronet (1878–1961) *Sir Peter John Walter Womersley, 2nd Baronet (born 1941)

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{{reflist Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom