Farmer baronets

Escutcheon of the Farmer baronets of Mount Pleasant

The Farmer baronetcy, of Mount Pleasant in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 19 January 1780 for George Farmer, in honour of his late father, Captain George Farmer, who was killed when commanding HMS Quebec in the naval action of 6 October 1779 against French ships off Ushant. The title became extinct on the death of the 5th Baronet in 1916.

Farmer baronets, of Mount Pleasant (1780)

References

  1. ↑ "No. 12025". The London Gazette. 26 October 1779. p. 1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 209–210.
  3. 1 2 Burke, Bernard (1937). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council and Knightage. Burke's Peerage, Limited. p. 948.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 576.