Frederick baronets

Frederick baronets
Escutcheon: Or on a chief Azure three doves Argent. Crest: On a chapeau Azure turned up Ermine a dove as in the arms
Creation date10 June 1723
First holderJohn Frederick
Present holderChristopher Frederick
StatusExtant
Former seatsBurwood House, Surrey
MottoPrudens Simplicitas Beat (Prudent Simplicity Blesses)

The Frederick baronetcy, of Burwood House in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 10 June 1723 for John Frederick, grandson of the wealthy London merchant Sir John Frederick. of

The 4th Baronet represented Shoreham from 1740 to 1741, and West Looe from 1743 to 1761, in the House of Commons; while the 5th Baronet represented Newport (Cornwall), Christchurch and Surrey. The 7th Baronet was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1889, and the 8th was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1934.

Frederick baronets, of Burwood House (1723)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Benjamin St. John Frederick (born 1991).

Extended family

Burwood House was in the southern half of Walton-on-Thames, which later became Hersham.The family seat fell into the female line and was rebuilt circa 1810 to become Burwood Park School on Manor Park Drive as it replaced a manor house. Its outlying 1.5-square-kilometre (370-acre)-estate between Walton on Thames railway station (Sir Richard's Bridge) and St George's Hill, Burwood Park, was sold by the sixth baronet's purchaser's daughters in the late 19th century to Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh who converted it into the Burwood Park gated residential estate.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. pp. B405–B406. ISBN 033354577X.
  2. ↑ "No. 6168". The London Gazette. 28 May 1723. p. 1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 57–59.
  4. 1 2 Namier, Sir Lewis. "Frederick, John (1708-83), of Burwood Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surr., History of Parliament Online". /www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. 1 2 Murphy, Brian; Thorne, R. G. "Frederick, Sir John, 5th Bt. (1750-1825), of Burwood Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surr., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 794–795.
  7. ↑ "Official Roll of the Baronetage (Baronets)". Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 26 September 2026.
  8. 1 2 Burke's: 'Frederick'.
  9. ↑ Helms, M. W.; Ferris, John P. "Frederick, John (1601-85), of Old Jewry, London. History of Parliament Online". /www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1377468)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 March 2015. Burwood Park School including side walls. English Heritage Grade II listing.

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