Seely baronets

Seely baronets
Seely baronets
	Escutcheon of the Seely baronets of Sherwood Lodge and Brook House
Creation date	1896
Status	dormant
Motto	In Deo spero
Arms	Azure, three ears of wheat banded or between two martlets in pale, and as many wreaths of roses in fesse argent
Crest	In front of three ears of wheat banded or, the trunk of a tree fessewise eradicated and sprouting in the dexter, proper

The Seely baronetcy, of Sherwood Lodge in Arnold in the County of Nottingham and Brook House in Brooke on the Isle of Wight, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 February 1896 for the industrialist Charles Seely (1833–1915), son and namesake of Charles Seely (1803–1887).

The 1st Baronet's grandson, the third Baronet, was created Baron Sherwood, of Calverton in the County of Nottingham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1941. The peerage became extinct on his death without heir, but he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the 4th Baronet.

The title is marked "vacant" by the Official Roll.

Seely baronets, of Sherwood Lodge and Brooke House (1896)

Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet (1833–1915)
Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet (1859–1926)
Sir Hugh Michael Seely, 3rd Baronet (1898–1970) (created Baron Sherwood in 1941)

Barons Sherwood (1941)

Hugh Michael Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood (1898–1970) succeeded in the baronetcy only by his brother.

Seely baronets, of Sherwood Lodge and Brooke House (1896; reverted)

Sir Victor Basil John Seely, 4th Baronet (1900–1980) succeeded by his eldest son
Sir Nigel Edward Seely, 5th Baronet (1923–2019) succeeded by his nephewref name="Debrett"/>
Sir William Victor Conway Seely, presumed 6th Baronet (born 1983).ref name="Debrett"/>

Extended family

The soldier and Liberal politician Jack Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, was the fourth son of the 1st Baronet.

Notes

1 2 3 4 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. pp. 1357–1358.
↑ "No. 26713". The London Gazette. 18 February 1896. p. 969.
↑ "No. 35251". The London Gazette. 19 August 1941. p. 4808.
1 2 3 4 5 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. p. 1828.
↑ "Official Roll of the Baronetage (Baronets)". Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
↑ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. pp. B927–B928. ISBN 033354577X.

External links

Seely escutcheon in A History of the County of Hampshire, Volume 5

Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Boord baronets

Seely baronets
of Sherwood Lodge and Brook House
19 February 1896

Succeeded by

Cave baronets

[Burke1903-1] 1 2 3 4 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. pp. 1357–1358.

[2] "No. 26713". The London Gazette. 18 February 1896. p. 969.

[3] "No. 35251". The London Gazette. 19 August 1941. p. 4808.

[Burke1949-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. p. 1828.

[5] "Official Roll of the Baronetage (Baronets)". Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

[Debrett-6] Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. pp. B927–B928. ISBN 033354577X.