Wombwell baronets

Wombwell baronets
CrestA unicorn's head couped Argent.
ShieldGules, a bend between six unicorns' heads couped Argent.
MottoIn Well Beware

The Wombwell baronetcy, of Wombwell in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 August 1778 for George Wombwell, Chairman of the Honourable East India Company and Member of Parliament for Huntingdon.

The family surname is pronounced "Woomwell". The 3rd Baronet inherited Newburgh Priory in 1825 from his aunt, Lady Charlotte Belasyse. The 4th Baronet fought in the Crimean War, taking part in the Charge of the Light Brigade. In 1861 he served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire.

As of 2026 the title is marked dormant on the Official Roll.

Wombwell baronets, of Wombwell (1778)

The heir apparent is Stephen Philip Henry Wombwell (born 1977), the presumed Baronet's only son.

Notes

  1. ↑ Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference. 1949.
  2. ↑ "No. 11894". The London Gazette. 25 July 1778. p. 1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 198–199.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 2168–2169.
  5. 1 2 Namier, Sir Lewis. "Wombwell, George (1734-80), of Crutched Friars, London and Wombwell, Yorks., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. ↑ Kingsley, Nick (12 February 2023). "Landed families of Britain and Ireland: (534) Belasyse or Bellasis of Newburgh Priory and Brancepeth Castle, Earls Fauconberg and Barons Belasyse of Worlaby - part 2". Landed families of Britain and Ireland.
  7. ↑ "Official Roll of the Baronetage (Baronets)". Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Wombwell, Sir George Orby". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ↑ "Wombwell, Captain Sir Henry (Herbert)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ↑ "Wombwell, Sir (Frederick) Philip (Alfred William)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. 1 2 "Wombwell, Sir George (Philip Frederick)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)