Yea baronets

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Escutcheon of the Yea baronets

The Yea baronetcy, of Pyrland in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 18 June 1759 for William Yea, who was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1760.[1] The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1864.[2]

Yea baronets, of Pyrland (1759)[edit]

  • Sir William Yea, 1st Baronet (died 1806)[3]
  • Sir William Walter Yea, 2nd Baronet (1784–1862)[3]
  • Sir Henry Lacy Yea, 3rd Baronet (1798–1864)[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Debrett, John (1839). The Baronetage of England. p. 180.
  2. ^ Cokayne, George Edward (January 1900). Complete baronetage– Volume V. p. 114.
  3. ^ a b c Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. p. 1073.