Prevost baronets

Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet

The Prevost Baronetcy, of Belmont near Southampton in Hampshire, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 December 1805 for the soldier and colonial administrator Lieutenant-General George Prevost. He was Governor General of British North America from 1812 to 1815. After his death in 1816 his widow Lady Prevost declined the offer of a peerage, as she did not consider herself and her family to have sufficient means to support the dignity. Prevost was the son of General Augustine Prevost, himself a distinguished soldier, who had emigrated to England from Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1902 Augustus Prevost, Governor of the Bank of England, was made a Baronet for his services as Governor during the Boer War. The baronetcy became extinct on his death.

The family surname is pronounced "Prev-o".

Prevost baronets, of Belmont (1805)

• Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet (1767–1816)
• Sir George Prevost, 2nd Baronet (1804–1893)
• Sir Charles Prevost, 3rd Baronet (1831–1902)
• Sir Charles Thomas Keble Prevost, 4th Baronet (1866–1939)
• Sir George James Augustine Prevost, 5th Baronet (1910–1985)
• Sir Christopher Gerald Prevost, 6th Baronet (born 1935)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Nicholas Marc Prevost (born 1971), eldest son of the 6th Baronet.

Prevost baronet of Westbourne Terrace, London (1902)

• Sir Augustus Prevost, 1st Baronet (1837–1914)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets