Durand baronets
The Durand Baronetcy, of Ruckley Grange in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 8 April 1892 for Edward Durand, British Resident in Nepal from 1888 to 1891. He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Marion Durand and the elder brother of Sir Mortimer Durand, and he had served on the Afghan Boundary Commission from 1884 to 1886.[2] The third Baronet was a Brigadier in the Army.
Durand baronets, of Ruckley Grange (1892)
[edit]- Sir Edward Law Durand, 1st Baronet (1845–1920)
- Sir Edward Percy Marion Durand, 2nd Baronet (1884–1955)
- Sir Alan Algernon Marion Durand, 3rd Baronet (1893–1971)
- The Rev. Sir (Henry Mortimer) Dickon Marion St George Durand, 4th Baronet (1934–1992)
- Sir Edward Alan Christopher David Percy Durand, 5th Baronet (born 1974)
The heir to the baronetcy is Ezra Solaris Amairgin Nehemiah Ashwood Durand (born 2016), the son of the current Baronet.
Notes
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2013) |
- ^ "No. 26276". The London Gazette. 8 April 1892. p. 2083.
- ^ Salisbury, Robert (2020). William Simpson and the Crisis in Central Asia, 1884-5. ISBN 978-1-5272-7047-3
References
[edit]- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets