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Birch baronets
The Birch Baronetcy, of The Hasles in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[4] It was created on 30 September 1831 for Joseph Birch, previously Member of Parliament for Nottingham. He was succeeded by his son, Thomas, the second Baronet, who represented Liverpool in Parliament. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1880.
| Birch baronets | |
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Escutcheon of the Birch baronets of Hasles | |
| Creation date | 1831[1] |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1880[2] |
| Motto | Libertas, Freedom[3] |
Thomas Birch, father of the first Baronet, was Mayor of Liverpool in 1777.
Birch baronets, of Hasles (1831) edit
- Sir Joseph Birch, 1st Baronet (1755–1833)[1]
- Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, 2nd Baronet (1791–1880). He had no children.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Birch, Joseph (1755-1833), of Red Hazles, Prescot, nr. Liverpool, Lancs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ a b "Birch, Thomas (BRC808TB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Burke, John (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn & Company. p. 96.
- ^ "No. 18851". The London Gazette. 16 September 1831. p. 1898.