Barlow Baronets

There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Barlow, one in the Baronetage of England and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Barlow Baronetcy, of Slebetch in the County of Pembroke, was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 July 1677 for John Barlow. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He represented Cardigan Boroughs and Haverfordwest in the House of Commons. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baronet, sometime after 1756.

The Barlow Baronetcy, of Fort William in Bengal, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 June 1803 for George Barlow. He was Provisional Governor-General of India from 1805 to 1807 and Governor of Madras from 1807 to 1813. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta. His line of the family failed on the death of his unmarried son, the third Baronet, in 1889. The late Baronet was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourth Baronet. He was the son of Richard Wellesley Barlow, younger son of the first Baronet. His grandson, the fifth Baronet, was a Colonel in the Royal Artillery. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the seventh Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1946.

The Barlow Baronetcy, of Wimpole Street in St Marylebone in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 March 1902 for the physician Thomas Barlow. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He was a prominent civil servant. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2003.

The Barlow Baronetcy, of Bradwall Hall in Sandbach in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 July 1907 for John Barlow. He was a successful businessman and also represented Frome in the House of Commons as a Liberal. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Eddisbury and Middleton and Prestwich. As of 2007 the title is held by his eldest son, the third Baronet, who succeeded in 1986.

Barlow Baronets, of Slebetch (1677)

*Sir John Barlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1652-c. 1695)
*Sir George Barlow, 2nd Baronet (c. 1680-c. 1726)
*Sir George Barlow, 3rd Baronet (d. after 1756)

Barlow Baronets, of Fort William (1803)

*Sir George Hilaro Barlow, 1st Baronet (1762-1846)
*Sir Robert Barlow, 2nd Baronet (1797-1857)
*Sir Morison Barlow, 3rd Baronet (1835-1889)
*Sir Richard Wellesley Barlow, 4th Baronet (1836-1904)
*Sir Hilaro William Wellesley Barlow, 5th Baronet (1861-1941)
*Sir Richard Hugh Barlow, 6th Baronet (1904-1946)
*Sir Christopher Hilaro Barlow, 7th Baronet (b. 1929)

Barlow Baronets, of Wimpole Street (1902)

*Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet (1845-1945)
*Sir (James) Alan Noel Barlow, 2nd Baronet (1881-1968)
*Sir Thomas Erasmus Barlow, 3rd Baronet DSC DL (23 January 1914-12 October 2003). Barlow was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was the eldest son of the Sir Alan Barlow, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Nora Darwin, and the elder brother was the visual neuroscientist Horace Barlow. His maternal grandfather was Horace Darwin, and amongst his great-grandfathers were the naturalist Charles Darwin, the statistician and civil servant Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer, and the royal physician Sir Thomas Barlow. After being educated at Winchester College, Barlow entered the Royal Navy in 1932 as a Cadet. He qualified on submarines in 1937 and during the Second World War served aboard submarines in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Far East. In 1945 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He was promoted to Commander in 1950 and Captain in 1954, and was Commodore of HMNB Devonport between 1962 and his retirement in 1964. In 1976 he held the honorary position of Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. Barlow married Isabel Body, daughter of the medical doctor Thomas Munn Body, on 9 July 1955. They had four children: Sir James Alan Barlow, 4th Baronet (b. 1956); Dr. Monica Anne Barlow (b. 1958); Philip Thomas Barlow (b. 1960); Teresa Mary Barlow (b. 1963). He succeeded in the baronetcy 28 February 1968, after the death of his father.
*Sir James Alan Barlow, 4th Baronet (b. 1956)

Barlow Baronets, of Bradwall Hall (1907)

*Sir John Emmott Barlow, 1st Baronet (1857-1932)
*Sir John Denman Barlow, 2nd Baronet (1898-1986)
*Sir John Kemp Barlow, 3rd Baronet (b. 1934)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]
* [http://www.sussex.ac.uk/press_office/bulletin/28nov03/article20.shtml]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_frm/thread/264b3eeecfa2b359/718ea727ce367891?lnk=st]