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Eardley-Wilmot baronets

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Escutcheon of the Eardley-Wilmot baronets of Berkswell Hall
Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet

The Eardley-Wilmot Baronetcy, of Berkswell Hall in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 August 1821 for the politician and colonial administrator John Eardley-Wilmot. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1843 to 1846. Eardley-Wilmot was the son of John Wilmot (1750 – June 1815), barrister-at-law and one of the Masters-in-Chancery, who in 1812 had assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Eardley as the great-grandson of Elizabeth, sole heiress of Edward Eardley, of Eardley, Staffordshire, and the grandson of John Eardley Wilmot, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1766 to 1771. The second baronet was a judge and also sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Warwickshire South. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot, second son of the first baronet. He was a major general in the army.

The Eardley-Wilmot family shares a common ancestry with the Wilmot baronets of Osmaston and the Wilmot baronets of Chaddesden.

Eardley-Wilmot baronets, of Berkswell Hall (1821)

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The heir apparent is the present holder's son Arlo Timothy Eardley-Wilmot (born 2012).[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 664–666.
  2. ^ "Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John (Assheton)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Eardley-Wilmot, Sir Michael (John Assheton)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ a b "Eardley-Wilmot, Sir Benjamin John". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Eardley-Wilmot baronets
of Berkswell Hall

23 August 1821
Succeeded by