Cunliffe baronets

Summary

The Cunliffe Baronetcy, of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 March 1759 for Sir Ellis Cunliffe,[2] a slave trader and Member of Parliament for Liverpool. The fourth Baronet was a General in the Bengal Army. The fifth Baronet represented Flint Boroughs and Denbigh Boroughs in the House of Commons.

Arms: Sable three Conies courant argent; Crest: A Greyhound sejant Argent collared Sable; Motto: Fideliter (Faithfully) [1]

Three other members of the family may also be mentioned. George Gordon Cunliffe (1829-1900), son of Brooke Cunliffe, fourth son of the third Baronet, was a major-general in the British Army. His son Frederick Hugh Gordon Cunliffe (1861–1955) was a brigadier-general in the Seaforth Highlanders. Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe, son of Colonel Foster Lionel Brooke, son of the aforementioned Brooke Cunliffe, fourth son of the third Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy.

Cunliffe baronets, of Liverpool (1759) edit

The heir presumptive is the present holder's younger brother Andrew Mark Cunliffe (born 1959). His heir apparent is his son Mark Ellis Cunliffe (born 1982).

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Current Great Britain Baronetcies". Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
  2. ^ "No. 9880". The London Gazette. 20 March 1759. p. 2.

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

External links edit

  • History of the Cunliffe family