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The Floyd Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 March 1816 for General John Floyd.^[1] He was second-in-command at the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799. Floyd's daughter Julia was the wife of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet. The fifth Baronet was a Brigadier in the 15th/19th Hussars and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1968. The fourth baronet's youngest son, Charles Murray Floyd, was a prominent businessman, surveyor and land agent.

Floyd baronets (1816) edit

Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet (1748–1818)^[2]
Sir Henry Floyd, 2nd Baronet (1793–1868)^[2]
Sir John Floyd, 3rd Baronet (1823–1909)^[3]
Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet (1855–1915)^[4]
Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet (1899–1968)^[5]
Sir John Duckett Floyd, 6th Baronet (1903–1975)^[6]
Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet (born 1932), married Lady Gillian Cecil, daughter of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter.^[7]^[8]

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is David Henry Cecil Floyd (born 1956), elder son of the 7th Baronet.^[7]

Coat of arms of Floyd baronets
	Crest A lion rampant reguardant Argent murally crowned Gules bearing a flag representing the standard of Tippoo Sultan flowing to the sinister Proper. Escutcheon Sable a lion rampant reguardant Argent on a chief embattled Or a sword erect Proper pommel and hilt Gold enfiled with an Eastern crown Gules between two tigers' faces also Proper. Motto Patiens Pulveris Atque Solis ^[9]

^ "No. 17102". The London Gazette. 23 January 1816. p. 133.
^ ^a ^b Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 232.
^ "Floyd, Major Sir John". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Floyd, Captain Sir Henry Robert Peel". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Floyd, Brig. Sir Henry Robert Kincaid". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Floyd, Sir John (Duckett)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b "Floyd, Sir Giles (Henry Charles)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Henry Edward Cecil (Harry) Floyd 1958–2013". 27 March 2013.
^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ogle baronets	Floyd baronets 30 March 1816	Succeeded by Elphinstone baronets