Sheffield baronets
The Sheffield Baronetcy, of Normanby in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 March 1755 for Charles Herbert Sheffield, the illegitimate son of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. On the death of his half brother, the 2nd Duke, in 1735, he inherited the family estates including Buckingham House which was sold to George III in 1762 and Normanby Hall which latter remained the family residence until 1963. Thereafter the family's home was Sutton Park, York.
The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1817 and the fifth Baronet in 1872. The sixth Baronet sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Brigg.
Samantha Cameron is the daughter of the eighth Baronet.
Sheffield baronets, of Normanby (1755)
- Sir Charles Herbert Sheffield, 1st Baronet (c. 1706–1774), who was born Charles Herbert and who took the name Sheffield in 1735 on the death of his half-brother Edmund Sheffield[1]
- Sir John Sheffield, 2nd Baronet (c. 1743–1815)
- Sir Robert Sheffield, 3rd Baronet (c. 1758–1815)
- Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet (1786–1862)
- Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet (1823–1886)
- Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield, 6th Baronet (1876 St George's, Hanover Square, London–1946)
- Sir Robert Arthur Sheffield, 7th Baronet (1905 St George's, Hanover Square, London–1977)
- Sir Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield, 8th Baronet (born 1946 Marylebone, London)
The heir apparent is Robert Charles Berkeley Sheffield (born 1984 in Scunthorpe)
See also
References
- Burke's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets [self-published source][better source needed]