Wrey Baronets - Wrey Baronets, of Trebitch (1628)

Wrey Baronets, of Trebitch (1628)

  • Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet (d. 1636)
  • Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet (c. 1600-1645)
  • Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd Baronet (1628-1668)
  • Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (c. 1653-1696)
  • Sir Bourchier Wrey, 5th Baronet (c. 1683-1726)
  • Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet (c. 1715-1784)
  • Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet (1757-1826)
  • Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey, 8th Baronet (1788-1879)
  • Sir Henry Bourchier Wrey, 9th Baronet (1797-1882)
  • Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th Baronet (1829-1900)
  • Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Baronet (1855-16 January 1917). (son) He was the son of Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th Baronet. He served in the Royal Navy, seeing action in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and with the Naval Brigade landed in the Third Anglo-Burmese War. He retired from the service with the rank of Captain, and later served as the honorary lieutenant-colonel of the Royal North Devon Hussars. Wrey was married, with one daughter, Rachel Wrey (b. 1911). In 1900 he succeeded his father in the baronetcy and the family estates. He was the last to live at Tawstock Court and "to keep house in the old manner" and moved to Corffe a nearby house on the estate, having let the Court. On his own death in 1917 the title passed to his younger brother, Sir Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 12th Baronet (1858-1936), who in 1919 sold 2,500 acres of the estate for £67,000, leaving some 7,000 acres remaining.
  • Sir Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 12th Baronet (1858-1936) (brother), left only female progeny.
  • Rev. Sir Albany Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 13th Baronet (1861-1948) (brother), died without progeny.
  • Sir (Castel Richard) Bourchier Wrey, 14th Baronet (1903-1991) (nephew, son of Edward Castell Wrey, 7th son of 10th Bt.)
  • Sir George Richard Bourchier Wrey, 15th Baronet (born 1948)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy ia Harry David Wrey (born 1984), eldest son of the 15th Baronet.

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