Paston-Bedingfeld baronets
The Bedingfeld, later Paston-Bedingfeld Baronetcy, of Oxburgh in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 January 1660 for Henry Bedingfeld, a cavalier, in recompense for his losses in the Royalist cause during the Civil War, when he fought as a Captain in King Charles 1st's armies, and Interregnum years, computed at £47,194 18s 8d, or well over £6,500,000 in 2017 terms. The Bedingfelds are said to descend from 'Ogerlis', a Norman, who, in 1100, held land at Bedingfield, Suffolk. His descendant, Edmund Bedingfeld, married Margaret (died 1446), daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Tuddenham (and sister and co-heir of her brother Sir Thomas Tuddenham, executed in 1462), bringing to her husband estates including the manor of Oxburgh, near Swaffham, Norfolk.
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The sixth Baronet married Margaret Anne, daughter and heiress of Edward Paston. In 1830 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Paston. The eighth Baronet was a Major in the 3rd Battalion of the Liverpool Regiment, and served in the Second Boer War. The present Baronet is a co-heir to the ancient barony of Grandison, which has been in abeyance since 1375. Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, the noted officer of arms, is the 10th baronet.
The family seat is Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk, now administered by the National Trust.
Bedingfeld, later Paston-Bedingfeld baronets, of Oxburgh (1660)
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- Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 1st Baronet (1614–1685)
- Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 2nd Baronet (1636–1704)
- Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 3rd Baronet (died 1760)
- Sir Richard Henry Bedingfeld, 4th Baronet (1720–1795)
- Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet (1767–1829)
- Sir Henry Richard Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet (1800–1862)
- Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet (1830–1902)
- Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Baronet (1860–1941)
- Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet (1915–2011)
- Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld (born 1943)
Notes
- References
Bibliography
- Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage for 1935, London, p. 140
- Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes, London, 1943, pp. 222, 238
- Mosley, Charles (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland. pp. 2199–2200. ISBN 1-57958-083-1.
- Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)