Bonsor baronets

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Sir Cosmo Bonsor, 1st Baronet, by Leslie Ward, 1895

The Bonsor Baronetcy, of Kingswood, in the parish of Epsom, in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 January 1925 for Cosmo Bonsor,[1] Chairman of the South Eastern Railway, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wimbledon and a Director of the Bank of England. As of 2023 the title is held by his great-great-grandson, Alexander, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2023. He became engaged in November 2005 to Jane Troughton,[2] marrying the following year.

The family seat is Liscombe Park, Soulbury, Buckinghamshire. It is an Elizabethan manor hall.[3]

Bonsor baronets, of Kingswood (1925)

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Escutcheon of the Bonsor baronets of Kingswood

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Cosmo Bonsor (born 2007).

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  2. The Times 15 November 2005, as reported 16 November 2005 by Michael Rhodes on "Peerage_News", a Google group.
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References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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