Gamble baronets

{{short description|Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}

The Gamble Baronetcy, of Windlehurst in the parish of St Helens in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 August 1897 for David Gamble.{{London Gazette |issue=26890 |date=10 September 1897 |page=5059}} He was a chemical manufacturer, Mayor of St Helens from 1868 to 1870, 1882 to 1883 and 1886 to 1887 and a pioneer of the Volunteer Movement. The second Baronet was Mayor of St Helens from 1888 to 1889. The third Baronet was Mayor of St Helens from 1913 to 1915.

Gamble baronets, of Windlehurst (1897)

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Sir David Gamble, 1st Baronet (1823–1907)
Sir Josias Christopher Gamble, 2nd Baronet (1848–1908)
Sir David Gamble, 3rd Baronet (1876–1943)
Sir David Arthur Josias Gamble, 4th Baronet (1907–1982)
Sir David Gamble, 5th Baronet (1933–1984)
Sir David Hugh Norman Gamble, 6th Baronet (born 1966)

The heir presumptive is Hugh Robert George Gamble (born 1946), a kinsman of the present holder. His heir apparent is his son Tobias David Meredith Gamble (born 1998).

Notes

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
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[http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/davidgamble.html Biography and photograph of Sir David Gamble, 1st Baronet]

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