Rivett-Carnac baronets
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The Rivett-Carnac Baronetcy, of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.{{London Gazette |issue=19359 |date=23 February 1836 |page=358}} It was created on 12 March 1836 for James Rivett-Carnac, Chairman of the East India Company, Member of Parliament for Sandwich and Governor of Bombay. His father James Rivett had assumed by Royal warrant the additional surname of Carnac in 1801. The second Baronet represented Lymington in the House of Commons as a Conservative.
The fourth Baronet was missing for many years, with his last confirmed location being Seattle in 1906. After this date he was also reported to have visited Portland, Oregon, Philadelphia, Standerton, Durban and Vancouver.{{London Gazette |issue=30180 |date=13 July 1917 |page=7029}} On 11 March 1924 an order was issued in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, presuming his death to have occurred on 31 December 1909.
Admiral John Rivett-Carnac was the younger brother of the first Baronet. James William Rivett-Carnac, a younger son of the sixth Baronet, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. The designer Lulu Guinness is the daughter of the ninth Baronet.
Rivett-Carnac baronets, of Derby (1836)
- Sir James Rivett-Carnac, 1st Baronet (1784–1846){{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire |date=1883 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |location=Westminster |pages=534-535 |url=https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/n351/mode/1up}}{{cite book|last=Burke|first=Bernard|authorlink=Bernard Burke|editor=Ashworth P. Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage|edition=65th|year=1903|publisher=Harrison and Sons|location=London|page=273}}
- Sir John Rivett-Carnac, 2nd Baronet (1818–1883)
- Sir James Henry Sproule Rivett-Carnac, 3rd Baronet (1846–1909)
- Sir Claud James Rivett-Carnac, 4th Baronet (1877–1909){{Who's Who|title=Rivett-Carnac, Sir Claud James|id=U190368}}
- Sir William Percival Rivett-Carnac, 5th Baronet (1847–1924){{Who's Who|title=Rivett-Carnac, Sir William Percival|id=U202241}}
- Sir Clennell George Rivett-Carnac, 6th Baronet (1851–1932){{Who's Who|title=Rivett-Carnac, Rev. Sir George Clennell|id=U216210}}
- Sir Henry George Crabbe Rivett-Carnac, 7th Baronet (1889–1972){{Who's Who|title=Rivett-Carnac, Sir Henry George Crabbe|id=U158987}}
- Canon Sir (Thomas) Nicholas Rivett-Carnac, 8th Baronet (1927–2004){{Who's Who|title=Rivett-Carnac, Rev. Canon Sir (Thomas) Nicholas|id=U32640}}
- Sir Miles James Rivett-Carnac, 9th Baronet (1933–2009){{cite news |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/6266592/Sir-Miles-Rivett-Carnac-Bt.html |title=Obituary: Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac, Bt |date=6 October 2009 |accessdate=2016-09-28}}{{Who's Who|title=Rivett-Carnac, Sir Miles (James)|id=U32639}}
- Sir Jonathan James Rivett-Carnac, 10th Baronet (born 1962){{Who's Who|title=Rivett-Carnac, Sir Jonathan James|id=U250445}}
The heir presumptive is the present baronet's nephew Tom Alexander Miles Rivett-Carnac (born 1996).
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External links
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1462312/Canon-Sir-Nicholas-Rivett-Carnac-Bt.html Canon Sir Nicholas Rivett-Carnac, 8th Baronet] obituary. The Daily Telegraph, 19 May 2004.
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