Biography of Anthony Lechmere 1st Baronet 1766-1849

The London Gazette 17404. Whitehall, October 3, 1818.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the following Gentlemen respectively, and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

The Honourable Alexander Maitland (age 90), of Clifton, in the county of Mid-Lothian, and of Rose-Hill, in the county of Hertford, General in the Army, and Colonel of the 49th Regiment.

Henry Johnson (age 70), of the city of Bath, in the county of Somerset, Esq. General in the Army, and Colonel of tine 81st Regiment.

Anthony Farrington (age 76), of Blackheath, in the county of Kent, Esq. General in the Army, Colonel Commandant of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Director-General of Artillery and Field Train.

Sir Harry Calvert, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-General in the Army, Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot, and Adjutant-General of the Forces.

James Campbell, of Inverneil, in the county of Argyll, Esq. Lieutenant-General in the Army, Kitight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, and Knight Commander of the Royal Sicilian Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit.

Sir James Willoughby Gordon, of Niton, in the Isle of Wight, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Major General in the Army, Colonel of the 85th Regiment, and Quarter-Master-General to the Forces.

Felton Elwill Bathurst Hervey (age 36), of Lainston, in the county of Southampton, Esq. Colonel in the Army, Extra Aide-de-Camp to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; with remainder, in failure of issue male, to his brother Frederick Anne Hervey (age 35), of Clarendon Park, in the county of Wilts, Esq. and his heirs male.

John Powell (age 65), of Hardwick, and of Worthen, in the county of Salop, Esq. and in default of male issue, to Edward Kynaston (age 60), of Risby and Fornham Saint-Genevieve, in the county of Suffolk, Clerk (brother of the said John Powell), and his heirs male.

John Acland (age 62), of Fairfield, in the county of Somerset, and of Newhouse, in the county of Devon, Esq.

Antony Lechmere (age 51), of the Rhyd, in the county of Worcester, Esq.

Sir Edmond Lacon, of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, Knight. [Note. [his wife] Mary Berwick Lady Lechmere by marriage Lady Lechmere of Rhyd in Worcestershire.]

John Shelley Sidney (age 47), of Penshurst-place, in the county of Kent, Esq.

Thomas Hare, of Stow Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Esq.

Edward Stracey, of Rackheath Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Esq.

George Shiffher, of Combe-place, in the county of Sussex, Esq.

John Croft, of Cowling Hall, in the north riding of the county of York, Esq.

Robert Bateson (age 36), of Belvoir Park, in the county of Down, Esq.

Matthew John Tierney, of Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex, and of Dover-street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. Doctor of Physic, Physician in Ordinary to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and Physician to His Royal High ness's Household at Brighthelmstone.