The Ouseley Baronetcy, of Claremont in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 October 1808 for the entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat, Gore Ouseley.[2] He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a composer, organist, and musicologist. The title became extinct on his death in 1889.[3]

Ouseley baronets
Escutcheon of the Ouseley baronets of Claremont
Creation date1808[1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1889
MottoMors lupi agnis vita, Death of the wolf is life to the lamb[1]

The first Baronet was the brother of Sir William Ouseley and the uncle of Sir William Gore Ouseley.[2]

Ouseley baronets, of Claremont (1808)

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References

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  1. ^ a b Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1850. p. 769.
  2. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 476–477.
  3. ^ a b Shaw, Watkins. "Ouseley, Sir Frederick Arthur Gore, second baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20953. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by  
Ouseley baronets
of Claremont

5 October 1808
Succeeded by