Worsley baronets

The Worsley family is an English family that is derived from Sir Elias de Workesley, a Norman knight who was a youth at the time of the Norman conquest. He later accompanied Duke Robert II of Normandy (elder son of William the Conqueror) on the First Crusade and was buried at Rhodes.

Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Baronet, painted by Sir Peter Lely

There have been two baronetcies created for the Worsley family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

Worsley baronets, of Appuldurcombe (1611)

Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet

The Worsley baronetcy, of Appuldurcombe in the County of Hampshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for landowner and politician Richard Worsley. On the death of the fourth Baronet, the title passed to a branch of the family living at Pylewell, near Lymington, Hampshire. All except the sixth and eighth baronets were Members of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight, as were several other members of the family, including Henry Worsley, who was also successively British Envoy to Portugal and Governor of Barbados. The seventh baronet was succeeded in his estates by his niece who married the 1st Earl of Yarborough, with the title passing to a distant kinsman. It became extinct on the death of his son, the ninth Baronet, in 1825.

• Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet (1588–1621)
• Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet (1613–1666)
• Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Baronet (1643–1675)
• Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet (1669–1747)
• Sir James Worsley, 5th Baronet (1672–1756)
• Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet (1728–1768)
• Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet (1751–1805)
• Sir Henry Worsley-Holmes, 8th Baronet (1756–1811)
• Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley-Holmes, 9th Baronet (1787–1825), father-in-law of William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury.

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Worsley baronets, of Appuldurcombe

Sir Richard Worsley 1st Baronet 1588–1621 Sir Henry Worsley 2nd Baronet 1613–1666 Unknown son Thomas Worsley Sir Robert Worsley 3rd Baronet 1643–1675 Sir James Worsley ?–1695 George Worsley Sir Robert Worsley 4th Baronet 1669–1747 Sir James Worsley 5th Baronet 1672–1756 Rev. John Worsley Sir Thomas Worsley 6th Baronet 1728–1768 Thomas Worsley Sir Richard Worsley 7th Baronet 1751–1805 Sir Henry Worsley-Holmes 8th Baronet ?–1811 Robert Worsley 1776–1795 Sir Leonard Worsley-Holmes 9th Baronet 1787–1825 Richard Worsley-Holmes 1792–1814 Baronetcy extinct

Worsley baronets, of Hovingham Hall (1838)

Coat of arms of the Worsley baronets, of Hovingham Hall.

The Worsley baronetcy, of Hovingham Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1838 for William Worsley. The fourth Baronet was Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire and father of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. The fifth Baronet was a Conservative politician. Botanist and explorer Arthington Worsley was a younger brother of the third Baronet.

• Sir William Worsley, 1st Baronet (1792–1879)
• Sir William Cayley Worsley, 2nd Baronet (1828–1897)
• Sir William Henry Arthington Worsley, 3rd Baronet (1861–1936)
• Colonel Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Baronet (1890–1973)
• Sir (William) Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet (1925–2012)
• Sir William Ralph Worsley, 6th Baronet (born 1956)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Marcus William Bernard Worsley (born 1995), only son of the 6th Baronet.

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Worsley baronets, of Hovingham Hall
Sir William Worsley 1st Baronet 1792–1879 Thomas Worsley 1827–1855 Sir William Worsley 2nd Baronet 1828–1897 Arthington Worsley 1830–1861 Sir William Worsley 3rd Baronet 1861–1936 Sir William Worsley 4th Baronet 1890–1973 Sir Marcus Worsley 5th Baronet 1925–2012 Sir William Worsley 6th Baronet born 1956 Marcus Worsley born 1995

See also

• Charles Worsley
• Appuldurcombe House
• Earl of Yarborough
• Darwin–Wedgwood family

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 3)