The Blomefield Baronetcy, of Attleborough

Attleborough

Attleborough is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England situated between Norwich and Thetford. The parish falls within the district of Breckland and has an area of 21.90 km² with a Mainline to both Norwich and Cambridge....

 in the County of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 November 1807 for Major-General Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet

Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet Blomefield, was born in February 1774 and died 24 August 1822.He was the son of Reverend Thomas Blomefield and Mary Matthews. When he was 11 years old his father sent Thomas to sea on HMS Cambridge under Sir Peircy Brett, who was a close friend of the Rev. Blomefield...

. His great-grandson (the title having descended from father to son), the fourth Baronet, was Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade

Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions...

 from 1901 to 1908. He was succeeded by his grandson, the fifth Baronet, Sir Thomas Edward Peregrine Blomefield. The title is currently held by the latter's son, Sir Charles Blomefield, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984. Sir Charles is chairman of Direct Import Ltd.

Blomefield Baronets, of Attleborough (1807)

• Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet
  Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet Blomefield, was born in February 1774 and died 24 August 1822.He was the son of Reverend Thomas Blomefield and Mary Matthews. When he was 11 years old his father sent Thomas to sea on HMS Cambridge under Sir Peircy Brett, who was a close friend of the Rev. Blomefield...
  
  (1744–1822)
• Sir Thomas William Blomefield, 2nd Baronet (1791–1858)
• Sir Thomas Eardley Wilmot Blomefield, 3rd Baronet (1820–1878)
• Sir Thomas Wilmot Peregrine Blomefield, 4th Baronet (1848–1928)
• Sir Thomas Edward Peregrine Blomefield, 5th Baronet (1907–1984)
• Sir (Thomas) Charles Peregrine Blomefield, 6th Baronet (b. 1948)