Boles Baronets
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The Boles Baronetcy, of Bishop's Lydeard in the County of Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 June 1922 for Dennis Boles
Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet
Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, 1st Baronet CBE, DL , was a British Conservative politician.Boles was the son of Reverend James Thomas Boles of Ryll Court, Exmouth, Devon. He was educated at Bradfield School and Exeter College, Oxford...

, who represented Wellington
Wellington (Somerset) (UK Parliament constituency)
Wellington is a former county constituency in the United Kingdom, formally known as The Western or Wellington Division of Somerset...

 and Taunton
Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)
Taunton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors from 1295 to 2010, taking its name from the town of Taunton in Somerset...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 as a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father (who was killed in the Second World War) in 1945.

Boles Baronets, of Bishop's Lydeard (1922)

  • Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, 1st Baronet
    Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet
    Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, 1st Baronet CBE, DL , was a British Conservative politician.Boles was the son of Reverend James Thomas Boles of Ryll Court, Exmouth, Devon. He was educated at Bradfield School and Exeter College, Oxford...

    (1861-1935)
  • Sir Gerald Fortescue Boles, 2nd Baronet (1900-1945)
  • Sir Jeremy John Fortescue Boles, 3rd Baronet (b. 1932)
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