Burrell Baronets
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There has been one Baronetcy created for a person with the surname Burrell. Another baronetcy passed by special remainder to the Burrell family.

The Burrell Baronetcy, of West Grinstead Park in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 July 1766 for Merrik Burrell, with remainder to his nephew Peter Burrell. His great-nephew, the second Baronet, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Gwydyr
Baron Gwydyr
Baron Gwydyr, in the County of Carnarvon, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 June 1796 for Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Boston and Haslemere in the House of Commons...

 in 1796. For more information, see this title.

The Raymond Baronetcy, of Valentine House
Valentine House, Essex
Valentine House, Essex is a baronetcy or an estate in Essex, England dating from 1794. It is associated with Burrell Baronets. There is a family seat at Knepp Castle, Horsham, Sussex....

 in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 31 May 1774 for Charles Raymond, High Sheriff of Essex
High Sheriff of Essex
The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years...

 from 1771 to 1772, with remainder to his son-in-law William Burrell (the husband of his daughter Sophia), who succeeded him as second Baronet. The latter was the nephew of the first Baronet of the 1766 creation and the uncle of the first Baron Gwydyr. Burrell notably sat as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Haslemere
Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)
Haslemere was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-1584-1640:-1640-1832:Notes- References :...

. His son, the third Baronet, represented New Shoreham
New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex...

 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)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 for over fifty years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1861 to 1862. Both the latter's sons, the fourth and fifth Baronets, sat as Conservative Members of Parliament for New Shoreham. As of 2008 the title is held by the fifth Baronet's great-great-great-grandson, the tenth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2008.

The family seat is Knepp Castle
Knepp Castle
The medieval Knepp Castle is to the west of the village of West Grinstead, West Sussex, England near the River Adur and the A24 . The name is though to come from the Old English word "cnæp", referring to the mound on which it stands....

, Horsham
Horsham
Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...

, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...

.

Raymond, later Burrell Baronets, of Valentine House (1774)

  • Sir Charles Raymond, 1st Baronet (1713-1788)
  • Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet (1732-1796)
  • Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Charles Burrell, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, 3rd Baronet was an English Conservative politician, who represented the seat of New Shoreham for fifty-six years, becoming Father of the House of Commons....

     (1774-1862)
  • Sir Percy Burrell, 4th Baronet
    Sir Percy Burrell, 4th Baronet
    Sir Percy Burrell, 4th Baronet DL, JP was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Born at Grosvenor Place, London, he was the second son of Sir Charles Burrell, 3rd Baronet and his wife Frances Wyndham, an illegitimate daughter of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont...

     (1812-1876)
  • Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell, 5th Baronet (1814-1886)
  • Sir Charles Raymond Burrell, 6th Baronet (1848-1899)
  • Sir Merrik Raymond Burrell, 7th Baronet (1877-1957)
  • Sir Walter Raymond Burrell, 8th Baronet (1903-1985)
  • Sir John Raymond Burrell, 9th Baronet (1934 -2008)
  • Sir Charles Raymond Burrell
    Sir Charles Raymond Burrell
    Sir Charles Raymond Burrell, 10th Bt. was born on the 27th August 1962. He wife is Isabella Elizabeth Nancy Tree whom he married on the 1st December 1993....

    , 10th Baronet (born 1962)
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