The Malet Baronetcy, of Wilbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 February 1791 for Charles Malet, for diplomatic services in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The second Baronet was Minister to the German Confederation

German Confederation

The German Confederation was the loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries. It acted as a buffer between the powerful states of Austria and Prussia...

 from 1852 to 1866. The fourth Baronet was Ambassador to Germany between 1884 and 1895. The eighth Baronet was a Colonel

Colonel

Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

 in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars

8th King's Royal Irish Hussars

The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958....

 and High Sheriff

High Sheriff

A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...

 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...

 from 1966 to 1967.

The Malet family is of great antiquity. William Malet

William Malet (Norman conquest)

William Malet is one of the very few proven Companions of William the Conqueror known to have been present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, as recorded by the contemporary chronicler William of Poitiers...

 accompanied William the Conqueror

William I of England

William I , also known as William the Conqueror , was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II...

 to England

England

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. His son Robert Malet

Robert Malet

Robert Malet was an English/ Norman baron and a close advisor of Henry I.-Biography:Malet was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honour of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so greatest landholders in England...

 was the first Lord Great Chamberlain

Lord Great Chamberlain

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 of England. William Malet

William Malet (Magna Carta)

William Malet was one of the guarantors of Magna Carta. Also known as William II Malet. He was lord of Curry Mallet and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, and served as High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset for 1209. The precise nature of his relationship to the earlier Malets is disputed. His first wife...

 was one of the guarantors of the Magna Carta

Magna Carta

Magna Carta is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions, which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date. The charter first passed into law in 1225...

. Sir Baldwin Malet was Solicitor-General to Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England

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. Sir Thomas Malet was to be created a Baronet for his services during the Civil War

English Civil War

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 but died before the patent had passed the Great Seal

Great Seal of the Realm

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.

Malet Baronets, of Wilbury (1791)

• Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet (1752-1815)
• Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet (1800-1886)
• Sir Henry Charles Eden Malet, 3rd Baronet (1835-1904)
• Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet (1837-1908)
• Sir Edward St Lo Malet, 5th Baronet (1872-1909)
• Sir Charles St Lo Malet, 6th Baronet (1906-1918)
• Sir Harry Charles Malet, 7th Baronet (1873-1931)
• Sir Edward William St Lo Malet, 8th Baronet (1908-1990)
• Sir Harry Douglas St.Lo Malet, 9th Baronet (1936- )