Pasley Baronets
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The Pasley Baronetcy, of Craig in the County of Dumfries, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 September 1794 for the prominent Scottish naval commander Thomas Pasley
, with remainder to the male issue of his daughters. On his death in 1808 he was succeeded according to the special remainder by his grandson Thomas Sabine, who the following year assumed by Royal license the surname of Pasley in lieu of his patronymic. He was also a distinguished naval commander. The fifth Baronet was a literary scholar. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Joseph Montagu Sabine Pasley (1898-1978), grandson of Major Maitland Warren Bouverie Sabine Pasley, third son of the second Baronet. He was a Major-General in the British Army
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The family surname is pronounced "Paisley".
Sir Thomas Pasley, 1st Baronet
Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, 1st Baronet was a senior and highly-experienced British Royal Navy officer of the eighteenth century, who served with distinction at numerous actions of the Seven Years War, American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars...
, with remainder to the male issue of his daughters. On his death in 1808 he was succeeded according to the special remainder by his grandson Thomas Sabine, who the following year assumed by Royal license the surname of Pasley in lieu of his patronymic. He was also a distinguished naval commander. The fifth Baronet was a literary scholar. Another member of the family to gain distinction was Joseph Montagu Sabine Pasley (1898-1978), grandson of Major Maitland Warren Bouverie Sabine Pasley, third son of the second Baronet. He was a Major-General in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
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The family surname is pronounced "Paisley".
Pasley Baronets, of Craig (1794)
- Sir Thomas Pasley, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Pasley, 1st BaronetAdmiral Sir Thomas Pasley, 1st Baronet was a senior and highly-experienced British Royal Navy officer of the eighteenth century, who served with distinction at numerous actions of the Seven Years War, American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars...
(1734-1808) - Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, 2nd BaronetSir Thomas Sabine Pasley, 2nd BaronetAdmiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, 2nd Baronet KCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the nineteenth century who never saw action but served across the globe in numerous positions...
(1804-1884) - Sir Thomas Edward Sabine Pasley, 3rd Baronet (1863-1947)
- Sir Rodney Marshall Sabine Pasley, 4th Baronet (1899-1982)
- Sir (John) Malcolm Sabine Pasley, 5th BaronetMalcolm PasleySir John Malcolm Sabine Pasley, 5th Baronet, FBA , commonly known as Malcolm Pasley, was a literary scholar best known for his dedication to and publication of the works of Franz Kafka.-Early life:...
(1926-2004) - Sir Robert Killigrew Sabine Pasley, 6th Baronet (b. 1965)