Pryse Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Pryse family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.

The Pryse Baronetcy, of Gogarthen (or Gogerddan) in the County of Cardigan, was created in the Baronetage of England on 9 August 1641 for Richard Pryse
Sir Richard Pryse, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Pryse, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648.Pryse was the son of Sir John Pryse of Gogerddan and Abersychan and his wife Mary Bromley, daughter of Sir Henry Bromley of Shradon Castle, Shropshire...

, subsequently Member of Parliament
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 for Cardiganshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Richard, the second Baronet, who also represented Cardiganshire in Parliament. Both he and his younger brother and successor, Sir Thomas, the third Baronet, died childless. Sir Thomas was succeeded by his nephew, Sir Carbery, the fourth Baronet, the son of Carbery Pryse, third and youngest son of the fourth Baronet. Sir Carbery also sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Cardiganshire. The title became extinct when he died unmarried in 1694.

The Pryse estates eventually devolved on his kinsman Edward Pryse and then on Lewis Pryse, Member of Parliament for both Cardiganshire and Cardigan
Cardigan (UK Parliament constituency)
The Cardigan District of Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election...

. Lewis Pryse had no sons and the estates devolved on his cousin Thomas Pryse, Member of Parliament for Cardigan in the 1740s. Thomas Pryse's son John Pryse represented both Cardiganshire and Merionethshire in Parliament. John Pryse died unmarried in 1774 and his cousin Lewis Pryse (1716–1779), son of Walter Pryse, of Painswick
Painswick
Painswick is a small town in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew on the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Rococo Garden. The town is mainly constructed of locally quarried Cotswold stone...

, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, succeeded to the Pryse estates. Lewis Pryse's only son Lewis Pryse died unmarried in 1776 and the latter's sister Margaret Pryse became heir of her father. She was the wife of Edward Loveden, of Buscot, Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

. Margaret predeceased her father and her son Pryse Loveden succeeded to the family estates on her grandfather's death in 1798, assuming the surname of Pryse in lieu of his patronymic. Pryse Pryse was Member of Parliament for Cardigan from 1832 to 1849. His son and namesake Pryse Pryse also represented Cardigan in Parliament. The baronetcy of Gogarthen was revived in 1866 in favour of the latter's son Pryse Pryse (see the 1866 creation below).

The Pryse, later Webley-Parry-Pryse, later Pryse-Saunders, later Saunders-Pryse Baronetcy, of Gogardden in the County of Cardigan, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 July 1866 for Pryse Pryse (see the 1641 creation above for earlier history of the family). The second Baronet assumed the surname Webley-Parry-Pryse. The third Baronet used the surname Pryse only. The fourth Baronet assumed the surname Pryse-Saunders. The fifth Baronet assumed in 1949 the surname Saunders-Pryse. The title became extinct on his death in 1962.

Pryse Baronets, of Gogarthen (or Gogardden) (1641)

  • Sir Richard Pryse, 1st Baronet
    Sir Richard Pryse, 1st Baronet
    Sir Richard Pryse, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648.Pryse was the son of Sir John Pryse of Gogerddan and Abersychan and his wife Mary Bromley, daughter of Sir Henry Bromley of Shradon Castle, Shropshire...

     (d. 1651
  • Sir Richard Pryse, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Richard Pryse, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Richard Pryse, 2nd Baronet was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Pryse was the son of Sir Richard Pryse, 1st Baronet and his first wife Hester Myddelton daughter of Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet...

     (c. 1630–c. 1675)
  • Sir Thomas Pryse, 3rd Baronet (d. 1682)
  • Sir Carbery Pryse, 4th Baronet (d. 1694)

Pryse, later Webley-Parry-Pryse, later Pryse-Saunders, later Saunders-Pryse Baronets, of Gogardden (1866)

  • Sir Pryse Pryse, 1st Baronet (1838–1906)
  • Sir Edward John Webley-Parry-Pryse, 2nd Baronet (1862–1918)
  • Sir Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse, 3rd Baronet (1864–1946)
  • Sir George Rice Pryse-Saunders, 4th Baronet (1870–1948)
  • Sir Pryse Loveden Saunders-Pryse, 5th Baronet (1896–1962)
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