Salt Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Salt, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both titles are extant as of 2007.

The Salt Baronetcy, of Saltaire in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 October 1869 for the manufacturer, benefactor and Liberal
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 politician Titus Salt
Titus Salt
Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet , born in Morley, near Leeds, was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. His father Daniel Salt was a businessman and was sent Titus to Batley Grammar School...

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The Salt Baronetcy, of Standon, and of Weeping Cross in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 August 1899 for Thomas Salt
Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Baronet , was a British banker and Conservative politician.His grandfather John Stevenson Salt, , married Sarah Stevenson, the granddaughter of John Stevenson, founder in 1737 of a banking company in Stafford...

, a banker and Conservative
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 Member of Parliament
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 for Stafford
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 for many years. Other members of the family may also be mentioned:- William Salt
William Salt
William Salt was a banker in London and a genealogist and antiquary in whose memory the William Salt Library in Stafford was founded....

 (1808-1863) was a Banker and Genealogist. Harold Francis Salt (1879-1971), youngest son of the first Baronet, was a Major-General in the Army. James Frederick Thomas George Salt (1940-3 Dec 2009), son of George Stevenson Salt, second son of the second Baronet, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy
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Salt Baronets, of Saltaire (1869)

  • Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet (1803-1876)
  • Sir William Henry Salt, 2nd Baronet (1831-1892)
  • Sir Shirley Harris Salt, 3rd Baronet (1857-1920)
  • Sir John William Titus Salt, 4th Baronet (1884-1953)
  • Sir David Shirley Salt, 5th Baronet (1930-1978)
  • Sir Anthony Houlton Salt, 6th Baronet (1931-1991)
  • Sir Patrick MacDonnell Salt, 7th Baronet (b. 1932)

Salt Baronets, of Standon and Weeping Cross (1899)

  • Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Baronet
    Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Baronet
    Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Baronet , was a British banker and Conservative politician.His grandfather John Stevenson Salt, , married Sarah Stevenson, the granddaughter of John Stevenson, founder in 1737 of a banking company in Stafford...

     (1830-1904)
  • Sir Thomas Anderson Salt, 2nd Baronet (1863-1940) High Sheriff of Staffordshire
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    1909.
  • Sir Thomas Henry Salt, 3rd Baronet (1905-1965)
  • Sir (Thomas) Michael John Salt, 4th Baronet (b. 1946)
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