Magnay baronets

The Magnay Baronetcy, of Postford House in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 November 1844 for William Magnay, a wholesale stationer and Lord Mayor of London from 1843–44.[1] The second Baronet was a novelist. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet on 4 September 1960.[2]

Christopher Magnay, father of the first Baronet, was Lord Mayor of London from 1821–22.[3]

Magnay baronets, of Postford House (1844)

References

  1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1898. p. 959. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. "Sir C. Magnay". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 5 September 1960. p. 14.
  3. Boase, Frederic (1897). Modern English Biography: I-Q. Netherton and Worth. p. 689. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

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