Cunliffe baronets

The Cunliffe Baronetcy, of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 March 1759 for Sir Ellis Cunliffe,[2] a merchant and Member of Parliament for Liverpool. The fourth Baronet was a General in the Bengal Army. The fifth Baronet represented Flint Boroughs and Denbigh Boroughs in the House of Commons.

Arms: Sable three Conies courant argent; Crest: A Greyhound sejant Argent collared Sable; Motto: Fideliter (Faithfully) [1]

Three other members of the family may also be mentioned. George Gordon Cunliffe (1829-1900), son of Brooke Cunliffe, fourth son of the third Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. His son Frederick Hugh Gordon Cunliffe (1861–1955) was a Brigadier-General in the Seaforth Highlanders. Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe, son of Colonel Foster Lionel Brooke, son of the aforementioned Brooke Cunliffe, fourth son of the third Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy.

Cunliffe baronets, of Liverpool (1759)
  • Sir Ellis Cunliffe, Kt., 1st Baronet (1717–1767)
  • Sir Robert Cunliffe, 2nd Baronet (1719–1778)
  • Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet (1755–1834)
  • Sir Robert Henry Cunliffe, 4th Baronet, Kt., CB (1785–1859)
  • Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, 5th Baronet (1839–1905)
  • Sir Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe, 6th Baronet (1875–1916)
  • Sir Robert Neville Henry Cunliffe, 7th Baronet (1884–1949)
  • Sir Cyril Henley Cunliffe, 8th Baronet (1901–1969)
  • Sir David Ellis Cunliffe, 9th Baronet (born 1957)

Notes
  1. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Curr%20GB%20Barts.htm
  2. "No. 9880". The London Gazette. 20 March 1759. p. 2.

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