The Imbert-Terry Baronetcy, of Strete Ralegh in Whimple in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 July 1917 for Henry Imbert-Terry.[1] He was Chairman of the Central Organization Committee of the Conservative and Unionist Party from 1907 to 1917.

The first Baronet's sister, Mary Anne Abbot Imbert-Terry (1844–1936), married Rev. Herbert Athill, rector of Digswell, Herts., and was thus paternal grandmother of the literary editor and writer Diana Athill.[2][3][4]

The second Baronet, Sir Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry, was a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Artillery and served as High Sheriff of Devon in 1948, just as his brother, Capt Frederic Bouhier Imbert-Terry, was in 1928.

The family is of French origin (originally simply 'Imbert', later incorporating the name of their Vendean land property of 'la Terrière' in their surname as 'Terry'); the first Baronet was son of Henri Imbert-Terry, seigneur de la Terrière, who lived at Le Barbin, Viellevigne, France and 17, Chester Terrace, Regent's Park, London; previous generations had owned other fiefs, including at Choltière and Malescot.[5]

Imbert-Terry baronets, of Strete Ralegh (1917) edit

  • Sir Henry Machu Imbert-Terry, 1st Baronet (1854–1938)
  • Sir Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry, 2nd Baronet (1885–1962)
  • Sir Edward Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry, 3rd Baronet (1920–1978)
  • Sir Andrew Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry, 4th Baronet (1945–1985)
  • Sir Michael Edward Stanley Imbert-Terry, 5th Baronet (born 1950)

References edit

  1. ^ "No. 30224". The London Gazette. 10 August 1917. p. 8130.
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 2, p. 2029
  3. ^ Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain, Catherine Hall et al, Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 37, 66–67
  4. ^ The History of the Island of Antigua, vol. I, Vere Langford Oliver, 1894, pp. 10–13
  5. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 2, p. 2029

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