Malet baronets
Title in the Baronetage of Great Britain
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The Malet Baronetcy, of Wilbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 February 1791 for Charles Malet, for diplomatic services in India.[2][3]
The 2nd Baronet was Minister to the German Confederation from 1852 to 1866.[2] The 4th Baronet was Ambassador to Germany between 1884 and 1895.[4]
The 7th baronet was a Colonel in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, who served in the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First World War and was awarded a DSO and OBE.[4] The 8th Baronet was also a Colonel in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, and High Sheriff of Somerset from 1966 to 1967.[5]
Former seat
Around 1803, the 1st Baronet bought Wilbury Park, an 18th-century house in extensive grounds, in Newton Tony parish, north-east of Salisbury.[6] The estate and its farms remained in Malet ownership until they were sold by the 7th baronet, around 1925.[6]
Newton Tony parish church was rebuilt in 1844, at the expense of (according to one source) the Malet family.[7] Inside are monuments to several generations of Malets.[8] The village pub is called the Malet Arms;[9] that name has been adopted in turn by several inns since the mid-19th century.[6]
Malet Baronets, of Wilbury (1791)
- Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet (1752–1815)[2][4]
- Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet (1800–1886)[2][4]
- Sir Henry Charles Eden Malet, 3rd Baronet (1835–1904)[2][4][10]
- Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet (1837–1908)[2][4][11]
- Sir Edward St Lo Malet, 5th Baronet (1872–1909)[4][12]
- Sir Charles St Lo Malet, 6th Baronet (1906–1918)[4][13]
- Sir Harry Charles Malet, 7th Baronet (1873–1931)[4][14]
- Sir Edward William St Lo Malet, 8th Baronet (1908–1990)[4][5]
- Sir Harry Douglas St Lo Malet, 9th Baronet (born 1936)[15]
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Charles Edward St. Lo Malet (born 1970).[15]
