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Gunning baronets

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Arms of Gunning baronets: Gules, on a fess Erminois, between three doves Argent, as many crosses pattée per pale Gules and Azure[1]

The Gunning Baronetcy, of Eltham in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.[2] It was created on 3 September 1778 for Robert Gunning, Minister Plenipotentiary to Berlin and St Petersburg.[3]

The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Wigan, Hastings and East Grinstead while the third Baronet briefly represented Northampton. The seventh Baronet was a Brigadier-General in the British Army. Orlando George Gunning, grandson of Major John Gunning, sixth son of the second Baronet, was also a Brigadier-General in the Army. His son, Sir Orlando Peter Gunning, was knighted for his military and colonial service.[3]

The family name was originally Gonning or Gonnynge and can be traced to the hamlet of Tregonning, Cornwall. Thomas Gunning of Turney's Court, Cold Aston (died 1603) was the ancestor of this branch of the family. The 17th-century clergyman Peter Gunning was another member of the family.[3]

The family seat from 1782 to 1888 was Horton House, Northamptonshire. The eighth baronet and his wife emigrated from England to Peace River, Alberta, Canada in the 1940s. The ninth baronet resided in Ottawa.[4]

Gunning baronets, of Eltham (1778)

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The heir apparent is the present holder's son Derek John Robert Gunning (b. 1972)[6]

References

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  1. ^ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage 106th Edition vol-1 Page-1258
  2. ^ "No. 11922". The London Gazette. 31 October 1778. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1707–1708. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. ^ "Lady dies, son recalls her community work". Peace River Record Gazette. 13 September 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Official Roll".
  6. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019 page B334

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