Adair Baronets
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The Adair Baronetcy, of Flixton Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 August 1838 for Robert Adair. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament
for Cambridge
. In 1873 he was created Baron Waveney, of South Elmham in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. The barony became extinct on his death in 1886 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Hugh Adair, the third Baronet. The latter had earlier represented Ipswich
in Parliament. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Baronets, both succeeded in the title. The fifth Baronet's son, the sixth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army
. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1988.
Member of Parliament
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for Cambridge
Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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. In 1873 he was created Baron Waveney, of South Elmham in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. The barony became extinct on his death in 1886 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Hugh Adair, the third Baronet. The latter had earlier represented Ipswich
Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)
Ipswich is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
in Parliament. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Baronets, both succeeded in the title. The fifth Baronet's son, the sixth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1988.
Adair Baronets, of Flixton Hall (1838)
- Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1st Baronet (1786–1869)
- Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 2nd BaronetRobert Adair, 1st Baron WaveneyRobert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857....
(1811–1886) (created Baron Waveney in 1873)
Barons Waveney (1873)
- Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron WaveneyRobert Adair, 1st Baron WaveneyRobert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857....
(1811–1886)
Adair Baronets, of Flixton Hall (1838; Reverted)
- Sir Hugh Edward Adair, 3rd Baronet (1815–1902)
- Sir Frederick Edward Shafto Adair, 4th Baronet (1860–1915)
- Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 5th Baronet (1862–1949)
- Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet (1897–1988)
- Desmond Allan Shafto Adair (1920–1943)