The Boileau Baronetcy, of Tacolneston Hall

Tacolneston Hall

Tacolneston Hall in the village of Tacolneston in the county of Norfolk, has been the home of the Boileau Baronets since the Baronetcy was created in 1838....

 in the County of Norfolk

Norfolk

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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 July 1838 for John Boileau. He was an antiquary and archaeologist as well as a Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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, Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 and High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 for Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, the second Baronet. He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Royal Society of Literature

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 and the Society of Antiquaries

Society of Antiquaries of London

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. His eldest son, the third Baronet, was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Northamptonshire Regiment and the Royal Field Artillery

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 and a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk. He died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of Edmund William Pollen Boileau, younger son of the first Baronet. His eldest son, the sixth Baronet, died without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Baronet. As of 2009 the title is held by the latter's son, the eighth Baronet, who succeeded in 1980. He is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Army

Australian Army

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 and is married to a daughter of former Australian Senator

Australian Senate

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 George Hannan

George Hannan

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.

The Boileau family is of French aristocratic origins. The first Baronet's ancestor Charles Boileau, Baron of Castelnau and St Croix, fled to England

England

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 after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes

Edict of Nantes

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 in 1685.

Boileau Baronets, of Tacolneston Hall (1838)

• Sir John Peter Boileau, 1st Baronet (1794–1869)
• Sir Francis George Manningham Boileau, 2nd Baronet (1830–1900)
• Sir Maurice Colborne Boileau, 3rd Baronet (1865–1937)
• Sir Raymond Frederic Boileau, 4th Baronet (1868–1942)
• Sir Francis James Boileau, 5th Baronet (1871–1945)
• Sir Gilbert George Benson Boileau, 6th Baronet (1898–1978)
• Sir Edmond Charles Boileau, 7th Baronet (1903–1980)
• Sir Guy Francis Boileau, 8th Baronet (born 1935)