The Chitty Baronetcy, of The Temple, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 January 1924 for the lawyer and legal writer Sir Thomas Chitty. He was Master of the Supreme Court from 1900 to 1920 and Senior Master of the Supreme Court and King's Remembrancer

King's Remembrancer

The Queen's Remembrancer is an ancient judicial post in the legal system of England and Wales. Since the Lord Chancellor no longer sits as a judge, the Remembrancer is the oldest judicial position in continual existence...

 from 1920 to 1926 as well as managing editor of Halsbury's Laws of England

Halsbury's Laws of England

Halsbury's Laws of England is a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative encyclopaedia of law, and provides the only complete narrative statement of law in England and Wales. It has an alphabetised title scheme covering all areas of law, drawing on authorities including Acts of the United Kingdom,...

. Chitty was the grandson and namesake of the lawyer and legal writer Thomas Chitty

Thomas Chitty

Thomas Chitty was an English lawyer and legal writer who was pupil master to a generation of eminent lawyers and played a significant role in documenting the legal reforms of the nineteenth century.-Early life:...

 and the nephew of the lawyer Sir Joseph Chitty. As of 2007 the title is held by the first Baronet's grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1955. He is an author (sometimes using the pen name Thomas Hinde).

Chitty Baronets, of The Temple (1924)

• Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 1st Baronet (1855–1930)
• Sir (Thomas) Henry Willes Chitty, 2nd Baronet (1891–1955)
• Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 3rd Baronet
  Thomas Hinde (novelist)
  Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 3rd Baronet , better known as Thomas Hinde, is a British novelist.-Life:Thomas Hinde was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, and educated at Winchester School and University College, Oxford. After service in the Royal Navy, he worked briefly for the Inland Revenue and then for...
  
  (b. 1926)