Errington Baronets
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There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Errington, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.

The Stanley, later Stanley-Massey-Stanley, later Errington Baronetcy, of Hooton in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 17 June 1661 for William Stanley, the great-grandson of Sir William Stanley
William Stanley (Elizabethan)
Sir William Stanley , son of Sir Rowland Stanley of Hooton , was a member of the Stanley family. He was an officer and a recusant, who served under Elizabeth I of England and is most noted for his surrender of Deventer to the Spanish in 1587.-Early career:Stanley was educated with Dr. Standish at...

, of Hooton and Stourton, a member of the Stanley family headed by the Earl of Derby
Earl of Derby
Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279...

. The sixth Baronet assumed the surname Stanley-Massey-Stanley. The ninth Baronet married Mary Haggerston, great-niece and heiress of Henry Errington of Sandhoe House
Sandhoe Hall
Sandhoe Hall also once known as Sandhoe House is an 19th century country house, now converted into residential apartments, situated at Sandhoe, Northumberland...

, Northumberland
Northumberland
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. Their eldest son, the tenth Baronet, represented Pontefract
Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...

 in Parliament. Their second son, Rowland Stanley, the eleventh Baronet, inherited the Errington estate in Northumberland and changed his name to Errington. The title became extinct on the death of the eleventh Baronet in 1893.

The Errington Baronetcy, of Lackham Manor in the County of Wiltshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 July 1885 for George Errington, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Longford
Longford (UK Parliament constituency)
Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918–1922.- MPs 1801–1885 :- MPs 1918–1922 :...

. The title became extinct on his death in 1920.

The Errington Baronetcy, of Ness in the County Palatine of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 June 1963 for the barrister and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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 politician Eric Errington
Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet
Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1935 to 1945, and from 1954 to 1970.-Early life:...

. the title is held by his son, the second Baronet, who succeeded in 1973.

Errington Baronets, of Hooton (1661)

  • Sir William Stanley, 1st Baronet (1628-1673)
  • Sir Rowland Stanley, 2nd Baronet (1653-1737)
  • Sir William Stanley, 3rd Baronet (1679-1740)
  • Sir Rowland Stanley, 4th Baronet (1707-1771)
  • Sir William Stanley, 5th Baronet (c. 1753-1792)
  • Sir John Stanley-Massey-Stanley, 6th Baronet (1711-1794)
  • Sir Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, 7th Baronet (c. 1755-1795)
  • Sir William Stanley-Massey-Stanley, 8th Baronet (c. 1780-1800)
  • Sir Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, 9th Baronet (1782-1841)
  • Sir William Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, 10th Baronet (1806-1863)
  • Sir Rowland Errington, 11th Baronet (1809-1875)
  • Sir John Errington, 12th Baronet (1810-1893)

Errington Baronets, of Ness (1963)

  • Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet
    Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet
    Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1935 to 1945, and from 1954 to 1970.-Early life:...

    (1900–1973)
  • Sir Geoffrey Frederick Errington, 2nd Baronet (b. 1926)
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