The Floyd Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 March 1816 for General John Floyd

Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet

General Sir John William Floyd, 1st Baronet , was a British cavalry officer.Born on 22 February 1748, he was the oldest child of Captain John Floyd and Mary Floyd ....

. He was second-in-command at the Battle of Seringapatam

Battle of Seringapatam

The Siege of Seringapatam was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel. Tippu Sultan, Mysore's...

 in 1799. Floyd's daughter Julia was the wife of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet. The fifth Baronet was a Brigadier

Brigadier

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 in the 15th/19th Hussars and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army

Eighth Army (United Kingdom)

The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations of the British Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns....

 from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 of Rutland

Rutland

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 in 1968.

Floyd Baronets (1816)

• Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet
  General Sir John William Floyd, 1st Baronet , was a British cavalry officer.Born on 22 February 1748, he was the oldest child of Captain John Floyd and Mary Floyd ....
  
   (1748-1818)
• Sir Henry Floyd, 2nd Baronet (1793-1868)
• Sir John Floyd, 3rd Baronet (1823-1909)
• Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet (1855-1915)
• Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet (1899-1968)
• Sir John Duckett Floyd, 6th Baronet (1903-1975)
• Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet (b. 1932)