The Pechell, later Brooke-Pechell, later Pechell Baronetcy, of Paglesham

Paglesham

Paglesham is situated in the north east of the Rochford Rural District, Essex. The Parish of Paglesham includes two hamlets of East End and Church End, which are situated near the River Crouch and Paglesham Creek. It is part of the Roach Valley Conservation Zone.At the East End is The Plough and...

 in the County of Essex

Essex

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, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 March 1797 for Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Pechell

Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet

Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet , army officer, was a descendant of minor Huguenot nobility of Languedoc...

, a retired army

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 officer

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 of Huguenot

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 descent. The second baronet, whose mother was the only daughter and heir of Thomas Brooke of Paglesham, Essex, took by royal license the additional surname of Brooke. The first and second baronets were army

British Army

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 officers

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, the third and fourth rose to flag rank

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 in the Royal Navy

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, and the second through fourth baronets were also Member of Parliament

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. The eighth and ninth Baronets used the surname Pechell only. On the death of the ninth Baronet, 29 January 1984, the baronetcy became extinct.

Pechell, later Brooke-Pechell, later Pechell Baronets, of Paglesham (1797)

• Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet
  Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet
  Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet , army officer, was a descendant of minor Huguenot nobility of Languedoc...
  
   (1724–1800)
• Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet (1753–1826)
• Sir Samuel John Brooke-Pechell, 3rd Baronet (1785–1849)
• Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet
  Sir George Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet
  Vice-Admiral Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet , born George Richard Pechell, was a British Royal Navy officer and Whig politician...
  
  (1789–1860)
• Sir George Samuel Brooke-Pechell, 5th Baronet (1819–1897)
• Sir Samuel George Brooke-Pechell, 6th Baronet (1852–1904)
• Sir Augustus Alexander Brooke-Pechell, 7th Baronet (1857–1937)
• Sir Paul Pechell, 8th Baronet (1889–1972)
• Sir Ronald Horace Pechell, 9th Baronet (1918–1984)