Rigby Baronets
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The Rigby Baronetcy, of Long Durford, Rogate, in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 June 1929 for Hugh Mallinson Rigby. He was Serjeant-Surgeon to King George V
and Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VIII
. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1999.
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
and Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VIII
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1999.
Rigby Baronets, of Long Durford (1929)
- Sir Hugh Mallinson Rigby, 1st Baronet (1870–1944)
- Sir (Hugh) John Macbeth Rigby, 2nd Baronet (1914–1999)
- Sir Anthony John Rigby, 3rd Baronet (b. 1946)