The Seely Baronetcy, of Sherwood Lodge in Arnold in the County of Nottingham and Brook House in Brooke on the Isle of Wight, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 February 1896 for the industrialist Charles Seely, the son and namesake of Charles Seely. His grandson, the third Baronet, was created Baron Sherwood, of Calverton in the County of Nottingham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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 in 1941. However, the peerage became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. As of 2009 the title is held by the latter's son, the fifth Baronet.

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 politician Jack Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, was the fourth son of the first Baronet.

Seely Baronets, of Sherwood Lodge and Brooke House (1896)

• Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet
  Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet
  Colonel Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet KGStJ was a British industrialist and politician.Seely was Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Nottingham from 1869 to 1874 and 1880 to 1885, and for Nottingham West from 1885 to 1886, and Liberal Unionist MP for Nottingham West from 1892 to 1895...
  
   (1833–1915)
• Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet KGStJ was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1895 to 1906 and for Mansfield from 1916 to 1918. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire and Nottinghamshire and the Deputy...
  
   (1859–1926)
• Sir Hugh Michael Seely, 3rd Baronet (1898–1970) (created Baron Sherwood in 1941)

Barons Sherwood (1941)

• Hugh Michael Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood
  Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood
  Hugh Michael Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood was a British Liberal politician. He was the third baronet of the Seely family, of Sherwood Lodge, Nottinghamshire....
  
   (1898–1970)

Seely Baronets, of Sherwood Lodge and Brooke House (1896; Reverted)

• Sir Victor Basil John Seely, 4th Baronet (1900–1980)
• Sir Nigel Edward Seely, 5th Baronet (b. 1923)