The Starkey Baronetcy, of Norwood Park in the Parish of Southwell and the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 9 July 1935 for John Starkey

Sir John Starkey, 1st Baronet

Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Newark at the 1906 general election, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.Starkey was a Deputy Lieutenant of...

, who had earlier represented Newark

Newark (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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. The second Baronet was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army and served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

’The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...

 in 1954. The third Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

 in 1981 and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

’The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...

 in 1987.

Starkey Baronets, of Norwood Park (1935)

• Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Starkey, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Newark at the 1906 general election, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.Starkey was a Deputy Lieutenant of...
  
  (1859-1940)
• Sir William Randle Starkey, 2nd Baronet (1899-1977)
• Sir John Philip Starkey, 3rd Baronet (b. 1938)