The Tapps, later Tapps-Gervis, later Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick Baronetcy, of Hinton Admiral in the County of Southampton

Southampton

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, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 28 July 1791 for the landowner and developer George Tapps

Sir George Tapps, 1st Baronet

Sir George Ivison Tapps, 1st Baronet was a British landowner and developer involved in the founding of Bournemouth....

. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

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 for New Romney

New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Christchurch

Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He assumed in 1835 the additional surname of Gervis. The third Baronet was High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 of Anglesey

Anglesey

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 in 1878. He assumed in 1876 by Royal license the additional surname of Meyrick according to the will of Owen Fuller Meyrick, a relative on his mother's side, from whom he inherited the Bodorgan

Bodorgan

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 estate on the Isle of Anglesey

Anglesey

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. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Hampshire

Hampshire

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 in 1900. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1939.

The family seats are Hinton Admiral

Hinton Admiral

Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family. It is located in the settlement of Hinton, near Bransgore, Hampshire. The gardens are open to the public by arrangement....

, near Bransgore

Bransgore

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, Hampshire, and Bodorgan, Anglesey.

The Tapps Coat of Arms: Azure a fesse or between three rhinoceroses argent with three scallops gules on the fesse.

Tapps, later Tapps-Gervis, later Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick Baronets, of Hinton Admiral 1791)

• Sir George Ivison Tapps, 1st Baronet
  Sir George Tapps, 1st Baronet
  Sir George Ivison Tapps, 1st Baronet was a British landowner and developer involved in the founding of Bournemouth....
  
   (1753–1835)
• Sir George William Tapps-Gervis, 2nd Baronet
  Sir George Tapps-Gervis, 2nd Baronet
  Sir George William Tapps-Gervis, 2nd Baronet was a British politician and land developer.After inheriting his father's estate in 1835, Tapps-Gervis commissioned Christchurch architect Benjamin Ferrey to plan and design the development of the seaside village of Bournemouth into a resort similar to...
  
   (1795–1842)
• Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 3rd Baronet
  Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 3rd Baronet
  Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 3rd Baronet was a land owner and developer, and served as High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1878....
  
   (1827–1896)
• Sir George Augustus Eliott Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 4th Baronet (1855–1928)
• Sir George Llewelyn Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 5th Baronet (1885–1960)
• Sir George David Eliott Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 6th Baronet (1915–1988)
• Sir George Christopher Cadafael Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 7th Baronet (b. 1941)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son George William Owen Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick (b. 1970)