The Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronetcy, of Gateacre Grange in the County of Lancaster and of Osmaston Manor in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 February 1886 for Andrew Walker, a brewer, Mayor of Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 of Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

 and benefactor to the city of Liverpool. The second Baronet married Ethel Blanche, sister and co-heir of Haughten Ealdred Okeover, through which marriage Okeover Hall

Okeover Hall

Okeover Hall is a privately owned Grade II* listed country house in Staffordshire. It is the family seat of the Okeover family, who have been in residence since the reign of William Rufus. The house lies at the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, which lies on the far side of the small River Dove...

, Staffordshire, came into the family. The third Baronet assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Okeover in 1956. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1977.

Osmaston Manor

Osmaston, Derbyshire Dales

Osmaston is a small village in the Derbyshire Dales in the county of Derbyshire in England.Located two and a half miles south of Ashbourne, Osmaston is an archetypal English village with thatched cottages and a village pond.-History:...

, Derbyshire, was acquired by the first Baronet in 1884. The house was demolished in 1964. The family also owns House of Glenmuick, Ballater

Ballater

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, Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

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Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronets, of Gateacre Grange and Osmaston Manor (1886)

• Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Baronet (1824-1893)
• Sir Peter Carlaw Walker, 2nd Baronet (1854-1915)
• Sir Ian Peter Andrew Munro Walker-Okeover, 3rd Baronet (1902-1982)
• Sir Peter Ralph Leopold Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet (1947-2003)
• Sir Andrew Peter Monro Walker-Okeover, 5th Baronet (b. 1978)