Wheler Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wheler, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008.

The Wheler Baronetcy, of the City of Westminster in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of England on 11 August 1660 for William Wheler
Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet
Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660.Wheler was the son of John Wheler and his wife Martha Herrick daughter of Robert Herrick of Leicester....

, Member of Parliament
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 for Westbury
Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Westbury was a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire from 1449 to 2010. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, and then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801...

 and Queenborough
Queenborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Queenborough was a rotten borough situated on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.From 1572 until it was abolished by the great reform act of 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament. The franchise was vested in the freemen of the town, of whom there were more than 300. Its electorate was therefore one...

, with remainder to his cousin Charles Wheler. The latter succeeded according to the special remainder on the first Baronet's death in 1666. Sir Charles Wheler had earlier represented Cambridge University
Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency)
Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.-Boundaries, Electorate and Election Systems:...

 in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
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 and served as Governor of the Leeward Islands. His younger son, Francis Wheler
Francis Wheler
Sir Francis Wheler was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Nine Years' War....

, became an admiral in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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. The ninth Baronet was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army and served throughout the Peninsular War
Peninsular War
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 and at the Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
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. The tenth Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the Army.

The Wheler Baronetcy, of Otterden in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 June 1925 for Granville Wheler, Member of Parliament for Faversham
Faversham (UK Parliament constituency)
Faversham was a parliamentary constituency centered on the town of Faversham in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

. The title became extinct on his death two years later.

Wheler Baronets, of the City of Westminster (1660)

  • Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660.Wheler was the son of John Wheler and his wife Martha Herrick daughter of Robert Herrick of Leicester....

     (c. 1601-1666)
  • Sir Charles Wheler, 2nd Baronet (c. 1620-1683)
  • Sir William Wheler, 3rd Baronet (1654-1709)
  • Sir Trevor Wheler, 4th Baronet (1697-1718)
  • Sir William Wheler, 5th Baronet (c. 1704-1763)
  • Sir William Wheler, 6th Baronet (1726-1799)
  • Sir Charles Wheler, 7th Baronet (1730-1821)
  • Sir Trevor Wheler, 8th Baronet (1763-1830)
  • Sir Trevor Wheler, 9th Baronet (1792-1869)
  • Sir Francis Wheler, 10th Baronet (1801-1878)
  • Sir Trevor Wheler, 11th Baronet (1828-1900)
  • Sir Edward Wheler, 12th Baronet (1857-1903)
  • Sir Trevor Wood Wheler, 13th Baronet (1889-1986)
  • Sir Edward Woodford Wheler, 14th Baronet (1920-2008)
  • Sir Trevor Woodford Wheler, 15th Baronet (born 1946)

Wheler Baronets, of Otterden (1925)

  • Sir Granville Charles Hastings Wheler, 1st Baronet (1872-1927)
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