The Wrey Baronetcy, of Trebitch in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 30 June 1628 for William Wrey, the member of an ancient Devon

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 family. The third Baronet was a supporter of the Royalist cause and sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)

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 after the Restoration

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. He married Lady Anne, third daughter and co-heir of Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath

Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath

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, and a co-heir to the barony of Fitzwarine (which fell into abeyance on the death of her father). The fourth Baronet represented Liskeard

Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Devon

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 in the House of Commons

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. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Camelford

Camelford (UK Parliament constituency)

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 while the sixth Baronet represented Barnstaple

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Wrey Baronets, of Trebitch (1628)

• Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet (d. 1636)
• Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet (c. 1600-1645)
• Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd Baronet (1628-1668)
• Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (c. 1653-1696)
• Sir Bourchier Wrey, 5th Baronet (c. 1683-1726)
• Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet
  Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet
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   (c. 1715-1784)
• Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet (1757-1826)
• Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey, 8th Baronet (1788-1879)
• Sir Henry Bourchier Wrey, 9th Baronet (1797-1882)
• Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th Baronet (1829-1900)
• Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Baronet (1855-16 January 1917). Wrey the son of Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th Baronet. He served in the Royal Navy
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  , seeing action in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and with the Naval Brigade landed in the Third Anglo-Burmese War
  Third Anglo-Burmese War
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  . He retired from the service with the rank of Captain, and later served as the honorary lieutenant-colonel of the Royal North Devon Hussars. Wrey was married, with one daughter (b. 1911). He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1900, and on his own death the title passed to his younger brother, Sir Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 12th Baronet. References: Obituary: p. 156, The Annual Register: a review of public events at home and abroad, for the year 1917. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1918.
• Sir Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 12th Baronet (1858-1936)
• Sir Albany Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 13th Baronet (1861-1948)
• Sir (Castel Richard) Bourchier Wrey, 14th Baronet (1903-1991)
• Sir George Richard Bourchier Wrey, 15th Baronet (b. 1948)