Wells baronets

There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wells, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extinct.

  • The Wells baronetcy of Upper Grosvenor Street in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 11 May 1883 for the prominent surgeon Thomas Spencer Wells.[1] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1906.
  • The Wells baronetcy of Felmersham in the County of Bedford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 January 1944 for Richard Wells,[2] who represented Bedford in the House of Commons as a Unionist from 1922 to 1945. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1996.
  • The Wells baronetcy of Hove in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 November 1948 for Frederick Wells,[3] Lord Mayor of London from 1947 to 1948. The title became extinct on his death in 1966.

Wells baronets of Upper Grosvenor Street (1883)

Wells baronets of Felmersham (1944)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Michael Christopher Gruffydd Wells (born 1966).

Wells baronets of Hove (1948)
Coat of arms of Wells baronets
Crest
Issuant from a well Proper a demi-lion Azure.
Escutcheon
Or on a bend Gules between two fountains three plates.
Motto
Semper Placidus[4]

Notes
  1. "No. 25229". The London Gazette. 11 May 1888. p. 2495.
  2. "No. 36309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1944. p. 1.
  3. "No. 38471". The London Gazette. 3 December 1948. p. 6303.
  4. Burke's Peerage. 1959.

References
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