Floyd baronets

The Floyd Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 March 1816 for General John Floyd.^[1] He was second-in-command at the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799. Floyd's daughter Julia was the wife of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet. The fifth Baronet was a Brigadier in the 15th/19th Hussars and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1968. The fourth baronet's youngest son, Charles Murray Floyd, was a prominent businessman, surveyor and land agent.

Floyd baronets (1816)

• Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet (1748–1818)^[2]
• Sir Henry Floyd, 2nd Baronet (1793–1868)^[2]
• Sir John Floyd, 3rd Baronet (1823–1909)^[3]
• Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet (1855–1915)^[4]
• Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet (1899–1968)^[5]
• Sir John Duckett Floyd, 6th Baronet (1903–1975)^[6]
• Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet (born 1932), married Lady Gillian Cecil, daughter of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter.^[7][8]

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is David Henry Cecil Floyd (born 1956), elder son of the 7th Baronet.^[7] His heir presumptive is his nephew Henry William Floyd (born 1994).

Arms

Coat of arms of Floyd baronets

Crest A lion rampant reguardant Argent murally crowned Gules bearing a flag representing the standard of Tippoo Sultan flowing to the sinister Proper. Escutcheon Sable a lion rampant reguardant Argent on a chief embattled Or a sword erect Proper pommel and hilt Gold enfiled with an Eastern crown Gules between two tigers' faces also Proper. Motto Patiens Pulveris Atque Solis [9]