Briscoe baronets

The Briscoe Baronetcy, of Bourn Hall, in the Parish of Bourn, in the County of Cambridge,^[3] is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 July 1910 for John James Briscoe. He was a County Alderman, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire. His eldest son, the second Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. As of 2023^[update] the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded from birth in 1994, his father having died earlier that year.

Briscoe baronets
Escutcheon of the Briscoe baronets of Bourn Hall
Creation date	1910[1]
Status	extant[2]
Motto	Præsto et persisto, I perform and persevere[1]

Briscoe baronets, of Bourn Hall (1910)

• Sir John James Briscoe, 1st Baronet (1836–1919)^[4]
• Sir Alfred Leigh Briscoe, 2nd Baronet (1870–1921)^[5]
• Sir John Charlton Briscoe, 3rd Baronet (1874–1960): a Lumleian Lecturer and influential physician^[6][7]
• Sir John Leigh Charlton Briscoe, 4th Baronet (1911–1993)^[8]
• Sir (John) James Briscoe, 5th Baronet (1951–1994)^[9]
• Sir John Geoffrey James Briscoe, 6th Baronet (born 1994)^[10]

The heir presumptive is Edward Home Briscoe (born 1955), uncle of the present holder. His heir apparent is his only son Guy Home Sebastian Briscoe (born 1983).

See also

• Brisco baronets