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Debenham baronets

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Debenham baronets
Creation date28 January 1931
CreationSir Ernest Debenham
PeerageBaronetage of the UK
BaronetageCounty of Dorset
First holderSir Ernest Debenham
Last holderSir Gilbert Debenham
Heir apparentSir Thomas Debenham
Heir presumptiveOliver William Debenham
Remainder toheirs male
(Heirs male of the body)
Statusdormant since 2001
Extinction date2001
The Debenham Family
Parent familyDebenham (/ˈdɛbənəm/)
Current regionCounty of Dorset
Place of originAlpheton, Suffolk, England
Current headSir Thomas Adam Debenham
Final headSir Piers Kenrick Debenham
MembersWilliam Debenham (1794–1863)
William Debenham Jnr
Ernest Debenham (1865–1952)
Piers Debenham (1904–1964)
Alison Debenham (1903-1967)
Gilbert Debenham (1906–2001)
Thomas Debenham (b.1971)
Oliver Debenham (b 1976)
Estate(s)The Bladen Estate
Debenham House

The Debenham Baronetcy, of Bladen in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 28 January 1931 for Ernest Debenham, Chairman of Debenhams Ltd.

As of 2014 the present baronet has not proved his succession and does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronets. The Baronetcy has been considered dormant since 2001.[2]

Debenham baronets, of Bladen (1931)

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The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Oliver William Debenham (born 1976). He is a first cousin of the present Baronet.

Notes

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  1. ^ "No. 33686". The London Gazette. 3 February 1931. p. 744.
  2. ^ "Official Roll of the Baronetage » the Standing Council of the Baronetage –". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

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