Baron de Saumarez

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Baron de Saumarez , of Saumarez in the Island of Guernsey , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The family seat of the barons was Shrubland Park near Ipswich in Suffolk until 2006 , when the current baron returned to Guernsey.

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on September 15, 1831 for the famous Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Baronet . This had participated in many important naval battles of the coalition wars. He had also commanded the Royal Navy ships in the Baltic Sea for many years . As early as June 13, 1801, he had been awarded the subordinate title Baronet , of Guernsey, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom after he had defeated a Franco-Spanish association in the Second Naval Battle of Algeciras . This title is the oldest baronet title in this baronetage, whereby the respective baron is also Premier Baronet of the United Kingdom .

List of Barons de Saumarez (1831)

Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the younger twin brother of the current baron, Hon. Victor Saumarez (* 1956).

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