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Walker-Okeover Baronets

Walker-Okeover Baronets

The Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronetcy, of Gateacre Grange in the County of Lancaster and of Osmaston Manor in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 February 1886 for Andrew Walker, a brewer, Mayor of Liverpool, High Sheriff of Lancashire and benefactor to the city of Liverpool. The second Baronet married Ethel Blanche, sister and co-heir of Haughten Ealdred Okeover, through which marriage Okeover Hall, Staffordshire, came into the family. The third Baronet assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Okeover in 1956. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1977.

Osmaston Hall, Derbyshire, was acquired by the first Baronet in 1884. The house was demolished in 1964. The family also owns House of Glenmuick, Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronets, of Gateacre Grange and Osmaston Manor (1886)

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment' s baronetage page
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