Blois baronets

Arms of Blois baronets

The Blois Baronetcy, of Grundisburgh and Cockfield Hall in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England.[1] It was created on 15 April 1686 for Charles Blois. He represented Ipswich and Dunwich in the House of Commons. The seventh Baronet was a Major in the 1st Dragoons and fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.[2]

Evelyn Macleod, Baroness Macleod of Borve (née Blois), was the granddaughter of the eighth baronet, who had six sons and six daughters. Judge Inigo Bing is the grandson of the ninth baronet.[1]

  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 401–402. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665–1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 140, retrieved 3 June 2019