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unusual facts about County of Sussex



Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards

In Lord Derby's first government in 1852 be became Lord Chancellor (of Great Britain) and was raised to the peerage as Baron St Leonards, of Slaugham in the County of Sussex.

Philipson-Stow baronets

The Philipson-Stow Baronetcy, of Cape Town in the Colony of Cape of Good Hope, and Blackdown House in Lodsworth in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.


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Boord baronets

The Boord Baronetcy, of Wakehurst Place in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth

In 1970, Boyle was awarded a life peerage as Baron Boyle of Handsworth, of Salehurst in the County of Sussex and became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.

Horace Davey, Baron Davey

In 1893, he was raised to the bench as a Lord Justice of Appeal, and in the next year was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and a life peer as Baron Davey, of Fernhurst in the County of Sussex.

James Hillyar

His eldest daughter Mary Ann married January 1843 in Malta Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt of Parham in the County of Sussex.

Maria Ann Smith

Maria Ann Sherwood was baptized on 5 January 1800 in the church of St Peter and St Paul, Peasmarsh in the English county of Sussex.

Shirley baronets

The Shirley Baronetcy, of Preston in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 March 1666 for Anthony Shirley, Member of Parliament for Arundel, Sussex and Steyning.