The Geary Baronetcy, of Oxenheath

Oxon Hoath

Oxon Hoath is a Grade II* listed Châteauesque-style former manor house with 73 acres of grounds at West Peckham, Kent. The spellings Oxenhoath, Oxen Hoath and Oxonhoath are common alternatives. The spelling Oxenholt was also used it the past. The manor is a former royal deer park...

 in the County of Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 17 August 1782 for Francis Geary

Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Geary was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.-Family and early life:...

, an Admiral

Admiral (United Kingdom)

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 in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. His eldest son and heir, also called Francis Geary, fought in the American War of Independence and was killed in an ambush

Ambush of Geary

The Ambush of Geary was a skirmish of the American Revolutionary War fought on December 14, 1776 near Ringoes in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey...

 in 1776. The baronetcy therefore passed directly to Admiral Geary's second son, Sir William Geary

Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet was an English Tory politician from West Peckham in Kent. He sat in the House of Commons from 1796 to 1806, and from 1812 to 1818.He lived at Oxon Hoath in West Peckham....

, who served as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Kent

Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290...

 between 1796 and 1806, and again between 1812 and 1818. The third Baronet, Sir William Geary

Sir William Geary, 3rd Baronet

Sir William Richard Powlett Geary, 3rd Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1838....

, served as MP for a successor constituency, West Kent, from 1835 until 1838. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet, Sir William Geary, in 1944.

Geary Baronets, of Oxenheath (1782)

• Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet
  Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet
  Sir Francis Geary was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.-Family and early life:...
  
   (1709–1796)
• Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet was an English Tory politician from West Peckham in Kent. He sat in the House of Commons from 1796 to 1806, and from 1812 to 1818.He lived at Oxon Hoath in West Peckham....
  
   (1756–1825)
• Sir William Richard Powlett Geary, 3rd Baronet
  Sir William Geary, 3rd Baronet
  Sir William Richard Powlett Geary, 3rd Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1838....
  
  (1810–1877)
• Sir Francis Geary, 4th Baronet (1811–1895)
• Sir William Nevill Montgomerie Geary, 5th Baronet (1859–1944)