Hanson Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hanson, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.

The Hanson Baronetcy, of Bryanston Square
Bryanston Square
Bryanston Square is a square in Marylebone, Westminster, London, England. Named after its owner Henry William Portman's home village of Bryanston in Dorset, it was built as part of the Portman Estate between 1810 and 1815, along with Montagu Square a little to the east and Wyndham Place to its...

 in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 June 1887 for Reginald Hanson, Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

 between 1886 and 1887 and later Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for the City of London
City of London (UK Parliament constituency)
The City of London was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.-Boundaries and boundary...

. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1996. Sir Francis Hanson (1868-1919), second son of the first Baronet, was a well-known London merchant and was knighted in 1908.

The Hanson Baronetcy, of Fowey
Fowey
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,273.-Early history:...

 in the County of Cornwall, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 July 1918 for Charles Hanson
Sir Charles Hanson, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Augustin Hanson , 1st Baronet of Fowey was an alderman of the City of London. He was made Sheriff in 1911-12 and Lord Mayor of London in 1917-18. He was also a Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall from 1916 to 1922...

, Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

 between 1917 and 1918 and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Bodmin
Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)
Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general...

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Hanson Baronets, of Bryanston Square (1887)

  • Sir Reginald Hanson, 1st Baronet (1840-1905)
  • Sir Gerald Stanhope Hanson, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Gerald Hanson, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Gerald Stanhope Hanson, 2nd Baronet was born on 23 April 1867.Gerald Hanson was the son of former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Reginald Hanson. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, he was a British Army captain before choosing life as a country gentleman...

     (1867-1946)
  • Sir Richard Leslie Reginald Hanson, 3rd Baronet (1905-1951)
  • Sir Anthony Leslie Oswald Hanson, 4th Baronet (1934-1996)

Hanson Baronets of Fowey, Cornwall (1918)

  • Sir Charles Augustin Hanson, 1st Baronet
    Sir Charles Hanson, 1st Baronet
    Sir Charles Augustin Hanson , 1st Baronet of Fowey was an alderman of the City of London. He was made Sheriff in 1911-12 and Lord Mayor of London in 1917-18. He was also a Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall from 1916 to 1922...

     (1846-1922)
  • Sir Charles Edwin Bourne Hanson, 2nd Baronet (1874-1958). Hanson was the son of Sir Charles Hanson, 1st Baronet. He was a Lord Lieutenant of the City of London
    Lord Lieutenant of the City of London
    The City of London is unique in that the post of Lord-Lieutenant is held in commission. The Lord Mayor of the City of London is the head of the Commission of Lieutenancy....

     in 1910 and High Sheriff of Cornwall
    High Sheriff of Cornwall
    High Sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list:Note: The right to choose High Sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall, rather than the Privy Council, chaired by the Sovereign, which chooses the Sheriffs of all other English counties, other than those in the Duchy of...

    in 1936.
  • Sir (Charles) John Hanson, 3rd Baronet (1919-1996)
  • Sir (Charles) Rupert Patrick Hanson, 4th Baronet (b. 1945)
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