The Tancred, later Lawson-Tancred Baronetcy, of Boroughbridge in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 17 November 1662 for Thomas Tancred. He was a descendant of Richard Tankard, who shortly after the Norman Conquest owned lands at Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge is a small town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of York. Until its bypass was built, it was on the main A1 road from London to Edinburgh...

 in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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, where the family is still settled. The ninth Baronet married Margery Ellinor, eldest daughter and co-heir of Andrew Sherlock Lawson, younger brother of Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet

Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet

Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet was a British Unionist politician.At the 1892 general election, Lawson was elected as Member of Parliament for the Thirsk and Malton division of the North Riding of Yorkshire...

 (see Lawson Baronets

Lawson Baronets

There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Lawson, two in the Baronetage of England and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

). In 1914 he assumed by deed poll

Deed poll

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the additional surname of Lawson.

Tancred, later Lawson-Tancred Baronets, of Boroughbridge (1662)

• Sir Thomas Tancred, 1st Baronet (d. 1663)
• Sir William Tancred, 2nd Baronet (d. 1703)
• Sir Thomas Tancred, 3rd Baronet (1665–1744)
• Sir Thomas Tancred, 4th Baronet (d. 1759)
• Sir Thomas Tancred, 5th Baronet (d. 1784)
• Sir Thomas Tancred, 6th Baronet (1780–1844)
• Sir Thomas Tancred, 7th Baronet (1808–1880)
• Sir Thomas Selby Tancred, 8th Baronet (1840–1910)
• Sir Thomas Selby Lawson-Tancred, 9th Baronet (1870–1945)
• Sir Henry Lawson-Tancred, 10th Baronet (1924–2010)
• Sir Andrew Peter Lawson-Tancred, 11th Baronet (b. 1952)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Thomas Alexander Claude Lawson-Tancred (b. 2006)