Mellor Baronets
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The Mellor Baronetcy, of Culmhead in the County of Somerset
, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 January 1924 for Sir John Mellor, Director of Prudential Assurance Company
. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament
for Tamworth
from 1935 to 1945. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1990.
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 January 1924 for Sir John Mellor, Director of Prudential Assurance Company
Prudential plc
Prudential plc is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.Prudential's largest division is Prudential Corporation Asia, which has over 15 million customers across 13 Asian markets and is a top-three provider of life insurance in mainland China, Hong...
. The second Baronet was 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 Tamworth
Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Tamworth is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :...
from 1935 to 1945. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1990.
Mellor Baronets, of Culmhead (1924)
- Sir John Paget Mellor, 1st Baronet (1862–1929)
- Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, 2nd Baronet (1893–1986)
- Sir John Francis Mellor, 3rd Baronet (1925–1990)