The Nutting Baronetcy, of St Helens in Booterstown in the County of Dublin, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 January 1903 for John Nutting. He was Chairman of the firm E and J Burke Ltd and a Justice of the Peace

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, Deputy Lieutenant

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 and High Sheriff

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 for County Dublin

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. The third Baronet was a Conservative

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 politician and served under Winston Churchill

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 and Anthony Eden

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 as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

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. As of 2007 the title is held by his son, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded in 1999. He is a barrister

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 and Queen's Counsel

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Nutting Baronets, of St Helens (1903)

• Sir John Gardiner Nutting, 1st Baronet (1852-1918)
• Sir Harold Stansmore Nutting, 2nd Baronet (1882-1972)
• Sir (Harold) Anthony Nutting, 3rd Baronet (1920-1999)
• Sir John Grenfell Nutting, QC, 4th Baronet (b. 1942)