The Bedingfeld, later Paston-Bedingfeld Baronetcy, of Oxburgh in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 January 1660 for Henry Bedingfeld, a cavalier

Cavalier

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, in recompense for his losses in the Royalist cause during the Civil War

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, when he fought as a Captain in King Charles 1st

Charles I of England

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's armies, and Interregnum years, computed at £47,194 18s 8d, or well over £3,150,000 in later-1990s terms. The Bedingfelds are said to descend from 'Ogerlis', a Norman, who, in 1100, held land at Bedingfield, Suffolk. His descendant, Edmund Bedingfeld, married Margaret (died 1446), daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Tuddenham (and sister and co-heir of her brother Sir Thomas Tuddenham, executed in 1462), bringing to her husband wide estates including the manor

Lord of the Manor

The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...

 of Oxburgh

Oxborough

Oxborough is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 240 in 106 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

, near Swaffham

Swaffham

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, Norfolk

Norfolk

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. The sixth Baronet married Margaret Anne, daughter and heiress of Edward Paston. In 1830 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Paston. The eighth Baronet was a Major in the 3rd Battalion of the Liverpool Regiment, and served in the Second Boer War

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. The present Baronet is a co-heir to the ancient barony of Grandison

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, which has been in abeyance

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 since 1375. Henry Paston-Bedingfeld

Henry Paston-Bedingfeld

Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet is an Officer-at-Arms of the College of Arms in London, EC4.He currently serves as Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, the junior of the two provincial Kings-at-Arms, to which office he was appointed 20 September 2010...

, the noted officer of arms, is the 10th baronet.

The family seat is Oxburgh Hall

Oxburgh Hall

Oxburgh Hall is a moated country house in Oxborough, Norfolk, England, today in the hands of the National Trust. Built around 1482 by Sir Edmund Bedingfeld, Oxburgh has always been a family home, not a fortress...

, King's Lynn

King's Lynn

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, Norfolk

Norfolk

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, now administered by the National Trust

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.

Bedingfeld, later Paston-Bedingfeld Baronets, of Oxburgh (1660)

• Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 1st Baronet (1614–1685)
• Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 2nd Baronet (1636–1704)
• Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 3rd Baronet (d. 1760)
• Sir Richard Henry Bedingfeld, 4th Baronet (1720–1795)
• Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet (1767–1829)
• Sir Henry Richard Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet (1800–1862)
• Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet (1830–1902)
• Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Baronet (1860–1941)
• Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet (1915-2011). Paston-Bedingfeld was a major Norfolk
  Norfolk
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   landowner, Lord of the Manor
  Lord of the Manor
  The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
  
   of Oxburgh
  Oxborough
  Oxborough is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 240 in 106 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....
  
  , and an officer in the British Army
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  . The only son of Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Baronet, he was educated at the The Oratory School
  The Oratory School
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   and New College, Oxford
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  . A Major in the Welsh Guards
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   Regiment, he served in north-west Europe
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   in 1940 and from 1944 to 1945 and was mentioned in despatches. He is a member of the London Guards' Club
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  . Paston-Bedingfeld married first, Joan Lynette, daughter of Edgar G. Rees, of Lwyneithin, Llanelly, Wales
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  , in 1942. They had a son and a daughter but were divorced in 1952. He married secondly, Agnes, daughter of Miklos Gluck, of Budapest
  Budapest
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  , in 1957.
• Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet (b. 1943)