Pearson Baronets
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There have been three Baronetcies for persons with the surname Pearson, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2010.

The Pearson Baronetcy, of Cowdray in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 June 1894. For more information on this creation, see Viscount Cowdray
Viscount Cowdray
Viscount Cowdray, of Cowdray in the County of West Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the industrialist Weetman Pearson, 1st Baron Cowdray, head of the Pearson conglomerate...

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The Pearson Baronetcy, of St Dunstan's in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 12 July 1916 for the newspaper magnate and publisher Arthur Pearson. He was the founder of the Daily Express
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. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1982. Ethel, Lady Pearson, second wife of the first Baronet and mother of the second Baronet, was a humanitarian.

The Pearson Baronetcy, of Gressingham in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 December 1964 for Francis Pearson, Conservative
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 Member of Parliament
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. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the second Baronet, who succeeded in 1991.

Pearson Baronet's of St Dunstan's (1916)

  • Sir (Cyril) Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet (1866-1921)
  • Sir Neville Arthur Pearson, 2nd Baronet (1898-1982)

Pearson Baronets, of Gressingham (1964)

  • Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet (1911-1991)
  • Sir Francis Nicholas Fraser Pearson, 2nd Baronet (b. 1943)
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