Sheffield Name Study - Sheffield Notables

Date: 15 Feb 2022 [unknown]
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Surname/tag: Sheffield

Contents 1 Sheffield Notables 1.1 Sheffield Barons 1.2 Succeeding Earls of Mulgrave 1.3 Succeeding Dukes of Buckingham and Normanby and Marquess of Normanby 1.4 Sheffield Baronets[1] 1.5 Contemporary Sheffield Notables 2 Sources

Sheffield Notables

• William Sheffield (fl.1407-1421) English politician, Member of Parliament for Rutland
• William Sheffield MP (abt.1590-1646) - Member of Parliament for Hedon in 1614 and Thirsk in 1624

Sheffield Barons

• Edmund Sheffield (1521-1549) - First Baron Sheffield of Butterwicke
• John Sheffield KB (abt.1538-1568) - Second Baron Sheffield of Butterwicke
• Edmund Sheffield KG (1565-1646) - Third Baron Sheffield. He was created the First Earl of Mulgrave in 1626.

Succeeding Earls of Mulgrave

• Edmund Sheffield (1611-1658) - Second Earl of Mulgrave
• John Sheffield KG PC (1647-1721) - Third Earl of Mulgrave. Created Marquess of Normanby in 1694 and Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703.

Succeeding Dukes of Buckingham and Normanby and Marquess of Normanby

• John Sheffield - Marquess of Normanby (1710)
• Robert Sheffield - Marquess of Normanby (1711-1714)
• Edmund Sheffield - Second Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1716-1735)

Sheffield Baronets^[1]

The Sheffield Baronetcy of Normanby in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 March 1755 for Charles Herbert Sheffield, the son of John Sheffield, First Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.

• Charles Herbert Sheffield Bt (1704-1774) - First Baronet Sheffield of Normanby. He was born Charles Herbert and took the name Sheffield in 1735 on the death of his half-brother, Edmund Sheffield.^[2]
• John Sheffield Bt (abt. 1743-1815) - Third Baronet Sheffield
• Robert Sheffield Bt (abt.1758-1815) - Third Baronet Sheffield of Normanby
• Robert Sheffield (1786-1862) - Fourth Baronet Sheffield of Normanby
• Robert Sheffield 5th Bt (1824-abt.1886) - Fifth Baronet Sheffield of Normanby
• Berkeley Digby George Sheffield (1876-1946) - Sixth Baronet Sheffield of Normanby
• Robert Arthur Sheffield Bt (1905-1977), Seventh Baronet Sheffield of Normanby

Contemporary Sheffield Notables

• Johnny Sheffield (1931-2010), real name John Matthew Sheffield Cassan. He was an American child actor, primarily noted for his many roles in Tarzan movies.
• William Jennings "Bill" Sheffield, Jr. (1928- ), American Democratic politician, fifth Governor of Alaska (1982-1986)
• Joseph Earl Sheffield (1793-abt.1882), American philanthropist and railroad magnate.
• William Paine Sheffield, Sr. (1820-1907), United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.wikizero.com/www/Sheffield_baronets
2. ↑ Private Acts of Parliament, 1735, (9 Geo.2). c. 20. [1]

See also:

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages https://web.archive.org/web/20191027141205/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersS3.htm
• www.thepeerage.com