Kaberry baronets
The Kaberry baronetcy is a hereditary British title created in 1960 for Conservative politician Donald Kaberry.
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Overview
The Kaberry baronetcy is a hereditary title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Styled as the baronets of Adel cum Eccup in the City of Leeds, it was created on 28 January 1960 for Donald Kaberry, a Conservative politician associated with Leeds. The title is not a commercial brand or operating business; it is a hereditary honorific and family designation within the British system of baronetcies. Donald Kaberry was the first baronet. In 1983, he received a further distinction when he was made Baron Kaberry of Adel, of Adel in the City of Leeds, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Unlike the baronetcy, the life barony was not inheritable. It therefore became extinct when Donald Kaberry died in 1991. The hereditary baronetcy passed to his eldest son, Christopher Donald “Kit” Kaberry, who became the second baronet. The title’s territorial designation connects it with Adel and Eccup, areas within the City of Leeds. Its identity is principally genealogical and constitutional rather than commercial: there are no known products, services, corporate operations, public shares, or consumer-facing markets associated with the baronetcy. The available reference material identifies Kit Kaberry as the second and, as of the cited 2010 reference point, current holder. His son James Christopher Kaberry is listed as heir apparent, followed in the line of succession by James’s eldest son, Jonathan James Alexander Kaberry. Because the subject is a hereditary title rather than a conventional brand, several commercial-brand fields are not applicable. Publicly available information is limited largely to the title’s creation, succession, associated peerage, and family line. The present status of the baronetcy after the cited reference point should be verified against an up-to-date baronetage or official genealogical source.
History
The Kaberry baronetcy belongs to the Baronetage of the United Kingdom and carries the territorial designation “of Adel cum Eccup in the City of Leeds.” The hereditary title was established on 28 January 1960 for Donald Kaberry, a Conservative politician. Its creation placed Kaberry and his male-line descendants within the hereditary baronetage, a rank below the peerage but traditionally carrying the honorific “Sir” for the baronet and “Lady” for his wife. Donald Kaberry remained the principal public figure associated with the title. His political career led to a second honor in 1983, when he was created Baron Kaberry of Adel, of Adel in the City of Leeds, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This peerage was a life barony rather than a hereditary barony. Consequently, it did not pass to his descendants and ended upon his death in 1991. The hereditary baronetcy followed a different succession rule. On Donald Kaberry’s death, it passed to his eldest son, Christopher Donald “Kit” Kaberry, who became the second baronet. The reference material identifies Kit Kaberry as the holder as of the cited 2010 account. It also records a line of succession in which James Christopher Kaberry, born in 1970, is heir apparent, and Jonathan James Alexander Kaberry, born in 1989, is next in line through James. The baronetcy is associated geographically with Adel and Eccup, now within the City of Leeds. Beyond that territorial connection and its place in the British honors system, the title has no documented corporate structure, commercial product portfolio, or operating market. It should therefore be understood as a historical and genealogical entity rather than as a consumer or corporate brand. The title’s current holder and succession position should be checked against a current specialist baronetage reference, since the cited Wikipedia material describes the succession only through a 2010 reference point.
- 1991
Succession to the second baronet
[1]After Donald Kaberry’s death, his life barony became extinct and the hereditary baronetcy passed to his eldest son, Christopher Donald “Kit” Kaberry.
- 1983
Donald Kaberry receives a life peerage
[1]Donald Kaberry was additionally created Baron Kaberry of Adel, of Adel in the City of Leeds, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
- 1960
Creation of the Kaberry baronetcy
[1]The Kaberry baronetcy, of Adel cum Eccup in the City of Leeds, was created on 28 January 1960 for Conservative politician Donald Kaberry.
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A hereditary British title and family designation, rather than a commercial brand.
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