Grattan-Bellew baronets

The Bellew, later Grattan-Bellew Baronetcy, of Mount Bellew in County Galway, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 August 1838 for Michael Bellew.^[1] He was a descendant of Christopher Bellew, brother of Sir Patrick Bellew, 1st Baronet (see Baron Bellew for further history of this branch of the family). Thomas Bellew, younger son of the first Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for County Galway. He married Pauline, daughter of Henry Grattan. Their son, the third Baronet, assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Grattan. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1948. He is a journalist, radio and television broadcaster and publisher.

Bellew, later Grattan-Bellew baronets, of Mount Bellew (1838)[]

Escutcheon of the baronets

• (1796–1855)
• (1818–1867)
• KHS (1860–1942)
• , MC (1887–1948)
• (born 1933)

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Patrick Charles Grattan-Bellew (born 1971) Sir Henry Grattan-Bellew and his wife Naomi lived in Knowlton, Quebec, Canada on a farm in ~1956 then moved to Bulawayo, Rhodesia, (Zimbabwe).

See also[]

• Baron Bellew
• Baron Bellew of Duleek

Notes[]

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References[]

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,^{[page needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.^{[unreliable source]}