The Hort Baronetcy, of Castle Strange in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611-1705 King James I erected the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611 for the settlement of Ireland It was created on 8 September 1767 for John Hort, Consul-General at Lisbon, Portugal. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. He was the second son of The Right Reverend Josiah Hort, Archbishop of Tuam. Josiah Hort (d 1751 was an English bishop of the Church of Ireland. The Catholic Archbishop of Tuam is the consecrated religious leader of the Archdiocese of Tuam and its constituent Churches. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Kildare from 1831 to 1832. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland returning two Members of Parliament. The third Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army and fought in the Crimean War. Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought As of 13 June 2007 the presumed ninth and present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession to the title, and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1995. For more information, follow this link.
The theologian Fenton John Anthony Hort was the grandson of the first Baronet. Fenton John Anthony Hort ( April 23, 1828 &ndash November 30, 1892) was an Irish theologian and editor with Brooke