Chance baronets
Escutcheon of the Chance baronets of Grand Avenue
Creation date1900[1]
Statusextant[2]
MottoDeo non fortuna, Through God, not by chance[3]
ArmsGules, a saltire vair between two fleur-de-lis in pale and as many towers in fess argent
CrestA demi-lion rampant gules, semée of annulets or, holding between the paws a sword erect entwined by a wreath of oak all proper

The Chance Baronetcy, of Grand Avenue in the parish of Hove in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[4] It was created on 19 June 1900 for James Timmins Chance, a grandson of William Chance one of the Chance brothers who started the family business in 1771. He became head of Chance Brothers and Company. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1868.

He was succeeded by his eldest son. The second Baronet, High Sheriff of Surrey in 1911, died childless and was succeeded by his nephew who was the son of George Ferguson Chance, (High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1910), second son of the first Baronet. As of December 2017 the title is held by his grandson, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2017.

Chance baronets, of Grand Avenue (1900)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Thomas Hugh Jeremy Chance (born 1983).

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Chance, Sir James Timmins". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 April 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B216. ISBN 033354577X.
  4. ^ "No. 27204". The London Gazette. 22 June 1900. p. 3891.
  5. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Chance, James Timmins, first baronet, by Charles Welch
  6. ^ "Chance, Sir William". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 April 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Chance, Sir Roger (James Ferguson)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 April 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ CHANCE – Deaths Announcements
  9. ^ "Chance, Sir (George) Jeremy (Ffolliott)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 April 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ "Chance, Sir (John) Sebastian". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 April 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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