Tong Hall, Bradford passed from the aunt, Catherine Plumbe-Tempest as her ancestral home since 1555, of the 3rd Baronet, to him, his son then the 3rd Baronet's daughter Henrietta TempestOBE sold it to a local man, Mr Towler in 1941.[a] It is one of the earliest uses of sash timber sash windows. Shed died in 1948.[4]
The Ricketts Baronetcy, of The Elms[b] in the county of Gloucester and Beaumont Leys[c] in the county of Leicester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 February 1828 for Vice-Admiral Robert Ricketts.
The 3rd Baronet (only child of Henrietta Plumbe Tempest) inherited in 1884 the assets of wealthier aunt and uncle Catherine and Thomas Plumbe-Tempest and assumed by Royal licence the same year the surname of Tempest; thus borne by his son and daughter, who re-assumed it as a condition of her unmarried brother's Will. Tempest and associated wealth would not pass to the 5th baronets onwards, as the 5th was the younger brother of the 3rd baronet. This stands as the only passing of the title into a junior branch. The 9th Baronet is six generations beneath the 1st Baronet.
The National Archives holds papers from 1855-1920 from the family.[9]
Ricketts baronets, of The Elms and Beaumont Leys (1828)
Sir Robert Tristram Ricketts, 1st Baronet (1772–1842)
Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, 2nd Baronet (1803–1885), eldest son of the 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Tempest Tempest, 3rd Baronet (1836–1901), eldest son of the 2nd Baronet and only son by his first wife
Sir Tristram Tempest Tempest, 4th Baronet (1865–1909), only son of the 3rd Baronet[d]
Sir Frederick William Rodney Ricketts, 5th Baronet (1857–1925), second and youngest son of the 2nd Baronet and only son by his second wife
Sir Claude Albert Frederick Ricketts, 6th Baronet (1880–1937), eldest son of the 5th Baronet[e]
Sir Robert Cornwallis Gerald St Leger Ricketts, 7th Baronet (1917–2005),[f] only son of the 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Tristram Ricketts, 8th Baronet (1946–2007),[11] eldest son of the 7th Baronet
Sir Stephen Tristram Ricketts, 9th Baronet (born 1974), only son of the 8th Baronet
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Freddy Ricketts (born 2010).
Notes
^Her husband, John Hicks Graves, 15 years older than her, took the surname Tempest from 1909, died 1915; her other homes were at Bradenham House where she died and Dalguise, Perthshire.[1] Probates sworn in 1948 and 1949 public calendar states 'of Dalguise and Bradenham House' - at, in England, £270,298 (equivalent to about £10,460,000 in 2021). Her main heir was Henry E. Rimington Wilson later of 55 Park Lane (d. 1971), others were Lt. Cdr. Robert Augustus Fell of Australia and cousin Rt. Rev. Clement Mallory Ricketts[2][3]
^Acquired and converted for pauper children from 1882,[5] then replaced by Popes Close, off Swindon Road, Cheltenham[6]
^Acquired by Leicester Corporation for sewage treatment and sludge products in 1901[7]
^Probate resworn 1909 - died 1909 'of Tong Hall, Bradford' - at £87,799 (equivalent to about £9,740,000 in 2021), with executors and chief heirs his sister and her husband, on condition they retake and take the surname (Tempest).[2][10]
^Probate resworn the following year - died 1937 'of Mill Croft, Marine Drive, Rottingdean' - at £2,807 (equivalent to about £190,000 in 2021) 'save as to settled land'.[2]
^The seventh Baronet married Theresa Cripps, daughter of Sir Stafford Cripps and thus granddaughter of the man created Lord Parmoor.
