Jehangir baronets

The Jehangir Baronetcy, of Bombay, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 July 1908 for Cowasjee Jehanghir,[1] an influential member of the Parsee community in Bombay. He was the nephew and adopted son and heir of the Parsee community leader, philanthropist and industrialist Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney. By Special Act of the Legislative Council of India in 1911, it was decided that all future holders were to assume the name of the first Baronet on succeeding. The first Baronet was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet, who became a prominent politician.

Jehangir baronets, of Bombay (1908)

• Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 1st Baronet (1853–1934)
• Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet (1879–1962)
• Sir Hirji Jehangir, 3rd Baronet (1915–2000)
• Sir Cowasji Jehangir (JHC), 4th Baronet (born 1953). Runs the Jehangir hospital in Pune and a few business companies.

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son, Cowasji Jehangir (born 1990)[2]

Notes

1. "No. 28158". The London Gazette. 14 July 1908. pp. 5132–5133.
2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. 2 (107th edition, 3 volumes ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books). p. 2086. cite in Lundy, Dayral. "Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 4th Bt". ThePeerage.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

External links

• Portraits of Sir Cowasjee Jehangir, 1st Baronet at the National Portrait Gallery, London