Sullivan baronets of Thames Ditton (1804)

The Sullivan baronetcy, of Thames Ditton in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1804 for the writer and MP Richard Sullivan. The third and sixth Baronets were Admirals in the Royal Navy. The ninth holder of the baronetcy did not use his title; as of 2023 the Official Roll marked the baronetcy as vacant.[1]

Sullivan baronets, of Thames Ditton (1804)

• Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan, 1st Baronet (1752–1806)[2]
• Sir Henry Sullivan, 2nd Baronet (1785–1814)[2]
• Sir Charles Sullivan, 3rd Baronet (1789–1862), Admiral of the Blue[2]
• Sir Charles Sullivan, 4th Baronet (1820–1865)[2]
• Sir Edward Robert Sullivan, 5th Baronet (1826–1899)[2][3]
• Sir Francis William Sullivan, 6th Baronet (1834–1906)[4]
• Sir Frederick Sullivan, 7th Baronet (1865–1954)[5]
• Sir Richard Benjamin Magniac Sullivan, 8th Baronet (1906–1977)[6]
• Sir Richard Arthur Sullivan, 9th Baronet, did not use the title.[7][8] (1931–2022)
• Charles Merson Sullivan (born 1962) was the heir to the 9th Baronet.[7]

The heir apparent is Alun David Sullivan (born 1998).

Arms

Coat of arms of Sullivan baronets of Thames Ditton

Crest On a ducal coronet or a robin holding a sprig of laurel proper. Escutcheon Per fesse the base per pale in chief or a dexter hand grasping a sword gules entwined with a serpent proper between two lions rampant respectant of the second the dexter base vert charged with a buck trippant or on the sinister base per pale argent and sable a boar passant counterchanged. Motto Lamh foisdineach an uachter What we gain by conquest we secure by clemency.

Notes

1. "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
2. Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. pp. 597–598.
3. "Sullivan, Sir Edward Robert". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. "Sullivan, Sir Francis William". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. "Sullivan, Rev. Sir Frederick". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. "Sullivan, Sir Richard (Benjamin Magniac)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Sullivan, Richard Arthur". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. "The Official Roll of the Baronetage as of December 31, 2012". The Standing Council on the Baronetage. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Honyman baronets	Sullivan baronets of Thames Ditton 22 May 1804	Succeeded by Mainwaring baronets