Paul baronets of Rodborough (first creation, 1762)

The Paul baronetcy of Rodborough in the County of Gloucester was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 3 September 1762 for the clothier Onesiphorus Paul. He was in business at Woodchester, and was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1760.[1] The 2nd Baronet was a philanthropist and prison reformer and also served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, in 1780. The title became extinct on his death in 1820.

Escutcheon of the Paul baronets of Rodborough

Paul baronets, of Rodborough (1762)

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  1. ^ a b c Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 123–124.