Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick baronets

The Tapps, later Tapps-Gervis, later Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick Baronetcy, of Hinton Admiral in the County of Hampshire, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 28 July 1791 for the landowner and developer George Tapps. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for New Romney and Christchurch. He assumed in 1835 the additional surname of Gervis. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1878. He assumed in 1876 by Royal licence the additional surname of Meyrick according to the will of Owen Fuller Meyrick, a relative on his mother's side, from whom he inherited the Bodorgan estate on the Isle of Anglesey. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1900. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1939.

The family seats are Hinton Admiral, near Bransgore, Hampshire, and Bodorgan Hall, Anglesey.

The Tapps Coat of Arms: Azure a fesse or between three rhinoceroses argent with three scallops gules on the fesse.

Tapps, later Tapps-Gervis, later Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick baronets, of Hinton Admiral 1791)

• Sir George Ivison Tapps, 1st Baronet (1753–1835)
• Sir George William Tapps-Gervis, 2nd Baronet (1795–1842)
• Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 3rd Baronet (1827–1896)
• Sir George Augustus Eliott Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 4th Baronet (1855–1928)
• Sir George Llewelyn Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 5th Baronet (1885–1960)
• Sir George David Eliott Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 6th Baronet (1915–1988)
• Sir George Christopher Cadfael Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 7th Baronet (born 1941)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son George William Owen Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick (born 1970)

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
• The London Gazette: no. 13318. p. 363. 18 June 1791. Retrieved 2008-01-12.