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Sinha, Baron (UK, 1919)

Creation: let. pat. 14 Feb 1919

Family name: Sinha

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Arms:

Argent on a Chevron Ermine between in chief two Lotus Flowers and in base an Adjutant Bird three Fountains all proper

Crest:

A Demi-Tiger supporting a Fasces erect proper

Supporters:

On either side an Adjutant Bird proper collared Or

Motto:

Jata Dharma Stata Jaya

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Satvendra Prasanna [Sinha], 1st Baron Sinha, KCSI PC

son of Siti Kanatha Sinha, of Raipur, Birbhum, Bengal

born

1864

mar.

15 May 1880 Gobindo Mohini Mitter (d. Oct 1938), dau. of Krislo Chunder Mitter, Zemindar of Maheta, District Burdwan, India

died

5 Mar 1928

created

14 Feb 1919 Baron Sinha, of Raipur in the Presidency of Bengal

suc. by

son

note

barrister Lincoln's Inn and Calcutta 1886; Advocate-General, Bengal 1906; legal member, Governor-General's Council 1909-10; knighted 1915; Advocate-General and Member of the Executive Council, Bengal 1916-17; Indian Representative, Special War Conferences 1917 and 1918; Under-Secretary for India 1919-20; Privy Councillor 1919; Governor of Bihar and Orissa 1920-21; KCSI 1921; member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 1926-28

Aroon Kumar [Sinha], 2nd Baron Sinha

born

22 Aug 1887

mar. (1)

1916 Pryatama Rani Chatterjee (d. 1919), 1st dau. of Rai Bahadur Lalit Mohan Chatterjee

mar. (2)

1919 his sister-in-law Nirpuama Chatterjee, 2nd dau. of Rai Bahadur Lalit Mohan Chatterjee

died

11 May 1967

suc. by

son by second wife

Sudhindro Prosanno [Sinha], 3rd Baron Sinha

born

29 Oct 1920

mar.

1945 Madhabi Chatterjee, dau. of Monoranjan Chatterjee, of Calcutta

died

1989

suc. by

son

Susanto Prasanna [Sinha], 4th Baron Sinha

born

1953

mar.

1972 Patricia Orchard

died

1992

suc. by

uncle

Anindo Kumar [Sinha], 5th Baron Sinha

born

18 May 1930

mar.

1965 Lolita Das, 2nd dau. of Deb Kumar Das

children

1. Hon Arup Kumar Sinha, later 6th Baron Sinha

2. Hon Dilip Kumar Sinha, heir presumptive to the Barony of Sinha (b. 1967)

1. Hon ..... Sinha

2. Hon ..... Sinha

died

18 Jan 1999

suc. by

son

Arup Kumar [Sinha], 6th Baron Sinha

born

23 Apr 1966

mar.

1993 (div. 1995) Deborah Jane Tidswell, dau. of Tony Tidswell

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Sinha is Hon Dilip Kumar Sinha, 2nd son of the 5th Baron Sinha, and only brother of the present Baron.

Last updated 3 Apr 2005

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Title:

6th Baron Sinha, of Raipur in the Presidency of Bengal

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 14 Feb 1919)

Address:

c/o 2 Highfield Road, Billericay, Essex CM11 2PF

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