Cheyne baronets


The Cheyne Baronetcy, of Leagart in the parish of Fetlar and North Yell in the County of Zetland, is a title in the Baronetage of [the United Kingdom]. It was created on 20 July 1908 for the surgeon and bacteriologist Sir [Watson Cheyne, 1st Baronet|Sir Watson Cheyne]. As of 2010 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2007.
William Watson Cheyne, second son of the second Baronet, was a brigadier in the Queen's Own Highlanders, who married Laurel Audrey Hutchison, daughter of Lt Gen Balfour [Oliphant Hutchison|Sir Balfour Hutchison]

Cheyne baronets, of Leagarth (1908)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Louis Richard Patrick Lister Cheyne.