Bell baronets

There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bell, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Bell Baronetcy, of Rounton Grange in the County of York and Washington Hall in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 July 1885 for the ironmaster and Liberal politician Lowthian Bell.

He was Mayor of Middlesbrough for many years and also served as Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire between 1906 and 1931.

The Bell Baronetcy, of Framewood in the Parish of Stoke Poges in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 July 1908 for Sir John Charles Bell, Lord Mayor of London from 1907 to 1908.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son John Hugh Bell (born 1988).