Pechell baronets

Pechell baronets
Escutcheon of the Pechell baronets of Paglesham
Creation date	1797
Status	extinct
Extinction date	1984
Motto	Vix ea nostra voco, I scarcely call these things our own

The Pechell, later Brooke-Pechell, later Pechell baronetcy, of Paglesham in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain, was created on 1 March 1797 for the army officer Paul Pechell (1724–1800), initially with the 1st Royal Dragoons. The 2nd Baronet was also an army officer; the 3rd and 4th Baronets rose to flag rank in the Royal Navy. The 2nd Baronet's mother was the heir of Thomas Brooke of Paglesham, Essex, and he took by royal licence the additional surname of Brooke.

The 2nd Baronet was Member of Parliament for Downton as a client of the Earl of Radnor. The 3rd Baronet sat for Helston from 1830 to 1831, and for New Windsor from 1832 to 1834; the 4th Baronet was member for Brighton.

The 7th Baronet was a Surgeon and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving during the Third Anglo-Burmese War and later at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea during World War I. The 8th Baronet served with the Essex Regiment during World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in the Field. The 8th and 9th Baronets used the surname Pechell only. On the death of the 9th Baronet on 29 January 1984 the baronetcy became extinct.