Affleck Baronets
The Affleck Baronetcy, of Dalham Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 10 July 1782 for the naval commander Sir Edmund Affleck, 1st Baronet, Edmund Affleck. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1939. Affleck baronets, of Dalham Hall (1782) *Sir Edmund Affleck, 1st Baronet (1725–1788) *Sir Gilbert Affleck, 2nd Baronet (1740–1808) *General Sir James Affleck, 3rd Baronet (1759–1833) *Sir Robert Affleck, 4th Baronet (1763–1851) *Sir Gilbert Affleck, 5th Baronet (1804–1854) *Sir Robert Affleck, 6th Baronet (1805–1882) *Sir Robert Affleck, 7th Baronet (1852–1919) *Sir Frederick Danby James Affleck, 8th Baronet (1856–1939) The decline and extinction of the Affleck baronetcy The seventh baronet lost money through fraudulent dealings by a firm of solicitors and sold Dalham Hall and its estate in 1901 to Cecil Rhodes to raise £100,000. The 8th baronet, Frederick Danby James Affleck, was ...
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Escutcheon Of The Affleck Baronets (Burke)
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