Davers Baronets
The Davers Baronetcy, of Rougham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 May 1682 for Robert Davers, who had made a great fortune in Barbados before acquiring the Rougham estate in Suffolk. The second and fourth Baronets represented Bury St Edmunds and Suffolk in Parliament. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Bury St Edmunds. Despite having an alleged nine illegitimate children, the 6th Baronet left his estates to his nephew, Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol, and his baronetcy became extinct. Thomas Davers, third son of the second Baronet, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. The family seat was Rushbrooke Hall from 1703 to 1806. Davers baronets, of Rougham (1682) *Sir Robert Davers, 1st Baronet (–1685) *Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet (c. 1653–1722) *Sir Robert Davers, 3rd Baronet (c. 1684–1723) *Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet (c. 1686–1743) *Sir Robert Davers, 5th Baronet (c. 1730 ...
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Baronetage Of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ...
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