The Bland Baronetcy, of Kippax Park in the County of York, was a title in the

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. It was created on 30 August 1642 for Thomas Bland, of Kippax Park, near

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, in honour of his father's service to King

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. The third Baronet succeeded his father as an infant, died at the age of five and was succeeded by his brother who was

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for Appleby 1681 and for

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1698–1713. The fifth Baronet represented

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1713–27 and the sixth Baronet served as member for Ludgershall 1754–5. His brother succeeded in 1755 but died in 1756, at which time the baronetcy became extinct. The Kippax estate fell to Thomas Davison of Blakiston Hall who married a daughter of the sixth Baronet and then to their son Thomas Davison Bland. The Davison Blands lived at Kippax until 1928. Kippax Hall was demolished in the 1950s.

Bland baronets, of Kippax Park (1642)

*Sir Thomas Bland, 1st Baronet (1614–1657) *Sir Francis Bland, 2nd Baronet (1642–1663) *Sir Thomas Bland, 3rd Baronet (1662–1668) *

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(1663–1715) * Sir John Bland, 5th Baronet (1691–1743) * Sir John Bland, 6th Baronet (1722–1755) *Sir Hungerford Bland, 7th Baronet (1726–1756)

References

* ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' Burke and Burke 2nd Ed. (1844) p65 Google Books. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bland Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England