There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Boulton, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
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The Boulton Baronetcy, of Copped Hall, Totteridge, in the County of Hertford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom for
Samuel Bagster Boulton
Sir Samuel Bagster Boulton, 1st Baronet (1830 – April 27, 1918) was the first baronet of Manor of Copped Hall, Copped Hall, a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England, Lord of the Manor of Totteridge, Justice of the Peac ...
, the founder and chairman of the London Labour Conciliation Board. The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of his great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, in 1996.
The Boulton Baronetcy, of Braxted Park in the County of Essex,
was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom for the
Conservative
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politician
William Whytehead Boulton. He represented
Sheffield Central
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Boundaries
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1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of S ...
in the
House of Commons
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from 1931 to 1945. As of 2010 the title is held by his grandson, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2010.
Boulton baronets, of Copped Hall (1905)
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Sir Samuel Bagster Boulton, 1st Baronet (1830–1918)
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Sir Harold Edwin Boulton, 2nd Baronet (1859–1935)
*Sir (Denis Duncan) Harold Owen Boulton, 3rd Baronet (1892–1968)
*Sir (Harold Hugh) Christian Boulton, 4th Baronet (1918–1996)
Boulton baronets, of Braxted Park (1944)
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Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet (1873–1949)
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Sir Edward John Boulton, 2nd Baronet (1907–1982)
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Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 3rd Baronet (1912–2010)
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Sir John Gibson Boulton, 4th Baronet (born 1946)
There is no heir to the baronetcy.
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Boulton Boulton may refer to:
* Boulton (surname)
* Boulton, Derby, England
See also
* Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd, aircraft manufacturer
* Boulton and Watt, partnership between Matthew Boulton and James Watt
* Bolton (disambiguation) Bolton is a town in Gr ...
Boulton family
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom