There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Briggs, one in the

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and one in the

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. Both creations are extinct. The Briggs (or Brigges) Baronetcy, of Haughton in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 August 1641 for Morton Briggs. His son, the second Baronet, was

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for Wenlock in 1646 and

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in 1665. The fourth Baronet sat as

for

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and Wenlock. The fifth Baronet was

in 1747. The title became extinct on his death in 1767. The Briggs Baronetcy, of Briggs-Dayrell in the Island of Barbados, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1871 for Thomas Briggs, Member of the Executive Council of Barbados. The title became extinct on his death in 1887.

Briggs baronets, of Haughton (1641)

*Sir Moreton Briggs, 1st Baronet ( – c. 1650) *

Sir Humphrey Briggs, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(c. 1615–1691) *Sir Humphrey Briggs, 3rd Baronet (c. 1650–1700) *

Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet (c. 1670 – 8 December 1734), of Haughton, Shropshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1727. Briggs was the eldest son of Sir Humphrey B ...

(c. 1670–1734) *Sir Hugh Briggs, 5th Baronet (c. 1684–1767)

Briggs baronets, of Briggs-Dayrell (1871)

*Sir

Thomas Graham Briggs Sir Thomas Graham Briggs, 1st Baronet (30 September 1833 – 11 October 1887) was a Victorian land-owner in the Caribbean with property in Barbados and Nevis. He was the only child of Joseph Lyder Briggs (1792–1866) and Elizabeth Hinds Briggs. ...

, 1st Baronet (1833–1887)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Briggs Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1641 establishments in England