The Chester Baronetcy of
Chicheley
Chicheley is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Unitary authorities in England, unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about north-east of Newport Pagnell.
The ...
, Buckinghamshire was created in the Baronetage of England on 23 March 1620 for Anthony Chester.
[George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900]
/ref> He had in August 1577 inherited the Chicheley estates from his maternal grandmother and served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.
Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the ...
in 1602 and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire.
Pre-Conquest
pre-1042: Aelfstan
1042-1066; Godric, Ralph Talgebose Bondi the staller
1066–1125
*1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny
* Ralph Taillebois
*c. 1080 Hugh de Beauchamp
*1124 Rich ...
in 1628.
Chester baronets, of Chicheley (1620)
*Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet (1566–1635)
*Sir Anthony Chester, 2nd Baronet (1593–1652)
*Sir Anthony Chester, 3rd Baronet
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(c 1633–1698), MP for Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
1685–1687
*Sir John Chester, 4th Baronet (1666–1726)
*Sir William Chester, 5th Baronet (1687–1726)
* Sir John Chester, 6th Baronet (1693–1748), MP for Bedfordshire
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1741–1747
* Sir Charles Bagot Chester, 7th Baronet (1724–1755)
*Sir Francis Chester, 8th Baronet (1694–1766)
*Sir Anthony Chester, 9th Baronet (1706–1769), Baronetcy extinct 17 May 1769 on his death
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England