The Baronetcy of Clavering of Axwell was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 June 1661 for James Clavering, the grandson of James Clavering (1565–1630), a merchant adventurer of

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, who was mayor of that city and who bought the estate of Axwell Park, near Blaydon,

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in 1629. The Clavering family descended from the 13th-century Lords of Clavering and Warkworth and from Alan de Clavering (died 1328) of

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, Northumberland. Branches of the family include

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, Callaly,

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, Berrington and

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. The marriage of Mary Clavering of Chopwell to

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in 1706 led to the creation of the Clavering-Cowper family

Clavering of Axwell (1616)

Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet (3 February 1620 – 24 March 1702) was an English landowner. He was the grandson of James Clavering (1565–1630), a merchant adventurer, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1607, who bought an estate at Axwell Hou ...

(1620–1702) *Sir James Clavering, 2nd Baronet (1668–1707), grandson of the 1st Baronet and

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in 1703 *Sir John Clavering, 3rd Baronet (1672–1714) *Sir James Clavering, 4th Baronet (1708–1726) *Sir Francis Clavering, 5th Baronet (1673–1738) *Sir James Clavering, 6th Baronet (1680–1748) * Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet (1719–1794) * Sir Thomas John Clavering, 8th Baronet (1771–1853), nephew of the 7th Baronet, High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1817 *Sir William Aloysius Clavering, 9th Baronet (1800–1872), High Sheriff of Durham 1859 *Sir Henry Augustus Clavering, 10th Baronet (1824–1893) * Extinct on his death

Other Claverings

* John Clavering (1698–1762) * Lt-Gen Sir John Clavering (1722–1777) *

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(1794–1827) Fictional baronets of this name appear in ''

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'' (1848–50) by

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and ''

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'' (1866–7) by Anthony Trollope.

References

* {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2012 Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1616 establishments in England