The Cowell-Stepney Baronetcy, of

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in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 22 September 1871 for

John Cowell-Stepney Sir John Stepney Cowell-Stepney, 1st Baronet, Royal Guelphic Order, KH (1791–1877) was a British soldier, landowner and politician. He was the elder of the two sons of General Andrew Cowell (d. 1821), originally of Coleshill, Buckinghamshir ...

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for

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. Born John Cowell, he was the son of Andrew Cowell and Maria Justina Stepney, sister of Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, of Prendergast (see

Stepney baronets The Stepney Baronetcy, of Prendergast in the County of Pembroke, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 24 November 1621 for John Stepney. His son, Sir John, the third Baronet represented Pembroke and Haverfordwest in Parli ...

), and assumed the additional surname of Stepney on succeeding to the Stepney estates. The second Baronet also represented Carmarthen in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1909.

Cowell-Stepney baronets, of Llanelly (1871)

* Sir John Stepney Cowell-Stepney, 1st Baronet (1791–1877) **William Frederick Ross Cowell Stepney (1821–1872) *Sir (Emile Algernon) Arthur Keppell Cowell-Stepney, 2nd Baronet (1834–1909), died without heir.

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Cowell-Stepney baronets, of Llanelly (1871)

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