The Davers Baronetcy, of Rougham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the
Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 May 1682 for Robert Davers, who had made a great fortune in
Barbados
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before acquiring the Rougham estate in
Suffolk.
The second and fourth Baronets represented
Bury St Edmunds and
Suffolk in Parliament. The sixth Baronet sat as
Member of Parliament
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for
Weymouth and Bury St Edmunds. Despite having an alleged nine illegitimate children, the 6th Baronet left his estates to his nephew,
Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol, and his
baronet
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cy became extinct.
Thomas Davers
Vice-Admiral Thomas Davers (1689 – 16 September 1746) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Naval career
Born the third son of Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet, Davers was promoted to post captain in ...
, third son of the second Baronet, was an
admiral in the
Royal Navy
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. The family seat was
Rushbrooke Hall
Rushbrooke Hall was a British stately home in Rushbrooke, Suffolk.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rushbrooke, in St Edmundsbury and Suffolk , Map and description, ''A Vision of Britain through Time''. http://www.vision ...
from 1703 to 1806.
Davers baronets, of Rougham (1682)
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*Sir Robert Davers, 1st Baronet (–1685)
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Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet
Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet (c. 1653–1722) of Rougham and Rushbrooke Hall was an English politician and landowner.
Davers was the son of Sir Robert Davers, 1st Baronet, a Royalist who had made his fortune exploiting enslaved Africans o ...
(c. 1653–1722)
*Sir Robert Davers, 3rd Baronet (c. 1684–1723)
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Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet
Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet (c.1686 – 20 February 1743), of Rougham and Rushbrooke, Suffolk, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1743.
Early life
Davers was the second son of Sir Robe ...
(c. 1686–1743)
*Sir Robert Davers, 5th Baronet (c. 1730– 6 May 1763) (killed in
Pontiac's Rebellion
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)
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Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet
Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet (4 June 1737 – 4 June 1806) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1802.
Early life and military career
Davers was the second surviving son of Sir Jermyn Davers, ...
(1737–1806)
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England