The Dillington Baronetcy of Knighton,

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in the County of

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was created in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

on 6 September 1628 for Robert Dillington, who was a

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. He was succeeded by his grandson, and then by the three sons of the second baronet in turn. All the Dillington baronets except Sir John followed the first baronet into Parliament. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 2nd baronet's last son, Sir Tristram, 5th Baronet in 1721.

Dillington baronets, of Knighton (1628)

Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet (ca. 1575–1664) was an English aristocrat of the Dillington baronets, grandfather to Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet. He succeeded his father in 1593–1594 and resided for many years at the traditiona ...

(died 1664) *

Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet (c. 1634 – 25 April 1687) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1685. Dillington was the son of Robert Dillington of Mottistone and grandson of Sir Robert ...

( – 1687) *

Sir Robert Dillington, 3rd 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. 1664 – 1689) * Sir John Dillington, 4th Baronet (died 1706) *

Sir Tristram Dillington, 5th Baronet Sir Tristram Dillington, 5th Baronet (c. 1678–1721) of Knighton, Isle of Wight was a British Army officer, landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1721. Early life Dillington was the third son of Sir Rob ...

(c. 1678 – 1721)

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