The Ernle Baronetcy, of

Etchilhampton Etchilhampton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey east of Devizes. History The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a settlement of 28 households, held by Edward of Salisbury. The manor came into the Ma ...

in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the

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. It was created on 2 February 1661 for

Walter Ernle The Ernle Baronetcy, of Etchilhampton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 February 1661 for Walter Ernle, later Member of Parliament for Devizes. He died on 25 July 1682, and was buried at ...

, later

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for

Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century ...

. He died on 25 July 1682, and was buried at

Bishops Cannings Bishops Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, England, north-east of Devizes. The parish includes the village of Coate (not to be confused with Coate, Swindon) and the hamlets of Bourton, Horton and Little Ho ...

, Wiltshire. He was succeeded by his grandson, Sir Walter Ernle (1672–1690), 2nd Baronet, of

Maddington, Wiltshire Maddington is a small settlement and former Civil parishes in England, civil parish on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It is on the River Till, Wiltshire, River Till. Its nearest town is Amesbury, about to the southeast. At the time of t ...

, who was, in turn, succeeded at his own death by his younger brother, Sir Edward Ernle (1673–1728/9), 3rd Baronet, P.C., MP. The third Baronet was succeeded by a kinsman, Sir Walter Ernle (1676–1732), 4th Baronet, of

Conock Chirton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the southern edge of the Vale of Pewsey about south-east of Devizes. The parish includes the hamlet of Conock, about half a mile west of Chirton village. Both settlements are jus ...

, in the parish of

Chirton Chirton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the southern edge of the Vale of Pewsey about south-east of Devizes. The parish includes the hamlet of Conock, about half a mile west of Chirton village. Both settlements are jus ...

, Wiltshire, who died childless, and was succeeded by his younger brother, the Reverend Sir John Ernle (circa 1680/1–1734), 5th Baronet,

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All Cannings All Cannings (pronounced "Allcannings") is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire, about east of Devizes. The parish includes the nearby smaller settlement of Allington. The southern part of the pa ...

, Wiltshire, who was predeceased by his only son.

Ernle baronets, of Etchilhampton (1660)

* Sir Walter Ernle, 1st Baronet (–1682) *Sir Walter Ernle, 2nd Baronet (c. 1671–1690) *

Sir Edward Ernle, 3rd Baronet Sir Edward Ernle, 3rd Baronet (c. 1673 – 1729) of Charborough in Dorset, of Brimslade Park and Etchilhampton, both in Wiltshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1729. He had m ...

(c. 1673–1729) *Sir Walter Ernle, 4th Baronet (1676–1732) *Sir John Ernle, 5th Baronet (c. 1681–1734). The baronetcy was extinct at his death. The titles below were self-styled. *Sir Michael Ernle, styled 6th Baronet (d. 1771) *The Rev. Sir Edward Ernle, styled 7th Baronet (d. 1787) Michael Ernle (circa 1704–1771) was a grandson of the first Baronet's younger brother Michael.Rev W H Jones, The History of the Parish of All Cannings, 1853, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, volume 11, page 192, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=unfzmzzthy0C&pg=PA192 He also died without issue. The claim was then continued his younger brother, The Reverend Sir Edward Ernle (circa 1711/2–1787).

Extended family

The estates of the family passed through female lines of descendants, and the surname Ernle, pronounced Earnley, after the

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parish from which it derived, forms part of the orotund surname, Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, borne by Admiral Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1880–1967), younger son of the 17th Lord Dunsany whose wife, Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Mary Grosvenor Ernle-Erle-Drax, née Burton, was the eventual heiress of the senior line of the Wiltshire Ernle family.

References

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