The Fenwick Baronetcy, of Fenwick in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 9 June 1628 for Sir John Fenwick, of

Wallington Hall Wallington is a country house and gardens located about west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England, near the village of Cambo. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1942, after it was donated complete with the estate and farms by Sir Ch ...

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

. He sat as

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for

and

Cockermouth Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England, so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent. The mid-2010 census estimates state that Cocke ...

. The second and third Baronets also represented Northumberland in Parliament. The title became extinct when the third Baronet was executed for treason on 27 January 1697.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 2''
/ref> The ancient family of Fenwick had its seat from the 12th century at Fenwick Tower, Matfen,

, and later from the 16th century at

Fenwick baronets, of Fenwick (1628)

Sir John Fenwick, 1st Baronet Sir John Fenwick, 1st Baronet (c. 1570 – c. 1658) of Wallington and Fenwick, Northumberland, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in ...

( – c. 1658) * Sir William Fenwick, 2nd Baronet (c. 1617–1676) *

Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet (c. 1645 – 28 January 1697) was an English Jacobite conspirator, who succeeded to the Baronetcy of Fenwick on the death of his father in 1676. He was involved in a Jacobite plot to assassinate the monarch. He was ...

(1644–1697)

References

* ''Burkes Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' 2nd ed. (1844) pp. 194–6 Google Books {{DEFAULTSORT:baronets, Fenwick Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England People from Matfen