The Green baronetcy, of Sampford in the

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, was created in the

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on 26 July 1660 for Edward Green. The title became extinct on his death in 1676. Green married, as his fourth wife,

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, a mistress of

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Green baronets, of Sampford (1660)

*Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet (died 1676)

References

{{reflist Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England