The Hamlyn, later Hamlyn-Williams Baronetcy, of

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in the County of Devon and of

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in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 7 July 1795 for James Hamlyn (born James Hammett), heir of his great-uncle Zachary Hamlyn (1677-1759) of Clovelly. This

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was one of the many of the Hamlin/Hamelin family, and was transmitted from John de Hameline, knight of Leicester, who served under King Edward I, A. D. 1272 to 1307.History of the Hamlin family with Genealogies of Early Settlers of the name in America, page 37
/ref> He married Arabella Williams, daughter and eventual heiress of Thomas Williams (d.1792) of Edwinsford,

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, in Carmarthenshire, himself the heir of his elder brother Sir Nicholas Williams, 1st Baronet (1681–1745) of Edwinsford. Their son, the second Baronet, assumed the additional surname of Williams in 1798. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baronet, in 1861. All three Baronets represented

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in Parliament. Charles Hamlyn-Williams, younger son of the second Baronet, was a

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in the

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. Susan Hester Hamlyn-Williams, eldest daughter of the third Baronet, inherited the family seat of

and married Henry Fane, who assumed the surname Hamlyn-Fane.

Hamlyn, later Hamlyn-Williams baronets, of Clovelly Court and Edwinsford (1795)

* Sir James Hamlyn, 1st Baronet (1735–1811) * Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 2nd Baronet (1765–1829) * Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 3rd Baronet (1790–1861)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamlyn-Williams Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain 1795 establishments in Great Britain

Hamlyn, later Hamlyn-Williams baronets, of Clovelly Court and Edwinsford (1795)

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