The Hampson Baronetcy, of

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in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the

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. It was created by King Charles I on 3 June 1642 for Thomas Hampson, second son of Sir Robert Hampson (1537-1607) one of the two

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in 1599, knighted by King James I in 1603. The third Baronet sat as

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for

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in 1685. The tenth Baronet was an

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. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1969.

Hampson baronets, of Taplow (1642)

*Sir Thomas Hampson, 1st Baronet (–1655) *Sir Thomas Hampson, 2nd Baronet (c. 1626–1670) *

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(died 1719) *Sir George Hampson, 4th Baronet (died 1724) *Sir George Hampson, 5th Baronet (died 1754) *Sir George Francis Hampson, 6th Baronet (1738–1774) *Sir Thomas Philip Hampson, 7th Baronet (1765–1820), did not use the title because of his political views *Sir George Francis Hampson, 8th Baronet (1788–1833) *Sir George Francis Hampson, 9th Baronet (1823–1896) * Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (1860–1936) *Sir Dennys Francis Hampson, 11th Baronet (1897–1939) *Sir Cyril Aubrey Charles Hampson, 12th Baronet (1909–1969)

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