The Kent Baronetcy, of Fornham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the

Baronetage of Great Britain Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

. It was created on 16 August 1782 for Charles Kent, later

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 of ...

for Thetford. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1848.

Kent baronets, of Fornham (1782)

Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet (1743? – 14 March 1811) was a British landowner and MP. He was born Charles Egleton, the only son of Sir Charles Egleton, a London merchant (Sheriff of London for 1743) and his wife Sarah, the daughter of Samuel Ke ...

(–1811) *Sir Charles Egleton Kent, 2nd Baronet (1784–1834) *Sir Charles William Egleton Kent, 3rd Baronet (1819–1848)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kent Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain