The Leman Baronetcy, of Northaw in the County of Hertford, was a title in the

Baronetage of England 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 3 March 1665 for William Leman,

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

Hertford Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census. The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, ne ...

. The second Baronet also represented this constituency in the

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. The title is believed to have become extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1762, although it was claimed by supposed descendants of the first Baronet in the 19th century.

Leman baronets, of Northaw (1665)

Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet (died 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660. Leman was the son of William Leman of Beccles and his wife Alice. He was a woollen draper and a member ...

(died 1667) *

Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet (19 December 1637 – 18 July 1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1690 to 1695. Leman was the son of Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet and his wife Rebecca Prescot, daughter of Edward ...

(1637–1701) * Sir William Leman, 3rd Baronet (1685–1741) *Sir Tanfield Leman, 4th Baronet (1714–1762)

References

* {{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England