The Medlycott Baronetcy, of
Ven House
Ven House in Milborne Port, Somerset, England is an English manor houseA hamlet of Ven or Fenn existed in the mid-thirteenth century (Victoria County History, ''Somerset'', 1999. By the sixteenth century the manor belonged to the Carent family, ...
in the County of
Somerset, was a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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)
James I of E ...
. It was created on 3 October 1808 for
William Medlycott,
Member of Parliament for
Milborne Port from 1790 to 1791. The family descended from
James Medlycott, of Ven House, who represented Milborne Port in the
House of Commons between 1710 and 1722. His son
Thomas Medlycott (Member of Parliament for Milborne Port from 1747 to 1763) died without surviving male issue in 1763 and left his estates to his maternal nephew Thomas Hutchings, who adopted the surname of Medlycott. His son was the first Baronet. The baronetcy became extinct with the death of the 9th Baronet in 2021.
Medlycott baronets, of Ven House (1808)
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Sir William Coles Medlycott, 1st Baronet (1767–1835)
*Sir William Coles Medlycott, 2nd Baronet (1806–1882)
*Sir William Coles Paget Medlycott, 3rd Baronet (1831–1887)
*Sir Edward Bradford Medlycott, 4th Baronet (1832–1902)
*Sir Mervyn Bradford Medlycott, 5th Baronet (1837–1908)
*Sir Hubert James Medlycott, 6th Baronet (1841–1920)
*Sir Hubert Mervyn Medlycott, 7th Baronet (1874–1964)
*Sir (James) Christopher Medlycott, 8th Baronet (1907–1986)
*Sir Mervyn Tregonwell Medlycott, 9th Baronet (1947–2021), died without heir.
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom