Sir Abraham Elton, 1st Baronet (1654 – 9 February 1728), of

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and

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, was an English

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(MP). He was the second son of Isaac Elton, Yeoman of Barton Regis, Bristol. His elder brother Jacob died in 1676 at the age of 30.* "Annals of the Elton Family" by Margaret Elton. Published in UK and USA in 1994. ISBN 0 7509 0666 9 He was elected

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for 1710–11, pricked

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for 1715–16 and created a baronet in the following year. He was elected Member of the

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for

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for 1722–1727. Elton died in 1728. He married Mary, the daughter of Robert Jefferies of Pile Green, Gloucestershire, with whom he had 3 sons and a daughter. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son

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1654 births 1728 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Mayors of Bristol Politicians from Somerset British MPs 1722–1727 High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire {{England-pre1707-MP-stub