Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet (10 January 1662 – 8 March 1720), was a member of a prominent English family of

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dissenters.

Early life

Throckmorton was born on 10 January 1662 at Moorhall,

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. He was the eldest son of

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and the former Anne Monson. Among his siblings were Mary Throckmorton (the wife of Martin Wollascot), Anne Throckmorton (the Abbess of the English

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Convent of

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), and George Throckmorton (a Jansenist dévot who had a religious life). His paternal grandparents were

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and, his second wife, Mary Smyth (daughter of Sir Francis Smyth of

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, Queensborough, Leicestershire and Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire). His grandmother was the sister of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington. His mother was a daughter of John Monson, Esq. of Kinnersley (son of Admiral Sir William Monson and brother to

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of Castlemaine) and the former Anne Mayne (a daughter of James Mayne).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2740; volume 2, page 2288.

Career

On 7 November 1680, Robert succeeded his father as the 3rd Baronet Throckmorton, of Coughton. The first baronet, so created in 1642, was Robert's grandfather, Sir Robert Throckmorton, whose estates were sequestered in the

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. The 3rd Baronet was one of the Catholic

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, and upon his marriage to Mary Yate, acquired an estate at Buckland, at the north-western extremity of Berkshire. He was admitted to

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on 15 January 1682.

Personal life

Throckmorton was married to Mary Yate (d. 1722), a daughter of Sir Charles Yate, 3rd Baronet of Buckland and the former Frances Gage (a daughter of

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). Together, they were the parents of: *

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(1694–1760), the prioress of the Convent of Our Blessed Lady of Syon in Paris. * Charlotte Throckmorton, who married Sir Thomas Hunloke, 3rd Baronet, son of Sir Henry Hunloke, 2nd Baronet and Catherine Tyrwhitt. * Barbara Throckmorton, who married Peter Giffard, 20th of Chillington. * Apollonia Throckmorton (d. 1749), who married Sir Edward Blount, 4th Baronet, son of George Blount (a son of Sir George Blount, 2nd Baronet) and Constantia Cary (a daughter of Sir George Cary), in 1722. * Anne Throckmorton, who married John Petre, a son of Joseph Petre (descendant of the 2nd Baron Petre). * Mary Throckmorton, who married James Fermor, who lived at

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.George Edward Cokayne, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes'' (no date (c. 1900); reprint,

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, 1983), volume II, page 198. * Robert Throckmorton, who died in infancy. * George Throckmorton (1690–1706), who died unmarried. * Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet (1702–1791), who married Lady Theresa Herbert, a daughter of

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and the former Mary Preston, in . After her death in 1723, he married Catherine Collingwood, daughter of George Collingwood, of Eslington (who had been executed for his part in the

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), in 1738. After her death in 1761, he married Lucy Heywood, a daughter of James Heywood of

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and

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, in 1763. Sir Robert died on 8 March 1720 and was buried at

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. As his eldest son lived for only two weeks and his second son died young, his third son,

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inherited the baronetcy and the family estates.

Descendants

Through his daughter Charlotte, he was a grandfather of Sir Henry Hunloke, 4th Baronet (1724–1804), who married Margaret Coke. Through his daughter Barbara, he was a grandfather of Maria Giffard, who married Sir Edward Smythe, 4th Baronet. Through his daughter Apollonia, he was a grandfather of Sir Edward Blount, 5th Baronet and Sir Walter Blount, 6th Baronet.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Throckmorton, Robert, 3rd Baronet 1662 births 1720 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England

17th-century English people