The Warre Baronetcy, of Hestercombe in the County of Somerset, was a title in the
Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 June 1673 for
Francis Warre, subsequently
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 o ...
for
Bridgwater and
Taunton
Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...
. He was the only son of
Sir John Warre, of
Hestercombe House,
Taunton
Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...
,
Somerset
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Knight of the Shire
Knight of the shire ( la, milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistributio ...
for
Somerset
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. Sir Francis had no surviving male issue and the title became extinct on his death in 1718. His daughter and heiress, Margaret, married
John Bampfylde. Their son,
Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, succeeded to the family estates.;
Warre baronets, of Hestercombe (1673)
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Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet (c. 1659–1718), of Hestercombe House, Kingston, Somerset, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between.1685 and 1715.
Early life and family
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(–1718)
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England