The Wortley Baronetcy, of Wortley in the County of York, 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 29 June 1611 for Francis Wortley, who later sat as

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 East Retford and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1665.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
/ref> The family seat was at

Wortley Hall Wortley Hall is a stately home in the small South Yorkshire village of Wortley, located south of Barnsley, England. For more than six decades the hall has been chiefly associated with the British Labour movement. It is currently used by several ...

, near Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Wortley baronets, of Wortley (1611)

Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet (1591–1652), poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Life Wortley was the son of Sir Richard Wortley, of Wortley Hall ...

(–1652) *Sir Francis Wortley, 2nd Baronet (died 1665)

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{{s-end Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1611 establishments in England