There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Dixwell family, all of whom are descended from Charles Dixwell (died 1591) of

Coton House Coton House is a late 18th-century country house at Churchover, near Rugby, Warwickshire in England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The Manor of Coton was held before the Dissolution of the Monasteries by the monks of Coombe Abbey. In 1551 th ...

, near

Churchover Churchover is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 230, increasing to 251 at the 2011 census. It is located around 4 miles (7 km) north of Rugby, and is administrativel ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

. All three baronetcies are extinct. The Dixwell Baronetcy, of Tirlington in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England for Basil Dixwell, the youngest son of Charles, on 27 February 1628. He had inherited the estate of a maternal uncle near Folkestone, Kent and was

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

Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an element in a toponym, such as Rotherhithe in London, or to: Places Australia * Hythe, Tasmania Canada *Hythe, Alberta, a village in Canada England * T ...

in 1626 and

High Sheriff of Kent The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrum ...

in 1627. In 1622 he built a new mansion at

Broome Park Broome Park is a country house in Barham, within the City of Canterbury, Kent, England. It was built for Sir Basil Dixwell between 1635 and 1638. In the early 20th century it was the country home of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum until his death at ...

near Canterbury which became his principal residence. He died without issue in 1642 when the baronetcy became extinct. The Dixwell Baronetcy, of Broome House in the County of Kent, was created on 19 June 1660, for Basil Dixwell great nephew and heir of Sir Basil Dixwell of Tirlington, from whom he inherited the Broome House estate. His son the second Baronet was Governor of Dover Castle, and Member of Parliament for Dover 1689–90 and 1699–1700. He died without issue in 1750 when and the baronetcy became extinct. He left his estate to his youngest nephew,

Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet (26 October 1694 – 20 January 1775) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754. Early life Oxenden was the son of George Oxenden LLD master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and h ...

, through his sister Elizabeth Oxenden (see

Oxenden baronets The Oxenden Baronetcy, of Dene in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 6 May 1678 for Sir Henry Oxenden, previously Member of Parliament for Winchelsea, Kent and Sandwich. The second Baronet sat as Mem ...

)., as a condition of which his nephew was required to take on the surname of Dixwell.Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1751 (25 Geo. 2). c. 1
/ref> The Dixwell Baronetcy, of Coton House, was created on 11 June 1716 for William Dixwell, (great-great-grandson of Charles Dixwell), who was

High Sheriff of Warwickshire This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...

in that year. It became extinct on his death in 1757.

Dixwell baronets, of Tirlingham (1628)

* Sir Basil Dixwell, 1st Baronet (1585–1642) Basil Dixwell by Anthony Van Dyck

Dixwell baronets, of Broome House (1660)

* Sir Basil Dixwell, 1st Baronet (1640–1668) * Sir Basil Dixwell, 2nd Baronet (1665–1750)

Dixwell baronets, of Coton House (1716)

* Sir William Dixwell, 1st Baronet (1688–1757)

References

* ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' 2nd Edition (1844) pp161–2 Google Books * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixwell Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain