The D'Aeth Baronetcy, of Knowlton in the County of

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, was a title in the

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. The baronetcy was created on 16 July 1716 for Thomas D'Aeth, Member of Parliament for

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and

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. He was the husband of Elizabeth Narborough, daughter of

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Sir John Narborough, who had become heir of her father on the early death of her two brothers (see Narborough Baronets). Through this marriage the Narborough family seat of

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came into the D'Aeth family. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1808. Knowlton Court-geograph

The family seat was

D'Aeth baronets, of Knowlton (1716)

Sir Thomas D'Aeth, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas D'Aeth, 1st Baronet (1678–1745), of Knowlton Court and North Cray, Kent, was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1722. D'Aeth was the only surviving son of Thomas D’Aeth, a merchant of St ...

(4 December 1678 – 3 January 1745) *Sir Narborough D'Aeth, 2nd Baronet (1708 – died 8 October 1773) *Sir Narborough D'Aeth, 3rd Baronet ( – 6 April 1808)

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