The Davers Baronetcy, of Rougham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the

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. It was created on 12 May 1682 for Robert Davers, who had made a great fortune in Barbados before acquiring the Rougham estate in

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. The second and fourth Baronets represented

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and

in Parliament. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Bury St Edmunds. Despite having an alleged nine illegitimate children, the 6th Baronet left his estates to his nephew, Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol, and his baronetcy became extinct. Thomas Davers, third son of the second Baronet, was an

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in the Royal Navy. The family seat was Rushbrooke Hall from 1703 to 1806.

Davers baronets, of Rougham (1682)

*Sir Robert Davers, 1st Baronet (–1685) * Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet (c. 1653–1722) *Sir Robert Davers, 3rd Baronet (c. 1684–1723) * Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet (c. 1686–1743) *Sir Robert Davers, 5th Baronet (c. 1730– 6 May 1763) (killed in Pontiac's Rebellion) * Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet (1737–1806)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davers Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England