There have been five Baronetcies created for members of the Bowyer family, three in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the titles are extinct while the remaining extant baronetcies have been united in one holder. The Bowyer Baronets are all descended from Thomas Bowyer who late in the 14th century married Katherine de Knypersley of Knypersley Hall

Knypersley Hall

Knypersley Hall is an 18th century Georgian style country mansion at Biddulph, Staffordshire which has been subdivded into residential apartments. It is a Grade II* listed building....

 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

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The Bowyer Baronetcy, of Leighthorne in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 23 July 1627 for Thomas Bowyer

Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of...

. He represented Midhurst

Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency)

Midhurst was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...

 and Bramber

Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)

Bramber was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1472 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:The borough consisted of...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. On 18 May 1678 his younger son, the third Baronet, surrendered the title and was granted a new Baronetcy, of Highden in the County of Sussex, with remainder to Henry Goring and with the predence of 23 July 1627. On Bowyer's death in 1680 the baronetcy of 1627 became extinct while he was succeeded in the 1678 creation by the aforementioned Henry Goring. Fur further history of this title, see Goring Baronets

Goring Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Goring, both in the Baronetage of England. The second creation came into the family through a special remainder in the patent creating the baronetcy...

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The Bowyer Baronetcy, of Denham Court in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1660. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Denham

Baron Denham

Baron Denham, of Weston Underwood in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for Sir George Bowyer, 1st Baronet, a Conservative politician who had earlier represented Buckingham in the House of Commons. He had already been created a Baronet,...

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The Bowyer Baronetcy, of Knipersley in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1660 for John Bowyer

Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet

Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet was a 17th-century English soldier and politician.Bowyer was the son of Sir William Bowyer, a wealthy Staffordshire landowner of Knypersley Hall, near Biddulph....

. He sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Staffordshire

Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Staffordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

 and Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)

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. His elder son, the second Baronet, represented Warwick

Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the...

 and Staffordshire in the House of Commons. His son, the third Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Baronet. On the latter's death in 1701 without surviving male issue the title became extinct.

The Bowyer Baronetcy, of Radley in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1794. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Denham

Baron Denham

Baron Denham, of Weston Underwood in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for Sir George Bowyer, 1st Baronet, a Conservative politician who had earlier represented Buckingham in the House of Commons. He had already been created a Baronet,...

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The Bowyer Baronetcy, of Weston Underwood in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1933. For more information, see the Baron Denham

Baron Denham

Baron Denham, of Weston Underwood in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for Sir George Bowyer, 1st Baronet, a Conservative politician who had earlier represented Buckingham in the House of Commons. He had already been created a Baronet,...

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Bowyer Baronets, of Leighthorne, Sussex (1627)

• Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of...
  
   (1586-1650)
• Sir Thomas Bowyer, 2nd Baronet (1609-1659)
• Sir James Bowyer, 3rd Baronet (1644-1680)

Bowyer Baronets of Knipersley, Staffordshire (1660)

• Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet was a 17th-century English soldier and politician.Bowyer was the son of Sir William Bowyer, a wealthy Staffordshire landowner of Knypersley Hall, near Biddulph....
  
   (1623-1666)
• Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the oldest son of Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet and Mary Milward, daughter of Robert Milward. Bowyer was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford and graduated with a Master of Arts in 1669. Three years ago, he had succeeded his father...
  
  (1653-1691)
• Sir John Bowyer, 3rd Baronet (1672-1701)
• Sir William Bowyer, 4th Baronet (1654-1702)