There have been two Baronetcies created in the surname Burton, both of which are extinct.

1.The Baronetcy of Burton of Stockerston, Leicestershire was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 July 1622 for Sir Thomas Burton, son of John Burton of Braunston who had purchased the Stockerston Hall

Stockerston Hall

Stockerston Hall is a late-18th-century English country house in Leicestershire, near the town of Uppingham, Rutland. It is a Grade II listed building....

 estate in 1580. He was knighted in Dublin in 1605. He served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire

High Sheriff of Leicestershire

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 in 1633.

His son the second Baronet served the Royalist cause during the English Civil War

English Civil War

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 and his estate was subsequently sequestered

Sequestration (law)

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. Following the Restoration

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 his son the third Baronet served as High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 in 1682. He sold Stockerston in 1690.

The fourth and last Baronet was imprisoned for debt in 1710 and following conviction for theft in 1722 was transported

Penal transportation

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. The Baronetcy was extinct on his death.

2. The Baronetcy of Burton of Pollacton, County Carlow was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 October 1758 for Sir Charles Burton , Lord Mayor of Dublin.

The third and fourth Baronets served as High Sheriffs of County Carlow. The Baronetcy was extinct on the death of the latter in 1902. The seat Pollacton House,was demolished in the 1970s.

Burton of Stockerston (1622)

• Sir Thomas Burton, 1st Baronet (1580-1655)
• Sir Thomas Burton, 2nd Baronet (1618-1659)
• Sir Thomas Burton, 3rd Baronet (1657-1705)
• Sir Charles Burton, 4th Baronet (1688-1750)

Burton of Pollacton (1758)

• Sir Charles Burton, 1st Baronet (1702-1775)
• Sir Charles Burton, 2nd Baronet (d 1812)
• Sir Charles Burton, 3rd Baronet (1779-1830)
• Sir Charles Burton, 4th Baronet (d 1842)
• Sir Charles William Caffe Burton, 5th Baronet (1823-1902)