Colleton Baronets
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The Colleton Baronetcy, of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 February 1661 for John Colleton, in reward for his support for the Royalist cause during the Civil War
. The second Baronet represented Bossiney
in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1938.
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
. The second Baronet represented Bossiney
Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency)
Bossiney was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, one of a number of Cornish rotten boroughs, and returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1552 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1938.
Colleton Baronets, of London (1661)
- Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet (c. 1608–1667)
- Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Baronet (1635–1694)
- Sir John Colleton, 3rd Baronet (1669–1754)
- Sir John Colleton, 4th Baronet (1738–1778)
- Sir John Snell Colleton, 5th Baronet (1775–1801)
- Sir James Nassau Colleton, 6th Baronet (1752–1815)
- Sir James Roupell Colleton, 7th Baronet (1783–1848)
- Sir Robert Augustus Fulford Graves Colleton, 8th Baronet (1824–1866)
- Sir Robert Augustus William Colleton, 9th Baronet (1854–1938)