Dolben Baronets
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The Dolben Baronetcy, of Findon in the County of Northamptonshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 1 April 1704 for Sir Gilbert Dolben, son of John Dolben, Archbishop of York and MP for Ripon
Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)
Ripon was a constituency sending members to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1983, centred on the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire.-History:...

, Peterborough
Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formally styled The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past...

 and Yarmouth, IoW
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)
Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

. The 3rd Baronet was an MP for Oxford University
Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)
Oxford University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.-Boundaries, Electorate and Electoral System:...

 and Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England was a 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 was represented in...

 and an avid campaigner for Abolition of the Slave Trade. The title became extinct on the death of the 4th Baronet in 1837.

The family seat was Finedon Hall, in Finedon
Finedon
Finedon is a civil parish and village in the Borough Council of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, with a population at the 2001 census of 4,188 people. Along with Wellingborough, it is twinned with Wittlich, Germany, and Niort, France....

, Northamptonshire and which has now been converted into flats.

Dolben Baronets, of Findon (1704)

  • Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet (c.1659–1722)
  • Sir John Dolben, 2nd Baronet (1684–1756)
  • Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet
    Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet
    Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet was a British MP and slavery abolitionist.He was born in Finedon, Northamptonshire, the only surviving son of Sir John Dolben, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Digby. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1744...

    (1727–1814)
  • Sir John English Dolben, 4th Baronet (c.1750–1837) Baronetcy extinct on his death.
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