The Duntze Baronetcy, of Tiverton in the County of Devon, is a dormant title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 8 November 1774 for John Duntze, an Exeter

Exeter

Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...

 wool merchant and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Tiverton

Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)

Tiverton was a constituency located in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

. The family was of German descent. The presumed seventh Baronet never successfully established his claim to the title. Likewise, as of 13 June 2007 the presumed eighth and present Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1985. For more information, follow this link.

John Alexander Duntze, grandson of the first Baronet and great-grandfather of the presumed eighth Baronet, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy

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Duntze Baronets, of Tiverton (1774)

• Sir John Duntze, 1st Baronet (c. 1735-1795)
• Sir John Duntze, 2nd Baronet (c. 1765-1830)
• Sir John Lewis Duntze, 3rd Baronet (1809–1884)
• Sir George Alexander Duntze, 4th Baronet (1839–1922)
• Sir George Puxley Duntze, 5th Baronet (1873–1947)
• Sir George Edwin Douglas Duntze, 6th Baronet (1913–1985)
• Sir John Alexander Duntze, 7th Baronet (1909–1987)
• Sir Daniel Evans Duntze, 8th Baronet (b. 1926)