Hunloke Baronets
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Charles I of England
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for Sir Henry Hunloke, of Wingerworth
Wingerworth
Wingerworth is a relatively large village and parish near to Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is one of the largest and most populous villages in the district of North East Derbyshire. Wingerworth is only two miles south west of the town of Chesterfield, 12 miles south of Sheffield and 120...
, near Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
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. Hunloke was a loyal royalist
Cavalier
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who had been knighted by the King on the battlefield of the Battle of Edgehill
Battle of Edgehill
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the previous year. The baronetcy passed from father to son until the death of the sixth Baronet in 1856. The latter was succeeded by his uncle, upon whose death in 1856 the baronetcy became extinct. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
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in 1687 and the sixth Baronet in 1840.
The family wealth arose from collieries, ironworks
Ironworks
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and quarries
Quarries
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on their 3000 acres (12.1 km²) Derbyshire estate
Estate (house)
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. Wingerworth Hall
Wingerworth Hall
Wingerworth Hall, demolished 1927, was the ancestral home of the Hunloke family in the village of Wingerworth, Derbyshire, England. It was built on an elevated site and completed in 1724 by an unknown architect. The house was in the rare style of understated Baroque peculiar to England...
, the family seat from the 16th century, was demolished in the 1920s and the estate was broken up and later redeveloped for housing.
Hunloke Baronets, of Wingerworth (1643)
- Sir Henry Hunloke, 1st Baronet (1618-1648)
- Sir Henry Hunloke, 2nd Baronet (1645-1715)
- Sir Thomas Windsor Hunloke, 3rd Baronet (1684-1752)
- Sir Henry Hunloke, 4th Baronet (1724-1804)
- Sir Thomas Windsor Hunloke, 5th Baronet (1773-1816)
- Sir Henry John Joseph Hunloke, 6th Baronet (1812-1856)
- Sir James Hunloke, 7th Baronet (1784-1856)