Lushington Baronets
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The Lushington Baronetcy, of South Hill Park in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 April 1791 for Stephen Lushington
, Chairman of the Honourable East India Company and Member of Parliament
for Hedon
, Helston
, St Michaels, Penrhyn and Plympton Erle
.
Stephen Lushington
, son of the first Baronet, was a Member of Parliament and Judge of the Admiralty Court. Charles Lushington
, another son of the first Baronet, also sat as a Member of Parliament.
Sir Stephen Lushington, 1st Baronet
Sir Stephen Lushington, 1st Baronet , of South Hill Park in Easthampstead, Berkshire, was an English Member of Parliament and Chairman of the East India Company....
, Chairman of the Honourable East India Company and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Hedon
Hedon (UK Parliament constituency)
Hedon, sometimes spelt Heydon, was a parliamentary borough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1547 to 1832.-History:...
, Helston
Helston (UK Parliament constituency)
Helston, sometimes known as Helleston, was a parliamentary borough centred on the small town of Helston in Cornwall.Using the bloc vote system of election, it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and...
, St Michaels, Penrhyn and Plympton Erle
Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)
Plympton Erle, also spelt Plympton Earle, was a parliamentary borough in Devon. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-1295-1640:-1640-1832:...
.
Stephen Lushington
Stephen Lushington (judge)
Stephen Lushington was a Doctor of Civil Law, a judge, a Member of Parliament and a radical for the abolition of slavery and capital punishment.-Early life and education:...
, son of the first Baronet, was a Member of Parliament and Judge of the Admiralty Court. Charles Lushington
Charles Manners Lushington
Charles Manners Lushington was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1854 to 1857....
, another son of the first Baronet, also sat as a Member of Parliament.
Lushington Baronets, of South Hill Park (1791)
- Sir Stephen Lushington, 1st BaronetSir Stephen Lushington, 1st BaronetSir Stephen Lushington, 1st Baronet , of South Hill Park in Easthampstead, Berkshire, was an English Member of Parliament and Chairman of the East India Company....
(1744-1807) - Sir Henry Lushington, 2nd Baronet (1775-1863)
- Sir Henry Lushington, 3rd Baronet (1803-1897)
- Sir Henry Lushington, 4th Baronet (1826-1898)
- Sir Andrew Patrick Douglas Lushington, 5th Baronet (1861-1937)
- Sir Herbert Castleman Lushington, 6th Baronet (1879-1968)
- Sir Henry Edmund Castleman Lushington, 7th Baronet (1909-1988)
- Sir John Richard Castleman Lushington, 8th Baronet (b. 1938)