Ashurst baronets

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Ashurst baronets
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Creation date1688 [1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1732 [1]

The Ashurst Baronetcy, of Waterstock in the County of Oxford, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 21 July 1688 for Henry Ashurst, Member of Parliament for Truro and Wilton. The second Baronet represented Windsor in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1732.

Ashurst baronets, of Waterstock (1688)

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References

  1. 1 2 Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 17.
  2. "Ashurst, Sir Henry, 1st Bt. (1645-1711), of St. John's Street, Clerkenwell, Mdx. and Waterstock, Oxon., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. "Ashurst, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (aft.1670-1732), of Waterstock, Oxon., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.