Atkins baronets

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Atkins baronets
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Creation date1660 [1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1756 [1]

The Atkins Baronetcy, of Clapham in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 June 1660 for Richard Atkins. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1756.

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Atkins baronets, of Clapham (1660)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 27.
  2. "Atkins, Sir Richard, 2nd Bt. (1654–96), of Clapham, Surr. and Tickford, Bucks., History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.