Bowyer baronets of Knipersley, Staffordshire (1660)

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Bowyer baronets of Knipersley, Staffordshire
Creation date1660 [1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1702 [1]

The Bowyer baronetcy, of Knipersley in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1660 for John Bowyer. He sat as Member of Parliament for Staffordshire and Newcastle-under-Lyme. His elder son, the second Baronet, represented Warwick and Staffordshire in the House of Commons. His son, the third Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Baronet. On the latter's death in 1701 without surviving male issue the title became extinct.

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Bowyer baronets, of Knipersley, Staffordshire (1660)

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 77.
  2. "Bowyer, John (1623-66), of Knypersley, Staffs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. "Bowyer, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1653-91), of Knypersley, Staffs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

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