The Burdett baronetcy, of Bramcote in the County of Warwick, was created in the Baronetage of England on 25 February 1619 (Burke in 1949 says 1618) for Thomas Burdett, High Sheriff of Derbyshire from 1610 to 1611. [1] [2]
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The 1st Baronet's son, Francis, the 2nd Baronet, was High Sheriff of Derbyshire for 1649. He was succeeded by his son, Robert, the 3rd Baronet, who sat as Member of Parliament for Warwickshire and Lichfield. [3]
His grandson, Robert, the 4th Baronet, succeeded at birth in May 1716, four months after the death of his grandfather. He represented Tamworth in the House of Commons. [4] On his death in 1797 the title passed to his grandson, Francis, the 5th Baronet, who was a prominent reformist politician. Burdett married Sophia, daughter of the wealthy banker Thomas Coutts. [5] He was succeeded by his only son, Robert, the 6th Baronet. He served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1848. He died unmarried in 1880 and was succeeded by his first cousin, Francis, the 7th Baronet. He was the son of William Jones Burdett, younger brother of the 5th Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Surrey in 1880 and was succeeded by his son from his second marriage, Francis, the 8th Baronet.
On the death in 1951 of the 8th Baronet, the baronetcy became dormant. It is now extinct, not appearing on the Official Roll. [6] The seat of the Burdett family was Foremarke Hall, Derbyshire.
