Corbet baronets of Stoke upon Tern (first creation, 1627)

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The Corbet baronetcy, of Stoke upon Tern in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 19 September 1627 for John Corbet. [2]

The 1st Baronet represented Shropshire in the Long Parliament, from 1640 to 1648. [2] The 4th Baronet also represented this constituency in the House of Commons while the 5th Baronet represented both Montgomery and Ludlow. [3] [4]

The title became extinct on the death of the 6th Baronet in 1750. There was a second creation in 1786 for his nephew. [5]

Corbet baronets of Stoke upon Tern (1627; first creation)

Notes

  1. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 133.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage. Vol. II. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 33–34.
  3. 1 2 "Corbet, Sir Robert, 4th Bt. (c.1670-1740), of Adderley and Stoke, Salop., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  4. 1 2 "Corbet, William (1702-48), of Stoke, Salop., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 254.

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