Howe baronets of Compton (1660)

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Creation date1660 [1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1814 [1]

The Howe baronetcy, of Compton in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 September 1660 for John Howe, Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1654–1655 and 1656–1658. [2] His elder son Richard, the second baronet, was also an MP, as was his younger son John Grobham Howe (died 1679). Sir Richard Grobham Howe, the third baronet, was MP for Tamworth, Cirencester and Wiltshire. Sir Emanuel Howe, 4th Baronet, became the 2nd Viscount Howe on the death of his father in 1713 and the baronetcy which he inherited in 1730 was merged with his viscountcy.

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Howe baronets, of Compton (1660)

The baronetcy merged with the Howe viscountcy in 1730 (see Viscount Howe). Both became extinct in 1814. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. pp. 271–272.
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664), vol. 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 123, retrieved 9 October 2018
  3. "Howe, Richard Grobham (1621-1703), of Great Wishford, Wilts., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  4. "Howe, Richard (c.1652-1730), of Chedworth, Glos., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

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