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The Juxon Baronetcy, of Albourne in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 28 December 1660 for William Juxon. [1] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1740.

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Juxon baronets, of Albourne (1660)

Sir William Juxon, 1st Baronet (1637–1719)

He was the son of John Juxon (d. 1655) of Albury Place, Sussex and Anne, daughter and co-heiress of William Michelbourne of Westmeston, Sussex. [2] William Juxon, bishop of London before the civil war and archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of Charles II was his uncle. He inherited the manors of Little Compton, Warwickshire [3] and Lower Lemington,Gloucesterhire [4] from his uncle and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Walter of Sarsden, Oxfordshire. [5] He served as high sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1676. [6] His daughter Elizabeth married James St Amand, apothecary to James II [7] and was the mother of James St. Amand, a classical scholar and book collector.

Sir William Juxon, 2nd Baronet (1660–1740)

He married Susanna, daughter of John Marriott of Stuston, Suffolk. He was buried at Little Compton. [5] His widow, who held a life interest in Little Compton, Lower Lemington and other property, subsequently married Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane. [3] On her death in 1792 the estate descended to his great-nephew Sir Robert Hesketh, the son of Martha St Amand and Thomas Hesketh of Rufford, Lancashire, [8] who took the name Juxon. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Wotton, T. (1727). The English Baronets. p. 180.
  2. ↑ Visitation of the County of Gloucester 1682-3. 1884. p. 100.
  3. 1 2 Rudder, Samuel (1779). A New History of Gloucestershire (2006 facsimile ed.). p. 389.
  4. ↑ Rudder. A New History of Gloucestershire. p. 523.
  5. 1 2 Frith, Brian (1989). Bigland's Gloucestershire Collections. p. 437.
  6. ↑ Rudder. A New History of Gloucestershire. p. 54.
  7. ↑ Eveline Cruickshanks / John. P. Ferris (1983). "ST. AMAND, James (c.1643-1728), of Russell Street, Covent Garden, Westminster". In Henning, B. D. (ed.). The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Eveline Cruickshanks (1970). "HESKETH, Thomas (?1699-1735), of Rufford, Lancs.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Elrington, C. R. "'Parishes: Lower Lemington', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6". British History Online. 1965. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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