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Earl Coningsby was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1719 for Thomas Coningsby, 1st Baron Coningsby, with remainder to his eldest daughter, Margaret Newton, 1st Viscountess Coningsby, and the heirs male of her body. He was the great-grandson of the soldier and politician Sir Thomas Coningsby. Coningsby had already been created Baron Coningsby, of Clanbrassil, in the Peerage of Ireland in 1693, with normal remainder to heirs male, and Baron Coningsby in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1716, with the similar remainder as for the earldom. On Lord Coningsby's death in 1729 he was succeeded in the Irish barony of 1692 by his grandson Richard Coningsby, the second Baron, the son of one of Coningsby's sons from his first marriage to Barbara Georges. However, Richard died already the same year, when the barony became extinct. Lord Coningsby was succeeded in the English barony and the earldom according to the special remainder by his daughter Margaret Newton, 1st Viscountess Coningsby. She had already in 1716 been made Baroness Coningsby, of Hampton Court in the County of Hereford, and Viscountess Coningsby in her own right. Both titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lady Coningsby was the wife of Sir Michael Newton, 4th Baronet, of Barrs Court and Culverthorpe Hall, Lincolnshire. She had no surviving male issue and the titles became extinct on her death in 1759.
Baron Masham is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1712 when the courtier Samuel Masham was made Baron Masham, of Otes. In 1723 he also succeeded as fourth Baronet of High Lever. The barony became extinct on the death of the second Baron in 1776. The Masham baronetcy, of High Lever in the County of Essex, was created by James I in the Baronetage of England on 20 December 1621 for Samuel Masham. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Essex. The baronetcy became extinct along with the barony in 1776.
Baron Rookwood, of Rookwood Hall and Down Hall both in the County of Essex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 June 1892 for the Conservative politician Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, 7th Baronet. He was Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1874 to 1878 and Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1878 to 1880. The Ibbetson family descended from Samuel Ibbetson, a Leeds cloth merchant who founded the family trading firm that generated great wealth in following centuries. His descendant Henry Ibbetson raised a force of 100 men at his own expense during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1746. In 1748 he was created a Baronet, of Leeds in the County of York in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He married Jane, daughter of John Caygill and his wife Jane Selwin. On his death the title passed to his son, the third Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1803.
The Ayloffe Baronetcy, of Braxted Magna in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 November 1611 for Sir William Ayloffe, subsequently Member of Parliament for Stockbridge. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Essex and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. The third Baronet was an officer in the Royalist army during the Civil War. The fourth Baronet was a London merchant. The fifth Baronet was Rector of Stanford Rivers in Essex from 1707 until 1730. The sixth Baronet was an antiquary. The title became extinct on his death 19 April 1781.
Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet of Normanton Park, Rutland was a British merchant and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1715 and 1741.
The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Essex was retitled High Sheriff of Essex. The high shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown in England and Wales, their purpose being to represent the monarch at a local level, historically in the shires.
Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1674–1754) was an English bishop.
Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet of Gidea Hall in Essex, was a British financier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1734. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1726. He served as a Director of the East India Company 1710-14 and again 1717-21 and was appointed a sub-governor of the South Sea Company in 1721.
Sir Fisher Tench, 1st Baronet was a City of London financier, who was a Member of Parliament and a director of several companies.
The Tryon Baronetcy, of Layer Marney in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 28 March 1620 for Samuel Tryon. He was the grandson of Peter Tryon, who had emigrated to England from the Low Countries and whose son had bought Layer Marney and Bois Hall, near Brentwood. The second baronet was High Sheriff of Essex for 1649, who was briefly succeeded by his son of the same name, who was in turn succeeded by his half-brother Samuel John. The title became extinct on the death of the latter in 1724. The family seat was Bois Hall.
The Eyles, later Eyles-Stiles Baronetcy, of London, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 December 1714 for the merchant and director of the Honourable East India Company, Francis Eyles. The second baronet was Lord Mayor of London from 1726 to 1727. He married Mary, daughter of Joseph Haskins Stiles of Moor Park, Rickmansworth, and their son, the third baronet, assumed the additional surname of Stiles. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth baronet in 1768.
The Dutry Baronetcy, of the City of London, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 19 June 1716 for Dennis Dutry, a wealthy London merchant and director of the Honourable East India Company. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1728.
The Duddlestone Baronetcy, of Bristol in the County of Gloucester, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 11 January 1692 for Sir John Duddlestone, a Bristol merchant. The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the second Baronet, in c. 1750.
The Morland Baronetcy, of Sulhamstead Banister in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 July 1660 for the academic, diplomat, spy, inventor, and mathematician Samuel Morland. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1716.
Samuel Moyer was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653. He was a strong republican and supporter of the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet was an English merchant who was Governor of the Bank of England and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
William Archer, of Coopersale, in Theydon Garnon, Essex, and Welford Park, Berkshire, was an English lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1739.
Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, 4th Baronet of Bush Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1731 to 1740.
Sir Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke, 3rd Baronet of Bush Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons as MP for Bramber and Great Bedwyn.