Samwell baronets

Last updated February 20, 2019

The Samwell Baronetcy, of Upton in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 22 December 1675 Thomas Samwell, later Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire and Northampton. He was the great-grandson of Sir William Samwell, Auditor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I of England. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Coventry. On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1789, the title became extinct.^[1]

Upton is a civil parish north-east of Kislingbury and south-west of Dallington, in Northamptonshire, England about 3.5 miles (6 km) west of Northampton town centre along the A4500 road. Formerly a scattered hamlet, it is now part of the town. The area west of Northampton is now a major area of expansion of the town and named Upton after the parish.

Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet was a Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire from 1689 to 1690 and for Northampton from 1690 to 1694.

The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832 and was represented in Parliament by two MPs, traditionally known as Knights of the Shire.

Samwell baronets, of Upton (1675)

Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet (1654–1694)
Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Baronet (1687–1757)
Sir Thomas Samwell, 3rd Baronet (1711–1779)
Sir Wenman Samwell, 4th Baronet (1728–1789)

Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Baronet Samwell, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.

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References

↑ John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Bernard Burke (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 465. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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[Burke-1] John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Bernard Burke (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 465. Retrieved 20 September 2018.