Kniveton Baronets

Kniveton Baronets

The Baronetcy of Kniveton of Mercaston was created by King James I in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for William Kniveton of Mercaston Hall, Derbyshire, who had previously been appointed a Knight of the Shire in 1603 and who was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1604-1611 and High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1587 and 1615.

The Baonetcy was extinct on the death of his great nephew the 4th Baronet in 1706.

Kniveton of Mercaston (1611)

* Sir William Kniveton, 1st Baronet (d 1632)
* Sir Gilbert Kniveton, 2nd Baronet (d 1641)
* Sir Andrew Kniveton, 3rd Baronet (d 1669)
* Sir Thomas Kniveton, 4th Baronet (d 1706) "Extinct on his death"

References

* "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England" (1844) pp 201-202 (Google Books)
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