The Davers Baronetcy, of Rougham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. It was created on 12 May 1682 for Robert Davers, who had made a great fortune in

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as a plantation owner before acquiring the Rougham estate in

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

. The second and fourth Baronets represented

Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as ''Bury,'' is a cathedral as well as market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk District, West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St. Edmunds an ...

and

in Parliament. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Bury St Edmunds. Despite having an alleged nine illegitimate children, the 6th Baronet left his estates to his nephew,

Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 – 15 February 1859), styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826, was a British peer. Biography Early life Frederick Willia ...

, and his

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cy became extinct. Thomas Davers, third son of the second Baronet, was an

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in the

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. The family seat was

Rushbrooke Hall Rushbrooke Hall was a British stately home in Rushbrooke, Suffolk. For several hundred years it was the family seat of the Jermyn family. It was demolished in 1961. History The original manor house on the moated site to the south of the village ...

from 1703 to 1806, which entered the family through the marriage of the second baronet to a daughter of

Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn (10 November 1633 – 1 April 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1679 until he inherited a peerage in 1684. Biography Jermyn was the son of Thomas ...

Davers baronets, of Rougham (1682)

*Sir Robert Davers, 1st Baronet (–1685) *

Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet ( – 1 October 1722) was a British Tory politician and landowner. Early life in Barbados Robert Davers was born in the English colony of Barbados. He was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Davers, 1st Barone ...

(c. 1653–1722) *Sir Robert Davers, 3rd Baronet (c. 1684–1723) *

Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet (c.1686 – 20 February 1743), of Rougham and Rushbrooke, Suffolk, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1743. Early life Davers was the second son of Sir Rober ...

(c. 1686–1743) *

Sir Robert Davers, 5th Baronet Sir Robert Davers, 5th Baronet (1729 – 6 May 1763) was a British baronet and explorer. He was killed during Pontiac's Rebellion while on a surveying expedition of the St. Clair River. Biography Davers was born at Rushbrooke Hall, Suffolk, the ...

(c. 1730– 6 May 1763) (killed in

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) *

Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet (4 June 1737 – 4 June 1806) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1802. Early life and military career Davers was the second surviving son of Sir Jermyn Davers, ...

(1737–1806)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davers Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England