There have been five baronetcies created for members of the Bowyer family, a political family in the UK: three in the
Baronetage of England, one in the
Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
and one in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the titles are extinct while the remaining extant baronetcies have been united in one holder. The Bowyer Baronets are all descended from Thomas Bowyer who late in the 14th century married Katherine de Knypersley of
Knypersley Hall in
Staffordshire.
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Bowyer baronets of Leighthorne, Sussex (1627)
* Bowyer baronets of Denham Court (1660): see
Baron Denham
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Bowyer baronets of Knipersley, Staffordshire (1660)
* Bowyer baronets of Radley (1794): see
Baron Denham
* Bowyer baronets of Weston Underwood: see
Baron Denham
See also
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Bowyer-Smyth baronets
The Smith, later Smyth, Smijth, Bowyer-Smijth and Bowyer-Smyth Baronetcy, of Hill Hall in the County of Essex, was created on 28 November 1661 for Thomas Smith. The current holder is the fifteenth Baronet.
History
Thomas Smith, the 1st baronet ...
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Goring baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Goring, both in the Baronetage of England. The second creation came into the family through a special remainder in the patent creating the baronetcy. Only the latter creation i ...
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