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The Colt Baronetcy, of St James's-in-the-Fields in the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the
* Sir Henry Dutton Colt, 1st Baronet (–1731)
*Sir John Dutton Colt, 2nd Baronet (1725–1809)
*Sir John Dutton Colt, 3rd Baronet (c. 1750–1810)
*Sir John Dutton Colt, 4th Baronet (1774–1845)
*Sir Edward Vaughan Colt, 5th Baronet (c. 1781–1849)
*Sir Edward Harry Vaughan Colt, 6th Baronet (1808–1882)
*Sir Thomas Archer Colt, 7th Baronet (1815–1893)
*Sir Edward Harry Dutton Colt, 8th Baronet (1850–1931)
*Sir Henry Archer Colt, 9th Baronet (1882–1951)
*Sir Edward William Dutton Colt, 10th Baronet (born 1936)
There is no heir to the baronetcy.
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. It was created on 2 March 1694 for Henry Colt, Adjutant to Prince Rupert of the Rhine
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and member of parliament
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for Newport and Westminster
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. The title was created with remainder to his younger brother John Dutton Colt
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, Member of Parliament for Leominster
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. Sir Henry died childless and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his great-nephew, the second Baronet. He was the grandson of John Colt.
The Colt family descended from Thomas Colt, of Essex and Suffolk, Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery in Ireland and a member of Edward IV's Privy Council
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. George Colt, great-grandfather of the first Baronet, was High Sheriff of Suffolk
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in 1586. Sir William Dutton Colt, brother of the first Baronet, was Master of the Horse to Prince Rupert of the Rhine and Envoy to the courts of Hanover
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and Saxony
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Colt baronets, of St James's-in-the-Fields (1694)
* Sir Henry Dutton Colt, 1st Baronet (–1731)
*Sir John Dutton Colt, 2nd Baronet (1725–1809)
*Sir John Dutton Colt, 3rd Baronet (c. 1750–1810)
*Sir John Dutton Colt, 4th Baronet (1774–1845)
*Sir Edward Vaughan Colt, 5th Baronet (c. 1781–1849)
*Sir Edward Harry Vaughan Colt, 6th Baronet (1808–1882)
*Sir Thomas Archer Colt, 7th Baronet (1815–1893)
*Sir Edward Harry Dutton Colt, 8th Baronet (1850–1931)
*Sir Henry Archer Colt, 9th Baronet (1882–1951)
*Sir Edward William Dutton Colt, 10th Baronet (born 1936)
There is no heir to the baronetcy.
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Colt 1694 establishments in England