The Elton Baronetcy, of Bristol, is a title in the

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. It was created on 31 October 1717 for Abraham Elton, Mayor of and

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for

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from 1722 to 1727. The second Baronet was also Mayor of Bristol and represented

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and Bristol (1727–1742) in the

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. The seventh Baronet sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for

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. The eighth Baronet was

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in 1895. The tenth Baronet was a pioneer of the British documentary film industry.

Elton baronets, of Bristol (1717)

Sir Abraham Elton, 1st Baronet Sir Abraham Elton, 1st Baronet (1654 – 9 February 1728), of Clevedon Court and Whitestaunton, Somerset, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was the second son of Isaac Elton, Yeoman of Barton Regis, Bristol. His elder brother Jacob ...

(1654–1728) * Sir Abraham Elton, 2nd Baronet (1679–1742) *Sir Abraham Elton, 3rd Baronet (1703–1761) *Sir Abraham Isaac Elton, 4th Baronet (1717–1790) *Sir Abraham Elton, 5th Baronet (1755–1842) * Sir Charles Abraham Elton, 6th Baronet (1778–1853) * Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet (1818–1883) **Edmond William Elton (1822–1859) * Sir Edmund Harry Elton, 8th Baronet (1846–1920) *Sir Ambrose Elton, 9th Baronet (1869–1951) * Sir Arthur Hallam Rice Elton, 10th Baronet (1906–1973) *Sir Charles Abraham Grierson Elton, 11th Baronet (born 1953) The

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to the baronetcy is Abraham William Elton (born 1995).

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Frederick Coulthurst Elton, great-grandson of Isaac Elton, great-grandson of Jacob Elton, third son of the first Baronet, was a colonel in the British Army. His son Frederick Algernon George Young Elton (1867–1921), was a brigadier-general in the

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. Mary Elton (née Stewart of Castle Stewart) the second wife of the fifth baronet, The Reverend Sir Abraham Elton, helped develop the resort town of

Clevedon Clevedon (, ) is an English seaside town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, part of the ceremonial county of Somerset. It recorded a parish population of 21,281 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, estimated at 21,442 ...

and endowed local schools: the Mary Elton Primary School in Holland Road, Clevedon, is named after her.

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Elton baronets, of Bristol (1717)

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