There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hickman, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Hickman Baronetcy, of Gainsborough in the

County of Lincoln Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 November 1643 for Willoughby Hickman. The second Baronet represented East Retford in the House of Commons. The third Baronet sat as

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for

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, East Retford and

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. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1781. The Hickman Baronetcy, of

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in the parish of Tettenhall in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 August 1903 for the iron and steel manufacturer

Alfred Hickman Alfred Hickman (25 February 1873 – 9 April 1931) was an English actor. He was married to actress Nance O'Neil. He appeared in 35 films between 1914 and 1931. Selected filmography * '' Are You a Mason?'' (1915) * ''A Woman's Past'' (1915 ...

. He also represented Wolverhampton in the House of Commons as a Conservative.

Hickman baronets, of Gainsborough (1643)

*Sir Willoughby Hickman, 1st Baronet (1604–1650) * Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet (1629–1682) * Sir Willoughby Hickman, 3rd Baronet (1659–1720) *Sir Nevile Hickman, 4th Baronet (1701–1733) *Sir Nevile George Hickman, 5th Baronet (died 1781)

Hickman baronets, of Wightwick (1903)

Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet (3 July 1830 – 11 March 1910) was a British industrialist and Conservative party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) between 1885 and 1906. Hickman was the son of George Rushbury Hickman of Tipton, ...

(1830–1910) *Sir Alfred Edward Hickman, 2nd Baronet (1885–1947) *Sir (Alfred) Howard Whitby Hickman, 3rd Baronet (1920–1979) *Sir (Richard) Glenn Hickman, 4th Baronet (born 1949) The

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is the present holder's son Charles Patrick Alfred Hickman (born 1983).

References

{{Reflist *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England