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There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Stonhouse family, all in the
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. Two of the creations are extant as of 2021. The Stonhouse Baronetcy, of Radley in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 May 1628 (#253) for William Stonhouse. He was the eldest son of
George Stonhouse Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet (28 August 1603 – 31 March 1675) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644 and from 1660 to 1675. He supported the Royalists during the English Civil War. Stonhouse was the s ...
(died 1573), sometime
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. The second Baronet sat as
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for Abingdon. The third Baronet also represented Abingdon in the
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. He disinherited his eldest son, George, and attempted to eliminate him from succession to the baronetcy. In 1670 he surrendered his patent and on 5 May 1670 he obtained a new patent (with the same
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), with remainder to his two younger sons, and with the precedency of the original creation. However, upon the third Baronet's death, his eldest son successfully claimed the original baronetcy, while his younger brother John succeeded in the baronetcy created by the new patent. The line of the fourth Baronet failed on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1740 and the baronetcy passed to the fourth Baronet of the 1670 creation. The second and third Baronets of this creation had represented Abingdon and
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respectively in the House of Commons. The eleventh Baronet was a physician, Anglican clergyman and preacher. The Stonhouse Baronetcy, of Amberden Hall, Debden in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 11 June 1641 (#303) for James Stonhouse. He was the son of Sir James Stonhouse Kt. (youngest son of the aforementioned George Stonhouse) and the nephew of the first Baronet of the 1628 creation. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet on 13 April 1695.


Stonhouse baronets, of Radley (1628)

* Sir William Stonhouse, 1st Baronet (–1632) * Sir John Stonhouse, 2nd Baronet (c. 1602–1632) * Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet (c. 1608–c. 1675) (new patent created in 1670. See Stonhouse baronets of Radley (1670) below)) * Sir George Stonhouse, 4th Baronet (c. 1638–c. 1700) * Sir George Stonhouse, 5th Baronet (died 1737) * Sir John Stonhouse, 6th Baronet (died 1740) * Sir John Stonhouse, 7th Baronet (c. 1710–c. 1767) (had succeeded in the baronetcy of 1670 in 1733) * Sir John Stonhouse, 8th Baronet (died c. 1770) * Sir William Stonhouse, 9th Baronet (c. 1714–1777) *
Sir James Stonhouse, 10th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(c. 1719–1792) * Sir James Stonhouse, 11th Baronet (1716–1795) * Sir Thomas Stonhouse, 12th Baronet (c. 1744–1810) * Sir John Brooke Stonhouse, 13th Baronet (c. 1797–1848) *
Sir Timothy Vansittart Stonhouse, 14th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(1799–1866) *
Sir Henry Vansittart Stonhouse, 15th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(1827–1884) *
Sir Ernest Hay Stonhouse, 16th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(1855–1937) *
Sir Arthur Allan Stonhouse, 17th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(1885–1967) *
Sir Philip Allan Stonhouse, 18th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(1916–1993) *
Sir Michael Philip Stonhouse, 19th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(born 1948)


Stonhouse baronets, of Amberden Hall (1641)

*Sir James Stonhouse, 1st Baronet (died ) *Sir James Stonhouse, 2nd Baronet (died c. 1654) *Sir Blewet Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet (c. 1653–c. 1670) *Sir George Stonhouse, 4th Baronet (died c. 1675) *Sir John Stonhouse, 5th Baronet (died 1681) *Sir George Stonhouse, 6th Baronet (1679–1695)


Stonhouse baronets, of Radley (1670)

* Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd and 1st Baronet (c. 1608–c. 1675) * Sir John Stonhouse, 2nd Baronet (c. 1639–1700) * Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672–1733) *
Sir John Stonhouse, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...
(c. 1710–c. 1767) (succeeded in the 1628 baronetcy in 1740) ''see above for further succession''


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 England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Baronetcies created with special remainders 1628 establishments in England