The Appleton Baronetcy, of
South Benfleet
South Benfleet is a town and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Benfleet, in the Castle Point district of Essex, England, 30 miles east of London. It is adjacent to the village of North Benfleet. The Benfleet SS7 post town inclu ...
in the
County of Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Gre ...
, was a title in the
Baronetage of England
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 ...
. It was created on 29 June 1611 for
Roger Appleton.
[George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900](_blank)
/ref> The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1708.
Appleton baronets, of South Benfleet (1611)
*Sir Roger Appleton, 1st Baronet
Sir Roger Appleton, 1st Baronet (died 16 January 1614), was an English landowner and baronet.
Appleton was the son of Henry Appleton of South Benfleet, Essex, and Faith Cardinal. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He inherited his f ...
(died 1613)
*Sir Henry Appleton, 2nd Baronet (died 1649)
*Sir Henry Appleton, 3rd Baronet (died 1670)
*Sir Henry Appleton, 4th Baronet (died 1679)
*Sir William Appleton, 5th Baronet (–1705)
*Sir Henry Appleton, 6th Baronet (died 1708)
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England