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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
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. It was created on 2 March 1694 for Henry Colt, Adjutant to
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and member of parliament for Newport and
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. The title was created with remainder to his younger brother
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, Member of Parliament for
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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. George Colt, great-grandfather of the first Baronet, was
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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
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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