The Dolben Baronetcy, of Finedon in the County of

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 1 April 1704 for Gilbert Dolben, son of

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. Gilbert was judge of the

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and MP for

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and

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. The 3rd Baronet was an MP for

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and

, and was an avid campaigner for

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. The title became extinct on the death of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet, in 1837. William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806–1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of the 4th Baronet. The family seat was Finedon Hall, in

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, Northamptonshire. It has now been converted into flats.

Dolben baronets, of Finedon (1704)

* Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet (1658–1722) *Sir John Dolben, 2nd Baronet (1684–1756) *

Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet (12 January 1727 – 20 March 1814) was an English Tory politician and abolitionist. He was born in Finedon, Northamptonshire, the only surviving son of Sir John Dolben, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Digby ( ...

(1727–1814) *Sir John English Dolben, 4th Baronet (–1837). Baronetcy extinct on his death, his son Colonel William Somerset Dolben having predeceased him without male issue.

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