The Filmer Baronetcy, of East Sutton in the County of

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 26 December 1674 for Robert Filmer, of East Sutton Place,

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, Kent. He was the grandson of Sir Edward Filmer, of Little Charleton,

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in 1616, who married Elizabeth Argall of East Sutton and purchased the estate there from her brother. His son

Sir Robert Filmer Sir Robert Filmer (c. 1588 – 26 May 1653) was an English political theorist who defended the divine right of kings. His best known work, '' Patriarcha'', published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous Whig attempts at rebuttal ...

, father of the first Baronet, was a supporter of the Crown during the

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. The baronetcy was created for his son, also Robert Filmer, after the Restoration of Charles II in his honour. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Kent in 1689. The fourth Baronet was member of parliament for

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. The eighth Baronet was member of parliament for

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. The ninth Baronet represented West Kent and Mid Kent in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1916.

Filmer baronets, of East Sutton (1674)

* Sir Robert Filmer, 1st Baronet (1622–1676) * Sir Robert Filmer, 2nd Baronet (1648–1720) * Sir Edward Filmer, 3rd Baronet (1683–1755) * Sir John Filmer, 4th Baronet (1716–1797) * Sir Beversham Filmer, 5th Baronet (1719–1805) * Sir Edmund Filmer, 6th Baronet (1727–1834) * Sir John Filmer, 7th Baronet (1760–1834) *

Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet (14 June 1809 – 8 January 1857) was an English Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Life He was the son of Edmund Filmer, a younger son of Sir Edmund Filmer, 6th Baronet, and his wife Emelia Sk ...

(1809–1857) *

Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet (11 July 1835 – 17 December 1886) was an English Conservative Party politician. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1859 general election as a member of parliament (MP) for West Kent. The seat had p ...

(1835–1886) * Sir Robert Marcus Filmer, 10th Baronet (1878–1916)

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