The Samwell Baronetcy, of Upton in the County of Northampton, was a title in the

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. It was created on 22 December 1675 Thomas Samwell, later

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for

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and

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. He was the great-grandson of Sir William Samwell, Auditor of the Exchequer to Queen

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of England. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for

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. On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1789, the title became extinct.

Samwell baronets, of Upton (1675)

* Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet (1654–1694) *

Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Baronet Samwell (14 April 1687 – 16 November 1757), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. Samwell was the only son of Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet of Upton, Northamptonshire and ...

(1687–1757) *Sir Thomas Samwell, 3rd Baronet (1711–1779) *Sir Wenman Samwell, 4th Baronet (1728–1789)

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