Kniveton Baronets

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The Baronetcy of Kniveton of Mercaston was created by King James I in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for William Kniveton of Mercaston Hall, Derbyshire, who had previously been appointed a Knight of the Shire in 1603 and who was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1604-1611 and High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1587 and 1615.

The Baonetcy was extinct on the death of his great nephew the 4th Baronet in 1706.

[edit] Kniveton of Mercaston (1611)

• Sir William Kniveton, 1st Baronet (d 1632)
• Sir Gilbert Kniveton, 2nd Baronet (d 1641)
• Sir Andrew Kniveton, 3rd Baronet (d 1669)
• Sir Thomas Kniveton, 4th Baronet (d 1706) Extinct on his death

[edit] References

• Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (1844) pp 201-202 (Google Books)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page