There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Domvile, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creation are extinct.
The Domvile Baronetcy, of Templeogue in the County of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 21 December 1686 for Thomas Domvile, who represented Mullingar in the Irish House of Commons. He was the son of Wiliam Domville (Attorney-General for Ireland), son of Gilbert Domville, MP for Dublin, member of an ancient Cheshire family. The second Baronet was a member of the Irish Parliament for County Dublin. The title became extinct on his death in 1768. Sir William Domvile, brother of the first Baronet, represented Armagh and Dublin in the Irish Parliament. William Domville, elder brother of the aforementioned Gilbert Domvile, was the ancestor of the Domville Baronets of St Alban's.
The Domvile Baronetcy, of Templeogue and Santry House in the County of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1815 for Compton Domvile, subsequently Member of Parliament for Bossiney, Okehampton and Plympton Erle. He was the son of Charles Pocklington, nephew and heir of the second Baronet of the 1686 creation. Charles Pocklington had assumed by Royal license the surname of Domvile in lieu of Pocklington in 1768 on succeeding to the estates of his uncle. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1935.
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