Chester baronets explained

The Chester Baronetcy of Chicheley, Buckinghamshire was created in the Baronetage of England on 23 March 1620 for Anthony Chester.^[1] He had in August 1577 inherited the Chicheley estates from his maternal grandmother and served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1602 and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1628.^[2]

Chester baronets, of Chicheley (1620)

• Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet (1566–1635)
• Sir Anthony Chester, 2nd Baronet (1593–1652)
• Sir Anthony Chester, 3rd Baronet (c 1633–1698), MP for Bedford 1685–1687
• Sir John Chester, 4th Baronet (1666–1726)
• Sir William Chester, 5th Baronet (1687–1726)
• Sir John Chester, 6th Baronet (1693–1748), MP for Bedfordshire 1741–1747
• Sir Charles Bagot Chester, 7th Baronet (1724–1755)
• Sir Francis Chester, 8th Baronet (1694–1766)
• Sir Anthony Chester, 9th Baronet (1706–1769), Baronetcy extinct 17 May 1769 on his death

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n161/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
2. Web site: Parishes : Chicheley Pages 311-316 A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4. . British History Online . Victoria County History, 1927 . 23 November 2022.