Samwell baronets explained

Samwell baronets
Creation Date:	1675^[1]
Status:	extinct
Extinction Date:	1789

The Samwell Baronetcy, of Upton in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 22 December 1675 Thomas Samwell, later Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire and Northampton. He was the great-grandson of Sir William Samwell, Auditor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I of England. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Coventry. On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1789, the title became extinct.^[2]

Samwell baronets, of Upton (1675)

• Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet (1654–1694)^[1]
• Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Baronet (1687–1757)^[1]
• Sir Thomas Samwell, 3rd Baronet (1711–1779)^[1]
• Sir Wenman Samwell, 4th Baronet (1728–1789)^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Burke . John . Burke . Bernard . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . 1844 . J. R. Smith . 466. en.
2. Book: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . 465. John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Bernard Burke . Scott, Webster, and Geary . 1841.