Austen Baronets
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Austen of Bexley, Kent
This Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of England on 10 July 1660 for Robert Austen of Hall PlaceHall Place
Hall Place is a former stately home, today a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, beside the River Cray on the outskirts of Crayford, west of Bexleyheath and north-east of Old Bexley...
, Bexley
Bexley
Bexley is an South East London]] in the London Borough of Bexley, London, England. It is located on the banks of the River Cray south of the Roman Road, Watling Street...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, High Sheriff of Kent
High Sheriff of Kent
The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...
in 1660 and 1661.
- Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet
- Sir John Austen, 2nd Baronet, MP for RyeRye (UK Parliament constituency)Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832....
1667-1679 and 1689–1699 - Sir Robert Austen, 3rd BaronetSir Robert Austen, 3rd BaronetSir Robert Austen, 3rd Baronet of Bexley, Kent , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1699 to 1701....
, MP for RyeRye (UK Parliament constituency)Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832....
1699-1701 - Sir Robert Austen, 4th BaronetSir Robert Austen, 4th BaronetSir Robert Austen, 4th Baronet of Bexley, Kent , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1728 and 1741....
, High Sheriff of KentHigh Sheriff of KentThe High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...
1724. MP for New RomneyNew Romney (UK Parliament constituency)New Romney was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1371 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act....
1728-1734 - Sir Sheffield Austen, 5th Baronet
- Sir Edward Austen, 6th Baronet
- Sir Robert Austen, 7th Baronet
- Extinct on his death
Austen of Derehams, Middlesex (1714)
- Created in the Baronetage of Great Britain 16 November 1714.
- Sir John Austen, 1st Baronet MP for MiddlesexMiddlesex (UK Parliament constituency)Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885....
1701-1702, 1709–1710 and 1722–1727
- Sir John Austen, 1st Baronet MP for Middlesex
- Extinct on his death