The Blackwell Baronetcy, of Sprowston in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 July 1718 for Sir Lambert Blackwell, Kt of Sprowston

Sprowston

Sprowston is a small town bordering Norwich in Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south , Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north.It was the largest parish in Norfolk and the...

 Hall near Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

, Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

. Descended from the Blackwells of Surrey, he was a younger son of John Blackwell of Mortlake. He was Knight Harbinger and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to William III

William III of England

William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

 by whom he was knighted in 1697. He was a director of the South Sea Company and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Wilton

Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)

Wilton was the name of a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1295 to 1707, then in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of the Parliament of the...

 1708-10. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1801.

Blackwell Baronets, of Sprowston (1718)

• Sir Lambert Blackwell, 1st Baronet
  Sir Lambert Blackwell, 1st Baronet
  Sir Lambert Blackwell was the British consul to Florence.-Biography:He was appointed as British Ambassador to the Republic of Venice in 1702. He died in 1727.- Appointments :*1702 British Ambassador to the Republic of Venice...
  
  (d. 1727)
• Sir Charles Blackwell, 2nd Baronet (1700–1741)
• Sir Lambert Blackwell, 3rd Baronet (1732–1801)